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Submission + - Julian Assange Released on Bail (bbc.co.uk)

Submitted by the monolith
the monolith writes: Julian Assange is freed at last from a police cell after an interminable two day delay in his release after bail was posted finally ended. He seems to be banned from using Twitter, but he's free for the moment.

Comment Parsec ? (Score 1) 1141

by the monolith (#33165340) Attached to: My Automobile Gets __ MPG
A Parsec is a length unit of measurement.
We also have Kiloparsecs, Megaparsecs and Gigaparsecs, but I do not know anyone living that far away yet.
I cannot believe that my spellchecker does not have Gigaparsecs in it!

Submission + - The Pirate Bay Sails To A New Home (torrentfreak.com)

Submitted by the monolith
the monolith writes: The company supplying bandwidth to The Pirate Bay have been forced to disconnect them. The new location has not yet been officially disclosed but, sooner or later, the ship will dock somewhere!

Submission + - UK Broadband tax 'to be made law' (bbc.co.uk)

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the monolith
the monolith writes: "It seems that the UK Government want to tax your connection to the internet via land line broadband. But all might be fine as they are targeting "Anyone with a fixed line telephone", and there can't be that many folks out there that still keep a phone-on-a-rope anyway, right?"
Idle

Submission + - The Husband Hunting Bra (bbc.co.uk)

Submitted by the monolith
the monolith writes: Well, someone had time on his hands, the boss was out, and a spare processor on the bench. It simply had to be done, and a Japanese engineer went where no one has gone before in producing a husband hunting bra. The victim is distracted by the firmware, and the wearer can move in swiftly for the kill wielding the strategically positioned wedding ring. What other projects could be thought up by bored slashdotters? Answers on the proverbial digital postcard.

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