Scientists Find Memory Molecule They demonstrate that by inhibiting the molecule they can erase long-term memories, much as you might erase a computer disc. From digg on August 27, 2006 at 8:03 p.m..
Class Notes Meets Social Networking mynoteIT is a fairly new, online resource for students that allows them to organize their class schedule, class notes, and group their work in such a way that it can be easily shared and referred to with the click of a mouse. From digg on August 27, 2006 at 8:03 p.m..
Yoda Backpack - Want one, you will ! A picture is worth 1000 words. Even if you aren't a huge Star Wars fan, this backpack will give you huge geek credibility. From digg on August 27, 2006 at 8:03 p.m..
Best Buy are selling cybershit Search for "cybershot 7.2" at bestbuy.com. We did not find any matches for "cybershot 7.2", but we did find the following matches for "cybershit 7.2". 247 items found for "cybershit 7.2" in All Categories. From digg on August 27, 2006 at 8:03 p.m..
U.S. and Venezuela at Odds: Seized Cargo Is Just the Half of It Government officials from the United States and this country are intensifying their verbal sparring after Venezuelan customs authorities this week seized diplomatic baggage from the United States that contained military hardware. Venezuela’s attorney general began an investigation on Friday into whether the American Embassy violated the law. From digg on August 27, 2006 at 8:03 p.m..
ATM Mistake Leads to $700,000,000 Credited to Bank Account Russia: a man decided to add some money to his bank account via ATM. He went to the nearest ATM and put 2,000 roubles (around $74). The ATM took the money and returned him a slip. The amount on the slip was 2,006,699,00 RUR (around $7,430,000). He was astonished. He decided to go the bank and tell them about the mistake. They weren't interested. From digg on August 27, 2006 at 8:03 p.m..
Chumby Device Includes Digg Widget "Introducing chumby, a compact device that can act like a clock radio, but is way more flexible and fun. It uses the wireless internet connection you already have to fetch cool stuff from the web: music, the latest news, box scores, animations, celebrity gossip...whatever you choose." From digg on August 27, 2006 at 8:03 p.m..
Witnesses: Israel Strikes Reuters Car! Two missiles fired by Israeli aircraft early Sunday morning hit an armored car belonging to the Reuters news agency, moderately wounding two television cameramen and three bystanders, Palestinian witnesses and hospital officials said. From digg on August 27, 2006 at 8:03 p.m..
Diet Coke + Mentos = ...What really Happened? I have made this video to say I'm sorry for my last video... Diet Coke + Mentos = Human Experiment. This will explain what really happened. Thanks for all of your concern, paul.... From digg on August 27, 2006 at 8:03 p.m..
Free energy Mobile phones will never need recharging, cars will never have to be refuelled. This hard-to-believe vision of a free, energy source was announced in an advert in the Economist and first reported by the British press in last week's Observer. From digg on August 27, 2006 at 8:03 p.m..
Japanese Analyst Says Sony Will Only Deliver 50% of PS3s Promised for 2006 Japanese brokerage Mitsubishi UJF Securities has said in a report that they do not believe that Sony would be able to deliver the number of PS3 units they plan to ship at the launch time. In fact, the firm believes that the company would face a 50 per cent shortfall on their launch estimates. From digg on August 27, 2006 at 8:03 p.m..
You will play this game all night... It takes a few minutes to get the hang of but after that you are hooked! From digg on August 27, 2006 at 8:03 p.m..
Reference library of O'Reilly eBooks Simply an awesome collection (180+) of O'Reilly books available online. From digg on August 27, 2006 at 8:03 p.m..
Penola High School Penola High School is a government secondary school situated in the South East region of South Australia. It aims to provide a positive learning enviroment in which each child has the opportunity to succeed. The website includes curriculum handbooks for Years 8-12, staff information, newsletters and links to their school community library. From EdNA Online on August 27, 2006 at 8:02 p.m..
SchoolNet Africa The African Education Knowledge Warehouse (AEKW) is a pan-African education portal which services African SchoolNet practitioners, policymakers and school-based communities on ICTs in education across Africa. SchoolNet Africa has adopted seven major flagship programs which promote education through ICT in African Schools. Researching ICTs for Education in Africa; Building African SchoolNet Champions; Supporting National SchoolNets; African Teachers Network; ThinkQuest Africa; From Guns to Computers; Global Teenager Project and One Million Computers for African Schools. From EdNA Online on August 27, 2006 at 8:02 p.m..
