Drew Curtis' FARK.com -- Tech Archives for '2006-10-22 23:59:59'

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(24Dash)

"Invisible headphones" proposed to reduce the number of people being mugged for their iPods

Seven ways to light a fire without a match

How to make your very own Green Lantern ring

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Texas produces more greenhouse gasses than either Canada or the UK. It's all Willie Nelson's fault

(Some Receding Hairline)

UK government working hard to stamp out baldness. Still no cure for receding gumlines

Oregon State University perfecting purple tomatoes. Still no cure for cancer

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(The Steel Deal)

Those of you waiting with bated breath for the End of the World, it may take awhile

Old and busted: cloning. New hotness: "somatic cell nuclear transfer"

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New camera transforms 2D images into 3D, pr0n included

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Australians about to lose right to sing in the shower

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(Tom's Hardware)

New Plextor drive "obliterates" data on CDs/DVDs with laser blasts. Will not need sand paper anymore

Russia is planning a manned expedition to Mars, as are China and the European Space Agency. Space Race II has begun

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World's earliest computer gaming console, the size of a small car, goes on display. Lukket unimpressed

(Cosmos)

Scientists plan to restore New Orleans' swamps with millions of litres of sewage

(Some White Bread Guy)

The latest addition to the ever-lengthening list of of cancer causing products: White Bread

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(The Daily Record)

Scientists develop vanilla-scented sex patch for men's wrists

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Sat October 21, 2006:

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Mossberg reviews IE7. Verdict: "No reason to switch"

The ten biggest computer flops of all time

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(NY Daily News)

Teens are crumbling under parental pressure. And before you give Tiffany another Porsche to make her feel better, material goods are not helping

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Beaked whales able to hold their breath for 85 minutes when diving over 6,000 feet underwater

Scientists discover wood can make plastics stronger, pants tighter

Running short on other options, US military now drafting tropical fish

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Dell's massive XPS M2010, carried from one side of London to the other using the tube and bus. The video is hillarious. People think he's a terrorist with the huge blinking thing

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(Some wiki)

An index of scientific phenomena that were weird enough to be named after the people who discovered them

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(CXO Today)

Sun Microsystems unveils Blackbox, a data center in a rail car complete with computing, storage and networking infrastructure, power and cooling tools, and a low-cost staff of hobos

If you missed Halley's Comet in 1986, you can catch the reruns tonight with the Orionid meteor shower

Recording engineer develops glass CDs, which are guaranteed to never warp or distort

10 Great Scientists of the World

Guy builds Lego flamethrower, almost sets his house on fire

I-Mockery's latest rom hack review: Super Castlevania 2

By 2016, Chicago will have surveillance cameras on every block, too many films for Ebert

Scientists busy perfecting the first purple tomato. Still not getting lucky with their purple helmets

Lawyers set to ensure Bluetooth earpieces are festooned with warning labels

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Fri October 20, 2006:

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"Scientists said they expect the ozone layer will have fully recovered sometime around 2065-2075--just in time for global warming to have a shot at destroying all life on Earth." I bet that's EXACTLY what they said, too

(ChamorroBible.org)

Storm front--all dressed up in shades of pink-purple--over Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, New York, USA

Rocketeers gather for space games in New Mexico. Peevy peeved he wasn't invited. /Too obscure?

Two out of three women are better at math than expected; the other 50 percent are terrible at it

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First launch at X-prize cup becomes "lawn dart." You'd almost think it was...oh wait

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Not really intersested in today's young women, British archaeologist is looking for someone more experienced, and up to 700,000 years his senior

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After a 1000-year hiatus, Vikings are occupying Newfoundland once again, although it's doubtful that anyone will notice

Rock'em, Sock'em Botnets. They knock your IP address block off

Return with us five years ago this week, as g33kz0rz predicted the iPod would flop miserably

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(Sydney Morning Herald)

Security flaw in the just farking released version of Internet Explorer allows identity thieves into your house to drink all your beer and jiggle your wife's boobies

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(Bloomberg)

Sony having problems as the PS3 release date of 11-17 is now a "target"

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(Some Geek)

Intel ready to show off its (pant, moan) quad-core Xeon chip (ugh, sigh) God, yeah... that's the stuff

Ever wonder why your voice sounds so much different on tape? Here comes the science

(Harlan Daily)

Kentucky ladybug infestation attributed by some to a secret government mission, scientific experiments and terrorism. Paranoia tag suspicious of amusing tag

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New Fiat car changes colors, so every day it will be like your mechanic is working on a different vehicle

(gizmag)

W12 supercar to be produced. Engine: V-12. Sustainable top speed: 200MPH. Manufacturer: Volkswagen. Er, What?

