We told you months ago Pontiac was dead, but today GM CEO Fritz Henderson made it official. Now that the pointy-arrow brand is gone, we'll mourn by celebrating our ten favorite examples of driving excitement.
If you were a boy growing up in the 70s or early 80s, the '78 Pontiac Trans Am in the black and gold "Bandit" livery, complete with the flaming chicken vinyl on the hood, sat right next to the Lamborghini Countach in your fantasy garage...
In case you were still confused about robots taking over the world and annihilating all human beings….there’s this story. Who would’ve thunk it? Robots grabbing you by the head and trying to crush your skull is only a $3,000 fine. For effect, listen to this as you read the news story.
But the robot suddenly came to life and grabbed a tight hold of the victim's head. The man succeeded in defending himself but not before suffering serious injuries.
Today’s installment of FoFP (Fired over Facebook Photos) comes to you from Watertown Minnesota where a nursing home employee thought it would be a good idea to get herself fired for posting crap on Facebook that she shouldn’t have. Score: Facebook = 1,001 – Stupid People = 0.
Posted an unauthorized photo of herself posing with a clothed resident on her Facebook page, which the MDH found in violation of the patient's privacy rights. The MDH also found other photos of the employee hanging upside-down off the loading dock railing and posing in other unsafe and unprofessional situations.
How would you like to buy a new laptop only to get home and find a brick in the package instead of a PC. This has to be the oldest trick in the book…if you are buying something out of the back of a van.
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Swine flu is on everybody’s mind, so why not on their T-shirts as well? Neatorama illustrator Chris Murphy cooked up this hammy design that will surely get your friends and co-workers chuckling (though whether they’re chuckling because the shirt is funny or they’re nervous about swine flu is another matter).
Wait a minute, broadband service with download speeds of 101Mbps and upload speeds of 15Mbps for only $99.95 a month? Where do I sign up?
Cablevision is deploying a new technology called Docsis 3 which can utilize more of the capacity of a cable television system for data, offering both higher capacity and lower costs. In Japan, J:Com uses the same technology to offer 160 Mbps service for 6,000 yen ($62) a month.
Now the reclusive Hungarian inventor hopes to recreate the buzz of Rubik’s Cube with his new game, featuring six balls trapped within three transparent plastic spheres.
RUBIK’S CUBE FACTS
It has 43,252,003,274,489,856,000 possible combinations on its six faces
To be honest, I have no idea whether that is a bible or not, but it sure looks like one and a quick Google translation of "Pismo Swiete" says it is a Polish bible.
Thanks to modern technology and the internet, you can finally track deadly outbreaks online via HealthMap. Gone are the days of waiting for your friends to return from a trip overseas to tell your there is an avian flu epidemic, now you can see it all online firsthand!
There are now 1 million industrial robots toiling around the world, and Japan is where they’re the thickest on the ground. It has 295 of these electromechanical marvels for every 10 000 manufacturing workers—a robot density almost 10 times the world average and nearly twice that of Singapore (169), South Korea (164), and Germany (163).
Urban legend? No, there really is a Pez Museum!! Not the Barca/SF graff artist of the same name — but rather the plastic Pez that dispenses flavored candies from its neck. And there are 1000’s of them on display at The Museum of Pez Memorabilia in Burlingame. Located at 241 California Drive, the space itself is small storefront with just two rooms: a sales floor in the front, and in the back — a museum.
We have seen some cool iPhone applications come out for shooting sports. But nothing comes close to the sheer awesomeness of the Knights Armaments M110 iPod Touch mount and accompanying ballistics software.
Knights Armaments have developed a mounting system for the iPod Touch that attaches to a side mounted picatinny rail. The mount attaches to an Otterbox protective case.
In February 2009, NASA signed a contract with an engineering firm to develop spacesuits that could be used on the shuttle's replacement, the Orion capsule. New Scientist takes a look at the evolution of spacesuits over the last five decades, and at some potential designs for the future.
