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goose-incarnated writes:
xkcd has got a new look, check it out.
(Waits for nethack inspired way of navigating a website)
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goose-incarnated writes:
IP Laws going overboard in SA, where a national carrier has been warned off using the South African National flag in it's advertisements by FIFA for the upcoming world-cup event. Reading somewhat like an Onion story, ""They said we cannot depict the Cape Town stadium, we can't use soccer balls, or the word 'South Africa', and the depiction of the national flag is not allowed," said marketing manager Nadine Damen. "
From the "all-your-base" dept.
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goose-incarnated writes:
Apparently, there can be some benefits for smokers,
if you look hard enough. http://www.physorg.com/news95354576.html
is one of many articles available that summarises some of the
hard research done into tobacco and nicotine.
A quick google search http://www.google.co.za/search?hl=en&q=alzheimers+parkinsons+smoking&btnG=Google+Search&meta=
shows that this news is not exactly a secret anyway.
"Smoking lowers your chances of alzheimers" — they
should put that on the packet of cigarettes :-).
