Topic: COMPUTER - on November 18, 2008 at 11:36:24 AM CET
Happy Birthday, Turing's universal machine
It's just 71 years ago this month that a seminal paper from Alan Turing was published, which helped pave the way to today's multi-billion dollar IT industry and confer on Turing the title of father of modern computer science.
As is often the case in scientific endeavour, Turing was actually working on an entirely different task when he stumbled on a way to create a general-purpose computer.
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Topic: FUN - on November 17, 2008 at 10:18:57 AM CET
Heidi Klums Millionen-Klunker
Rezession? Wer wird denn so ein trübsinniges Wort in den Mund nehmen! Bei der Show eines US-Unterwäsche-Labels wurde geklotzt, als gäbe es kein Morgen - und kein Heute. Supermodel Heidi Klum und Kolleginnen präsentierten juwelenbesetzte, millionenteure Spitzendessous.
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Topic: FUN - on November 17, 2008 at 10:16:55 AM CET
Last New Rules of 2008
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Topic: MUSIK - on November 17, 2008 at 10:15:49 AM CET
Hip Hop Violin
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Topic: PHOTO - on November 17, 2008 at 10:14:29 AM CET
Beautiful and creative HDR Photography
HDR is a set of techniques that allows a greater dynamic range of values between light and dark areas than normal digital imaging techniques.
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Topic: ART - on November 17, 2008 at 10:09:41 AM CET
Europe’s Strangest Theme Park
When confronted with the issue of what to do with an ex-Soviet bunker in the countryside, an enterprising Lithuanian decided that some things should be left the way they are…
Welcome to 1984: Išgyvenimo Drama, otherwise known as Survival Drama in a Soviet Bunker.
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Topic: COPYRIGHT - on November 16, 2008 at 12:59:13 PM CET
French Recording Industry Sues SourceForge For Hosting Open Source P2P
It would appear that Société civile des Producteurs de Phonogrammes en France (SPPF), a group that represents French record labels, is now trying to sue a bunch of non-French file sharing applications, as well as SourceForge. This brings up a lot of different issues, so let's break them out one by one.
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Topic: CARS - on November 15, 2008 at 1:42:40 PM CET
Pentagon Clears Flying-Car Project for Takeoff
Pentagon mad-science division Darpa is helping build thought-controlled robotic limbs, artificial pack mules, real-life laser guns and "kill-proof" soldiers. So it comes as no surprise, really, that the agency is now getting into the flying-car business, too.
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Topic: ART - on November 14, 2008 at 9:54:40 AM CET
Seen On The Streets of Chicago
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Topic: DRUGS - on November 14, 2008 at 9:51:57 AM CET
CNN video: Ecstasy used to treat PTSD
CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta reported that a Georgia woman has used ecstasy to treat her post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Gail Westerfield has had depression going back to a childhood assault and rape later in life. She was given ecstasy as part of a pilot study being done by Dr. Michael Mitheofer.
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Topic: DRUGS - on November 14, 2008 at 9:50:06 AM CET
Most Stolen Sign on Campus
It’s a Neatorama Challenge where you can upload weird/strange/wonderful things about your hometown.
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Topic: POLITIK - on November 14, 2008 at 9:46:54 AM CET
Attorneys for Palin email hacker: 'Don't call him hacker'
Attorneys for the University of Tennessee student accused of breaking into Alaska Governor Sarah Palin's email account have filed a small forest's worth of court documents in defense of the high-profile suspect. Among them is a motion to prohibit prosecutors from referring to their client as a hacker.
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