A thousand-frame-per-second camera captures amazing footage of people spraying snot everywhere, set to opera music. From the Government of South-Australia.
This compact 35mm camera was one of the most technically advanced gadgets of 1930s. It was produced by Swiss watch and clock manufacturer, also famous for its long-time partnership with luxury car makers. Jaeger LeCoultre sign can be found on the instrument panels of Bentley, Aston Martin, Lancia Astura, Delahaye, etc.
These snowflake photos were taken by Kenneth Libbrecht of CalTech, using a specially-designed snowflake photomicroscope. They show real snow crystals that fell to earth in northern Ontario, Alaska, Vermont, the Michigan Upper Peninsula, and the Sierra Nevada mountains of California.
To bring some attention to ocean pollution and just how disgusting it really is, Surfrider Foundation teamed up with Satchi & Satchi LA to create “Catch of the Day.” Simply and brilliantly, they collected actual trash from beaches around the U.S., packaged it like food, and left it on display at farmer’s markets.
It’s site-specific, appropriate, impacting, meaningful, shocking, and an actual consumer insight into the very act they’re in the middle of. Someone about to buy fish from the same ocean as the trash in their hands can’t help but be at least a little more enlightened as to how pollution isn’t someone else’s problem.
Two guys, with nothing better to do than text each other, think they may have set a world record for the most texts in a month. Unfortunately that bill for $26,000 might have set a record as well. Thanks to rflcptr for this one!
"Most were either short phrases or one word, 'LOL' or 'Hello,' things like that, with tons and tons of repeats," said Andes, reached by phone. Andes sent more than 140,000 messages, and Klinger sent more than 70,000 to end the month with a total of just over 217,000, he said.
Bunny rabbits and birds. These are the normal human limits of shadow puppeteering. That is, unless you have ShadowFlex—the power to cast the shadow of a Bowflex home gym. Hairless, well-oiled pectorals not included.
It looks as though Apple has done an about face after a wave of criticism crushed the company yesterday for approving that "Baby Shaker" game for the iPhone. The company has pulled the offending game from the App Store but, oddly enough, has yet to make a comment on the situation.
The key phrase in that deal was “license to distribute.” Adobe didn’t completely buy-out the program until years after Photoshop had become a huge success. It was a smart move on the Knolls’ part to work out a royalty agreement based upon distribution.
Have you ever just woke up one day and wondered…can the iPod Shuffle be swallowed? No? Well, thankfully the gang at Gizmodo were wondering just that and, with the help of a strangely attractive sword swallower, they found the answer (on video).
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When an ice storm knocked out power to much of New England, one Toyota Prius owner reached for his inverter and powered some of his home with the happy little hybrid. Smug FTW? Yes.
John Sweeney, of Harvard, Massachusetts, was among the many residents of Eastern Mass without power after a big ice storm hit on December 12th. Sweeney, an electrical engineer, saw his Prius as the answer. Using an inverter, he converted the DC power coming out of the car into AC power for his house. Though he couldn't run his entire house one his one car, they were able to get approximately 17 Kilowatt hours of energy.
This was enough to power his refrigerator/freezer, television, lights, wood stove fan and accessories for a few days. Although anyone can use a regular DC power supply, like the battery found in a non-Hybrid car, but a hybrid is ideal.
Here is a public service message, if you are going to steal laptops and iPods from your place of employment, don’t use the employee bulletin board at your work to try to sell them.
An employee at the Wal-Mart in Great Falls faces felony theft charges for allegedly taking electronics from the store and posting the items for sale on an employee bulletin board.
Whoever said using the Internet will make life any easier obviously didn’t think about the social consequences of people’s actions when they type the wrong thing to the wrong person.
This guy says that he is trying to ‘convey the concept of the modern electrical age with the barrage of electrical interference in our lives." Umm, whatever you say sparky.
Each inspired live/work unit is hand-crafted, and capable of magnificent views. The loft-like Cubist floorplan allows convenient interior access and customized storage solutions. Green construction and copious natural lighting and ventilation support ecologically responsible living.