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(Consumerist)

Cars that are the cheapest to own and run, by class. VW and Chrysler, don't bother clicking

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Attorney sues Second Life over confiscation of several thousand dollars' worth of his virtual property. The internet is serious business

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(Moscow News)

We're all gonna die in 2035 when giant asteroid slams into the earth, but Russian astronomer says we don't have to start panicking and stuff until 2028

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Nortel warns that soaring number of broadband users who want to play games and watch videos could melt down the Internet tubes

One company seeks to extract water from the air, make big bucks in Tatooine

(Jalopnik)

It's easier for a rich man to enter the gates of Heaven than for the Pope to pass through the eye of the needle in his new 450hp VW Phaeton

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(News-Medical)

Teflon accused of being a carcinogen, but the charges don't stick

I wish I could take Econ in RPG format

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(Gamespot)

Sony gives the official list of all 22 PlayStation 3 games that will be released by the end of the year. Half of them are already out on Xbox360, but whatever

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Researchers working on scent-based TV technology: Ratings of CSI: New York drop to record lows

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Environmentally friendly nightclub design generates electricity from dancers, provides place for ecologically responsible clubbers to party. Yes, both of them

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Professor gets $240,000 grant for his MMORPG, which is based on the collected works of Shakespeare

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Ozone hole in Antarctic sets record says U.S. government

Average mpg for cars sold in 1980: 23.1. Average gas mileage for cars sold in 2005: 24.7. Glad to see all of those technological advances being put to work

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(Fun Motion)

Have fun while you learn. List of spiffy physics games

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Thu October 19, 2006:

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(businessweek)

Lab produces "superhero suit" that hardens into protective armor on impact; Bruce Wayne already filing patent infringement lawsuit (does not come with footies)

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Sony reduces income estimates for FY '06 by a stunning 62%. PS3 problems alone cost them more than 90 billion yen. Which is what, $12.82?

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(Some Press Release)

Cingular financial results states that they processed 10.1 billion SMS and MMS messages in the last 3 months. 2 billion of those were votes for Taylor Hicks

(14)

Sccientisttss disccoverr potttentiall curre foorr Allzzheimer''s, PParrkkinsson's, Hunntinggton's, and Alzzheimer'ss diseeases

Ford set to produce last Taurus. Virgos and Leos still forthcoming. Still no cure for Cancers

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Delicious suggestions for modified foods that would make it worth playing God

(Some Creationist)

Today's evolution flamewar is brought to us by the biologist who argues against plant evolution. Evidence: plant "knowledge"and plant "communication," including demands that Seymour feed them

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(EADT)

Roman Circus where chariots raced excavated in England, jars of ether found nearby

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Airbus raises the number of A380 superjumbos it must sell to break even, also plans to legally change name to Shortbus

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Gas Guzzler Tax: Mercedes AMG Wagon (14/20mpg)? Yep. Jeep Grand Cherokee 4WD (12/15mpg)? Nope

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♪Let’s go fly some kites, up to the high-est heights Let’s go fly some kites, and generate more electricity than a nuclear power plant at substantially lower cost.♫

Microsoft Live Meeting between Symantic and Microsoft crashes fifteen minutes after starting. Good to see it still works as it always did

(Some Mooch)

How to get free stuff at trade shows

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Study reveals that cancer patients have a higher risk of suicide. Obvious tag defeats sad tag in sudden-death overtime

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Internet Explorer 7 install operations: Step 1. Crash Firefox browser so user cannot open it without reinstallation

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AOL laying off 400 customer service representatives. Expected to retain jobs through abuse of management for another couple months

Latest example of Japanese miniaturization: single grain sushi

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And, for the lowly Linux users, Adobe gave Flash 8 a miss and went straight on to Flash 9 beta

News: IE7 ships. Not news: Vulnerability found. Fark.com: Vulnerability discovered same day IE7 ships

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A bunch of reasons on why Alexa's page ranking sucks

(Some Leaker)

Upcoming Apple "iPhone" to be black and with touch-sensitive edges (whatever that mean$)

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(Some Programmer)

How to get your lost USB thumbdrive to phone home

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Circuit City's "Firedog" to compete with Geek Squad. By compete, they mean possess minimal knowlege, provide horrible customer support and generally suck ass

Scientists invent cloak of invisibility, working on vorpal sword

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Staying away from solo projects and having lots of sex when younger can prime men's libido to still want sex with their partners when they're older

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(Gaming Edge)

The good news: Playstation 3 controller will last 30 hours off 2.5-hour charge time. The bad news: You can never replace the battery

Hewlett-Packard tells a reporter how it spied on her. Among the techniques: Impersonating her to get her phone records, and "pre-trash inspection," whatever that is

Fifty-inch HD televisions will be "commonplace" by 2008. We'll also fly to work in personal helicopters and eat food made of sawdust

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Discovery of a rare 400-million-year-old fish fossil is set to rewrite the books on evolution. Creationists can suck it, unless a 400-million-year-old loaf of bread can also be found

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(Universe Today)

Remember the comet that requires you to go outside? It will be closest to Earth on October 24th, so postpone your "date" and go outside to see this thing

Official contact with aliens to take place within next four months

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Ten common myths of I.T.

