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Comment ToDo (Score 1) 428

by Modern_Celt on Wednesday December 16, 2009 @11:21PM (#30468544) Attached to: What Does Everyone Use For Task/Project Tracking?

http://php-todo.sourceforge.net/

is lightweight and easy to use.

Warner Bros. Acquires The Pirate Bay 348

Posted by Soulskill on Wednesday April 01, 2009 @01:44PM from the if-you-can't-beat-'em dept.

mlingojones writes "TorrentFreak breaks the news of The Pirate Bay's acquisition by Warner Bros: 'After years of hostility, lawsuits, police raids and heated invective between the two groups, the Pirate Bay has today announced they have settled their differences with US media conglomerate Warner Bros. The largest BitTorrent tracker has sold out to Hollywood and the two have agreed a deal.'"

Comment Whack-a-Mole (Score 1) 281

by Modern_Celt on Friday February 13, 2009 @04:51PM (#26849041) Attached to: How To Encourage Workers To Suggest Innovation?

Any thought or suggestion that has not already been approved by management is greeted with a hammer, usually not padded, much like the well loved game Whack-a-Mole.

Simple Device Claimed To Boost Fuel Efficiency By Up To 20% 674

Posted by Soulskill on Saturday September 27, 2008 @05:02AM from the innovation-is-a-real-gas dept.

Ponca City, We love you writes "Temple University physics professor Rongjia Tao has developed a simple device that could dramatically improve fuel efficiency in automobiles by as much as 20 percent. The device, attached to the fuel line of a car's engine near the fuel injector, creates an electric field that thins fuel, reducing its viscosity so that smaller droplets are injected into the engine. Because combustion starts at the droplet surface, smaller droplets lead to cleaner and more efficient combustion. Six months of road testing in a diesel-powered Mercedes-Benz automobile showed an increase from 32 miles per gallon to 38 mpg, a 20 percent boost, and a 12-15 percent gain in city driving. 'We expect the device will have wide applications on all types of internal combustion engines, present ones and future ones,' Tao wrote in the study published in Energy & Fuels. 'This discovery promises to significantly improve fuel efficiency in all types of internal combustion engine powered vehicles and at the same time will have far-reaching effects in reducing pollution of our environment,' says Larry F. Lemanski, Senior Vice President for Research and Strategic Initiatives at Temple."

Comment Re:Hello, RIAA... where are you? (Score 1) 492

by Modern_Celt on Sunday January 14, 2007 @03:30AM (#17600422) Attached to: Did Producer Timbaland Steal From the Demoscene?

Examples? There are always other examples.

How about the latest Bob Dylan album, Modern Times. There are 2 songs that are credited to Mr. Dylan that were written by old folk/blues artists. I do not have the details handy, but it is the truth. A Blues historian, Jonny Meister was expounding on it on WXPN's Blues Show http://www.xpn.org/blues.php shortly after the album was released. He played the songs back to back so that the listeners could judge for themselves.

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