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Submission + - Athlete Passes Gender Test, Then Fails

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 18, 2006 @02:30AM

An anonymous reader writes: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6188775.stm I'm not sure what this test actually tests. If it really tests gender, it should be fairly obvious why someone would fail it. If it tests estrogen or something, it should be called the 'Estrogen or Something Test'.

Submission + - Smash Your PC!

Submitted by

comet-boy

on Monday December 18, 2006 @02:00AM

comet-boy writes: "http://www.slashgear.com/realistic-monitor-rage-wi th-screensmasher-stress-reliever-142968.php http://www.gearlog.com/2006/12/smash_your_pc.php Clever idea — saw this reviewed on slashgear and gearlog. Thought it would be good for slashdot. It's a Windows product that *relieves* stress when you use it (!) It's a foam axe with a shock sensor that plugs into your USB. Bash your monitor with the foam axe and this thing simulates the breaking of your monitor with realistic enough graphics and sound effects to make it quite viscerally satisfying. I used it and it is actually pretty fun. (When's the last time a Windows product was viscerally satisfying to use?)"

Journal Journal: Litvinenko's Murder Not Executed on the Cheap

Journal by kcarlin on Monday December 18, 2006 @01:32AM

The Times today reported that the street value of the polonium-210 dose used on Litvinenko was $10 million and 10 times the dose required to kill. From the story:

Journal Journal: 061218.

Journal by nettin_pure on Sunday December 17, 2006 @08:59PM

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