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New national space policy that Bush has signed is comically proprietory in tone about the U.S.’s right to control access to the rest of the solar system

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Acer Ferrari: Comparison between Ferrari 5000 and Ferrari 4000

The planet's 10 most polluted cities

Wed October 18, 2006:

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You'd think twice about copying your butt at work if it came out of the printer in three dimensions, wouldn't you?

U.S. group lists 10 most polluted places on Earth. Surprisingly, Paris Hilton's crotch did not make the list

Apple profit up 27 percent, blowing doors of analysts' expectations and giving new reason for haters to suck it

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MSNBC story recommends Apple, Linux and Opera to improve security on your PC. No, I'm not kidding and stop calling me Shirley

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Microbes living near volcanoes doing more to fight global warming than any elected officials

Microsoft allows unrestricted use of its new technology and promises to never sue anyone for infringement of its legal rights as a result

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Who says grammar is unimportant? Scientists use grammar rules to fight drug-resistant bacteria

The seven most unusual solar gadgets

Windows virus finds its way onto video iPods. "Whoops," says Jobs, "guess you'll have to buy a Mac"

Facial expressions may run in the family

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In scary ass news today... The FBI wants to know how much you fark and look at MySpace

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Elevated levels of cancer, kidney disease and diabetes in duPont workers *might* be related to the harmful chemicals they make

American workers suck at passwords

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After an intense study, scientists find listening to loud digital music has same harmful effects as listening to laudanum blog music, or something, I couldn't quite hear that last part

Flat panel price war looms; geek suicide bombers said to be strapped with Sony laptop batteries

Learn how to make plasma in your microwave

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(Some Lexus)

New Lexus LS can parallel park itself. Suck it DMV

Older people are often obnoxiously 'blunt' because a) They are wise and have no time for BS or b) Their deteriorating brains have become Swiss Cheese

(Dartmouth)

Dartmouth researchers have found areas in the brain that indicate bilingualism. Repeat, los investigadores de Dartmouth han encontrado las áreas en el cerebro que indican bilingüismo

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(Cavalier Daily)

After 4 years of intense study, professors win grant to study broccoli as possible cure for cancer

Web Browsers from the past 15 years a cool comparision and pictures

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The health benefits of eating fish outweigh the harmful effects of ingesting fooda containing as much mercury as a rectal thermometer

Tue October 17, 2006:

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Radio-controlled planes are mysteriously crashing in 1/10th scale Devil's Triangle in Wyoming

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(Soul Kerfuffle)

Essay by man who was a council member on one of the oldest guilds in World of Warcraft explains why he quit the game after a year of near-constant playing

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(AutoMotoPortal)

Honda begins sales of its HondaJet advanced light jet

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(NY Sun)

Actual headline: "Scientist: By year 3000, we'll be giants with brown skin living to age of 120." Aaaaallll righty, then

Dr. Romero to lead university study into the effects of alcohol on sexual behavior

If you are thinking of getting Windows Vista, be prepared to buy a new video card as well

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New species of ancient dwarf buffalo identified, named Doug Flutieus

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(PhysOrg)

The coolest picture of colliding galaxies you will see all day

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Six months after MySpace told Congress it had no way to check for sex offenders on the site, guy writes small program and finds 497 offenders with histories of sex crimes against kids

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The next up and coming web phenomena

(Daily Herald)

Eating disorders can now be diagnosed from a hair sample. Nitrogen deficiencies means anorexia, caked-on vomit means bulimia

Eat at McDonald's and get worms

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"DNA computer" is unbeatable at Tic Tac Toe. Suck it, Joshua

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(Business Standard)

Google's new headquarters, the "Googleplex," will get 30 percent of its energy from solar panels, which will pay for themselves in five to 10 years

(Enterprise Mission)

Having the face on Mars debunked, Richard C. Hoagland announces he's found a C3-PO head on the moon

(Some FAT Guy)

Computer workstation + exercise bike = guaranteed fruitless life in a basement

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Ground-penetrating radar used for first time on soil to locate rare meteorite

Apple in code search farking outrage. Think different (Not safe for work language)

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Wikipedia founder plans "expert" spinoff this week that will have everything Wiki doesn't, such as editorial controls and facts you might actually be able to trust

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Mon October 16, 2006:

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Cops use guy's GPS unit, Google Earth to bust pot fields

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Three out of four heavy smokers won't develop lung problems

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10 unnecessary but cool tech gadgets