It's not a cardboard house... it's a cardboard home!
Traditional boxing from northern Nigeria is fast, brutal, and has few rules. The men who dedicate their lives to it are wanderers, itinerant labourers in search of fame, or the sons of boxers - born into the ring.
"Dembe", as it is called in Hausa, is exceedingly dangerous. Serious injury, and even death, are a real risk.
The Kings Firecrackers are a group of elementary and Jr High school girls from Kings Local School District in Ohio who, besides doing their school work and keeping their grades up, practice for 5 days a week, 2 hrs a day jumping rope. And it pays off; they’ve been on Late Night With David Letterman, in the Macy’s Day parade, at one of Bush’s inaugurations as well as in American Girl magazine.
Now if you’ll excuse me, I need to take a nap. Just watching them has me exhausted. If you’re not too wiped out, you can take a peek at their blog: Link
The police in Denton, Texas have their own Twitter page where every arrest the department makes is listed and mug shots are posted on TwitPic. The page already has 875 followers.
The unofficial Denton Mugshot twitter for Denton, Texas. Programmed by a UNT art photography student, drawing attention to how much public info we put online.
The main thing with balancing on your hands is to find your sweet spot, which means to center your body's weight as directly over your hands as possible. You'll get better at finding this spot with practice.
Basically, you always have to feel as though you're barely not falling over (to the back). Don't be afraid to take that swing with your legs, because you'll probably never find your equilibrium otherwise.
Malware hunters at Symantec have discovered a direct link between a malicious file embedded in pirated copies of Apple’s iWork 09 software and what appears to be the first Mac OS X botnet launching denial-of-service attacks.
The world's oldest champagne, bottled before Victoria became Queen, is still drinkable, with notes of "truffles and caramel", according to the experts.
An "addictive" bottle of 1825 Perrier-Jouet was opened at a ceremony attended by 12 of the world's top wine tasters. Their verdict: the 184-year-old champagne tasted better than some of its younger counterparts.
Check out this list of ten technologies about to go extinct. Each of those marvels was a wonder of its time. Now each is obsolete, a once-outstanding advancement made laughable when compared to the contact-lens camera or Japan's soon-to-be feasible moon-walking robot.
Just minutes ago the verdict in the case of The Pirate Bay Four was announced. All four defendants were accused of ‘assisting in making copyright content available’. Peter Sunde: Guilty. Fredrik Neij: Guilty. Gottfrid Svartholm: Guilty. Carl Lundström: Guilty. The four receive 1 year in jail each and fines totaling $3,620,000
The court said that the four defendants worked as a team, were aware that copyrighted material was being shared using The Pirate Bay and that they made it easy and assisted the infringements. It categorized the infringements as ’severe’. The judge said that the users of The Pirate Bay committed the first offense by sharing files and the four assisted this.
We all get to see what the Psystar Open(3) actually looks like. Get a good look, these guys are still in court with Apple, this might be the only one you ever get to see.
Dr. Loebner pledged a Grand Prize of $100,000 and a Gold Medal (pictured above) for the first computer whose responses were indistinguishable from a human's. Such a computer can be said "to think." Each year an annual prize of $2000 and a bronze medal is awarded to the most human-like computer. The winner of the annual contest is the best entry relative to other entries that year, irrespective of how good it is in an absolute sense.
The Troll — Everyone knows this guy (and it’s usually a guy), who intentionally visits sites in order to stir things up, provoke a furious reaction from other posters and then disappear. Classic examples are the Free Republic types who visit Daily Kos and vice versa.
The Skimmer — The commenter, usually sour, who reads only a headline or sentence of a piece, draws exactly the wrong conclusion, and then embarks on an embarrassing rant.
The Kumbaya — These folks always show up two-thirds of the way through any heated on-line debate and ask, “Why can’t we all just get along?” They are inevitably ignored or trashed.
The Parser — What would we do without the Internet Grammar Police? These folks assiduously correct the online writings of others — never quite catching on that the Web is designed to be fast, fresh and sloppy.