WWW2007: the 16th International World Wide Web Conference (IW3C2) The World Wide Web Conference is the global event that brings together the key innovators, decision-makers, technologists, businesses, and standards bodies shaping the Web. Organised by the IW3C2 since 1994, the WWW conference is the annual gathering place of the international community to discuss and debate the future evolution of the Web. From EdNA Online on August 27, 2006 at 8:02 p.m..
2nd National ICTs in Basic Education Congress Innovating with Technology: the Challenge to Education Policy, Leadership and Management is the theme of this conference jointly organised in the Philippines by the Department of Education, the Foundation for Information Technology Education and Development (FIT-ED) and the Commission on Information and Communications Technology (CICT). The intended audience is education policymakers and managers, directors and superintendents, deans of colleges of education and school heads, technology leaders and coordinators, education technologists and researchers, and members of public, private and non-go From EdNA Online on August 27, 2006 at 8:02 p.m..
Association of Women Educators 2006 Biennial Conference The theme of the 2006 AWE conference is Learn - Laugh - Lead. he Conference Strands reflect the three foci of the Association of Women Educators: Education as a career path for women; Issues which affect the quality of education available to girls; and Societal attitudes/actions which perpetuate a stereotypical view of women and create a barrier to the full participation of women in education and in society generally. Speakers include Jane Kenway, Jill Blackmore, Jackie Holt and Susan Maushart. From EdNA Online on August 27, 2006 at 8:02 p.m..
CIHA 2008 Crossing Cultures: 32nd Congress of the International Committee of the History of Art The Melbourne Committee for the 32nd International Congress of the History of Art calls for papers related to the concept of the conference: conflict, migration and convergence in the visual, symbolic and artistic exchanges between cultures throughout history. The long history of exchanges between societies demands broader recognition as a core area of enquiry in the discipline of art history. From EdNA Online on August 27, 2006 at 8:02 p.m..
Art Education Australia (AEA) Th national professional association that represents and speaks for Visual Arts Education in Australia and for Australian Visual Arts Education in an international context. Formerly the Australian Institute of Art Education (AIAE). From EdNA Online on August 27, 2006 at 8:02 p.m..
Canon Rock: YouTube Web Guitar Wizard Revealed at Last 8 months ago a mysterious image showed up on YouTube. A sinewy figure, his eyes obscured by a beige baseball cap, was playing electric guitar. The video was called simply "Guitar". The video drew hordes of seekers with diverse interests and attitudes. The most basic comment is a question: Who is this guy? His name is Jeong-Hyun Lim... From digg on August 27, 2006 at 5:10 p.m..
Mark Shuttleworth talks about Ubuntu update flaw Mark Shuttleworth, the founder of Ubuntu, writes. "As a team we made a series of errors, and the result was a desktop that was broken for thousands of users, for several hours. It has been a severe lesson in QA." From digg on August 27, 2006 at 5:10 p.m..
Man Rides Skate Park.....In a Wheel Chair!! Cool video of a man in a wheel chair pulling of tricks on everything in a skate park. From digg on August 27, 2006 at 5:10 p.m..
Teen Discovers Mum and Dad are porn stars. AN OHIO teen was severely traumatized after discovering the stars of a downloaded porno movie were none other than his own parents!!! LOL From digg on August 27, 2006 at 5:10 p.m..
NY Times discriminates against Linux users NY Times discriminates against Linux users. Here's the proof. From digg on August 27, 2006 at 3:46 p.m..
PS3 Price Going To Destroy Sony Recently at PAX, the crowd erupted in applause to the comment that "there's no chance we're buying a PS3 at launch. That's grade-A bullshit." From digg on August 27, 2006 at 3:46 p.m..
Toshiba to make Zune media player an iPod competitor Tech giant hopes to take on Apple with portable media player produced by Japanese electronics maker Toshiba. From digg on August 27, 2006 at 3:46 p.m..
