Stick your gum on a pole in South Carolina...risk going to jail

Better watch where you stick your gum if you live in South Carolina.  Utility poles seem to be a popular spot for people to their stick gum, and city officials in Charleston are enforcing higher...

Shasta’s Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence :: Oblate Spheroid

"Dotting a rocky plain north of Mount Lassen, 42 radio antennas are cocked like ears toward the sky, being readied for an expanded hunt for life beyond Earth. The Allen Telescope Array is slowly coming...

KlipFolio

A while ago, I talked about Desktop Sidebars. Eventually, I ended upinstalling KlipFolio. It is not one of the best sidebars available butI was attracted by one of the replies made by the developer. Thedeveloper said that KlipFolio is optimized to use lower than 7MB ofmemory...

Rising Seas Threaten China's Sinking Coastal Cities

"Sea levels off Shanghai and other Chinese coastal cities are rising at an alarming rate, leading to contamination of drinking water supplies and other threats, China's State Oceanic Administration reported...

New Mac OS Hits Security Snag

So have they been taking a page out of microsoft's book, or what? I haven't heard much one way or another about the new Mac OS, but this certainly isn't promising. As someone who doesn't do much confidential work on their mac this isn't a big deal, but for companies this...

What’s in Your Studio, Rodney Graham?

"LONDON—Rodney Graham is sometimes referred to as a “post-medium” artist, though “any medium” might be a more sensible description of his restless, inquisitive, and often difficult work. Since first coming to attention as one of the Vancouver...

200 signatures on a petition will force councils to act

"Town halls would be forced to take action over petitions with more than 200 signatures under new proposals to devolve power to voters. Hazel Blears, the Communities Secretary, is to publish a consultation paper detailing new rights to trigger changes in council policy. This...

Canadian Astronaut: Record Breaker

Finally some good news about Canada, Canadian Astronaut Dave Williams has set a Canadian first in achieving the most space walks in times and duration. Let the Americans have "Moonwalker Jackson", we have a...

Peek Squad: Computer Techs Stealing Porn, Personal Files

This is something that I always wondered about. I used to work at a computer service center, though I preferred not to know what was on my customers' machines. For some, though, the temptation proved too great,...

Project Lap Dance - 2006 Dodge Charger SRT8

"4/05/2006, Stripper Motorsports had put there 2006 Dodge Charger SRT8 under the knife for what promises to be one of the FASTEST new Chargers in the Metro Detroit area! Here’s what you see so far, straight from the dealer to the dyno. With only 250 miles on our charger we...

Google to provide FREE in-home Wireless

Sick of paying for broadband that you have to, well, pay for? Introducing Google TiSP (BETA), our new FREE in-home wireless broadband service. Sign up today and we'll send you your TiSP self-installation...

X-ray cameras 'see through clothes'

"The Government is considering installing X-ray cameras on lampposts to spot armed terrorists and other criminals. According to a leaked memo seen by The Sun, "detection of weapons and explosives will become easier" if the scheme drawn up by Home Office officials is...

GmailFS for Mac OS X

"One of the missions of the Google Macintosh team is to contribute to the Mac community"So sayeth Amit Singh in his Google Mac Blog and amen say I.I actually got turned onto this lead by one of the feeds I watch regularly, and was surprised to find out that the port and...

Diebold and Stealing the Vote: The Hack Saga Continues

Many on NowPublic have brought Diebold's questionable security to light in the recent past; this is yet another point in the case for paper ballots. "Imagine if all it took to get inside widely-used Diebold electronic voting machines--perhaps with malicious intentions, such...

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