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by Posted on 03-09-2010 03:25 AMCategories:
From: Allison Hayes
Date: Tuesday 17 August 2010 4.16pm
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Snap
Hello David,
Have you bought any new electrical equipment in the last few months that might account for the additional usage?
From: David Thorne
Date: Tuesday 17 August 2010 4.24pm
To: Allison Hayes
Subject: Superconducting quadrupole electromagnets
Hello Allison,
Nothing that springs to mind. I purchased a Large Hadron Collider a few months back but it has not seen much use. The one time I did manage to get it working, I ended up at the day before I unpacked it so this wouldn't count.
Regards, David.
From: Allison Hayes
Date: Tuesday 17 August 2010 4.31pm
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Superconducting quadrupole electromagnets
Whats a hadron collider?
From: David Thorne
Date: Tuesday 17 August 2010 4.38pm
To: Allison Hayes
Subject: Re: Re: Superconducting quadrupole electromagnets
It's kind of like a pressure cooker but with way more dials.
Source ...by Posted on 03-09-2010 01:17 AMCategories:
A rabbinical guidebook for killing non-Jews has sparked an uproar in Israel and exposed the power a bunch of genocidal theocrats wield over the government.
When I went into the Jewish religious book emporium, Pomeranz, in central Jerusalem to inquire about the availability of a book called Torat Ha'Melech, or the King's Torah, a commotion immediately ensued. "Are you sure you want it?" the owner, M. Pomeranz, asked me half-jokingly. "The Shabak [Israel's internal security service] is going to want a word with you if you do." As customers stopped browsing and began to stare in my direction, Pomeranz pointed to a security camera affixed to a wall. "See that?" he told me. "It goes straight to the Shabak!"
As soon as it was published late last year,Torat Ha'Melech sparked a national uproar. The controversy began when an Israeli tabloid panned the book's contents as "230 pages on the laws concerning the killing of non-Jews, a kind of guidebook for anyone who ponders the question of if and when it is permissible to take the life of a non-Jew." According to the book's author, Rabbi Yitzhak Shapira, "Non-Jews are "uncompassionate by nature" and should be killed in order to "curb their evil inclinations." "If we kill a gentile who has has violated one of the seven commandments… there is nothing wrong with the murder," Shapira insisted.
Interesting article at alternet
As far as I am concerned, if they want a peace deal in the Middle East the answer is easy. Ship 95% of the Israeli 'settlers' to live with Hamas in a portion of Gaza and leave the fuckers to kill each other, they are as bad as each other.
...by Posted on 02-09-2010 04:31 PMCategories:
Think you can bust out some silly fresh rhymes on the subjects of hacking, identity theft and computer viruses? In a somewhat untraditional partnership, Snoop Dogg and Symantec’s Norton want you to show off your lyrical skills on the subject of cybercrime and enter the "Hack is Wack" cybercrime rap contest.
The contest, which runs through Sept. 30, 2010, asks participants to create and upload a two-minute rap video at www.HackIsWack.com.
Snoop is going make the initial call for entries through his Facebook account, Twitter and YouTube page.
The winner, to be announced on Oct. 20, 2010, will be selected based on overall creativity, rapping and performing skills, and delivery of a compelling anti-cybercrime message.
Source ...by Posted on 02-09-2010 04:26 PMCategories:
This is a video showing the discovery of asteroids from 1980 - 2010. It starts off pretty slow, but by the late 90's/early 00's asteroids start popping up faster than Whac-A-Moles. A result of global warming? You decide. Just don't decide yes or we'll all point and laugh and call you names. Real scathing things too, shit like Galilame-o.
Source ...by Posted on 02-09-2010 04:22 PMCategories:
News Corp.’s HarperCollins revealed the identity of the “Stig,” a test driver who appears on the television show “Top Gear,” after the British Broadcasting Corp. lost a ruling to keep his identity secret.
The publisher said racing driver Ben Collins is the masked man who tests the performance of cars on one of the U.K.’s most popular television shows. The announcement came after High Court Judge Paul Morgan in London refused a request from the BBC to keep the character’s identity secret. HarperCollins plans to publish the driver’s autobiography on Sept. 16.
“This is a victory for freedom of speech,” HarperCollins said in an e-mailed statement. “Ben Collins has a great story to tell about his seven years as The Stig which will appeal to a wide audience beyond the world of motoring enthusiasts.”
“Top Gear” episodes in its latest series attracted an average of 5.3 million viewers, a 20 percent share, according to the BBC. In the show, the Stig wears white overalls and a white helmet with a black visor that he always keeps down, obscuring his face.
Source ...by Posted on 02-09-2010 09:47 AMCategories:
A man who railed against the Discovery Channel's environmental programming for years burst into the company's headquarters with at least one explosive device strapped to his body Wednesday and took three people hostage at gunpoint before police shot him to death, officials said.
The hostages — two Discovery Communications employees and a security officer — were unhurt after the hourslong standoff. Montgomery County Police Chief Thomas Manger said tactical officers moved in after officers monitoring Lee on building security cameras saw him pull out his handgun and point it at one of the hostages.
An explosive device on the gunman's body detonated when police shot him.
Reddit users have posting items around the story. Including pictures taken by a guy who works across the road. They have even found his website.
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...by Posted on 02-09-2010 09:38 AMCategories:
A lonely island in the middle of the South Atlantic conceals Charles Darwin's best-kept secret. Two hundred years ago, Ascension Island was a barren volcanic edifice. Today, its peaks are covered by lush tropical "cloud forest". What happened in the interim is the amazing story of how the architect of evolution, Kew Gardens and the Royal Navy conspired to build a fully functioning, but totally artificial ecosystem.
