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Canada Comet Lengthened the Ice Age 66

Posted by samzenpus from the just-when-it-was-getting-warmer dept.
Iddo Genuth writes "Recent geological evidence gathered in Ohio and Indiana has been verified by a University of Cincinnati assistant professor as support of a comet theory, claiming a comet explosion over earth was the cause of drastic changes to life on our planet. This evidence strengthens initial data collected over a year ago. The explosion, which occurred over what is now Canada, caused the extinction of animals and cultures and lengthened the Ice Age nearly 13,000 years ago that should have been coming to an end."
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Man Steals Bus and Drives Route 4

Posted by samzenpus
18-year-old James Harris has been obsessed with buses since he was little. This obsession has landed him in some trouble recently, as police are accusing him of stealing buses from Miami-Dade depots on at least three occasions. What sets James apart from an ordinary thief is that he drove the buses along their correct routes, picking up and dropping off passengers as usual and then returning to the depot at the end of his "shift" without stealing the fares he collected. James would wear a uniform to avoid detection and take the bus for between four and six hours at a time. I have a feeling that most of Mr. Harris's school trips were on the short bus.

D.C. Commuters to be Scanned With Infrared Cameras 452

Posted by samzenpus from the seeing-what's-real dept.
owlgorithm writes "Washington, D.C. area commuters are going to be "scanned like groceries at the supermarket" in order to catch single-occupant vehicles who are illegally using carpool lanes. The article, from the Washington Post, says that infrared cameras capable of detecting human skin will be installed, rather than the visible-spectrum cameras in use today. So much for using dummies in the front seat."

Feed Engadget: Non-recalled Nokia phone battery explodes, injures woman (engadget.com)

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Filed under: Cellphones

While Nokia and Matsushita were busying settling the disputes that arose when the phone maker had to recall some 46 million handset batteries, a lady in India has been injured by a Nokia-branded cell that's not on that list. Located in eastern India, the woman noted that the BL-D3 series battery "blew up about 10 minutes after it was put on charge," resulting in a "ball of fire" that led to minor burn injuries to the user. According to Nokia, the incident was "isolated," and if it finds that the handset, battery, and charger are original, the 30-year old victim will supposedly be compensated.

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Feed Engadget: Transparent Toaster gives you clear view of bread's crispiness (engadget.com)

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Filed under: Household

You know, it'd be quite nice for toaster manufacturers to actually grab hold of one of the numerous concepts floating around out there and give the tried and true machine a facelift, but until then, conceptualizers are keepin' the ideas a-coming. On deck is the Transparent Toaster, which hopes to utilize clear panes of "heating glass" that allow you to clearly see precisely how burnt your bread is becoming. Of course, we'd certainly hope some sort of self-cleaning apparatus would be added if this thing were to go commercial, but it ain't a half bad idea as it is.

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The Simpson's Movie Confirmed 334

Posted by Zonk from the not-a-joke dept.
bagsc writes "BBC News reports Twentieth Centruy Fox confirms The Simpsons are going to the movies! Should hit theatres in 2007." From the article: "A 25-second trailer for the film has been shown to US audiences at screenings of Ice Age: The Meltdown, promising to introduce 'the greatest hero in American history'. It then cut to Homer Simpson, wearing only his underwear, who admitted: 'I forgot what I was supposed to say.'"

DRM Reduces Battery Life 296

Posted by Zonk from the sucks-in-multiple-ways dept.
gr8_phk writes "An interesting article over at C|Net claims that playing DRMed music can reduce battery life up to 25 percent. Yet another reason to stick with plain old MP3 files." From the article: "Those who belong to subscription services such as Napster or Rhapsody have it worse. Music rented from these services arrive in the WMA DRM 10 format, and it takes extra processing power to ensure that the licenses making the tracks work are still valid and match up to the device itself. Heavy DRM not only slows down an MP3 player but also sucks the very life out of them."

Comment Re:Notable quote (Score 1) 377

by Aluion (#14236471) Attached to: Wikipedia Hoax Author Confesses
Read that first part again. In fact, just read that first word. Congress shall make no law....

Don't know what "Congress" means? Congress is defined in Article I, Section I of the Constitution as consisting of "a Senate and House of Representatives." Note that the word is "Congress"; not "Government", "States", "Cities", or "Websites on the internet".

That means that the first admendment applies only to the United States Congress. It doesn't apply to Wikipedia or Slashdot, or any other website on the internet. It doesn't apply to clubs. It doesn't apply to any other country. Strictly interpreted, it doesn't even apply to the states, counties, or city governments (though there are other laws that do, such as Admendment 14).

That's why it's perfectly legal for a school in Hartford, Conn. to adopt policies that fine students for swearing. That's why it's legal for a website to filter out expletives.

The debate over "Can speech be abridged?" is not the true debate. Of course it can be. The true debate is "Who can abridge speech?".

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