TechTV Alumni Back With a Vengeance as Podcasters If there is anything more boring than WATCHING video games being played on TV, I don't know ... Wait, wait, I almost forgot about televised poker. Well, it turns out that the old TechTV stars didn't just dissolve into pixels and fade away. They're back with a vengeance as podcasters. From digg on August 27, 2006 at 3:46 p.m..
Announcing the Birth of Chumby Favorite hardware hacker Bunnie Huang gave this year's FOO Campers a sneak peek of the latest in cool gadgets: the chumby. The chumby is a low-cost, wifi-enabled information delivery device that's so appealing you'll want to keep one close. Chumby's team of hardware hackers wanted this device to be fun and open, the anti-iPod... From digg on August 27, 2006 at 3:46 p.m..
Gadget Allergy: Computer Allergy Man Needs Binoculars Ryan Warne says he suffers so badly from electromagnetic hypersensitivity (EHS) that he has to view a computer through binoculars. He cannot use a mobile phone and, when he goes outside, he wears a special "hairnet" to protect himself from phone mast electromagnetism. A new study is examining the effects of electromagnetic fields on 264 people. From digg on August 27, 2006 at 3:46 p.m..
Lexus Cars to Get Electronic Eyes Image processors to give cars the ability to detect pedestrians, pets, and other road hazards. From digg on August 27, 2006 at 3:46 p.m..
GIMP vs. Photoshop - What still needs to be done? We all know that the GIMP is more or less the de-facto standard for image editing in Linux, where Adobe Photoshop is the standard on the Mac and Windows (and some Linux boxes using Crossover Office) The question is the following: Does GIMP have what it takes to dethrone Adobe Photoshop as the standard? From digg on August 27, 2006 at 3:46 p.m..
Plane crashes in Kentucky shortly after takeoff Delta/Comair flight 5191 was carrying 50 people on board - 47 passengers and three crew. None survived. It crashed a mile west of the airport in a wooded area, according to a Federal Aviation Administration spokesman. From digg on August 27, 2006 at 3:46 p.m..
How State Farm Insurance Systematically Denied Katrina Claims Kerri Rigsby says her suspicions grew in November after finding a handwritten note attached to an engineer's report that read: "Put in Wind file — DO NOT pay bill. DO NOT discuss." From digg on August 27, 2006 at 3:46 p.m..
A Gentle Introduction to SQL Interactive SQL tutorial, learn about: SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, DB2, Mimer, PostgreSQL, SQLite and Access. From digg on August 27, 2006 at 3:46 p.m..
How S-L-O-W Will Vista Go? The complaints about sluggish performance in Windows Vista keep growing. While it's unfair to point to beta software apps--or whatever Microsoft wants to call them--the warning flags are already evident. From digg on August 27, 2006 at 3:46 p.m..
Official Merom (Core 2 Duo) Launch on Monday? PC manufacturers (Including Apple) are expected to announce availability of new Core 2 Duo (Merom) notebooks on Monday August 28th. According to Intel, the Core 2 Duo processors fit into existing notebook systems with only a system software update required to work. The new chips are to range from 1.66GHz to 2.33GHz. From digg on August 27, 2006 at 3:46 p.m..
LOST TV Series: Hanso Foundation Exposed YouTuber timdorr has been piecing together miniclips from the "Lost" website hansoexposed.com. So far, he's managed to find and stitch together 53 clips. From digg on August 27, 2006 at 3:46 p.m..
Martin Sargent Gives Bad Advice Old TSS video. 4 Reasons why Martin could never host TSS again. From digg on August 27, 2006 at 3:46 p.m..
Bill O'Reilly really loses it this time Bill threatens callers for mentioning Olbermann's name on his radio show. This man is not just mistaken but probably criminally insane. From digg on August 27, 2006 at 3:46 p.m..
A Giant Leap for Diabetics: Breakthrough A little-known side effect of child diabetes is nervous sleeplessness in parents, who monitor their children's blood glucose throughout the night. But the state of diabetes technology is on the verge of a breakthrough that already is paying huge dividends From digg on August 27, 2006 at 3:46 p.m..
Blue Demons of the Deep: The Rare Oarfish If you don't believe in sea monsters from the deep blue, consider yourself warned. Exhibit A lies in a freezer at the Los Angeles Natural History Museum, soon to go on display as it appeared before being pulled from the ocean: a serpent-like denizen, 15 feet long and sinuous, with a hatchet-shaped head and a silver body adorned by a crimson mane. From digg on August 27, 2006 at 3:46 p.m..