Does your Kindle leave you feeling like there’s something missing from your reading experience? Have you been avoiding e-books because they just don’t smell right?
David Do, a 2nd Electrical Engineering student in the Schulich School of Engineering has been chosen as 1 of 500 contestants to win a brand new 2009 Nissan Cube car from Nissan themselves!
He sent in a profile about himself and luckily, he was deemed unique enough to compete out of thousands of entries. Now he needs YOUR help! Voting is a factor in deciding a winner, so why not take the time now and visit his ‘Canvas page’ where you’ll know more about him and his work. Just log onto www.hypercube.ca and search for the username: Disoblige
You’ll see his face and can also click to view his canvas. Be sure to check out his links on there too! There, you can fill out the quick form to register for an account and vote for a local Calgary boy, and fellow U of C student. Let’s put some Nissan Cubes onto Calgary roads!"
Few things about me (David):
- I may be an engineer, but that’s just one side of me
- I own a set of Technics Turntables and love to create new scratch tracks
- I sketch manga, a Japanese comic type of art
- A workout buff, but also go around town doing food reviews
- A car enthusiast, from basic know-how, to car tuning, to simply loving to drive.
Come check out David's canvas and see all his work! Thank you all!
Every restaurant claims it has secret ingredients that make its food so special. This, apparently, is Domino’s Pizza’s …
These two Domino’s Pizza workers documented their shenanigans and uploaded it to YouTube. The original clip was taken down, but re-uploaded by someone else (ah, the power of the Intertubes) and has now spread all over the blogosphere …
Oh, these two are SO fired! Consumerist readers even tracked down the place.
The youtube video has been removed by Kristy Hammonds but the cosumerist has managed to save the video before it was pulled. Watch the video here.
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No, they don’t give you super-strength or stealth powers so you’ll have to keep playing Crysis for those capabilities. However, these new exoskeletons by Honda can assist with walking and lifting heavy items, which will go a long way in improving the quality of life for many people. That Bodyweight Support Assist exoskeleton looks… uncomfortable.
It’s nice to know that everything you’ve worked so hard for your entire life is worth less than a can of soda on the black market. Heh, I wonder what happens if you bought an identity with bad credit, would you get a partial soda refund?
Criminals are able to buy full personal identities for "less than a can of cola", an internet security firm has said.
In New York, we are very occupied with getting from one place to another. I wondered: could a human-like object traverse sidewalks and streets along with us, and in so doing, create a narrative about our relationship to space and our willingness to interact with what we find in it? More importantly, how could our actions be seen within a larger context of human connection that emerges from the complexity of the city itself? To answer these questions, I built robots.
Tweenbots are human-dependent robots that navigate the city with the help of pedestrians they encounter. Rolling at a constant speed, in a straight line, Tweenbots have a destination displayed on a flag, and rely on people they meet to read this flag and to aim them in the right direction to reach their goal.
Warning: this project involves taxidermy, dremels, and sometimes graphic pictures of dead animals. While there are no guts in this tutorial, viewer discretion is still advised.
You might think of nuclear weapons as just the most fearsome weapon ever invented by humans, but that would be seriously underplaying their versatility.
Nuclear weapons aren't only good for leveling cities, they've also been used throughout the last 50 years for a variety of civilian purposes like stimulating natural gas production — and all kinds of innovative proposals have been slapped on the table to harness the awesome power of the nuclear blast for economic benefit.
Gizmodo received several tips about layoffs hitting Best Buy retail associates starting today. According to the article, it’s a nationwide reduction to lower overhead and that stores have been preparing for it so it’s not a surprise. I know we have a lot of readers that work at BB so let us know what you see.
We've gotten a lot more confirmation since this story was published. One leadership-level employee clarifies that no specific layoffs are necessarily happening, but to stay, you'll of course need to take a paycut.
Taking something out of its retail packaging, using it for the weekend and then selling it on Monday as "new" is a federal crime? Gee, whoddathunkit?
