October 2007
120 posts
cGt2099: "I was permanently banned from Digg" →
The key issue is that it can happen to anyone. Anyone can make mistakes.
Heroes and Grey's Anatomy threatened by strike →
Hit US television series such as Heroes and Grey’s Anatomy could be threatened by a strike of Hollywood screenwriters.
Fashion tips for women from a guy who knows dick... →
New Maddox
Weighted Companion Cube Pumpkin →
Like many of you, I too was disheartened when forced to euthanize my Weighted Companion Cube. To help cope with my grief, I have enshrined her memory in pumpkin form. Enjoy!
Portal Pumpkins →
I’ve got a bit of Portal on the brain, so as I planned my yearly pumpkin carving, the result was natural.
Leopard Hacked! Install Leopard on your PC →
Well its been only a day since the Mac OSX Leopard was released officially by Apple and the hackers have managed to create a patched DVD that everyone like you and me can use to install Leopard on PC’s without having to buy a Mac.
Lunar Mineral to light up the Earth?! →
About 15 million tones of helium-3 isotope is available on Earth. It is abundant on the moon, with estimates of 1-5 million tones. The lunar resources can be used to generate power for more than 10,000 years for the whole world!…..
Simple Turing machine shown capable of solving any... →
When I read this a nostalgia washed over me, Neal Stephenson anyone?
What happens when you stay awake for 11 days... →
What would happen if you stay awake, say, oh for 11 days straight? Would you suffer brain damage or even die? Here’s the story of a high school stunt that turned into a real scientific research into sleep deprivation from Alex Boese’s Elephants on Acid and Other Bizarre Experiments.
64-bit special Linux! (superb) →
64 Studio is a special Linux version for creating digital contents. It is a software collection based on Debian, containing many 64-bit audio and video editing applications.
Engine That Runs on Waste or Solar Heat →
Cyclone Power Technologies, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: CYPW) announced today that it has successfully tested its patent-pending Waste Heat Engine (WHE), a unique technology off-shoot of the Green Revolution Engine.
20-year-old student finds proof for simplest... →
Alex Smith, who is studying electronics and computing at the University of Birmingham, UK, proved that a cellular automata that uses just three symbols in its calculations is equivelant to another mathematical device already known to be a universal computer.
Purple Rain: Is this the greatest film soundtrack... →
…the “Purple Rain” soundtrack was a flawless combination of “funk, R&B, pop, metal, and even psychedelia into a sound that defined the ’80s.”
11795 X 1425px Birds-Eye View of Saturn's Rings //... →
Really cool Picture of the rings (with Labels)
FREEBSD 7.0 beta1 available! →
FreeBSD® is an advanced operating system for x86 compatible (including Pentium® and Athlon™), amd64 compatible (including Opteron™, Athlon™64, and EM64T), UltraSPARC®, IA-64, PC-98 and ARM architectures.
Official Gmail Blog: Updated Gmail for mobile... →
The new version of Gmail for mobile is faster than before — and consumes a lot less data. It also has a number of new features, including: * more than 30 percent faster overall, and 80 percent faster for some tasks * a contacts viewer to view your all Gmail contacts and addresses * an outgoing mail footer to let your recipients know you’ve s …
Game: Portal →
Man, what a surprise this game was! This is a great puzzle game, which you should also play multiple times (once with the commentaries). You’re a woman who wakes up in a cell inside a lab and presented with a portal that lets you walk out of the room and into another. With this gun you must solve lots of puzzles which get gradually harder. Along the way, GlaDOS, an AI with a computerized...
Game: Half Life 2 - Episode 2 →
Wow. Half Life blew me away, again. I finished the game in one big long marathon session. Twice. The second time with the developers’ commentary enabled - which I still love. I’m not going to spoil anything, but I found the ending completely unexpected and fantastic. Also, Merle Dandridge’s voice acting (Alyx) was incredible. When the credits rolled over my screen I just wanted...
Game: The Settlers: Rise Of An Empire →
Another quick review for this one. Not much to say about this game, I mean: it’s Settlers. It’s back, and it’s 3d and cuter than ever :). Pros: Settler’s back! Game looks very nice. Long and entertaining missions. Happy atmosphere. Cons: Few bugs still around. Needs quite a bit of system resources.