25 things you must know before buying digital camera very-very important things that u might forgot when you buying your new digital camera From digg on August 27, 2006 at 3:46 p.m..
Best Ubuntu Guide Ever Frustrated with trying to get simple stuff done? This guide has everything you need. Things like mapping the windows key to something useful, where to get codecs, getting XGL to workCovers Dapper Drake as well as earlier versions. From digg on August 27, 2006 at 3:46 p.m..
Free Starbucks Iced Coffee Through September Just thought I'd share this with my fellow diggers. Bring this coupon to your local Startbucks between 5-9pm, and get a free Iced Coffee. Coupon works till 9/30. Enjoy! From digg on August 27, 2006 at 3:46 p.m..
Upstart init.d replacement in Ubuntu Universe + Comparisons Upstart, an init.d replacement, is now in the Ubuntu Universe. This article also details comparisons between other approaches and why Upstart is the best. "From the start of development of edgy+2, no new packages will be accepted unless they provide upstart jobs instead of init scripts and init scripts will be considered deprecated." From digg on August 27, 2006 at 10:32 a.m..
UK Soldier(19) Kills Himself to Avoid Iraq A teenage soldier who killed himself because he feared having to shoot child suicide bombers has been buried From digg on August 27, 2006 at 10:32 a.m..
Who Wants To Be A Millionaire What more can I say? It's Who Wants To Be A Millionaire. It's fun, incredibly addictive, and has a library of over 1,400 questions! From digg on August 27, 2006 at 10:32 a.m..
Sick And Tired Of Losing Money, Sony Calls An End To Battery Recalls... Far be it from Sony to pre-announce future battery recalls and further dampen its Q3/4 financial woes even further, they're trying to get the word out that Sony's own laptop line won't be affected by the same battery recalls that have pulled back nearly six million Dell and Apple cells. From digg on August 27, 2006 at 10:08 a.m..
Tap Guitar Video: Justin King's "Untitled Project" Via Wired: "Before the YouTube, I had no idea that there even was such as thing as "tap guitar," as performed by Justin King. It makes me never want to play guitar again." The clip contains some extraordinary guitar work by the musician from Eugene, Oregon. From digg on August 27, 2006 at 10:08 a.m..
'World's Smallest' External DVD burner by Plextor Aimed at owners of ultraportable laptops that tend to feature bulky external drives (if they feature any at all), the latch-loading, 2/3-inch thick PX-608CU supports dual-layer DVD burning at up to 4x, single-layer DVD burning at up to 8x, and CD-R/RW burning. From digg on August 27, 2006 at 10:08 a.m..
Microbes May Morph in Space and Harm Astronauts When space shuttle Atlantis next rockets into space, it will take along three kinds of microbes so scientists can study how their genetic responses and their ability to cause disease change. From digg on August 27, 2006 at 10:08 a.m..
Aftermath: Teen Who Fled Captor Recalls 8-Year Ordeal Natascha Kampusch is a sad, withdrawn-looking young woman, a lifetime apart from the ruddy-cheeked 10-year-old she was when she disappeared 8 years ago. She weighs less than 100 pounds, and police who interviewed her shortly after she escaped from her kidnapper this week. The story has transfixed Austria, where sordid behavior is rarely on display. From digg on August 27, 2006 at 10:08 a.m..
Engineers worry about New Orleans levees The head of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers conceded Saturday that despite aggressive efforts to repair the levee system in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, it was unclear whether the it could hold up to a sizable hurricane this year. From digg on August 27, 2006 at 10:08 a.m..
Dettori 'sickened' by trophy raid Burglars have made off with a number of trophies from the home of former champions jockey Frankie Dettori. Dettori's agent, Peter Burrell, said his client had been left "deflated and sickened" by the burglary. From digg on August 27, 2006 at 10:08 a.m..
Mastering Wget wget is old school unix and is quite handy. "Wget is a highly hackable, handy little tool that can take care of all your downloading needs. Whether you want to mirror an entire web site, automatically download music or movies from a set of favorite weblogs, or transfer huge files painlessly" hellz yeah From digg on August 27, 2006 at 10:08 a.m..
