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Comment Why masts are a good thing (Score 1) 355

by NusseDK on Thursday July 26, 2007 @09:13AM (#19995413) Attached to: Cell Towers Not Responsible For Illness

Yeah there seems to be a correlation between tin-foil and conspiracy theories. Anyway - people protesting mobile phone masts use mobile phones themselves, and forgets an obvious problem. Mobile phones increases their output when far away from the mast in order to make a connection. Closer to the mast their output is lower. If you really want to minimize the power of the mind control radiation, you should stand close to the mast, as this will minimize the radiation from the mindcontrol device you are holding close to your brain.

Feed The Register: Oz convict ancestor database goes online (theregister.com)

From feed by registerfeed on Thursday July 26, 2007 @07:52AM

Russell Crowe, Germaine Greer could be genetic lags

A UK-based genealogy website gained massive ink yesterday as it offered its users access to a complete database of convicts shipped to Australia from 1788 to 1868.

Feed The Register: Masturbating lag cops 60 days' extra porridge (theregister.com)

From feed by registerfeed on Thursday July 26, 2007 @06:52AM

'Indecent exposure' rap for five-knuckle shuffle

A Miami lag who decided to crack one off without hiding his modesty beneath a blanket was sentenced to 60 days' extra porridge on an indecent exposure rap, the Miami Herald reports.

Feed Engadget: Researchers develop nanochip based on Babbage's difference engine (engadget.com)

From feed by engfeed on Thursday July 26, 2007 @05:52AM

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets

In a tidbit of news which will get avid Neal Stephenson readers all hot and bothered, researches have outlined a blueprint for a mechanical nanochip similar in design to Charles Babbage's difference engine. Using the massive, steam-driven Victorian computer as a model, scientists have begun work on new type of computing architecture which would be solely based on nano-mechanical elements. The researchers say that while the devices won't compete with high-speed silicon, they could be utilized for "mundane applications" where the processors can be "slow and cheap" -- and so-very-steampunk, we might add. Of course, the original steam-computer consisted of 25,000 parts and weighed 13 tons, but the developers are hoping to knock at least a few pounds off of that design.

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Submission + - Second Life shuts down casinos (theinquirer.net)

Submitted by

Tech.Luver

on Thursday July 26, 2007 @05:11AM

Tech.Luver writes: "theinquirer reports, ( http://theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=41240 ) " LINDEN LAB, hallowed creator of the Second Life virtual world, has announced that all in-world casinos and miscellaneous gambling joints are herewith to be shut down. That means that the large chunk of users that enjoyed using in-world casinos and betting Linden Dollars on events both inside and outside the game world will now have nothing left to do. Perhaps more to the point for Linden, the move will cut off the revenues earned from those owning Casino-style islands in the game, the owners of which are some of the top contributors to the Linden coffers through currency fees and land rental. ""

Submission + - Three flashing red lights cost Microsoft $1bn (ft.com)

Submitted by on Friday July 06, 2007 @04:04AM

An anonymous reader writes: The Financial Times reports that Microsoft will take a charge against profits of more than $1bn as it tries to limit the potential damage to its videogames business from a design flaw in the Xbox 360 games console leading to units to fail. This is the "three flashing red lights" problem.

"Mr Bach denied that the product failures showed Microsoft had launched the console before it was ready, or that they resulted from the company's relative weakness in hardware design."

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