The web's most interesting stories on Tue 19th Feb 2008
These are the web's most talked about, buzziest URLs on Tue 19th Feb 2008 . The current winner is andLinux.org - check back in a hour to see what's top and what's dropped. To get the permanent listing for the day you can use this permalink.
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- andLinux.org
- andLinux is a complete Ubuntu Linux system running seamlessly in Windows 2000 based systems (2000, XP, 2003, Vista [32-bit only]). andLinux is not just for development and runs almost all Linux applications in Windows without modification. It supports quick launch icons, start menu, system tray, Explorer shell extensions and file type associations.
Or, you may choose to use the andLinux Launcher, which ships with andLinux since Beta 1. It consists of:
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- 10 best CSS hacks | StylizedWeb.com
- Here is the list of 10 hand picked CSS hacks and tricks which can help you in your CSS code and also save some time.
[…] StylizedWeb.com - web trends and tutorials Blog Archive 10 best CSS hacks Since the front page of Swerdloff (dot com) is in need of a resdesign again (this thing is wonderful but not the message I want to send) it’s time for me to bone up on my CSS …
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- Airport Security ftw! en Flickr: Intercambio de fotos!
- Apparently, even the security consultants are strip searching 95 year-old women at the airport to avoid terrorist attacks.
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- A4 PAPER CUT
- “My paper works have lately been based around an exploration of the relationship between two and three dimensionality.”
Big wave moving towards a small castle made of sand, 2005
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- Do you dress like a douchebag? [flowchart]
- Well, do ya?
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- Last Statement - Henry Porter
- Death Row Inmates Last Statements
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- Mysteries of computer from 65BC are solved | Science | The Guardian
- The machine was lost among cargo in 65BC when the ship carrying it sank in 42m of water off the coast of the Greek island of Antikythera. By chance, in 1900, a sponge diver called Elias Stadiatos discovered the wreck and recovered statues and other artifacts from the site.
One of the remaining mysteries is why the Greek technology invented for the machine seemed to disappear. No other civilisation is believed to have created anything as complex for another 1,000 years. One explanation could be that bronze was often recycled in the peri…
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- andLinux.org
- andLinux is a complete Ubuntu Linux system running seamlessly in Windows 2000 based systems (2000, XP, 2003, Vista [32-bit only]). andLinux is not just for development and runs almost all Linux applications in Windows without modification. It supports quick launch icons, start menu, system tray, Explorer shell extensions and file type associations.
Or, you may choose to use the andLinux Launcher, which ships with andLinux since Beta 1. It consists of:
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- Conversion Chart for Dating... Sad but True
- Things you love about your new boyfriend/girlfriend and how they change in the future..
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- Pictures that Changed the World
- Slate magazine has a collection of Magnum photos which changed the world. Mostly doused in black and white gradients, these pictures feature significant historical incidents. Some of them, like the picture of the girl who grew up in a concentration camp are remarkably powerful reflections on our actions.
I was hoping someone would present a valid arguement to my (not well thought out) hypothesis (July 10, 2007 @ 3:05 PM). My God, I hope I’m wrong. I was expecting someone to say “Bullshit!”. Can we change the course of history? Of course we can, …
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- A Solar Grand Plan: Scientific American
- By 2050 solar power could end U.S. dependence on foreign oil and slash greenhouse gas emissions. Read on!
The federal government would have to invest more than $400 billion over the next 40 years to complete the 2050 plan. That investment is substantial, but the payoff is greater. Solar plants consume little or no fuel, saving billions of dollars year after year. The inf…
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- VG Chartz | Hardware Sales From Launch
- What does it say when a console launched a year later, being more expensive, was prey to the most crazy anti-viral smear campaign ever, had two massive competition to deal with and “no” games to speak off… and still sold better/faster than the 360? Wow.