The ultimate mashup, Part 1: Use and combine Web services This series chronicles the creation of the ultimate mashup, an application that not only stores data from different mashups but uses semantic technology to enable users to create their own mashups by swapping services, or even by picking and choosing data. Part 1 of a 6 part series. From digg on August 27, 2006 at 10:08 a.m..
Darwin and Hitler "...a documentary called “Darwin’s Deadly Legacy.” It purports that what one believes [evolution] can lead to a deadly mixture as in the case of Adolf Hitler and the evils of the Holocaust." the article goes on to recommend that you should make your children watch said documentary. From digg on August 27, 2006 at 10:08 a.m..
Homeowner Horror: Identity Thieves Sell Owner's House An 89-year-old man has been left both heartbroken and betrayed after his North York bungalow was stolen from him in the rising wave of title fraud. Paul Reviczky, who fled Hungary in 1957 is one of the latest homeowners to discover that Ontario law favors banks, mortgage companies and purchasers over victims of fraud. From digg on August 27, 2006 at 10:08 a.m..
A new kind of Graffiti done on a Massive Scale with Light + Projector. A cool vid. A guy projects "light" graffiti on the side of a large building. It is also interactive with the surface that it is projecting on. From digg on August 27, 2006 at 10:08 a.m..
On A Mission: Why Oprah Never Had Kids We were in Soweto, a sprawling slum in Johannesburg. She walked right into the home of a couple of prospective students who had applied for entry into her exclusive Leadership Academy and had impressed her to the point she wanted to see where they lived and what their life was like. When I look at these girls, I see me.... From digg on August 27, 2006 at 10:08 a.m..
Kidnapped Fox journalists released "Two Fox journalists kidnapped two weeks ago in Gaza have been released, according to the Palestinian news service Ramattan and Fox News. The release came shortly after the broadcast of a video in which the journalists read statements saying they have embraced Islam with the Prophet Mohammed as their leader." From digg on August 27, 2006 at 10:08 a.m..
Personal music players: An artwork in progress It wasn't long ago that a visitor to an art museum caught listening to a personal music player in the galleries could expect a sharp rebuke from the guards. Now it's encouraged. One of the fastest-growing trends at art museums is the so-called iPod tour - an audio tour that visitors can download to their personal music players. From digg on August 27, 2006 at 10:08 a.m..
First screens of Halo 2 for Vista Halo 2 has been out for ages on the Xbox, but it's still the most popular game on Xbox Live. No wonder Microsoft wants to benefit some more from the game by releasing it on PC. On top of that, the game will only run on Windows Vista, which should demonstrate the power of the platform. From digg on August 27, 2006 at 10:08 a.m..
Simple hack lets you view all comments on a PRIVATE Myspace profile Thought your "private" myspace comments were really private? Well think again! This simple code lets ANYONE view all the comments on ANY private profile. With a simple variation you can also view "private" pictures. It's so simple, i dont know why someone didn't figure it out sooner. From digg on August 27, 2006 at 10:08 a.m..
911 Dispatcher Crosses the Line I can't believe he just said that, but I'm so damn happy he did. From digg on August 27, 2006 at 10:08 a.m..
U.S. Probes Israeli Use of Cluster Bombs in Civilian Areas The State Department is investigating whether Israel misused American-made cluster bombs in civilian areas of Lebanon. From digg on August 27, 2006 at 3:50 a.m..
Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard: the top secret features? Steve Jobs revealed 10 new things in Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. What about the top secret features that Steve did not announce? From digg on August 27, 2006 at 3:50 a.m..
Report: One third of Chinese landmass bathed in acid rain With Chinese factories discharging more and more sulfur dioxide, one third of China's territory was soaked in acid rain last year. More than half the 696 Chinese cities and counties monitored had experienced acid rain. In some regions, every rainy day was an acid rain day, according to the pollution control inspection report. From digg on August 27, 2006 at 3:50 a.m..
Crazy Mouse speed game I can't even get past level 2! From digg on August 27, 2006 at 3:50 a.m..
Law enforcement want ALL drugs legalized (video) LEAP needs more attention. This is an organization of 5,000 current and former law enforcement officials who recognize the failure and the damage effected by the war on drugs. And it has grown to 5,000 from just five founding members a few years ago. Seems to me that that's pretty newsworthy. So pass this video on. From digg on August 27, 2006 at 3:50 a.m..
