Topic: SCIENCE - on November 13, 2013 at 4:41:00 PM CET
Physicists Plan to Build a Bigger LHC
When Europe's Large Hadron Collider (LHC) started up in 2008, particle physicists would not have dreamt of asking for something bigger until they got their US$5-billion machine to work. But with the 2012 discovery of the Higgs boson, the LHC has fulfilled its original promise — and physicists are beginning to get excited about designing a machine that might one day succeed it: the Very Large Hadron Collider. The giant machine would dwarf all of its predecessors (see 'Lord of the rings'). It would collide protons at energies around 100 TeV, compared with the planned 14TeV of the LHC at CERN, Europe's particle-physics lab near Geneva in Switzerland.
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Topic: Phone - on November 13, 2013 at 3:04:00 PM CET
The second operating system hiding in every mobile phone
I've always known this, and I'm sure most of you do too, but we never really talk about it. Every smartphone or other device with mobile communications capability (e.g. 3G or LTE) actually runs not one, but two operating systems. Aside from the operating system that we as end-users see (Android, iOS, PalmOS), it also runs a small operating system that manages everything related to radio. Since this functionality is highly timing-dependent, a real-time operating system is required.
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Topic: DRUGS - on November 13, 2013 at 3:00:00 PM CET
Afghanistan's poppy farmers plant record opium crop, UN report says
Despite 10 years of western efforts to curb production, a combination of economics and political instability means farmers in the world's largest heroin-producing country are as enthusiastic as ever for the poppy.
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Topic: POLITIK - on November 13, 2013 at 2:58:00 PM CET
Bill to Ban Certain Tattoos, Body Piercings Passes Senate
The Arkansas Senate passed a bill to ban tattoos, piercings and other similar body modifications which it characterizes as “non-traditional,” recently.
Senator Missy Irvin of Mountain View, Arkansas sponsored the bill entitled ”An Act To Limit Body Art Procedures”. She says that body modifications should be limited to “traditional” tattoos and piercings. Her proposal was to essentially ban scarification procedures and dermal implants, as well as certain tattoos which remain yet to be defined as by the vague language of the bill she sponsored.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on November 13, 2013 at 2:05:00 PM CET
Sotschi: Bis zu 50 Gullideckel werden pro Tag gestohlen
Knapp drei Monate vor Beginn der Olympischen Winterspiele 2014 in Sotschi kostet der Diebstahl von Gullideckeln den Austragungsort Zehntausende Euro. Weil Diebe es auf das Metall abgesehen hätten, würden täglich 30 bis 50 Schachtdeckel geklaut, teilte der Kurort am Schwarzen Meer mit.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on November 13, 2013 at 2:03:00 PM CET
Apple II DOS Source Code Released
The Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California, is not just a museum of hardware, but also of software. The Museum has made public such gems as the source code for MacPaint, Photoshop, and APL, and now code from the Apple II. As their site reports: 'With thanks to Paul Laughton, in collaboration with Dr. Bruce Damer, founder and curator of the Digibarn Computer Museum, and with the permission of Apple Inc., we are pleased to make available the 1978 source code of Apple II DOS for non-commercial use. This material is Copyright © 1978 Apple Inc., and may not be reproduced without permission from Apple
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Topic: WEB - on November 13, 2013 at 2:02:00 PM CET
How to Setup your own Proxy Server for Free
Do a Google search like “proxy servers” and you’ll find dozens of PHP proxy scripts on the Internet that will help you create your own proxy servers in minutes for free. The only limitation with PHP based proxies is that they require a web server (to host and run the proxy scripts) and you also need a domain name that will act as an address for your proxy site.
If you don’t have a web domain or haven’t rented any server space, you can still create a personal proxy server for free and that too without requiring any technical knowledge.
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Topic: DRUGS - on November 12, 2013 at 5:48:00 PM CET
State legislators propose pharmacy marijuana sales
Five years after Michigan voters legalized marijuana use for medical purposes, lawmakers say it’s time the drug is brought into the fold of the health care industry so patients can buy it at their corner pharmacy.
A bill approved last week by a Senate committee would pave the way for the production and sale of “pharmaceutical-grade” cannabis. The measure essentially would create a second medical pot system in the state, one that proponents say would not interfere with the existing law under which patients can grow their own pot or obtain it from caregivers.
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Topic: DRUGS - on November 12, 2013 at 4:20:00 PM CET
Czechs raid 100 stores in crackdown on pot growing
Czech police say they have opened investigations against 45 people amid nationwide raids on dozens of stores suspected of selling materials that help people illegally grow marijuana.
The Czech Republic doesn't allow the recreational use of marijuana.
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Topic: DRUGS - on November 12, 2013 at 3:41:00 PM CET
Head of Silk Road 2.0 Says It Will Be Back In Minutes If Shut Down
It only took a month for the Silk Road 2.0 to go live after the now infamous Silk Road marketplace shuttered. One month. Should the budding deep-web bazaar experience the same fate as its predecessor, and be knocked out by authorities still whack-a-moling their way through the online front of the war on drugs, the Silk Road 3.0 would be up and running in 15 minutes, tops.
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Topic: DRUGS - on November 12, 2013 at 3:40:00 PM CET
Paar darf Cannabis für Shiva anbauen
Ein englisches Gericht spricht ein Paar vom Vorwurf des Cannabis-Handels frei. Die beiden züchteten die Droge als Opfergabe für eine Hindu-Gottheit.
Ein britisches Ehepaar ist vom Vorwurf des Cannabis-Handels freigesprochen worden – weil es die Pflanzen nach eigenen Angaben als Opfer für den Gott Shiva anbaute.
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Topic: health - on November 12, 2013 at 3:38:00 PM CET
Mers: Kamele könnten gefährliches Virus übertragen haben
64 Menschen sind bereits an dem neuartigen Mers-Virus gestorben - Forscher fahnden nach dem Ursprung der Krankheit. Eine heiße Spur liefert ein Kamel in Saudi-Arabien.
Erstmals ist in Saudi-Arabien das gefährliche Coronavirus Mers bei einem Kamel diagnostiziert worden. Das Tier gehöre einem Mann, der zuvor ebenfalls positiv auf den Erreger getestet worden sei, teilte das Gesundheitsministerium des Landes am Montag mit. Derzeit werde untersucht, inwiefern sich die Viren des Manns und des Kamels glichen. Sollten sie identisch sein, könnten möglicherweise Rückschlüsse auf die Übertragungswege des Erregers geschlossen werden: Kamele könnten der Ursprung der Krankheit sein.
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