Drew Curtis' FARK.com -- Tech Archives for '2007-01-07 23:59:59'

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Ford unveils futuristic "Airstream" concept, and it looks like a toaster

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(Physics Today)

Learn something today: a quick primer in climate modeling. Physics is phun

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(Voyager 1)

The most far out picture of earth you'll ever see

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(brrr)

Pics after ice storm in Europe, Globalne ocieplenie zaatakowało EUROPĘ

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GM to introduce 150-mpg plug-in hybrid sedan at Detroit Auto Show today. Sadly, batteries not included

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Military creates self cleaning underwear that can be worn for weeks without washing. Farkers shrug, as they've been doing that anyway

Toyota knows if you drink. No news if Toshiba is watching you masturbate

Scientists develop cancer-killing molecules. Still no answer for millions of silly medical questions

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Earthlink reaches deal with San Francisco to provide citywide wireless network

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Sat January 06, 2007:

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Malaria making comeback in Europe as a result of climate change. Al Gore predicted this

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Britain's new science minister suggests incorporating Doctor Who into school curriculum

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California scientists tracking monarch butterflies by attaching tags to their wings. Drag caused by the tags expected to create typhoons in Asia

The 10 most puzzling ancient artifacts

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(Smithsonian)

Professor Sandy Vagina hates new year, proposes a new calendar with Newton weeks

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Guy uses VR goggles and R/C plane to capture images for Google Earth

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The universe may not be as old as previously thought

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Coming soon: Google Universe. So you can tell exactly when you're going to get the anal probe

Make a disco ball from those old AOL discs you've got laying around

(The Blue Origin Project)

British researchers creating human-animal embyros called chimeras. What could possibly go wrong?

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At the end of Star Wars III, Darth Vader & the Emperor are looking at a half-built Death Star. Assuming Luke & Leia are about 1 month old, how can the Death Star be such a novelty when they're about 21?

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Microsoft's Zune fails to crack the top 10 list for digital music players over the Christmas buying season: 8 of the 10 are models of the IPod, the other 2 are by Sandisk

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The coolest video footage of a prototype commercial spacecraft launch you'l see all week

Holy fark, Batman. Is molecular manufacturing too dangerous to allow?

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(Some Science Guy)

Saturn moon has lakes, "water" cycle like Earth's

Fri January 05, 2007:

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(engadget)

The second Xbox 360 revealed: codename Zephyr

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If you happen to come across a solitary picnic basket out in the Alaskan wilderness, just leave it alone and slowly walk away

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The Skywatcher's Almanac: Celestial Highlights in 2007

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Scientists discover that not eating makes you feel hungry. Still no cure for stupid, wasteful studies at taxpayer expense

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Too clumsy for paint-by-numbers? Here's the solution: the Bob Ross painting game for the Nintendo Wii

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Extreme tree hunters find 3 of the world's tallest oldest Redwoods. Extreme tree hunters?

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AT&T and US Government: A Swirling Vortex of Suck

(TG Daily)

Hitachi unveils $400 1TB hard drive. That's a lotta dead kittens

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Google brings Skynet online to wipe out giant earwig that invaded the UK

New WHO chief urges vigilance, PANIC over bird flu

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(Buffalo News)

People are golfing this week in Buffalo, NY. And they're not freezing to death

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Scientists find lakes of methane on moon Titan, race of aliens eating lots of beans suspected

(Engadget)

Sandisk announces affordable 32Gb Solid State Drive to be released in laptops in the first half of 2007

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Come and listen to a story about a man named Xi'an. A poor farmer, barely kept his family fed. Then one day he was digging up a well. And up through the ground came a 2000 year old warriors. Terracotta that is

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Microsoft using webcomics to entice you into trying its new Office software

(BadAstronomy)

BadAstronomy has an article debunking astrology. In other news, people actually take astrology seriously

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(Some Zzzz's)

Sleepiness and sleep deprivation have long been associated with an increased risk of injury, but the results of a recent study suggest that this commonly accepted theory might not be true

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Good news for those of you afraid of the dentist's drill: Now he can blast the inside of your mouth with laser beams. Sharks optional

The Yellowstone Park calderas are gonna blow. Not a matter of if, but when. And don't say there wasn't an intelligent designer who got out of town fast

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(EurekAlert)

For the first time ever, researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory have developed a material with a negative refractive index for visible light. Nothing to see here