Iranian president to inaugurate nuclear reactor Iran's president will inaugurate a heavy-water nuclear reactor Saturday, the deputy head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran announced on state-run television. Mohammed Saeedi did not provide more details about the ceremony but called the facility, located in central Iran, "one of the biggest nuclear projects" in the country. From digg on August 27, 2006 at 3:50 a.m..
Connecting Reading to Music I know and believe that reading is the ONE skill that is a must for children to master in order to be successful. Music requires reading and writing and involves science and social studies as well as personal discipline and self control which lead to high self esteem. As a result I decided to make it my goal to connect reading to music through the use of a karoke machine and appropriate karoke music plus find children’s literature that is musically related and show how songs are stories and stories become songs and how songs are created from the written word. From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on August 27, 2006 at 3:49 a.m..
New Virus Can Attack AMD Processors Security researchers at Symantec have discovered a new proof of concept virus that targets AMD processors rather than operating systems. Running at the processor level, the virus can evade kernel protection. The last large scale outbreak of a chip level threat dates back to 1998's CIH/Chernobyl, which embedded itself into the flash-BIOS. From digg on August 27, 2006 at 1:45 a.m..
Linux kiosks come to the aid of natural disaster victims When faced with the aftermath of a natural disaster like Hurricane Katrina or the Boxing Day tsunami, you might assume that having Internet access would be the last thing on victims' or rescuers' minds. But Steve Hargadon of TechnologyRescue.com found out that his public Web kiosks were an answer to prayers for people affected by Katrina... From digg on August 27, 2006 at 1:45 a.m..
Nickleback ROCKED On Stage No no, I mean literally the crowd threw rocks at them and made them leave after 2 songs... From digg on August 27, 2006 at 1:45 a.m..
Fossils of new dinosaur species unearthed in China Fossils of a new dinosaur species have been unearthed near Lingwu City in northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, said experts on Saturday afternoon. Eight sauropods, or huge, long-necked herbivorous dinosaurs living in the middle Jurassic period some 160 million years ago, were unearthed in a 3,000-square meter area, From digg on August 27, 2006 at 1:45 a.m..
Secrets Of The Male Shopper : Marketers Paying Attention Men are portrayed in a buffoonish, sophomoric way or as sensitive, feminized men," says Erv Frederick, who heads the Miller Lite brand. "The bulk are somewhere in the middle, and those are men who haven't been spoken to." No lie. According to Leo Burnett, 79% of American men say they can barely recognize themselves in advertisements. From digg on August 27, 2006 at 1:45 a.m..
U.S. Banks Slow to Embrace Mobile Commerce Imagine waving your New York subway pass in front of the cash register at 7-Eleven to buy a sandwich. Or sending a text message to pay for items you found surfing the Web on your cell phone. Such payment methods are considered futuristic in the U.S. but are now a reality in Asia and Europe. From digg on August 27, 2006 at 1:45 a.m..
Core Logic: The Chip Industry's Comeback Kid By pairing key partners with a hardware niche, Korea's Hwang Ki Soo has bounced back to make Core Logic the hottest handset-chip maker in Asia. For now the Korean startup is the fastest-growing mobile multimedia chip company in Asia. Indeed, Core Logic's recent expansion has been staggering. From digg on August 27, 2006 at 1:45 a.m..
Turning Fuel Ethanol Into Beverage Alcohol... "Fuel ethanol could be cheaply and quickly converted into the purer, cleaner alcohol that goes into alcoholic drinks, cough medicines, mouth washes and other products requiring food-grade alcohol, say Iowa State University researchers." From digg on August 27, 2006 at 1:45 a.m..
Fungi make coffee more tasty. Fungi are the secrets to tasty coffee, says a Brazilian researcher who is the first to identify the moulds that give coffee its distinctive range of flavours and aromas. From digg on August 27, 2006 at 1:45 a.m..
Matt Leinart aces his first NFL test; makes Rex Grossman look like rookie Yes, yes, it is preseason. Still, Leinart is looking very good with the Arizona Cardinals so far. "I feel comfortable with the offense for the most part right now," Leinart said. "So they called a lot of stuff, and I just went out there and tried to execute." From digg on August 27, 2006 at 1:45 a.m..