Hardware Sales From Launch
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- Neatorama » Blog Archive » Evolution of Car Logos
- We took a look at the evolution of tech logos before. Today, lets take a look at the fascinating stories behind the logos of some of the most popular cars in the world
With the money, Buick founded the Buick Motor Company and within a few years ran it to the ground. He was kicked out of the company by his partner William “Billy” Durant in 1906 and later sold his stock for a mere $100,000. Had he held on to his shares, it …
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- Demonoid Tracker Is Back, Will the Site be Next? | TorrentFreak
- It has been three months since the popular (semi)private BitTorrent tracker Demonoid went offline. Since then, there has been a lot of speculation about its future, and many feared that the site would never return. Totally out of the blue, however, the tracker is now responding again.
You plums bitching about subdemon, is only because you’re too stupid to follow the rules. It’s gimps like you that bring things on top, and bring the heat to sites, cos you can’t follow basic rules and keep your fat mouths shut. The mods at subdemon…
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- Are you Sure your Email isn’t being Hacked? | MakeUseOf.com
- If someone has cracked your email password, it may not be apparent to you. A snooper can easily read an email then mark it as unread again. So the best thing to do would be to set up an electronic tripwire? so if someone breaks into your account, youll know about it.
Although this may function to reveal someone snooping your inbox; it is not going to catch someone who is definitely intelligent enough not to be caught. To be completely honest, especially as an individual with a background in security; it would not be executed. T…
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- secure.sunshinepress.org
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- 88.80.13.160
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- Honda Recaptures Lost Heat, Blows Highway Hybrids Away | EcoGeek | Heat, Energy, February, Written, Electric
- Honda just dropped a bit of a bombshell on the world with it’s announcement that their heat-harnessing hybrids recapture more lost energy than even Toyota’s hybrid drive during highway driving.
Honda has decided that, at current efficiencies (and gas prices), it will not be cost-effective to include heat-capturing devices in production cars. Similar projects have come to the same conclusion. But with rising energy costs, and better engine designs, this coul…
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- Microsoft Office Binary (doc, xls, ppt) File Formats
- Microsoft Open Specification Promise required Microsoft to release specifications for Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Office Drawing, and they finally have. But are they complete?
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- Bad Astronomy Blog » Is science faith-based?
- If you read any antiscience screeds, at some point or another most will claim that science is based on faith just as much as religion is. This is completely wrong. It shows (unsurprisingly) an utter misunderstanding of how science works. Science is not faith-based, and heres why
In Euclid’s Elements, axioms are split into “common notions” and “postulates”. Common notions are ideas that are impossible to prove, but necessary for any logical framework. An example from Euclid is the notion that if A equals B, and t…
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- Life On Other Planets: A Second Earth in Our Solar System
- It could be that there are objects of Earth-mass in the Oort cloud (a band of debris surrounding our planetary system) but they would be frozen at these distances. They would look like a frozen Earth.
So all we need to do is haul one of those babies into our orbit, defrost it, and start populating. Earth 2, here I come!
NASA’s Alan Stern said these planets are so far away from the sun that we haven’t seen them yet: Our old view, that the Solar System had nine planets will be supplanted by a view that there are hundreds if not thousands of planets in our Solar System. It could be tha…
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- YouTube - VISTA WONDERS!!
- Well, I guess I just like Linux better even though I use Microsoft products everyday.
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- Wikileaks survives censorship, ddos, fire - Wikileaks
- Yes, a fire. Coincidence, or did someone really want the site off-line?
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- Official: HD DVD dead and buried, format war is over - Engadget
- Toshiba just made a statements saying, “It will no longer develop, manufacture and market HD DVD players and recorders.” Finally.
@ cheese head, etc. increasingly downloads are 720p and even 1080p. Get yourself some decent broadband.Toshiba will focus on NAND flash, it says, and rightly so: show me a 64GB SD flash card for under $50 and I’ll show you the end of Blu-Ray. Anyone want to guess how…
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- The 15 Most Annoying Video Game Characters (From Otherwise Great Games) | Cracked.com
- In honor of this week’s Game Developer’s Conference, some characters that should have stayed undeveloped.