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A first of its kind study finds that repeatedly hearing the stories of trauma victims doubles the risk of social workers themselves experiencing post-traumatic stress disorder. Lucy Van Pelt takes last nickel, goes on shooting spree

(DefenceTalk)

From zero to 150 in less than a second

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Best blog slapfights of 2006

Movie studios look towards allowing people to burn legally downloaded movies, using CSS as copy protection. Jon Johansen unavailable for comment

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Screw Wii Sports. This is the coolest motion sensor video you'll see all day

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Thu January 04, 2007:

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(Washington Post)

In 2006 there were 81 days where Internet Explorer was not vulnerable to known, critical security holes

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(CRM News)

Cisco moves one step closer to controlling the entire intarwebs

(Sky & Telescope)

Viewers in the Northern Hemisphere will have a chance to see a fairly bright comet after sunset next week

Brazil orders YouTube to block obscure supermodel sex video, instantly assuring that it will be downloaded and hosted by millions worldwide

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(Business Week)

It is almost certain Apple's much-hyped iPhone is entering a production phase of 12 million units in the next few months, coinciding with the release of "Duke Nukem Forever"

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Asking the Army's new web site about guns, gays and invading Iran

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Flash memory to be used to speed laptop start-up

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FTC fines marketers of four weight loss pills $25 million for making false advertising claims. Back to the sunflower seeds and the gym

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LG introduces dual-format player that will be able to play both Blu-ray and HD DVD discs

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Schwarzenegger seeks $95M for nanotech research, Skynet upgrades

Traffic drastically declines, multiple executives depart after Guba video-sharing service drops porn from their site

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135 reasons (YouTube's the whopper) why Google's worldwide visitor tally will finally show Yahoo its backside in '07

Growing mountain of electronic crap presenting disposal problems, and we're not just talking about Zunes here

Fourteen-year-old gets porn on Madden game. Luckily, Madden himself wasn't involved

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PDFs replace everything manufactured by Microsoft to take title of most insecure, vulnerability-ridden software on the tubes

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UK Meteorological Office predicts 2007 to be hottest year ever. UK Office of Piss-Warm Beer releases identical statement

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If a rare and valuable meteor falls through your roof, don't give it to the cops. "It belongs to Freehold Township," says cop (bottom of article)

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Montreal grandmother who is a hit on YouTube says, "YouTube, does that have anything to do with U boats?"

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American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists now recommends all pregnant women receive Down syndrome screening. The preventative value of checking to see if K-Fed is the baby daddy still unresolved

As more and more studies indicate moderate drinking can save your life, researchers still insist on saying they don't advise people to drink. If you're looking for the "WTF?" tag, he'll be at the bar

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(Some Evil Mad Scientist)

Make a mini hovercraft using a balloon, waterbottle top and CD

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Phishing: Now with Macromedia Flashy goodness

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(Some Gamer)

Sony's PlayStation 3 game console will sell more than the combined sale of Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Nintendo's Wii consoles by 2010, according to a European market research firm

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Lego trebuchet can throw minature marshmallows 30 feet

Cool picture of a contrail created by USAF's new pulsed engine detonation

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High-tech running shoes let you tie them by just turning a knob

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(Some Gamer)

Evolution of the console

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Scientists discover how to genetically alter mice to cause a Captain America-like effect

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Amazon.com founder unveils new rocket prototype as part of his master plan to "help enable an enduring human presence in space"

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Wed January 03, 2007:

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(The Inquirer UK)

Dumb: Thirteen years after the fall of Commodore, AmigaOS 4.0 now officially available. Dumber: Requires PowerPC Amiga clone. Fark: Hardware production ended in 2005, successor canceled due to RoHS legislation

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Science proves that ghosts are just "electrical misfire" in the brain

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(PlaylistMag)

Apple being sued because iTunes/iPod constitute a monopoly. If you could go back in time and tell a Mac user in early 1997 that a decade hence Apple would be sued as a monopoly, they would have orgasmed then and there

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(Some Computer Man)

Apple commercials weren't always so slick. Meet 1995's Mac spokesman The Computer Man

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Archaeologists find 2000-year-old latrine in Qumran. Ancient graffiti on door reads, "For a good time, call Mary Magdalene"

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Optical breakthrough will allow you to download porn faster than you ever dreamed would be possible

(Seacoast Online)

Beer + whiskey = Double-plus good

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"Spiders on Drugs" (repeat from the video tab, but worth it)

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"U.S. Mines Still Not Safe Enough, Experts Say." Apparently they keep exploding when you step on them

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Herpes might cause Alzheimer's. Did you hear? Herpes might cause Alzheimer's. Who are you?