Linux (Fedora Core 5) Desktop of the Future... Available Today! Guest starring VNC, VMWare running XP, Return to Castle Wolfenstein, MPlayer showing episode 6x15 of The X-Files ("Monday"), and a funky GDM theme (available on gnome-look.org). From digg on August 27, 2006 at 1:45 a.m..
The iPod Useless A commercial spoof for a new iPod that is completely useless From digg on August 27, 2006 at 1:45 a.m..
Brazilian Drug Users Who Don't Engage in Dealing Won't Face Jail The law, which went into force this week, no longer calls for the imprisonment of people caught with small quantities of narcotics for personal use. Instead, they will be subject them to alternative penalties such as community service and could be required to undergo drug treatment, the justice ministry's press office said. From digg on August 27, 2006 at 1:45 a.m..
Horse Craps on Reporter Title says it all...pretty gross but hilarious. From digg on August 27, 2006 at 1:45 a.m..
Just a Few Extra Pounds Could Mean Fewer Years, Study Finds Bad news for all those baby boomers starting to pile on the pounds as they go through middle age: You don't have to be obese -- just a little overweight -- to increase your risk of dying prematurely, according to a large government study. From digg on August 27, 2006 at 1:45 a.m..
Ghost Ride Gone Wrong Most hilarious ghost ride you'll ever see. Ghost riding idiot gets OWNED. From digg on August 27, 2006 at 1:45 a.m..
See where the Internet lives Take a tour of the data warehouse for the web - Equinix is responsible for holding massive amounts of data, including storage for popular sites like MySpace.com. Take a tour of the facilities, and see how much energy it takes to keep the Web alive. From digg on August 27, 2006 at 1:45 a.m..
Who Destroyed the Constitution? The Biggest Special Interest Group of All Unlike the neocons who surround Judge Andrew Napolitano during his appearances on the FOX News, he understands that freedom comes "from God and is inherent to our humanity". The government can now break into your house, steal your checkbook, put an electronic bug under your kitchen table, and make it look like it was a house burglary. From digg on August 27, 2006 at 1:45 a.m..
Iron Maiden vocalist Bruce Dickinson Speaks Out Againt Ozzfest "Ozzfest is a corporate rock event at which they sell the front 10-12 rows to corporate seats and not to kids. Most of the bands pay a lot of money to be on the Ozzfest, they get paid next to nothing." Maybe he was upset by the lack of cowbell? From digg on August 27, 2006 at 1:45 a.m..
New Open-Source Database Touts Oracle Compatibility Unlike other open-source offerings, EnterpriseDB Advanced Server can run Oracle database applications unchanged. From digg on August 27, 2006 at 1:45 a.m..
New toys - USB Skype phone Testing an evaluation unit of the SkyTone USB Phone (RST102) from Radian Technologies, a conventional looking telephony handset with a USB cord designed to be used with Skype. From digg on August 27, 2006 at 1:45 a.m..
Play Simcity for free Play original simcity online at no cost From digg on August 27, 2006 at 1:45 a.m..
Picasa BETA 3, Build 32.71 Released What's New - We fixed a couple of bugs with uploading to Picasa Web Albums- Picasa was crashing in some cases, and there was also a problem with detecting if a user was online. Problems importing into an existing folder, and an import crash bug have been fixed. We also fixed some problems with the Picasa Screensaver, incorrectly rotated thumbn From digg on August 27, 2006 at 1:45 a.m..
Best Penalty Kick Ever The best penalty soccer kick you will ever see, ever. From digg on August 27, 2006 at 1:45 a.m..
Kerala (Indian State) to go 100% Linux After the cola ban it is now the turn of Microsoft to log out of Kerala. Children in 12500 high schools in the state will not be taught Windows. Instead instructors are lining up Linux for them. Kerala has 99.9% Literacy. No Tech Support Comments Please From digg on August 27, 2006 at 1:45 a.m..
How to: Electrolytically Convert Rust Back Into Iron. This is a relatively simple, safe and cheap way to remove light or heavy rust from any ferrous object. I used this process to restore an old wood plane that I bought for $1 (it looked totally un-usable because of the rust). From digg on August 27, 2006 at 1:45 a.m..
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