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The Media

Submission + - Great French Kissing Techniques - portado.com (portado.com)

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pedrodeandrade
pedrodeandrade writes: "It is an experience that most people would remember: their first French kiss. Some people would say it was a great experience while some would prefer not to mention it. But, we all know that French kissing is a very delicate and sensual experience. Read this article to discover great french kissing techniques."
Power

Submission + - Peak Oil to hit by 2012 (wsj.com)

Submitted by Target Drone
Target Drone writes: Both Time and The Wall Street Journal are reporting that peak oil has either already arrived or will arrive as early as 2012. Peak oil is the point in time where smaller new discoveries are unable to offset declining production from older fields and we'll have to make due with ever declining oil production. Since 1980 we have been consuming more oil then we discover each year. Also, world oil production peaked at 85.5 million barrels per day in July 2006 and despite strong demand hasn't come close to this mark since.
The Military

Submission + - British Nukes Protected with Bicycle Locks

Submitted by
Ponca City, We Love You
Ponca City, We Love You writes: "Until 1998 British nuclear weapons were armed by inserting a bicycle lock key into the arming switch and turning it 90 degrees, the BBC reported last week. There was no code required or dual key system to prevent a rogue individual from arming the Bomb. The British military resisted proposals to fit bombs with Permissive Action Links — or PALs — which would prevent them being armed unless the right code was sent. PALs were introduced in the 1960s in America to prevent a mad General or pilot launching a nuclear war off their own bat — the Dr Strangelove scenario. The correct code had to be transmitted by the US Chiefs of Staff and dialed into the Bomb before it could be armed otherwise it would not detonate. Papers at Britian's National Archive show that as early as 1966 an attempt was made to impose PAL security on British nuclear weapons. The Royal Navy argued that officers of the Royal Navy as the Senior Service could be trusted: "It would be invidious to suggest... that Senior Service officers may, in difficult circumstances, act in defiance of their clear orders". Learn how to arm a WE 177 nuclear bomb (video)."
It's funny. Laugh.

Submission + - Duke Nukem in 2008

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: As it is, our all time favorite hero, Duke Nukem seems to be back. Again. GameGuru appears to have some inside info on the cigar smoking badass being far from dead. And we believe them. Again.
NASA

Submission + - NASA Scientists Sing of Mauna Kea Telescope (youtube.com)

Submitted by w9ofa
w9ofa writes: NASA scientists took the time to parody "Hotel California" as they battle problems with their sensitive spectrometer. The same HIPWAC instrument can measure windspeeds in the atmosphere of Titan from its location on the Hawaiian peak of Muana Kea.
Hardware Hacking

Submission + - Bicycle Key Unlocked British Nukes

Submitted by
Ponca City, We Love You
Ponca City, We Love You writes: "BBC is reporting that until 1998 British nuclear weapons were armed by inserting a bicycle lock key into the arming switch and turning it through 90 degrees. There was no code which needed to be entered or dual key system to prevent a rogue individual from arming the Bomb. The British military resisted proposals to fit bombs with Permissive Action Links — or PALs — which would prevent them being armed unless the right code was sent. PALs were introduced in the 1960s in America to prevent a mad General or pilot launching a nuclear war off their own bat — the Dr Strangelove scenario. The correct code had to be transmitted by the US Chiefs of Staff and dialed into the Bomb before it could be armed otherwise it would not detonate. Papers at Britian's National Archive show that as early as 1966 an attempt was made to impose PAL security on British nuclear weapons. The Royal Navy argued that officers of the Royal Navy as the Senior Service could be trusted: "It would be invidious to suggest... that Senior Service officers may, in difficult circumstances, act in defiance of their clear orders". Learn how to arm a WE 177 nuclear bomb (video)."
PC Games (Games)

Submission + - The PC is still the best games machine!