The alleged practice of GameStop lending new copies of games to employees at their stores and then later selling those games as new, unused copies, may be a violation of federal law.
I'll be forsaking punnets of strawberries and packs of chicken, supermarket milk and bottled cleaning products, and switching to reusable nappies for my toddler.
No longer will my other half and I be able to slump in front of the telly of an evening with the latest DVD, a takeaway curry and a bottle of wine (the cork could be plastic).
Considering how much of a nostalgic powerhouse the NES is, there should be little surprise that Nintendo’s 8-bit library is filled with so many collectors pieces. And opposed to the Super Nintendo’s rare and valuable list, the most desirable NES games are not necessarily the most popular games. Because of the unassuming nature of these titles, you may be unaware of the treasures that could be found in a local garage sale, flea market, or your own closet.
•Bust A Groove - $59 - $80 •Tomba: $56 - $81 •Einhander: $53 - $98 •X-COM UFO Defense: $50 - $90 •Tales of Destiny: $49 - $80 •X-men vs Street Fighter: $50 - $70 •Marvel vs. Capcom: $48 - $70 •Final Fantasy VII (Greatest Hits): $53 - $160 •Spyro Collectors Edition (complete): $53 - $73 •Castlevania Symphony of the Night (Black Label): $57 - $66 •Xenogears (Black Label): $50 - $154 •Suikoden: $50 - $115 •Legend of Mana: $47 - $80 •Klonoa Door to Phantomile: $46 - $61 •Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden Memories Premium (w/ cards): $45 - $65 (sealed) •Return Fire: $48 - $50 •Mega Man Legends 2: $45 - $73 •Herc’s Adventure: $45 - $50 •Arc The Lad Collection: $44 - $103 •Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter: $40 - $52
Microsoft sponsored a new whitepaper (PDF) from Roger Kay of Endpoint Technologies Associates which takes a look at the tax from a tech analyst’s viewpoint. His paper shows the "Apple Tax" is the combination of what people pay up front when purchasing a Mac and what people pay over the life of their computer – the hidden tax.
The night shift can drag on a bit so there’s nothing like a chat around the blood warmer and there’s always plenty of office gossip for a vampire to sink their teeth into
Underground stores of methane are important because scientists believe their sudden release has in the past been responsible for rapid increases in global temperatures, dramatic changes to the climate, and even the mass extinction of species.
This is the ball-point pen that has a built-in video camera, capturing conversations with a press of a button. Ideal for use while secured in a pocket, its built-in color camera lens is located just above the pocket clip and its microphone is located on the side of the barrel under the pocket clip, yet are both inconspicuous enough to avoid detection.
It can record video and audio from up to 50' away. Up to 2 1/2 hours of video can be captured at 352 x 288 resolution and stored in the pen's integrated 4 GB memory as an AVI file.
This is the only portable high-definition radio, providing access to the new CD-quality high-definition broadcasts wherever you go. High-definition signals also provide additional information, including song titles and artist information, displayed on the easy-to-read LCD. Audio is produced by its robust four-watt speaker, resulting in FM-quality sound for AM stations and CD-quality sound for FM stations.
Nick Veasey uses x-ray technology to create mesmerizing and intriguing art. In a world obsessed with superficial appearance it is a refreshing change to be able to look beyond the surface.
The Economist uses the price of the ubiquitous McDonald's meal to calculate the "Big Mac Index", a guide showing how far from fair value different world currencies are. The Big Mac theory (a.k.a. purchasing-power parity, or PPP) says that exchange rates should even out the prices of Big Macs sold across the world.
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Here is a list of some of the most outrageous "late for work" excuses ever. To be honest, I’m positive you guys have used better ones than excuses like "I got locked in my trunk by my son."
Actual reasons for coming in late vary from worker to worker, but traffic was the main culprit with one-third (33 percent) of workers claiming it caused their tardiness. Nearly a quarter (24 percent) said lack of sleep, while 10 percent said getting their kids ready for school or day care was the main reason.
