September 2006

The Top 10 Animal Senses Humans Don’t Have

You might think you’re smart, but none of your senses rival the keenest abilities in the animal world. Animals see in the dark, sniff prey miles away, and detect electrical output from muscle twitches in hidden meals. Read on, so you don’t become one of those meals.

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Virgin Frequent-flyer Cashes in 2,000,000 miles for 75 mile Space Flight

The closest that Alan Watts came to experiencing outer space was on a theme park ride — now the British businessman has traded his multitude of frequent-flyer miles for a real journey 75 miles (120 kilometers) above Earth, he said Thursday.

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Bill Clinton Loves Ubuntu!

Bill Clinton has embraced the concept of Ubuntu, the concept of “I am because you are”. The ancient african concept which is known by most as an open source OS.

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Solar Flares Could Seriously Disrupt GPS Receivers

A minor solar flare in September 2005 produced a noticeable degradation
of all GPS signals on the day side of the Earth. When scaled up to the
larger solar flares expected in 2011-12, Cornell researchers expect
massive outages of all GPS receivers on the day side of the Earth.

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Intel announces plans to launch 4-core microprocessor in late 2006

Intel Corp. plans to begin shipping microprocessors that have four computing engines on a single chip - products that analysts say will help it win back market share from rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc.

a gaming demo on an intel quad core

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audio post testing …

  

The “Worm Picture” - The Longest Picture on the Internet

A group of 70+ artists have all did a section of this “Worm Picture”. It looks awesome and is worth the loading time, which took about 1 minute for me. Let’s hope Digg doesn’t kill the worm.

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Tested: T-Mobile GSM phones CAN unlock your car.

I was skeptical, to say the least, about this rumor, and was about to dismiss it as one more Internet hoax. But I thought I better try it out first. Well, low and behold, it works. I tried it with a Motorola v330 GSM cell phone, and it reliably opens (and relocks) the car.

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Antimatter discovery could launch new era of physics

The discovery that a bizarre particle travels between the real world of matter and the spooky realm of antimatter 3 trillion times a second may open the door to a new era of physics, Fermilab researchers announced Monday.

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2 Guys Pick on the Wrong Person to Rob - They Get There ass Kicked

He appears to be a pro boxer and kicks both their ass very hard!

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