Documents have come to light showing how the then French PM, Guy Mollet, approached the then British PM, Sir Anthony Eden on 10/10/56 to ask if there was the possibility of a union between the UK and France. When this failed, he came back later to ask if France could become a member of the Read more about France under the British Queen[…]
The Pillars of Creation, a gaseous /dusty area which resemble pillars: are considered the birthplace of planets as many young planets can be seen inside them using IR: The above pictures were taken in 1995. In a dramatic turn of events, some huge force has blown the pillars to bits, around 6000 years ago. People Read more about Pillars of creation toppled by something[…]
Are you too cheap to buy a stainless steel kitchen appliance, but want one anyway? Here’s your answer – it ain’t supercheap, but it works – it’s a paintjob.
Novell claims that SCO is going down, and seeing as all of SCO’s intellectual property is actually licenced from Novell, they want all the money SCO owes them before SCO goes bust as a result of frivolous lawsuits.
And they’ve just managed to launch 4 satellites. Now they’re going to see if they can recover the space capsule.
Shear Thickening Fluid has the property that when struck with force it turns into a rigid barrier. A while after impact it reverts to gel. As it’s light, it can be incorporated into clothing and make bullet proof vests lighter.
The US is having a busy week! In Iraq they’ve stormed an Iranian consulalte They’re also sending in a ‘surge’ of troops – 21,500 – which is half the troops their generals think they need for the surge tactic to work. This will bring force levels to around 150,000. A reinforced squadron of F-117A’s (15-20 Read more about A busy week for US military adventurism[…]
Who knew – free sex on teh internets? Grayvee and Sexyclips for you instant sexual gratification!
This is a question that seemed to come up in the 70s a lot more than it does nowadays, but I guess what with people putting great white sharks in formaldehyde and chopping up cows and putting them in formaldehyde, the art world has other things to think about when it comes down to what Read more about Art or Porn?[…]
XLR is something used by audio devices – microphones, keyboards, drum machines (and maybe even electric gituars… dunno, didn’t research it). Lightsnake has developed a little kit to just plug these machines into your PC without the need for drivers. The hardware is bundled with waveform and karaoke software, which is nice but not necessary. Read more about XLR to USB[…]
Razer has released the first set of desktop speakers to feature THX. The speakers are specially built to rest on tables and other surfaces, ensuring sound quality isn’t lost when the sound waves hit the surface to give you awesome THX sound. There’s a headphone slot in the system for when you need to tone Read more about Razer desktop speakers[…]
If you’re hearing impaired, this may be the thing for you – wireless stylish earbuds with award winning quality and noise cancelling technology so that voices come out crisp. clear and loudly without having to up the volume too much. You can switch between mono and stereo sound depending on the environment you’re in and Read more about Linx Audio Clear Harmony[…]
A metamaterial with a negative refractive index for visible light has been developed. Welcome to the cloaking device – fer real this time.
And it’s huge – it’s 4,000 km across and 50 light years away from us. It’s the compressed heart of an old star.
The celestial almanac has been published, with the dates of meteor showers and planetary viewing in it.
Sealand is the worlds smallest country, interesting mainly because it’s defeated several British attempts at invasion and hosts truly safe and anonymous servers. It’s now for sale, let’s hope the new owner keeps it as a safe place for the colocated servers.
Invisible things is the website of Joanna Rutkowska, who is very interested in stealth malware insertion into kernels. She came up with the ‘blue pill’, which is a stealth VM in the kernel running side by side with the normal kernel and is pretty much undetectable. A whole load of different attack vectors are explored Read more about Invisible Things[…]
The Qflix system developed by Sonic Solutions Inc works by putting a content scrambling system lock on the burnt DVD. Each DVD player has a key to unencrypt the DVD. Or at least, they will have. Maybe. How you’re supposed to match your DVD player key to a DVD burnt in a kiosk is still Read more about Hollywood OKs DRM solution[…]
Following the succesfull first flight of their vertical liftoff and landing vehicle, Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin is looking for more people to help them go to space. The site has video from the launch on it – good to see more and more successes in private spaceflight, even if it is in the form of Read more about Blue Origin Spaceflight is Hiring[…]
In a study under around 700 participants in the South of Spain, it turns out that women discriminate most against women (as opposed to men) and display much more controlling leadership styles… This is called the ‘Queen Bee Syndrome”. Guess women will have to emancipate themselves!
JscreenFix flashes red, green and blue over every pixel at more than 60 times per second, leading to stuck pixels becoming unstuck and dead pixels sometimes being reactivated. It requires java and runs from a browser – allways worth a try before RFMming a monitor!
These guys sell some unusual cool lighting, especially LED lighting which changes the entire look of your room using colour.
A documentary on Russ Meyer has been released on YouTube in 6 parts. This page has all six of them lined up neatly.
Yet again a big database has been compromised – the US Secure Flight Database was accedentally opened up to an organisation that wasn’t supposed to have acces. Why do people insist that this won’t happen or that it’s somehow safe to have huge amounts of personal data in one place?
Indeed the biggest nerdfest ever! DragonCon 2006: The 200 StormTrooper March. Find more on Youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kK4vUMQH0k http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E94R8K-MsaU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veIifNiD1DY&mode=related&search= And of course “StormTroopers gone Wild!” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjQCO-RZ-0s&mode=related&search= http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81aPYBmTYWA&mode=related&search=