The grow-your-own movement is all well and good if you’ve got a great yard, but tons of people don’t have access to an outdoor space. So we spoke with gardening experts to figure out what it takes to grow herbs indoors.
The amount of time and effort that went into this amazing Wall-E case mod is mind bending. Every thing you see here, including the tracks and wheels, was made in this guy’s shop.
This is the craziest news I’ve ever heard. Researchers in California who have been working to understand the neuroscience of memory, recently conducted an experiment involving The Simpsons, and the results were a little surprising.
A new security report says that 97% of all e-mail are unwanted junk. If it’s not spam it is virus or some other form of malware. This map showing infection rates by country is a tad bit depressing don’t you think?
Depending on which feature you use, Google Maps offers a satellite view or a street-level view of tons of locations around the world. You can look up landmarks like the Pyramids of Egypt or the Great Wall of China, as well as more personal places, like your ex’s house.
But for all of the places that Google Maps allows you to see, there are plenty of places that are off-limits. Whether it’s due to government restrictions, personal-privacy lawsuits or mistakes, Google Maps has slapped a "Prohibited" sign on the following 51 places.
Growing Jewelry is a redefinition of modern values. It is a clash of jewelry an gardening; couture and organism. The collection of this hand jewelry is designed for people in metropolitan cities and is an experiment in drawing nature toward man, as nature being the presupposition of life.
According to CNet, Intel has revamped its processor badges and added a rating system. Logos now include a "die accent" and the rating system is a "star" system with one star being the lowest performing processor and five being the highest.
Destroying the Earth is harder than you may have been led to believe. You've seen the action movies where the bad guy threatens to destroy the Earth. You've heard people on the news claiming that the next nuclear war or cutting down rainforests or persisting in releasing hideous quantities of pollution into the atmosphere threatens to end the world.
With game magazines and other print publications dropping like flies lately, I was surprised to learn that Game Informer Magazine is actually outselling TV Guide, Playboy and Maxim (among other magazinea). That is extremely impressive when you really think about it. Maybe that story about men choosing games over sex might have some merit after all?
According to data released by BurrellesLuce, the mag has a monthly readership of 3,517,598. Which makes it the 12th most read magazine in the United States, ahead of more notable publications such as Time, TV Guide, Sports Illustrated, Cosmo, Newsweek, Playboy and Maxim.
Old computer products, like old soldiers, never die. They stay on the market--even though they haven’t been updated in eons. Or their names get slapped on new products that are available only outside the U.S. Or obsessive fans refuse to accept that they’re obsolete--long after the rest of the world has moved on.
A last minute clause inserted into the budget for Texas will require government officials to get written authorisation before buying Windows Vista.
The clause was added by Senator Juan Hinojosa to the two-year Texas state budget, worth some $182.2bn (£123bn), and would require any state body, with the exception of schools, to get written authorisation from the state Legislative Budget Board before buying any copies of Vista or hardware with the operating system installed.
"We have a lot of problems with the Vista program," Senator Hinojosa told the San Antonio News. "It had a lot of bugs. It takes up a lot of memory. It's not compatible with other equipment, and it's supposed to be an upgrade from the XP program that is being used by state agencies, and it's not."
Vancouver police are looking for Osama bin Laden, or at least a man who used that name, who stole gas from a gas stations. The suspect drove up in a luxury car and paid for the gas using a stolen credit card that had Osama bin Laden as the customer's name on the card. "I guess that shows the guy's sense of humor," police spokesman Brian Soles said Friday.
People can not eat hamburgers in northern Sweden without getting off their snowmobile. The first ever snowmobile drive-thru for McDonald's opened up in Pitea, Sweden last Saturday. "There are 6,000 snowmobiles registered in Pitea and I thought why don't we build a special track for them," said Eva Olsson, who is the marketing manager for McDonald's in Pitea.
The much-loved children's toy, My Little Pony, has undergone an extraordinary transformation. The new collection sees the ponies mimic a variety of characters from cult films like Batman and Alien.