Game: Medal Of Honor: Airborne →
I’ve been playing some games last weekend, Medal Of Honor: Airborne being one of them. Basically it’s just another WW2 FPS with nothing special. The drops at the beginning of each mission are pretty nice, and the levels aren’t badly designed either. The graphics look nice but were somewhat sluggish, how come this game needs so much resources when Half Life runs so nice in all its...
Nasal Spray Will Help You to Socialize and Speak... →
A nasal spray containing an antibiotic used to treat tuberculosis may help people to overcome their fears of public speaking, attending work parties or even performing karaoke. Psychologists found that sprays emitting D-Cycloserine (DCS) significantly reduced the symptoms of people afflicted with chronic social phobias.
Compiz Fusion 0.6.0 released! →
“This is the first stable release of Compiz Fusion, the result of more than six months of work and polish. This stable release is based on Compiz Fusion 0.5.2, released on the 13th of August. (…) Compiz Fusion is developed entirely as a volunteer project, and we’d liketo thank everyone who contributed to this release.”
Microsoft Wants to Buy 100 Web 2.0 Companies →
If Microsoft’s CEO Steve Ballmer is to be believed, then it’s a good time to flip a startup. During his Q&A at the Web 2.0 Summit yesterday he made the ballsy claim that the company is prepared to purchase 20 companies a year, for the next five years.
DON'T download Ubuntu Gutsy yet →
wait for final release and use torrent if you can
N95 vs iPhone →
Nowadays, the new Nokia N95 and the I Phone are two mobile phones who fights for their supremacy on the European digital buzz. But who is actually going to win? This fact will be confirmed by the number of terminals that will be sold in the next few months. But what are the advantages and disadvantages? I will try to compare the two terminals and I
Awesome Lego Ads: Looking at the Blocks Through a... →
Here’s a group of Lego ads (print ads, I believe) that depict perfectly the enjoyment of these blocks from a kids perspective.
I Played Through Episode Two Holding A Goddamn... →
What happens if you take the garden gnome with you on yoru journey through Episode Two???
Nokia's N810 makes first appearance, drops jaws →
Sexy..And as engadget says..”Sexy is an understatement”
mommy, can I cash my Google checks now? →
14 year old boy earns more than his mom and dad…. combined. This prodigy has been making the big bucks since he was 13!
Major Online Poker Room Caught Cheating →
Absolute Poker, one of the major online poker rooms, has been caught cheating. Allowing some players the ability to see other people’s cards. Absolute had issued a public statement denying the claims after an internal investigation but then provided self incriminating evidence to an outside researcher that implicated them beyond any doubts.
Findings From the Web Design Survey - A List Apart →
Close to 33,000 web professionals answered the survey’s 37 questions, providing the first data ever collected on the business of web design and development as practiced in the U.S. and worldwide. Working with statisticians, we crunched raw data into meaningful findings
Humans May Stay Young For 400 Years →
‘In principle, if you understand the mechanisms of keeping things repaired, you could keep things going indefinitely,’ says Cynthia Kenyon, biochemist at the University of California at San Francisco. In her lab she has increased the life span of tiny worms called Caenorhabditis elegans up to six times their normal lifespan by suppressing a single
RIAA Sues Usenet, Decries it as Napster, Kazaa →
The Recording Industry Association of America is suing usenet.com, decrying it as the next Napster, Kazaa and other peer-to-peer, illicit file-sharing sites.
What girls do at a LAN party. →
wow.
"Second Earth" found--20 lightyears away! →
Scientists have discovered a warm and rocky “second Earth” circling a star, a find they believe dramatically boosts the prospects that we are not alone.
Perfecting Ann Coulter (PIC) →
n a recent conversation with Donny Deutcsh, cold-fish Coulter claimed the country would be better off without Jews. After a heated debate, she conceded that keeping them around might be tolerable if they were “perfected.” Who died and made her Führer? Here are our suggestions for a new and improved Adolf Coulter.
