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Woman's Nude Pics End Up Online After Call To Tech Support 197

Posted by samzenpus on Friday July 30, 2010 @02:31PM from the how-was-your-service-today? dept.

Tara Fitzgerald couldn't find the nude pictures she planned on sending to her boyfriend, but instead of just taking more, she decided to see if a Dell tech support call could fix her problem. Apparently the tech support guy found them. Unfortunately, he then put them up on a site called "bitchtara."

Comment I second the Exploratorium and Multi-museum pass (Score 1) 435

by carter on Thursday August 13, 2009 @01:05AM (#29047813) Attached to: Science, Technology, Natural History Museums?

I volunteer at the Exploratorium, and it's great. I think it must be one of the top, if not *the* top, hands-on museums in the world. Also, the other poster's advice about the pass good at multiple museums is a good one. My fine arts one is called a "reciprocal pass". Some participating museums give you free admission, and sometimes it's discounted. A great value for your scenario.

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:God's Pals - Reality check (Score 1) 1476

by carter on Wednesday October 15, 2003 @03:40AM (#7217192) Attached to: Supreme Court Will Hear Pledge of Allegiance Case

>Maybe you didn't realize this, but no one can be forced to say this pledge thing. This has been the law of the land since 1943 (before they even added the "prayer" part to it).

And nobody was ever officially forced to join the Young Pioneers or Nazi Party.

Recognize the indoctrination for what it is, and give up your fantasy that there is not pressure applied to the average kid to say the pledge in the exact same robotic tone as everybody else. Stop profering this flacid defense and actually ask people how it the pledge was conducted in their experience.

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