By a bizarre twist, this great imperial experiment may hold the key to the future colonisation of Mars.
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...by Posted on 02-09-2010 09:22 AMCategories:
Quick explaination for those who came in late. Reardon's lawyers are the lawyers who have helped us our dealing with the douchebags who tried to sue us for $42.5 million. They are still helping us out as the legal woes are still on going but we can't post any details about it at this time.
They are not lawyers who I have found, but these guys and gal are long time members of ZGeek who stepped up to save me and the site along with Clamenz Corporate Lawyers.
Anyways, they've setup a Facebook page and twitter feed for law fans. Not only will they post about their cases, but they'll be posting about law changes in Australia.
...by Posted on 02-09-2010 09:11 AMCategories:
Yesterday, Matt Williams officially became the new the chief executive of Digg. The first task for the former Amazon executive will be helping Digg excavate itself from a giant hole (of user dissatisfaction) the news discovery site created upon launching its latest version last week.
Kevin Rose, the founder of Digg, has been holding the top job since ousting Jay Adelson from the CEO position in April (Mr. Adelson’s Twitter bio now describes him as an habitual entrepreneur on a much needed break). The break is understandable as the site faces a full-scale user revolt over the new Digg design. Mr. Rose himself made it clear that the job he just handed to Mr. Williams will not be an easy one.
Funny, most of the stories on Digg right now are sourced from Reddit. We know who the winner is here.
Source ...by Posted on 02-09-2010 08:20 AMCategories:
We know you prefer a little bit of easing into the main thesis of our news articles, but there's just no way we could contain our excitement for this delightful development. The ESRB rating for Obsidian's desert-crawling action-RPG explains, "there is also an extended sequence suggesting (no depiction) sexual activity with a robot." Said erotic automaton will drop bon mots such as "Fisto reporting for duty . . . Please assume the position," and "I suppose I should test you out . . . Servos active!"
Finally, I am going to be able to teach a robot how to love.
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...by Posted on 02-09-2010 07:51 AMCategories:
Conservative NSW MP Fred Nile has denied that he has been accessing gay pornographic websites on his parliamentary computer, saying someone else, possibly a member of some homosexual conspiracy against him, must have used his log-on.
Mr Nile, from the Christian Democrat party, says reports in today's Daily Telegraph that gay porn websites have been accessed from his office 200,000 times are impossible.
Mr Nile is well known in NSW for his conservative stance on social issues, having been a long-time opponent of things such as the Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, which he personally attends to make a note of the sinful, shameful acts committed there.
His password is cockthirsty. ...by Posted on 01-09-2010 08:12 PM
Author Neal Stephenson has been credited for inspiring today’s virtual world startups with his novel Snow Crash. Now he’s launching a startup himself: Subutai, where he is co-founder and chairman.
The company, based in Seattle and San Francisco, has developed what it calls the PULP platform for creating digital novels. The core of the experience is still a text novel, but authors can add additional material like background articles, images, music, and video. There are also social features that allow readers to create their own profiles, earn badges for activity on the site or in the application, and interact with other readers.
Subutai is launching its inaugural product today, a serialized story called The Mongoliad about the Mongol invasion of Europe. The company promises to release a new chapter a week. Readers can pay $5.99 for a six-month subscription fee or $9.99 for a year.
Stephenson isn’t writing the book alone. There’s a team led by a writer Mark Teppo; it also includes Greg Bear, author of Blood Music and other science fiction novels. Stephenson compared the experience to writing a TV show, and not just because it’s a team of writers.
A book, written by a committee, and published on a web site. eww. But it is Neal Stephenson, and he has written some of the best historical fiction ever, so I'll give him the benefit of the doubt for now.
...by Posted on 01-09-2010 06:04 PMCategories:
A man has embarked on a journey with a difference: travelling around the world without any luggage or bags of any kind. Rolf Potts decided to test of the concept of “travelling light” by seeing how far he can go with only the items in his pockets.
Mr Potts, who has reported for National Geographic Traveller and Conde Nast Traveller, began his six-week journey around the world last week.
He departed from New York, US, and will fly to locations such as London, Western Europe, Morocco, Cairo, South Africa, Bangkok, Singapore, New Zealand before returning to New York on October 2.
Someone please mug him!
Source ...by Posted on 01-09-2010 05:59 PMCategories:
Sales of the third edition of the vast tome have fallen due to the increasing popularity of online alternatives, according to its publisher.
A team of 80 lexicographers has been working on the third edition of the OED – known as OED3 – for the past 21 years.
The dictionary’s owner, Oxford University Press (OUP), said the impact of the internet means OED3 will probably appear only in electronic form.
The most recent OED has existed online for more than a decade, where it receives two million hits a month from subscribers who pay an annual fee of £240.
“The print dictionary market is just disappearing, it is falling away by tens of per cent a year,” Nigel Portwood, the chief executive of OUP, told the Sunday Times. Asked if he thought the third edition would be printed, he said: “I don’t think so.”
Almost one third of a million entries were contained in the second version of the OED, published in 1989 across 20 volumes.
Source ...by Posted on 01-09-2010 05:56 PMCategories:
Malaysian state authorities will soon open a school exclusively for pregnant teenagers to help them overcome the stigma of having children without being married, an official said today.
The school will be able to accept about 30 students starting on September 16, making the southern state of Malacca the first in this Muslim-majority country to have such an institution, said school chairman Abdul Rahman Abdul Karim.
At least you know all the girls who go there put and, and won't make you wear a condom
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I always picked him as a "1, 2, 3, 4, 5" kind of a guy.
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RTFM. The point is that the US govt don't explicitly & financially support Phelps.
Yet more religious fuckwittery.
and3w on 03-09-2010