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Selling Incandescent Light Bulbs As Heating Devices 557

Posted by samzenpus from the a-bulb-by-any-othe-name dept.
Csiko writes "The European Union has banned by law trading of incandescent light bulbs due to their bad efficiency/ecology (most of the energy is transformed into heat). A company is now trying to bypass this restriction by offering their incandescent light bulb products as a heating device (article in German) instead of a light device. Still, their 'heat balls' give light as well as heating. So — every law can be bypassed if you have some creativity!"
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Paleontologists Discover World's Horniest Dinosaur 109

Posted by samzenpus from the overcompensatesaurus dept.
Ponca City, We love you writes "The Guardian reports that paleontologists have uncovered the remains of an ancient beast called Kosmoceratops richardsoni that stood 16 feet tall with a 6-foot skull equipped with 15 horns and lived 76 million years ago in the warm, wet swamps of what is now southern Utah. 'These animals are basically over-sized rhinos with a whole lot more horns on their heads. They had huge heads relative to their body size,' says Scott Sampson, a researcher at the Utah Museum of Natural History."
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Australian Politician Caught Viewing Porn 150

Posted by samzenpus from the stiff-opposition-party dept.
destinyland writes "An Australian Parliament member has resigned after admitting he'd used government computers to access porn and gambling sites. McLeay 'gave an uncomfortable press conference outside Parliament House,' notes one technology site, 'during which he admitted he had acted in a standard not expected of cabinet ministers.' Paul McLeay was also the Minister for Mineral and Forest Resources as well as the Minister for Ports and Waterways. In resigning, he apologized to his constituents and parliamentary colleagues, as well as to his wife and family."

Comment Re:Sigh... (Score 1) 416

by FozE_Bear (#33218286) Attached to: The Great Typo Hunt
I must disagree. The problem is that correct usage of the English language is rarely misunderstood. consider the missing comma here: "Mary had freckles on her but we liked her anyway." Without the comma, one could infer that Mary's ass was speckled. Also, the "Pimpin'" remark you speak of was completely correct in grammar and use of abbreviation.

Comment Re:Guns don't kill people... (Score 1) 271

by FozE_Bear (#32664706) Attached to: UK Police To Allow Gun Users To Renew Licenses With iPhone App
You know, Adolf Hitler made these arguments about the safety of the police and populace, when his fiat when he extended the 1928 gun controls in 1938. Now I know that Nazi's didn't really need gun control laws at this time, but they sure help. A government fear of wacko extremists who may go off the deep end is a healthy fear to have.

Comment Re:Devil's advocate (Score 1) 166

by FozE_Bear (#32611118) Attached to: Thailand Shuts Down 43,000 More Websites
The only problem I have with this logic, (peace is better than freedom), is that once the government controls this access, and peace returns, they will not return these freedoms. It will be a long long time before these restrictions are lifted. I know that Abe Lincoln returned free press to the US after the Civil War was over, but I think that was not the norm. And btw, I am NOT a Red-Shirt sympathizer. even if their collectivist ideals are benevolent, I am VERY anti-communist, but their right to be heard is MY right to be heard, and I will defend it.
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Mars Images Reveal Evidence of Ancient Lakes 128

Posted by timothy from the older-I-get-the-wetter-mars-was dept.
Matt_dk writes "Spectacular satellite images suggest that Mars was warm enough to sustain lakes three billion years ago, a period that was previously thought to be too cold and arid to sustain water on the surface, according to research published today in the journal Geology. Earlier research had suggested that Mars had a warm and wet early history but that between 4 billion and 3.8 billion years ago, before the Hesperian Epoch, the planet lost most of its atmosphere and became cold and dry. In the new study, the researchers analysed detailed images from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, which is currently circling the red planet, and concluded that there were later episodes where Mars experienced warm and wet periods."
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The Best Robots of 2009 51

Posted by samzenpus from the best-of-show dept.
kkleiner writes "Singularity Hub has just unveiled its second annual roundup of the best robots of the year. In 2009 robots continued their advance towards world domination with several impressive breakouts in areas such as walking, automation, and agility, while still lacking in adaptability and reasoning ability. It will be several years until robots can gain the artificial intelligence that will truly make them remarkable, but in the meantime they are still pretty awesome."

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