Long Secret, Ancient Ruins Are Revealed in Utah: "Cliffside grain-storage vaults have been found here with their lids still intact, the corn and rye still inside. And while many sites in the West can still produce an old stone arrowhead or two, researchers found whole arrows here just a few weeks ago, apparently lying in the dust just where they were dropped 10 centuries ago at the time of William the Conqueror."

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Toshiba's methanol fuel cell: "Toshiba today announced a small methanol fuel cell which weighs just 8.5 g (0.3 oz) and can produce 100 mW of power."

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Baazeellionaires at 32 and 33: "Avnish Bajaj, 33, and Suvir Sujan, 32, have just become the latest dot com millionaire poster boys of the nascent Indian Net scape. "

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Computer pioneer Bob Bemer dies: "Bemer is also credited with writing the computer sequence that allows for the 'escape' command. The escape command was seen as a major innovation in computing because it allowed users to move backward or sideways in a program. "

http://www.bobbemer.com

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Mutant gene led to athlete's son being born muscle-bound: "When the baby boy emerged, midwives and doctors immediately knew he was special. His head looked normal, but his body was remarkable. With bulging biceps and rippling pecs, this was a child like no other."

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Private spacecraft readied for historic flight: "If all goes well over the California desert Monday morning, Michael Melvill, 62, a veteran test pilot, will become the first civilian flier to earn his astronaut's wings aboard a privately financed spacecraft."

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Surfing the web, literally! Intel has incorporated a tablet PC into a surfboard, allowing all those workaholic surfers out there to literally surf the web. The laptop communicates via WiFi with a hotspot on the beach.

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Abc... Whatever - The World's Longest Alphabetical Email Address

Whatever...indeed. Someone mentioned "a novel approach to spam reduction". Hmm.

posted by Farookh at 11:03 PM Comment (0)

F*cking villagers vote against name change

This was too hilarious to pass by. The town in question can be found here: Fucking on MapPoint. There is a bug reported in our internal database with title "There is no Fucking Austria". You can imagine the fun people had with that. :)

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An article on the built-in Film Director Mode of Driv3r

http://www.filmmakermagazine.com/spring2004/columns/game_engine.html

The game site is also pretty cool.
http://www.atari.com/driv3r/flash-US/flash-US.htm

Amit C


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Sony pays millions to inventor in Walkman dispute: "The contract signed by the two parties is confidential, but sources with knowledge of the deal said Sony agreed to pay Pavel several million euros."

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"Meteor Wakes Up Pacific Northwest: "I heard the rumble, and then I felt the whole house shake, and I thought, 'Oh, an earthquake, huh?'' said a caller from the Seattle area. "

It was supposedly bright enough to light up the area. Saw a news clip of a security camera pointed at an almost empty parking lot which was covered in bright flashes every few seconds.

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Welcome to Planet Pixar

The Shrek 2 article made me remember this, the recent wired had an
article on Pixar, the culture and the upcoming movie, The Incredibles.

http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.06/pixar.html

Amit

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