It's the most circulated number of the week. Sixteen hexadecimal digits that unlock the wonder of most currently released HD-DVD titles from the surly clutches of the AACS revenue content protection system. Sixteen digits that have been posted in so many places -- and in many cases, removed only to be reposted -- that they're hard to avoid.
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Wednesday, May 02, 2007
Have we been burying live people? How Doctors are redefining Death!
Consider someone who has just died of a heart attack. His organs are intact, he hasn't lost blood. All that's happened is his heart has stopped beating—the definition of "clinical death"—and his brain has shut down to conserve oxygen. But what has actually died?
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Saying "Hi" to Space
A group of Russians decided to say “Hi!” to all other Google Earth lovers around the world in their own, very Russian way. They painted on their rooftop a word that is very popular in Russia and yet the most well known curse word (as popular as “f”-bomb in the US).
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Tuesday, May 01, 2007
Proposals would turn highways into wind farms
Clogged highways and frustratingly waiting while your gas needle plummets to empty usually doesn't conjure up thoughts of green, but it seems like these very roads could become the source of a lot more energy. Several recent student designs have proposed that major roadways be retrofitted with various forms of wind energy collection devices...
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Google turns over goverment information to the public.
It is a common misnomer that "everything is available on the web." You'll also here people say that the answer to any question is just a Google search away. Neither of these ideas are true, but hopefully over time they'll become more and more the reality. Today came news that we're one baby step closer to that reality.
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Behind the Scenes Spider-Man 3 Videos
"SuperHeroHype clued us in on some very cool videos that are circulating around the web this afternoon. The videos are captures from a Behind the Scenes feature of Spider-Man 3 last night on Starz. Check out all three parts below..."
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Top Ten Most Ridiculous, Asinine, Crazy Lawsuits of All Time
Some people will try anything to make a million. Ever thought of suing someone because they look like you? Check out this and other frivolous lawsuits for a laugh, but don’t try them yourself because they usually get thrown out of court and up costing the plaintiff! These were all thrown out of court. Also, learn about the "McDonald's Coffee" myth.
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Sexual Threats Stifle Some Female Bloggers
"As women gain visibility in the blogosphere, they are targets of sexual harassment and threats. Men are harassed too, and lack of civility is an abiding problem on the Web. But women, who make up about half the online community, are singled out in more starkly sexually threatening terms, a trend is now moving to the blogosphere."
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Dell to choose Ubuntu
Several sources within Dell have told DesktopLinux.com that Dell's desktop Linux pick is going to be Ubuntu, and that Ubuntu 7.04 will be available preinstalled on three Dell desktop and notebook lines by the end of May.
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Boy George Arrested For Sexual Assualt of Male Escort?
Escort said he was grabbed by the singer and another man and chained to a wall after the star invited him to his pad in Shoreditch, East London, to pose for photos.The escort fled in his pants after wrenching the hook from the wall.Check out creepy pic of "Boy George"
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Spread This Number. Again.
09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0. It's the HD-DVD processing key you can use to decrypt and play most HD-DVD movies in Linux. Movie studios are going ballistic over this leak, so Digg the story up and make it reach the front page. The first time, the story got removed.
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MySpace Information Distribution Plot
My final year project in information design [...] the functions used, as well as additional information such as age, educational background, family status, gender and how often they are logged in. So, all demographic data which are available from every member's profile.
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Moderate coffee drinking reduces many risks
A panel is suggesting that moderate coffee consumption (3-5 cups per day) may be associated with reduced risk of certain disease conditions. I thought moderate was 10-15 cups per day!
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