I definitely argee that Dead Rising’s Otis should be here. If not for the constant calls, regardless of what peril you might be in, then for the call you get back if you dare to hang up on him. Nevermind that he’s safe in a bunker while you’re out getting your asshol…
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- Wealth and Religiosity en Flickr: Intercambio de fotos!
- Religiosity is measured using a three-item index ranging from 0-3, with 3 representing the maximum religious position. Respondents were given a +1 if they believe faith in God is necessary for morality; and +1 if they say religion is very important in their lives; and +1 if they pray at least once a day.
Crea una cuenta gratuita, o inicia sesi?n (si ya eres miembro).
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- Using Weather Data to Change Your Website’s Appearance through PHP and CSS - CSS-Tricks
- Using a little magic and trickery (read: PHP and CSS), we can change the appearance of a website automatically based on the weather outside, in real time! In the example site we have created, the header graphic will change to one of four different styles based on Sunny, Rain, Snow, and Cloudy.
I’ve fancied the header/weather images Dunstan Orchard had on his blog for a long time but outside of sharing the graphics he never gave any sort tutorial on it. I don’t blame him though, I’m sure he put a great bit of work into it. (Click the tab t…
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- The World's 16 Least Inspiring Flags | Cracked.com
- Just try and salute one of these monstrosities.
Saint Roch poses with a shepherd’s staff, holding up his clothes to reveal a leg wound, as his dog looks on with a loaf of bread in its mouth. Rather than going through who Saint Roch was, why his cloak is red, what that thing on his staff is, what that shell means o…
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- Torontoist: The Ones That Mother Gives You
- Interesting anti-pharma ads at bus stops in Toronto.
We finally followed a lead from Accordion Guy Joey deVilla’s blog and called up Rob Savage, the director of communications for Colleges Ontario, “an advocacy organization representing the provinces 24 colleges of applied arts and technology.” He told us, “In terms o…
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- 30 Photos That Inspired Me to Learn Photography
- A selection of 10 great photographers, 3 pieces of their work, and an inspiration to learn to shoot great photos for yourself. In a world where everyone can take photos, these are some reasons to take the time to do it right.
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- The Most Important Lesson You'll Ever Learn in School
- When people are ordered to do something by someone they view in authority, most will obey even when doing so violates their consciences.
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- The Worlds Most Inspiring and Creative Hotel Rooms
- For those who want to make their room an individual piece of art, here are a few examples made by 21 international artists on graphic design, urban art and illustration. From fantastic street art and Japanese Manga to simply spaced out fantasies, you will find flowers, fairy tales, friendly monsters, dreaming creatures, secrets vault and more…
For those who want to make their room an individual piece of art, here are a few examples made by 21 international artists from the fields of graphic design, urban art and illustration. These amazing rooms are from the Fox Hotel ( the former Park Hotel ), that is lo…
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- YouTube - The Little Girl Giant
- The little girl giant woke up some morning, got a shower from the Sultans Elephant, and wandered off to play in the park?
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- Israeli woman claims to be world's oldest person | the Daily Mail
- A woman has declared herself the oldest living person after her birth certificate was uncovered, showing she is 120. Mariam Amash rises every morning at 5am, walks unaided, and attributes her longevity to a diet rich in vegetables. “I eat, I drink, and I take showers. I hope to keep going for another 10 years,” she said.
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- Marketers Salivate Over Lickable Ads - WSJ.com
- Welch’s is taking out full-page print ads in People magazine this month that give readers a chance to sample its grape juice by licking the ad. The front of the advertisement shows a huge bottle of the juice, while the back has a strip that peels up and off, with text that reads: “For a TASTY fact, remove & LICK.”
While scent technology — such as scratch-and-sniff ads or fragrant ink — is commonplace in magazines, lickable ads are still in the experimental stages. CBS was one of the first companies to offer them in a marketing campaign. The network’s flavor strips, which ran…
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- wikileaks.org
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Umm… cool!