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RulerOf writes:
Musicians recently unlocked a 600 year old mystery that had been encoded into the walls of the Rosslyn Chapel that was featured in "The Da Vinci Code." The song was carved into the walls of the chapel not using traditional notes, but in the form of geometric shapes known as cymatics, or Chladni patterns. After the entire song was decoded, it was set to traditional lyrics and recorded, and can be heard in a video featured here, at the musicians' website. The video also gives a visual representation of how the engravings match up to the cymatic patterns.
From the article:
"The music has been frozen in time by symbolism...They are of such exquisite detail and so beautiful that we thought there must be a message here." The two men matched each of the patterns on the carved cubes to a Chladni pitch, and were able finally to unlock the melody.
Lastly, a direct link to the video.
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food4thought writes
"The Economic Times reports that Orkut has signed a pact with Indian Cyber Crime Cell. They have now pledged to block any 'defamatory or inflammatory content', or hand over IP address information to police if asked.' Deputy Commissioner of Police (enforcement) Sanjay Mohite said the pact means they do not have to go through the lengthy process of asking the Central government to communicate with Orkut. The practice so far has been to first send a request to the Centre's computer emergency response team in New Delhi. This team processes the request through its channels and even if a forum is finally blocked, the "culprits" still remain untraceable as no IP addresses can be obtained ... "Now we can do away with the process and not just directly ban content but also obtain details of IP addresses and service providers quickly," Mohite said.' How long before we see these 'informal arrangements' elsewhere?"
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SixFactor writes:
An idea to use plankton to fight climate change, is getting serious consideration. Plankton blooms, induced by fertilizing desolate patches of ocean with iron, are being tested for their capacity to absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, and transport the greenhouse gas to ocean depths. If the tests yield immediate and measurable results, the effort could be a viable implementation of carbon offsets. However, if overdone, imagine getting to a "tipping point," where the concern is no longer global warming, but the opposite. One thing is notably absent from the article: there is no requirement for an Environmental Impact Statement. But I do foresee happier balleen whales.
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mrogers writes:
Infowars brings us the following news from the UK, which is fast becoming the front line of the war on privacy:
Perhaps the lip-reading cameras and the shouting cameras will find something to talk about.
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Rockgod quotes an article saying
"With Microsoft now saying that its next major service pack for Windows XP will not ship until 2008, some Windows users are wondering whether the software upgrade will ever be released." and then later "Michael Cherry, an analyst with Directions on Microsoft, agrees that Microsoft may very well decide to drop XP Service Pack 3. "It absolutely could happen. Microsoft is under no obligation to produce any service packs, ever," he explains. "They feel that because these fixes are available through the auto-update that there's less need to create a service pack."