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An upper layer of Earth s atmosphere recently collapsed in an unexpectedly large contraction the sheer size of which has scientists scratching their heads NASA announced Thursday. The layer of gas – called the thermosphere – is now rebounding again. This type of collapse is not rare but its magnitude shocked scientists. “This is the Read more about Thermosphere collapses and nobody knows why[…]
Android users all seem to throw about that it’s an open architecture, but it quite simply isn’t. In order to do everything on an Android phone you have to root it, which is the same as jailbreaking it. Motorola has taken the extreme measure of making sure that if it gets rooted, it’ll completely fuck Read more about Droid X bricks on jailbreak / root[…]
Unexpected deviations in gravity are indicative of differences in density. If you point your detector (a gravity gradiometer) in that direction, you can tell what kind of structure is underground. Lockheed Martin is calling this the GATE (Gravity Anomaly for Tunnel Exposure) programme. Using Gravity to Detect Underground Threats | Lockheed Martin.
New Zealand has had a look at how the US software patents work and the mess they’ve made of things, so they’ve written up a bill stating that software is unpatentable. NZCS News – – NZ Computer Society.
This shows how from every $1000,- of revenue, the average music artist makes around $23,- out of which the record company then recoups ‘expenses’. ” In a traditional loan, you invest the money and pay back out of your proceeds. But a record label deal is nothing like that at all. They make you a Read more about How companies “protect” artists[…]
Terahertz Detectors Could See Through Your Clothes From a Mile Away.
So, Lucas is still making money off Star Wars and defending his copyright left right and centre (see also the lightsabre article), but the actor who played the body of Darth Vader is cut out completely. Because DMCA protects the artists, right? Darth Vader Actor Banned From STAR WARS Convention.
Scientists find antibodies that prevent most HIV strains from infecting human cells — Science Blog.
Not only that, but presenting people with facts can entrench them further in their beliefs. People willfully ignore facts that don’t correspond to their opinions. “This bodes ill for a democracy, because most voters — the people making decisions about how the country runs — aren’t blank slates. They already have beliefs, and a set Read more about People ignore facts, opinions are based on beliefs[…]
Finally the Mac gets to see all the contents of the iphone as a usb disk device Phone Disk Mounts iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad as USB Disks in Finder.
Star Wars creator George Lucas is trying to stop a company from making a high-powered laser that bloggers around the world have dubbed “a real-life lightsaber”. The laser is cool, but isn’t called a lightsaber by the producer. It’s bloggers that made teh comparison. This goes to show how outdated copyright law is: the original Read more about George Lucas, Star Wars creator, tries to block ‘lightsaber’[…]
iH8sn0w.com | Jailbreak your iPod touches and iPhones. Also an instruction on how to jailbreak your 3gs with new bootrom
Looks very easy to build too a little brown egg in Maine: terra cotta smoker.
This list includes distros for specific tasks: Damn Vulnerable Linux Tinfoil Hat Linux CAINE (digital forensics) CAELinux (engineering) a gaming linux Parated Magic (for manipulating your hard disk) Musix GNU + Linux (for making music) ZeroShell (for embedded systems) Mythbuntu and some very very small distro’s. 12 of the most interesting, unusual and useful Linux Read more about 12 of the most interesting, unusual and useful Linux distros – operating systems, open source, Linux – Good Gear Guide[…]
It could potentially also be used to regenerate bones Tooth Regeneration Gel Could Replace Painful Fillings : Discovery News.
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Touch is both the first sense to develop and a critical means of information acquisition and environmental manipulation. Physical touch experiences may create an ontological scaffold for the development of intrapersonal and interpersonal conceptual and metaphorical knowledge, as well as a springboard for the application of this knowledge. In six experiments, holding heavy or light Read more about Incidental Haptic Sensations Influence Social Judgments and Decisions — Ackerman et al. 328 (5986): 1712 — Science[…]
At $35.000,- they ain’t cheap, but you’ll look incredibly bizarre flying through downtown Tokyo at night. Probably bizarre enough to catch the attention of the Japanese! Limited Edition Street-legal Tron Lightcycles Up For Grabs – Born Rich.
The Dutch government has released the current text of ACTA and invites comments on it. Overheid.nl | Consultatie ACTA. I’ve run through the text and this is my take: 2.3.2. Each Party shall further provide that its judicial authorities shall have the authority to order that materials and implements the predominant use of which has Read more about ACTA consultation[…]
The EU is going to discuss whether or not to force ISPs to save the searches you make in online search engines, such as Google, Yahoo, whatever. Apart from the privacy implications, who is going to pay the ISPs for the massive extra storage capacity they’ll need, but more importantly: what defines a ‘search’ – Read more about EU may start saving search history too[…]
Apple updated its privacy policy today with an important and dare we say creepy new paragraph about location information. If you agree to the changes which you must do in order to download anything via the iTunes store you agree to let Apple collect store and share “precise location data including the real-time geographic location Read more about Privacy Change: Apple Knows Where Your Phone Is And Is Telling People – The Consumerist[…]
It turns out that the metal band around the casing of the iphone 4 is part of the antenna. If you hold it like you would hold a phone, you hamper reception. Steve Jobs doesn’t think it’s a problem though: his response? Steve Jobs on iPhone 4 “Just don t hold it that way”.
This is a huge collection of rebuilt science fiction aircraft you can look inside. Sci-Fi Airshow :: Home.
The US are at it again: if you tape the police, they consider you dangerous. If the judge decides in the favour of the police, any tape you bring into court showing police malpractice will be inadmissible. These laws were made in the 1970s, before even VHS was out! Traffic stop video on YouTube sparks Read more about Traffic stop video on YouTube sparks debate on police use of Md. wiretap laws[…]
Senuti is the tool you use to turn your mac into an iphone dock. It will play and copy music. Senuti — Recover music from your iPod, iPhone or iPad to your Mac. Ipoddisk turns your ipod into a disc device on which you can find your music and copy it Ipoddisk Iphone Explorer allows Read more about Iphone tools for the Mac[…]