(Some Non-Shopper)

MRI scans reveal what part of the brain is active while shopping. QVC shoppers excluded from survey due to lack of source data

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Scientists find the River Styx on Titan

New service will provide internet access to drivers on 95 percent of U.S. roads. What could possibly go wrong?

Apparently signing up for NetZero account is akin to joining the mob: Once you're in, there's no backing out. It's not that you can't refuse the offer, it's just the Godfather is never there to approve your cancellation, see

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Michael Moore necropsies a whale. These headlines write themselves

Recipe for disaster: 1) The world's two most populated countries 2) The glaciers that feed their rivers 3) Global warming

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Basement dwelling teenage Germanophile gets all angsty when Norwegian government and press claim his online gamer group is a neo-Nazi organization

Drop a quarter in the slot or the little man gets it

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(Macleans)

The Super-Genius of Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan and Britney Spears. Scientists discover the "Vain Brain" prolongs life. Submitter head asplodes at thought of 80 more years of my short life looking at those biatches

Disney Co. to launch new MySpace-like website for child molestors

What's inside nondairy creamer. Bet you didn't know they have to add sodium alumionosilicate to keep it from exploding

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Welcome "Dot-travel," because all of us want to type longer web addresses

Yahoo reports on a five-year-old ATM scam using photos from 2001. Next week: How to prepare your PC for Y2K

San Francisco "seconds away" from having free Wi-Fi service. San Franciscans already bored, clicking on links with boobies

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Acrylamide level in food largely unknown. In other news, acrylamide is largely unknown but would make a great name for a rock band

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Super bug set to destroy the world EVERYBODY PANIC

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Moderate drinking may lower risk of heart attacks for men with high blood pressure

This is why your Wi-Fi network should always be secured

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Four great Google applications you might not know about

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Study finds 84% of smokers "hate the habit". Guess they must keep smoking because it makes them look so darn cool, then

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Study finds more pupils take to cheating. Yes, you submitted this with the exact same headline, but that could easily be a coincidence

This will go well: Medical self-help videos on YouTube

(Tech Web)

Sony patents Segway-like skateboard that turns when you shift your weight. Perhaps they're unaware of regular skateboards, which do the same thing

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Tue January 02, 2007:

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Top 10 scientific experiments ever. Pigman conspicuously absent

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(APOTD)

Coolest nebula you'll see all day: The Witch's Broom

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Actual headline: "Red squirrel may have ESP," meaning it knows where your nuts have been

(Joystiq)

Seagate believes it will have a 300TB drive ready by 2010. It can hold the entire Library of Congress without compression, or half your pr0n collection

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Canadian cardiac hospital finds that somber and creepy paintings increase patients' blood pressure. Hospital also likely to scrap firecracker-blasting and balloon-popping therapy

Home the size of 30 football fields on the market for $75 million, complete with movie theater and cafe

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Were your left lateral premotor cortex, left precuneus, and right posterior cerebellum active yesterday when you thought about reading this headline?

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(Popular Science)

"Welcome to the Dollhouses of Death"

(The Bergen Record)

Schizophrenia findings disputed, then agreed with, then disputed again. EVERYONE STOP TALKING AT ONCE

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(Some Science Guy)

Poison plastic, sex-crazed teens, global warming and brain damaging pr0n. The 2006 Dubious Data Awards

Hello, Chief?

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Britian to teach intelligent design as part of their religious syllabus. Brilliant

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(Physorg.com)

Cows engineered by scientists to be immune to mad cow disease. Now they only get neurotic cow disease, where they anguish with their friends over every blade of grass they eat

Learn how to boost your car remote range

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(National Geographic)

Biggest crocodile in history is 30-feet long, weighs 2,200 pounds and has so far devoured 300 people. Scary tag looks nervous

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Macworld San Francisco 2007 rumor roundup. Includes Apple phone, Leopard and iTV for you fanboys to salivate over

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Inventor comes up with table allowing three people to play Ping Pong simultaneously (pic)

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Ten aphrodisiacs that work, according to a leading clinical sexologist. Heh, "sexologist"

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(Some Panorama Guy)

360-degree panoramas of New Year's 2007 from around the globe

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Mon January 01, 2007: