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Top 10: Life's Greatest Inventions Multicellularity, sex, photosynthesis. Here are life's 10 greatest inventions. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..


Women Gets Struck by Lightning. Enters mouth exits Butt....Ouch You are brushing your teeth, then house gets struck by lightning and the charge enters your mouth and exits your butt. All because of the rubber shoes.Who else is going to start brushing thier teeth in rubber shoes? From digg on October 9, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..


NEW Fry's 360 Bundle Coming This Weekend Remember the Fry's ad for the Xbox 360 Premium plus Saints Row, Dead Rising, and Test Drive for $360 that sold out in like five seconds? Well set your alarms for 5AM EST on Saturday, October 14th. Fry's promises that they will be offering a 360 Bundle every bit as good as the last one. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..


IE7 to ship with Windows patches tomorrow Microsoft plans to push out Internet Explorer 7 as a 'high priority update' when it ships security patches tomorrow, according to Washingtonpost.com's Security Fix blog. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..


Condoms get high-tech: make love to the sound of cellphone music A Ukrainian scientist has invented a condom that plays music during sex. A miniature loudspeaker and motion sensor implanted in the condom's upper cuff provides a range of musical tones during sex. Music volume depends on intensity of love-making and tone varies based on the sexual position. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..


Cigarette based display system Artist David Moises created a display made from 35 cigarettes that "burns" simple letters and symbols - Be sure to check more of his work, including the "healed home exercise bike", house on a swing and a hovercraft powered by a leaf blower! From digg on October 9, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..


Tiger Woods--Swing Vision Look at the power of Tiger in swing vision. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..


Composite face of 15 attractive women Face Research Lab creates the average attractive face based on ratings. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..


New Orleans hooker levels have exceeded pre-Katrina levels For prostitutes working the streets of New Orleans, the post-flood era has sparked a boom in business, largely owing to the influx of an estimated 40,000 to 50,000 out-of-town workers away from their families with money to blow, police said. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..


Please sir, may I have some more Oblivion? You know you've all spent countless hours playing Oblivion only to beat it and hunger for more. Well good news folks...there's more Oblivion coming your way! Be prepared to play another 10-20 hours of gameplay, adventure on new and daring quests, and even get some kick ass new items. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..


Maps, Maps, Maps "Maps of the global arms trade, maps of destruction brought upon Lebanon by Isreal's recent bombing campaign, a map of the business locations of the war profiteers of NY City. Maps that even trace the imperialist war torn history of the Middle East; interpretations of the spatial striation of incarceration in NYC; the densities of cities, etc." From digg on October 9, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..


US Army's New Slogan: `Army Strong' In its battle to win the hearts and minds of recruiting-age Americans, the Army is replacing its main ad slogan — "An Army of One" — with one it hopes will pack more punch: "Army Strong." From digg on October 9, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..


Tire comes off a car in a race and lands in an amazing spot Watch this clip of BMW car racing from the UK!. A car loses a wheel and it keeps rolling down the strait, then bounces over the road in a chicane missing all of the cars, and bounces up to sit neatly on top of another pile of tires as if it were sat there on purpose! From digg on October 9, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..


Stephen Colbert Has America by the Ballots This has been a very good year for Stephen Colbert. The former Jon Stewart protégé created an entire comic persona out of right-wing doublespeak, trampling the boundary between parody and politics. Which makes him the perfect spokesman for a political season in which everything is imploding. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 8:32 p.m..


White terrorists don't make news in the UK If this was a muslim man, half of Burnley would have been cordoned off, and it would have been all over our media for days. But in this case... silence. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 8:32 p.m..


Google Quiet: New Google Tool Also Handy for Mischief Developers' tool can identify vulnerable source code. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 8:32 p.m..


F*cking Awesome (Pixel!) Maps of Old Games! Mario Bros Serie Included! This is the collection of pixel maps ripped from old (and new) pc games, very detailed and the maps are precised pixel-by-pixel.Just completed some pixel art? Forget it, Nintendo has done a millenium before you did. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 8:32 p.m..


President Bush is “ticked off big-time” At former aides who helped Bob Woodward paint a lurid portrait of a dysfunctional, chaotic administration in his new book, “State of Denial.” The NY Daily News reports, “In the obsessively private Bush clan, talking out of school is the ultimate act of disloyalty, and Bush feels betrayed from within From digg on October 9, 2006 at 8:32 p.m..


Republican Congressman Kolbe saw Foley messages in 2000 Another Republican congressman knew of disgraced former representative Mark Foley's inappropriate Internet exchanges as far back as 2000 and personally confronted Foley about his communications. A former page showed the congressman Internet messages that had made the youth feel uncomfortable with the direction Foley was taking their e-mail. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 8:32 p.m..


Fishermen Catch Crocodile in Rio Grande Mexican fishermen captured a 7.5-foot crocodile in the Rio Grande, the river that divides part of Mexico and the United States, authorities reported on Sunday. Illegal migrants from Mexico frequently swim or ride inner tubes across the Rio Grande to reach the United States. Crocodiles do not normally inhabit the river, and authorities suspect ... From digg on October 9, 2006 at 8:32 p.m..


Fibonacci FOREX Indicators [Beginner's GUIDE] The Fibonacci number pattern was developed by Leonardo Fibonacci sometime around 1200 AD. For inexplicable reasons, these numbers play a meaningful role in the technical analysis of financial markets. Four main Fibonacci indicators: Fibonacci Fans, Fibonacci Retracements, Fibonacci Time Retracements and Fibonacci Arcs. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 8:32 p.m..


YouTube reveals politicians' unscripted sides There was the video of the 71-year-old Republican lawmaker nodding off at a farm hearing. Another where he warned constituents about people who "drive taxicabs in the daytime and kill at night." A third showing Mr. Burns joking about the immigration status of the "nice little Guatemalan man" who works at his Virginia house. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 8:32 p.m..


Digital Sun Olle Essvik’s Sunclock is a lamp that tracks the sun's movement in the sky and follows it. When the sun rises in the morning the light bulb starts to omit light, intensifying every second, shining brightest in middle of the day. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 8:32 p.m..


How Teleportation Will Work Ever since the wheel was invented more than 5,000 years ago, people have been inventing new ways to travel faster from one point to another. The chariot, bicycle, automobile, airplane and rocket have all been invented to decrease the amount of time we spend getting to our desired destinations From digg on October 9, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..


The Doom of Operating Systems without Internet Opinion: The set of software that I use on my computer has changed quite a bit over the years. When I first started computing, I remember loading up on any and every application that I could find. Download sites were my obsession, and I could spend hours scouring these file repositories with the ultimate goal of finding great new software. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..


Punk venue CBGB's closing after 33 years After Sunday, memories are all that will remain when the cramped club with its capacity of barely 300 people goes out of business after 33 years. Although its boom years are long gone, CBGB's remained a Manhattan music scene fixture: part museum, part barroom, home to more than a few rock and roll ghosts. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..


The Washington Stock Exchange: Stock Market For Political Futures In more than enough time to catch the horse race, The Washington Stock Exchange (WSX for short) has appeared online. Although still in beta, the site offers users the ability to bet on future political events; things like whether the Republicans will retain control of the Senate come November, if Senator Barack Obama will announce a Presidential R From digg on October 9, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..


13 Must Have Firefox Extensions for Web Professionals The title says it all. If you are a web professional then these plugins are for you.. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..


The Information Factories The desktop is dead. Welcome to the Internet cloud, where massive facilities across the globe will store all the data you'll ever use. Wired Magazines George Gilder on the dawning of the petabyte age. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..


Lower standards help Army meet recruiting goal The U.S. Army recruited more than 2,600 soldiers under new lower aptitude standards this year, helping the service beat its goal of 80,000 recruits in the throes of an unpopular war and mounting casualties. According to statistics obtained by The Associated Press, 3.8% of the first-time recruits scored below certain aptitude levels. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..


LOST Stars to marry This low profile LOST couple has finally decided to tie the knot! From digg on October 9, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..


Poll: Majority think Hastert should resign A majority of Americans believe the scandal over former Rep. Mark Foley's contacts with teenage congressional pages should cost House Speaker Dennis Hastert his leadership post, according to a CNN poll released Monday. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..


Newly unveiled necropolis at Vatican - Yahoo! News Visitors to the Vatican will soon be able to descend into an ancient world of the dead, a newly unveiled necropolis that was a burial place for the rich and not-so-affluent during Roman imperial rule. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..


Constantly mutating painting by Japanese street artists for 1 week. A 5 minutes and 49 seconds YouTube music video showing Japanese street artists painting on wall for a week. The wall always changes with different art works. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..


EB Employee: We're Buying All Our PS3s When I asked them about Playstation 3s, the manager on duty told me that every store in the chain is getting about four or five each, which means they aren't getting any. I asked him to explain and he said, while literally rubbing his hands together, "They're letting employees buy PS3s, so there won't be any left." From digg on October 9, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..


A Beautiful Flower, Amaryllis, Timelapse (NSFW Music) I recorded my Amaryllis flower with my webcam for a month, taking 1 photo every 13m 20s. It is played back here at 25 frames per second to Liz Phair's song "Flower". This is my first attempt at timelapse photography, so it's not perfect, but not bad. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..


Your Own Crowd Sourcing Do you have a burning question you want answered. You can ask it annonymously at this site. The only catch: before you can get access to ask a question you first have to answer a question. And so the circle of knowledge continues. Because of the fun and interactive nature of the site, I decided it's a playable web game. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 6:32 p.m..


PlayStation 3 billboard, modified A Playstation 3 Billboard Modified to be More Fitting. Remember, it's just a joke. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 6:32 p.m..


Web Site Allows Searching for Friends in Photos Polar Rose is a new search engine now being tested that will allow you to find anyone in any photo on any site. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 6:32 p.m..


Cows being trained to milk themselves Madison, Wis -- Soon, Elise the Cow will be able to milk herself. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 6:32 p.m..


Its confirmed. Google buys youtube for $1.6 billion Google Inc. said Monday it's buying No. 1 Internet video sharing Web site YouTube Inc. for $1.65 billion in stock. The deal is regarded as a largely defensive one that leapfrogs Google into a leading role in a burgeoning Internet marketplace From digg on October 9, 2006 at 6:32 p.m..


Microsoft: Vista deployment twice as fast as XP Microsoft has announced that they expect businesses to deploy Vista quickly—twice as fast as the XP launch, in fact. By Vista's first birthday, proud papa Microsoft hopes that it will have doubled the deployments of XP in the same time period. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 6:32 p.m..


Jon Stewart Says 'No Way' to Stewart-Colbert '08 Those people wearing "Stewart/Colbert '08" T-shirts can stop hoping. Comedy Central's fake news stars have no intention of making a run for the White House. Jon Stewart said the T-shirts promoting him and Stephen Colbert "are a real sign of how sad people are" with the state of affairs in the country."Nothing says 'I am ashamed of you my govern From digg on October 9, 2006 at 6:32 p.m..


China Denounces "Brazen" North Korea Nuclear Test China said on Monday it firmly opposed North Korea's nuclear test, denouncing it as "brazen" in unusually strong language, and demanded Pyongyang stop any action that could worsen the situation. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 6:32 p.m..


Evan Almighty: the $175 - $250 million dollar comedy?! "Unexpected costs for visual effects and the logistical challenges of filming hundreds of live animals have turned what was supposed to be a $140-million movie into a $160-million one that could climb as high as $175 million by the time it's finished. With marketing expenditures, the film is expected to cost at least $250 million." From digg on October 9, 2006 at 6:32 p.m..


The Virtually Free Office - 10 Pros and Cons "In setting up our business we pushed our office online by using a couple of the free tools and services to get started. During our initial months we have used Writely, Google’s hosted mail solution, Google Spreadsheet, Google Calendar and Thumbstack presentations in running our company. Here are the experiences we have had" From digg on October 9, 2006 at 6:32 p.m..


Three new "Get A Mac Ads" Apple continues their 'get a mac' ad campaign with three new ads today. Self Pity, Counselor, and Better Results...check 'em out! From digg on October 9, 2006 at 6:32 p.m..


$44,000,000,000 Wasted The US has spent $44 billion on bio-terrorism defences, which according to experts at the Center for Biosecurity at the University of Pittsburgh, has done nothing to protect the country. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 6:32 p.m..


N.Korea May Face More Sanctions After Nuclear Test "We are outraged that a country that has to rely on the international community to feed its own people, and to bring them back from the brink of starvation, devotes so many of its scarce resources to missiles and nuclear weapons progress." From digg on October 9, 2006 at 6:32 p.m..


All Diggnation Beers Ever - Reviews, Links, and Alex and Kevin's Thoughts From the site (they're talking about the ACME California Brown Ale):K: Honestly, it’s one of those things where we saw the packaging... A: ...swinging Tarzan lady with a beer. K: She doesn’t have a beer. Is that a beer? A: It could be iced tea but that wouldn’t make sense. Both: It’s good. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 6:32 p.m..


Google AJAX Search API beta Version 1.0 Available Includes APIs to Google News results, Maps results for more geos and Intranet use. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..


Natural Remedies of Arabia Wether you are in Doha, Dubai, Manama, Salalah, Jiddah or an obscure country village, when you step into an herbal medicine shop or wander through the traditional suqs (markets), you will find vendors of herbs, spices, bark, twigs, rocks salt intended for culinary, cosmetic or medicinal purposes. What are these products? Where do they come from? From digg on October 9, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..


The Future of Tires...... Tweels These pictures are of Michelin's newest tires. They are in the testing phasebut they feel they are the future of tires. Amazing From digg on October 9, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..


10 Apps to Increase Productivity on Your Mac Productivity, both at home and at work, is something everyone would like to increase, and Mac users have a plethora of applications that can help you do just that. Below is a list of 10 apps that can help you increase your productivity. From burning disk images, to managing your time, and much more... From digg on October 9, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..


The Indie-Rock Insurgency Against iTunes The might of iTunes has been challenged after an independent download site run from Kentish Town, UK, was voted the UK's best online music store.Bleep.com, set up two years ago by British record label Warp Records, beat Apple's (Nasdaq: AAPL) iTunes and Napster to win the award at the annual BT Digital Music Awards. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..


T-Mobile hearts Apple. Deal in the works? T-Mobile's CEO (USA), Robert Dotson, spent a bit of time at a press conference last Friday discussing what a shining example of innovation Apple is and how "Apple's and T-Mobile's visions seem to be aligned." From digg on October 9, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..


Dell Knew of Sony Battery Flaws in 2005 CRN is reporting that Dell first identified the cause of the failures in Sony manufactured batteries late last year. At the time, however, Dell believed that the faulty batteries were in a small sample of notebooks and decided to recall only 22,000 units. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..


Mapping Mars So many probes have been taking pictures of the Red Planet lately that it's easy to be jaded--but that wasn't the case last week, when not one but two missions reached a major milestone. The Opportunity rover began taking close-ups from the edge of Victoria Crater, blasted by an ancient impact. Opportunity may soon descend into this hole. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..


Brother: Castro Is 'Getting Better,' Not Dying The ailing Fidel Castro is not dying, but recovering from an illness, his younger brother and Cuba's acting president said Sunday, responding to rumors that the leader was on his deathbed. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..


Cover girl under-age? Farewell liquor ads. "Liquor companies will not advertise in magazines if the face on the cover cannot legally drink. So when the editors at FHM decided to put a scantily clad Brooke Hogan, the 18-year-old daughter of the wrestler Hulk Hogan, on their November issue, they were forced to notify liquor advertisers, and lost those ad pages in the issue." From digg on October 9, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..


Gamer Auctions Off Worlds #1 Position in Xbox Achievemnet Points on Ebay The gamer, who's xbox live tag is Rance6, is currently auctioning off his Live Subscription, Hard Drive, and Achivement points which total around 81,048 (the most in the world). The acution is currently at $6,000 USD with over 20 bids. The gamer says he needs the money to pay for a PS3. How ironic. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..


"Price Is Right" Compilation #1 (Bouncing Boobs) Wow, someone actually took the time to watch 100s of episodes to edit this together. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..


American Prison Camps Are on the Way Kellogg Brown & Root, a Halliburton subsidiary, is constructing a huge facility at an undisclosed location to hold tens of thousands of Bush's "unlawful enemy combatants." Americans are certain to be among them. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..


S. Korean Ban Ki-Moon Likely to Become Next U.N. Secretary General The U.N. Security Council votes Monday on a successor to Kofi Annan. South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-Moon is virtually certain to be the council's candidate — but that is the first key hurdle. Under the U.N. Charter, the Security Council makes a recommendation to the 192-member General Assembly, which must give final approval. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..


NVIDIA Not a Good Fit for Intel Say Analysts Joe Osha, an analyst for Merril Lynch stated “We don't think there's a solid rationale for a deal and we don't think it's going to happen." According to sources it would appear other industry players were interested in NVIDIA, though no formal negotiations have occurred. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..


Face slap recorded by a high speed motion camera. School students demonstrate how a $150,000 super-slow-motion capture camera works. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..


Apple's Excellent Shell Scripting Primer Apple has recently released an excellent primer to shell scripting covering shell dialects, flow control, regular expressions and tools. "Writing a shell script is like riding a bike. You fall off and scrape your knees a lot at first, but once you are sufficiently experienced, you'll understand why people drive cars." From digg on October 9, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..


Massive Video of All 30 Wii Launch Games! The 10:40 video is really well edited - it includes boxart, cutscenesm and gameplay footage for all 30 launch-window games, when available. A great Wii recap. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..


Microsoft Office 2007 for Mac delayed again from late 2006 to late 2007! Mary Starman recently met some Aussie journalists at the unit's headquarters on the MS campus in Seattle. There she revealed some details about the new version: The Mac version will hit shelves six to eight months after Windows users get their version. That makes it up to a year away, and 3½ half years after Office 2004 for Mac was released. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..


The Impeachment Moment? The Case for Taking the Tape Off Our Mouths Impeachment and removal, followed later by indictment and conviction, will be a long struggle. (It will, sadly, slow Congress down for a while in its work of destroying the world.) But it is needed to restore the U.S. Constitution as well as international law, and to establish a standard of accountability for the launching of aggressive wars. .... From digg on October 9, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..


Is Political Affiliation Just Blind Loyalty? Why I'm Leaving the GOP "Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." We Republicans must give first loyalty to the vision of America we share with Franklin, that of a nation that is better than momentary fear and anger. Try though I have, I can no longer believe Bush & our current Congressional ..... From digg on October 9, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..


10 OS X Finder alternatives compared and reviewed Love it or hate it, Finder is the default file manager for OS X. But there are other choices out there, and this article offers reviews, screenshots and links to download 10 different alternatives. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..


Bill Clinton: "I'm Hillary's Token Redneck At The State Fair" During one of the lighter moments of Bill Clinton's keynote speech at Javits Center on Friday was the former president's recounting of a recent trip with Senator Hillary Clinton to the New York State fair. "[It's the one place where] I'm an asset to her," Clinton said. "I'm her token redneck at the state fair." From digg on October 9, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..


An amazing Steve Jobs video clip from his 1st 90 days at NeXT " The video is fascinating for two reasons; 1) It offers a unique glimpse at Jobs as he brainstorms with employees during the early days of NeXT. Watching him work a room, debate with employees, and discuss technology is awe inspiring." I pulled this amazing documentary from the cool people at:http://technolust.typepad.com/ From digg on October 9, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..


U.S. Becoming A Dumping Ground For Products Illegal In Europe & Japan As the European Union and other nations have tightened their environmental standards, mostly in the last two years, manufacturers, here and around the world, are selling goods to American consumers that fail to meet other nations' stringent laws for toxic chemicals. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..


The Vanishing Russians: A Dying Population Russia is rapidly losing population. Its people are succumbing to one of the world's fastest-growing AIDS epidemics, resurgent tuberculosis, rampant cardiovascular disease, alcohol and drug abuse, smoking, suicide and the lethal effects of unchecked industrial pollution. In addition, abortions outpaced births last year by more than 100,000. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..


IGN interview with Nintendo's VP of Marketing answering Wii questions IGN interviews Perrin Kaplan about the Wii, asking the questions such as: Why not under $200?, why no DVD support?, why only the white color and is that based on Apple?, why no Metroid this year?, will there be a shortage in number of units?, and will there be anymore surprised before launch? From digg on October 9, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..


Their Crime: Playing iTunes on Devices Not Named iPod "Among their crimes was listening to a song purchased from iTunes on a device not made by Apple Computer. The group, StopDRM, largely made up of young computer enthusiasts, was protesting the growing number of subtle restrictions used to limit the use of legally purchased songs and videos." From digg on October 9, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..


HOW TO - Make a huge UFO "The frame is a 2 ft dia. carboard cylinder 2.5 ft high with a 8 ft dia. PVC pipe ring suspended around it by picture handing wire. For easy storage, we cut the 25ft long PVC pipe into 5 sections and used PVC connectors to press fit the pieces back together for easy assembly and disassembly. Black 1" From digg on October 9, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..


CNET’s Getting Its Groove: relaunches TechRepublic CNET sure has been busy fixing up its community sites lately. In addition to recent updates to Consumating, Webshots, and Chow, the launch of AllYouCanUpload and the acquisition of UrbanBaby, CNET relaunched popular Tech news and community site TechRepublic today. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..


Rare Unfiltered Iraq Photos Kael Alford was one of the few independent photographers in Baghdad during the US bombing and documented the impact of the war and its aftermath. In the fall of 2003, she rented a room in Ramadi to photograph the resistance as it was first taking shape in the months after the US-led invasion. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..


From Freedom to Fascism (Full Movie) If you haven't yet seen the movie "America: From Freedom to Fascism", here is your chance to see the entire documentary, free. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..


Second Life now has over 800,000 active users Second Life now has more than 800,000 denizens, of whom more than a hundred are earning a real-world, full-time living there, selling things like virtual land, clothes, jewelry, weaponry and pets, or by offering virtual services, notably sex. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..


Ball Bounce (flash game) Get the ball to the other side of the screen. The ball can bounce off of dark grey blocks but not light grey blocks. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..


myFairTunes6 now supports iTunes 7.0.1.8 V.0.5.7b of myFairTunes6 now supports iTunes 6.0.5.x, 7.0.0.x and 7.0.1.x From digg on October 9, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..


BattleStar Galactica going to NBC NBC is picking up BattleStar Galactica as a mid-season replacement From digg on October 9, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..


A Letter To Dick Durbin (D-IL) I read this morning that you, Mr. Durbin, have written a bill to create a unified "Food Safety Agency." Several things immediately came to mind when I read this. First, in order to have written a bill to create an agency like this it would have taken quite some time. Indeed, it would have taken much more time than the several weeks during which the E. Coli scare from spinach, etc., has been in the national spotlight. It is insulting to the intelligence of Americans that you suppose we d From Undesignated Blog on October 9, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..


Internet Explorer 7 to go gold this month? The final release of IE7 is fast approaching … and I mean really fast … and will be delivered to customers via Automatic Updates a few weeks after it’s available for download. We want to ensure that you are ready and the information below will help get you there. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..


Apple/ABC include ads with TV show purchases! I recently purchased an episode of Lost from the iTunes store and was suprised to find 30 seconds of propmotional content (ads) included with the video. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..


David Deutsch- Lectures on Quantum Computation This is a series of lectures designed as an introduction to the quantum theory of computation.David Deutsch is a physicist at Oxford University.He pioneered the field of quantum computers, and is a proponent of the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..


WOW!, WoW nerds post South Park flaws in record time A Wikipedia entry summarizing the South Park WoW episode complete with all the little errors in that only a person that truly has no life would catch. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..


How many people in the US share your name? So you think you're unique? There are 595 people in the U.S. named Kevin Rose, but only 11 people in the U.S. named Alex Albrecht. Let's find out just how common (or UNcommon) YOUR name really is! From digg on October 9, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..


Caller ID decoder for PC. Some time ago, I subscribed to the Caller Id service to know who is calling me without being required to pick-up the phone. Unfortunately, my basic caller id display could not memorize enough numbers, and I had to write them manually in a computer to keep them. That's why I decided to find a way to log the calling numbers directly to my computer. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..


Premium Xbox 360 + Dead Rising + Saints Row + Test Drive Unlimited = $360 Fry's is having a hell of a deal on the Xbox 360. An Xbox 360, 20GB HDD, component cables, wireless controller, Dead Rising, Saints Row and Test Drive Unlimited for only $360 USD. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..


OFFICIAL Text of North Korea's nuke announcement Here is the official announcement as stated by the North Korean government. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..


Buzz: Vista to cost $5,000 per user? No way. How much will it cost to upgrade businesses to Windows Vista? Anyone who works in IT knows that pinning a number down for a question like this is a neigh-impossible task. Are you replacing hardware? Do you need to retrain users? What software are you using, anyway? From digg on October 9, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..


Nintendo Wii - If the best graphics mattered, PS2 would have lost All the people complaining that the Wii won't be able to match graphical wits with PS3 and Xbox360 need a history lesson. Graphics never have, and never will determine how well a console will do. It's all about the games and how much fun you have playing them. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..


PennyArcade explains how the Government will control the VideoGame Industry "The bill is actually designed to seize editorial control from the electronic gaming industry. They create their own terms for describing game content - we might call such a thing a ratings system - and then they gin up their own body to discipline this rambunctious industry that has been at the root of so much controversy." From digg on October 9, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..


Rahm Emanuel Shuts Down GOP's Foley Defense DCCC Chairman Rahm Emanuel was scheduled to debate RCCC Chairman Thomas Reynolds on ABC's This Week with George Stephanopoulos. Entangled in the Foley page scandal himself, Reynolds ducked the debate, sending Rep. Adam Putnam in his stead. Emanuel gives a nearly perfect performance. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..


Lettuce Recalled Over E. Coli Concerns Less than a week after the Food and Drug Administration lifted its warning on fresh spinach grown in California's Salinas Valley, a popular brand of lettuce grown there has been recalled over concerns about E. coli contamination. The company initiated a voluntary recall Sunday of green leaf lettuce purchased last week under the Foxy brand name. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..


Investigation shows FEMA spent millions on puppet shows, bingo, yoga "I think it's a waste of taxpayers' money," said Doris O'Neal, a Project H.O.P.E. Wilma counselor "I mean, puppet shows? What is that doing? I felt guilty a lot of days going to work and earning a paycheck." From digg on October 9, 2006 at 12:32 p.m..


Google’s 56 forgotten (secret) pages, part two Some time ago I was writing Google’s Secrets part 1. Time to show everybody, other Google things that most of us don’t see/get. Again, some of these pages are indeed still public, but either have not been seen by many people, have been missed or are just very hard to find. The rest are just NOT public (linked) anymore. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 12:32 p.m..


KDE 3.5.5 will be released next week KDE will ship the 5th maintenance update to KDE 3.5 next week. This release includes a bunch of bug fixes, improved language support, a new version of kopete and tons more. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 12:32 p.m..


Batman and Robin chalk sidewalk drawing - amazing perspective work photo says it all From digg on October 9, 2006 at 12:32 p.m..


Graf buys Agassi rackets for $360,000 In the auction before Agassi's 11th Grand Slam for Children at the MGM Grand, the tennis star was almost ready to donate the racket with which he won his first professional match, and the racket he used in his final U.S. Open just weeks ago. Bidding topped $320,000 before Graf intervened. Agassi offered the next highest bidder a free tennis lesson. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 12:32 p.m..


Bill Gates meets with Nigerian president Microsoft Corp. founder Bill Gates met President Olusegun Obasanjo this weekend for talks on fighting poverty and disease on the world's poorest continent, a senior official said Sunday. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 12:32 p.m..


From a soldiers perspective: The top 10 things you'll need in Iraq A very insightful piece from a soldier that's been in the field on what you'll need to make it in Iraq. From socks and googles, to small things like the water pack to bring. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 12:32 p.m..


Mac OS X x86 (Intel) - Downloads Full set of freeware downloads for Mac! From digg on October 9, 2006 at 12:32 p.m..


Wii Launching Early? "According to the General Item Information on the Wii, Best Buy will be receiving their shipment from Nintendo on October 29th. Yet, no street date is listed, despite Nintendo announcing that the console would go on sale November 19th nearly a month ago." From digg on October 9, 2006 at 12:32 p.m..


There's actually rules to calling Shotgun!THe shotgun guide! The guide teaches you how to counter and re call shotgun. reely coolShow up ur buddies, at shotgunning, if they complain. whip out this extensive guide to the rules of shotgun. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 11:32 a.m..


A Nuclear Threat : What North Korea Really Wants Is Kim Jong Il ready to provoke a regional crisis? On Sept. 19, 2005, North Korea signed a widely heralded denuclearization agreement with the United States, China, Russia, Japan and South Korea. Pyongyang pledged to "abandon all nuclear weapons and existing nuclear programs." In return, Washington agreed that the United States and North Korea... From digg on October 9, 2006 at 11:32 a.m..


A Nuclear Threat : What North Korea Really Wants Is Kim Jong Il ready to provoke a regional crisis? On Sept. 19, 2005, North Korea signed a widely heralded denuclearization agreement with the United States, China, Russia, Japan and South Korea. Pyongyang pledged to "abandon all nuclear weapons and existing nuclear programs." In return, Washington agreed that the United States and North Korea... From digg on October 9, 2006 at 11:32 a.m..


Wii Will Have an Updatable Linux OS The Wii is reported to operate on top of a proprietary form of the Linux kernel, although there are already efforts to make a GNU/Linux for the console. So, the answer to the age old question is that it already runs Linux. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 11:32 a.m..


The Web 2.0 Toolbar - The Best of Web 2.0, Right in Your Browser Save time and keep up on the latest Web 2.0 news right from one browser toolbar. The Free Web 2.0 Toolbar aggregates the best of Social Search, Social Bookmarking, Social Pics, Social Video and Social News websites. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 11:32 a.m..


The Web 2.0 Toolbar - The Best of Web 2.0, Right in Your Browser Save time and keep up on the latest Web 2.0 news right from one browser toolbar. The Free Web 2.0 Toolbar aggregates the best of Social Search, Social Bookmarking, Social Pics, Social Video and Social News websites. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 11:32 a.m..


Good old sunlight renders Wii's sensor bar usless? "If you have the sun beaming right onto the sensor bar, it doesn't work. For about an hour or so, the sun shone right into the store ... and kiosks were unplayable since they were "shrouded" in sunlight. Later the sun went behind a building, and everything was in working order again. So when you get a Wii, don't play it in sunlight." From digg on October 9, 2006 at 11:32 a.m..


Good old sunlight renders Wii's sensor bar usless? "If you have the sun beaming right onto the sensor bar, it doesn't work. For about an hour or so, the sun shone right into the store ... and kiosks were unplayable since they were "shrouded" in sunlight. Later the sun went behind a building, and everything was in working order again. So when you get a Wii, don't play it in sunlight." From digg on October 9, 2006 at 11:32 a.m..


There's actually rules to calling Shotgun!THe shotgun guide! The guide teaches you how to counter and re call shotgun. reely coolShow up ur buddies, at shotgunning, if they complain. whip out this extensive guide to the rules of shotgun. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 11:32 a.m..


Why the Frogs Are Dying Climate change is no longer merely a matter of numbers from a computer model. With startling swiftness, it is reordering the natural world. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 11:32 a.m..


Why the Frogs Are Dying Climate change is no longer merely a matter of numbers from a computer model. With startling swiftness, it is reordering the natural world. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 11:32 a.m..


Wii Will Have an Updatable Linux OS The Wii is reported to operate on top of a proprietary form of the Linux kernel, although there are already efforts to make a GNU/Linux for the console. So, the answer to the age old question is that it already runs Linux. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 11:32 a.m..


Did you know that the matter in your body is billions of years old? According to most astrophysicists, all the matter found in the universe today -- including the matter in people, plants, animals, the earth, stars, and galaxies -- was created at the very first moment of time, thought to be about 13 billion years ago. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 10:32 a.m..


Rockstar's "Bully" Not What Critics Were Expecting I laid into the kid with a flurry of punches, including a punishing uppercut I'd been taught by an alcoholic Vietnam vet. Wham, wham, wham: Pretty soon I'd pummeled my opponent into the ground. And for my brutal finishing move? I leaned over and gave him a hand up. And lectured him about the importance of not bullying defenseless kids. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 10:32 a.m..


Top 10 Worst Things About Battlefield 2142 An in depth review of BF2142 by a very experienced gamer. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..


Earth's ecological debt crisis: 'Borrowing' from nature hits new record Scientific evidence is mounting that rapid population growth and rising living standards among the Earth's six billion inhabitants are putting an intolerable strain on nature. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..


De Beers: How Diamonds Have Helped Africa We have a saying in De Beers that “You have to live up to diamonds.” The diamond itself insists that you behave in a certain way. As an industry, we have to behave in a way that makes a real and proper contribution to the countries and peoples we are involved with, and I believe that De Beers does things, such as our AIDS program. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 8:30 a.m..


USGS report on North Korea's nuke Magnitude 4.2, depth 0 miles. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 8:30 a.m..


Why open source is under-utilised in graphics Graphic artists and designers, in particular, seem resistant to the idea of community collaboration. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 8:30 a.m..


Online: Color Palette Generator Enter the URL of an image to get a color palette that matches the image. This is useful for coming up with a website color palette that matches a key image a client wants to work with. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 8:30 a.m..


Researchers Uncover Cell Fusion Mechanism In a study that could shed light on disorders that occur in skeletal muscles, bone, the placenta, and other organs where fused cells are common, researchers at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and at the US National Institute of Child Health and Human Development have identified a protein in worms that encourages two or more From digg on October 9, 2006 at 6:32 a.m..


Foley may be able to use campaign funds to pay for legal defense Federal law allows former Rep. Foley to use his $2.7 million campaign war chest to pay any legal fees he incurs that are related to his status as a member of Congress. Under the law, Foley might also be able to tap that pot of money to hire public-relations experts to respond to the media. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 6:32 a.m..


Separate gene sets for different reading skills Being able to recognise words visually when learning to read is affected by different genes to those used to sound out words, according to new Australian research. The results are a breakthrough in understanding how reading is learned, and will bring further insight to the phonics debate. Researchers also found that reading and spelling have a common genetic basis, meaning that if a child is having difficulty spelling they will be likely to struggle to learn to read. The study results was launched at the University of Melbourne's Education Resource Centre. From EdNA Online on October 9, 2006 at 6:31 a.m..


