Radio Reg Few stories in computing history come close to matching the tale of Zelenograd – the Soviet Union’s attempt at creating something along the lines of Silicon Valley. Episode 15 of Semi-Coherent Computing recounts the tale of Zelenograd’s founding along with the stories of the two US-born Russian spies behind the city. No one Read more about How a pair of American spies created the Soviet Silicon Valley[…]
De broncode van de mmo Eve Online is uitgelekt. De code van de client van het spel is onder andere via torrentsite The Pirate Bay te downloaden. Ontwikkelaar CCP bant iedereen die de code binnenhaalt. ………………….Bovendien wil deze gamer weten waarom CCP geen detectieroutines in de client heeft ingebouwd en dus alleen vanaf de servers Read more about Broncode mmo Eve Online lekt uit[…]
MARIJUANA is DANGEROUS. Pot is NOT harmful to the human body or mind. Marijuana does NOT pose a threat to the general public. Marijuana is very much a danger to the oil companies, alcohol, tobacco industries and a large number of chemical corporations. Various big businesses, with plenty of dollars and influence, have suppressed the Read more about Why is hemp illegal?[…]
Concerns have been raised that performing collisions at previously unexplored energies might unleash new and disastrous phenomena. These include the production of micro black holes, and strangelets. Such issues were raised in connection with the RHIC accelerator, both in the media[14][15] and in the scientific community;[16] however, after detailed studies, scientists reached such conclusions as Read more about Might the new CERN Large Hadron Collider make the world evaporate into a black hole?[…]
Just to dash that first thought of yours: Nope, not a concept. This is real, my friend. The MonoTracer is an enclosed motorcycle or “cabin cycle,” a style of vehicle which experiences a lot less drag than your average motorbike and keeps you from having to pick the bugs from between your teeth later. Its Read more about A fighter jet and a motorcycle made sweet love, birthed $82,350 MonoTracer[…]
ou may remember hearing about China’s plans to control the weather during the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing by attacking shady clouds with artillery and aircraft. Along similar lines, scientists in New Mexico decided to mess with thunderclouds, but with fancy lasers. The researchers harassed two passing storms from their evil fortress (or observatory) with Read more about Scientists shoot thundercloud with laser, cloud goes nuts[…]
If there’s anything the Segway needs, it’s someone to make it look cooler. Like a hot girl wearing baggy clothes and nerd glasses in a teen comedy, it needs a hunky football player to take a bet to take the Segway to the prom, only to discover its true beauty within, take off its glasses, Read more about Skiing Segway may or may not make the Segway cooler[…]