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Here's an interesting feature that says the PC is still the best games platform, despite the strong Xbox 360 showing and the potential of Sony's PS3. Yes the latest batch of consoles are good, but will we ever really see anything that can match Crysis visually or WoW for sheer user support? PC gaming may be expensive, but this guy reckons it's still worth every penny. http://www.trustedreviews.com/gaming/review/2007/11/22/PC-Gaming-The-Original-Best-Platform/p1
X

Submission + - China pours huge funds into Nano-technology (shanghaidaily.com)

Submitted by martinsslaves
martinsslaves writes: CHINA is looking at the big picture with a huge injection of funds into the science of nanotechnology. At nano level the ordinary rules of physics and chemistry no longer apply. Carbon "nanotubes," for example, are 100 times stronger than steel but six times lighter..
Government

Submission + - HR-1955 or Why Free Speech on the Internet is Over

Submitted by Univac_1004
Univac_1004 writes: Congresswoman Jane Harman has introduced legislation — H.R. 1955: "Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism" — which starts: "The Internet has aided in facilitating violent radicalization, ideologically based violence, and the homegrown terrorism process in the United States by providing access to broad and constant streams of terrorist-related propaganda to United States citizens."

You can guess where it goes from there.

It got 404 votes in the house and a similar bill is likely to pass in the Senate.

Google for further information yourself, or start here: http://www.counterpunch.org/smith10252007.html >"The Politics of Paranoia"







(why the hell has /. ignored this?)
Government

Submission + - Japan Immigration directed to forcibly take prints (yahoo.co.jp)

Submitted by CB-in-Tokyo
CB-in-Tokyo writes: In reaction to the protests caused by Japan's new fingerprinting system, the Ministry of Justice has issued a directive (English Translation) that all foreigners that do not agree to give their fingerprints be incarcerated and "pursuaded" to give their prints, immediately to be followed by deportation. Immigration officials state that during the period of incarceration, "We will sufficiently persuade the refuser to cooperate, and endeavor not to do this by force."

The new fingerprinting and photographing system is under a lot of fire by the foreign community in Japan as it targets not only tourists, but also permanent residents. The system is being presented outwardly as a way to counter terrorism, but is being touted internally by celebrity spokespeople as a way to cut down on foreign crime in Japan. It is illegal under Japanese law to fingerprint citizens, unless they have been accused of a crime, however foreign residents have no such protection, and now under the new directive foreigners who refuse will no longer not just be refused entry, but also coerced into providing personal biometric data.
Education

Submission + - Babies Make Social Judgements (foxnews.com)

Submitted by
bendodge
bendodge writes: "
Babies as young as 6 to 10 months old showed crucial social judging skills before they could talk, according to a study by researchers at Yale University's Infant Cognition Center published in Thursday's journal Nature.

The infants watched a googly-eyed wooden toy trying to climb roller-coaster hills and then another googly-eyed toy come by and either help it over the mountain or push it backward. They then were presented with the toys to see which they would play with.

Nearly every baby picked the helpful toy over the bad one.

The babies also chose neutral toys _ ones that didn't help or hinder _ over the naughty ones. And the babies chose the helping toys over the neutral ones.
"
Security

Submission + - UK Government Loses Data on 25 Million Citizens

Submitted by Strudelkugel
Strudelkugel writes: News outlets are reporting "British trust in the way government stores and secures vital personal information was sorely tested Wednesday after it emerged that sensitive data on about 25 million Britons (almost half the population) was lost in the mail in an unprecedented security blunder. Computer files on 7.25 million families — everyone with children under 16 — have been missing ever since they were sent on two compact discs through the domestic mail system a month ago by Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs." The choice quote: "If you centralize data, what will fail is the carbon-based life form (humans), not the technology," says Simon Davies, director of Privacy International, a watchdog group.
Biotech

Submission + - Programming with molecules

Submitted by
Roland Piquepaille
Roland Piquepaille writes: "It has been tried before, but researchers are now fully realizing the potential of DNA and want to create a programmable way of combining computers with chemistry. As said one the leading researchers at CalTech, 'Programming chemical systems needs to be thought about. The meeting of computer science and chemistry hasn't happened yet, but is right around the corner. There's nothing logically, chemically or physically impossible about computing with molecular systems.' Another researcher from the University of Washington added that 'if we understand the language, we could develop a biological response through reprogramming, no different than a remedy pushed out by Norton AntiVirus on a computer.' The same researcher said something that might one day become history. 'The 20th century was the age of information. The 21st century is going to be the age of life.' But read more for additional references and quotes from scientists mixing humor and science."

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