The creator Mari Kasurinen, who admits she preferred Star Wars dolls to My Little Pony as a child, has been inundated with orders for the quirky toys, which are on sale for a whopping £330 each.
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Ashrita Furman, 47, of the United States, wiggled his hula hoop as he walked to a world record of five miles. "I'm very dizzy and a bit shaky," Furman said after two hours and 30 minutes ofhula-hooping. The new record still has to be verified by the Guinness Book of Records, but is likely to enter unchallenged.Furman also has set 70 other records including once walking 33 miles in Thailand with a full milk bottle on his head.
For those of you with friends that are not savvy enough to self diagnose their own PC, and could possibly be infected with the Conficker worm, I have a place you can send them. It doesn’t get any easier than this.
These PCIe SSD drives can't arrive fast enough for our needs... ok, wants considering the thousands they cost. The latest announcement comes by way of Super Talent Technology with its new 2TB RAIDDrive.
Super Talent claims that its RAIDDrives "are capable of delivering sequential Read speeds of up to 1.2GB/s, sequential Write speeds of up to 1.3GB/s." Unfortunately, no ship date or price was announced, only that we'll get more "performance details" in June. Presumably that means something useful like random IOPS benchmarks.
Twenty years ago, Wozniak realized that computers could easily calculate the moment of forgetting if he could discover the right algorithm. SuperMemo is the result of his research. It predicts the future state of a person's memory and schedules information reviews at the optimal time
For the Greek, Hemeroscopium is the place where the sun sets. An allusion to a place that exists only in our mind, in our senses, that is ever-changing and mutable, but is nonetheless real. It is delimited by the references of the horizon, by the physical limits, defined by light, and it happens in time.
“The island of Elugelab is missing!” President Eisenhower heard this short report on the Mike shot in Operation IVY from Gordon Dean, Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission.
The latest flight was conducted at the US Army's Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona. The Zephyr flew non-stop for 82 hours, 37 minutes.
That time beats the current official world record for unmanned flight set by the US robot plane Global Hawk - of 30 hours, 24 minutes - and even Zephyr's own previous best of 54 hours achieved last year.
It looks as though some people, at least for now, are scared of the new antipiracy law that took effect in Sweden yesterday. How long will this downturn in net traffic last?
As of 2 p.m. local time Wednesday in Sweden, Internet traffic was down about 30 percent from the day before, according to Computer Sweden (in Swedish). The average traffic over Netnod, a company that measures most of the Internet traffic access points between Swedish and international networks, was 80Gbps Wednesday compared to Tuesday's 120Gbps. Traffic had been steady the previous week.
A reliable source said these were only given to a handful of employees and every pair has been broken or lost over time… Except for these! These sunglasses were in use while Microsoft Office (word, excel, etc) was created and released…
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You guys have to see this video of some guy controlling his car with an iPhone. Aside from being able to start and shut down his car with the iPhone, the real-time data he gets on his phone is impressive as well. Check it out:
And the award for "Best April Fool’s Day joke" for the year 2009 has to go to this whole Conficker worm scare. It seems that everyone was panicking for nothing, no doomsday, no end of the world…*sigh* kind of a let down actually.
The worm's programming included a change in tactics on April 1: The estimated 3 million to 12 million computers infected by Conficker were told to step up their attempts to "phone home" for commands. But that seemed to be the only sign of life from the bug. "One thing we're not seeing is any mass malicious activity," said Joris Evers, an analyst with McAfee. "The Internet today is working just as well as it was working yesterday."
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Travelodge, the budget hotel company, have completed their first recycled hotel made out of shipping containers. The 86 containers used in the Uxbridge hotel were prepared in China with plasterboard walls, electrics and bathrooms already in place before being shipped to the UK, stacked and assembled like lego pieces.
Dubai’s latest offering is a carbon-neutral ‘pyramid’ city. The city, in the shape of a futuristic pyramid, will be exhibited at Cityscape Dubai and according to Timelinks, could support an entire community of up to one million people by harnessing the power of nature.
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