Outcomes from higher-level vocational education and training qualifications Where do higher-level Vocational Education and Training (VET) qualifications lead? This study investigates whether they lead to employment at associate professional or higher occupations, or whether they are a pathway to university studies. Findings indicate that there are good employment outcomes for some graduates, although often at below associate professional level. The study also found that these qualifications are a significant pathway to university studies for young graduates. From EdNA Online on October 9, 2006 at 6:31 a.m..


Information Interoperability Framework The Information Interoperability Framework identifies those components that support an environment where information that is generated and held by government will be valued and managed as a national strategic asset. The framework provides the principles that underpin sound information management and establishes the concepts, practices and tools that will drive the successful sharing of information across government boundaries. The Framework addresses the information components of the Australian Government Interoperability Framework. The Australian Government Interoperability Framework has thre From EdNA Online on October 9, 2006 at 6:31 a.m..


25th ACHPER international conference: PACE yourself 2007 The conference theme 'PACE Yourself' reflects ACHPER’s interest in developments in school, tertiary education, community, local, national and international arenas that are directed towards lifelong participation in physical activity and lifelong learning opportunities associated with health, physical education and recreation. The conference will be of interest to educators, health and recreation professionals, parents, and researchers. From EdNA Online on October 9, 2006 at 6:31 a.m..


Educational Assessment Australia (EAA) Educational Assessment Australia (EAA) is a prime provider of educational measurement and assessment services in Australia, New Zealand and the Asia-Pacific region. From EdNA Online on October 9, 2006 at 6:31 a.m..


INTED 2007 - International Technology, Education and Development Conference The general objective of this conference is the promotion of international collaboration in the field of technology, engineering and science education. INTED 2007 provides an international forum for researchers, engineers, professors, educational scientists and technologists in the areas of education, science and technology. It will be an excellent opportunity to present, demonstrate and discuss research, development, applications, and the latest innovations and results in the field of higher education and industry. From EdNA Online on October 9, 2006 at 6:31 a.m..


Indicators of social exclusion for Australia's children: an analysis by state and age group The concept of social exclusion, encompassing a wider view of disadvantage than that of income poverty, is now used extensively in European debates about people at risk of experiencing social disadvantage. The purpose of this paper is to present some results for the spatial distribution of children at risk of social exclusion in Australia. The child social exclusion (CSE) index calculated for each Statistical Local Area (SLA) in Australia for which data were available from the 2001 Census, takes into account a range of additional factors, including low family income, that might put a child at From EdNA Online on October 9, 2006 at 6:31 a.m..


Australian Research Alliance For Children And Youth The Australian Research Alliance for Children & Youth (ARACY) is a national collaboration of researchers, policy makers and practitioners from a broad range of disciplines who are together building a better future for Australia's children and young people. From EdNA Online on October 9, 2006 at 6:31 a.m..


.hack//SIGN: MMORPG Anime Series Online .hack//SIGN is a renowned anime series about a boy who is unable to log out of a full-immersion virtual gaming environment called The World. You can watch all 29 episodes for free on Dailymotion. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 5:32 a.m..


'Manorexia' on the Rise: Experts Estimate 1 Million Men Affected Medical researchers are discovering that anorexia is not limited to women and that the idea of starving yourself in order to achieve the perfect body is crossing gender lines. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 5:32 a.m..


NATO chief warns of Afghan tipping point Gen. David Richards NATO's top commander in Afghanistan said Sunday the country was at a tipping point and warned Afghans would likely switch their allegiance to resurgent Taliban militants if there are no visible improvements in people's lives in the next six months. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 5:32 a.m..


Michael Robertson calls out Zune as biggest flop of 2007 "At first glance the features seem compelling but my prediction is it will be the biggest flop of 2007 with less than 50,000 units sold worldwide." Also, says Robertson, "I've been looking for a good verb to describe losing all of your music to DRM because it's increasingly common and I think I have one: zune." From digg on October 9, 2006 at 5:32 a.m..


Mercury Poisoning: It's Not Just Fish... "It is clear to me that the mercury story is much more complex than scientists initially thought," says Jörg Feldmann, an environmental chemist at Aberdeen University, UK. The more places scientists look for mercury, the more they find... From digg on October 9, 2006 at 4:32 a.m..


Coke Machine Robin Hoods - Part II, Identities Revealed Apparently the art of pulling 2 for 1 Cokes from vending machines is the lightly guarded secret of a whole underground network of amateur videographers. Here is a clearer, more interesting video of the hack - that we don't condone, mostly because you look like a total ass with your arm up a Coke machine and also because pop tastes horrible out... From digg on October 9, 2006 at 4:32 a.m..


Leaning Tower of People Stack the guys to reach the chopper. haha. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 4:32 a.m..


Archaeologists Find 18th-Century Store This history-rich Hudson River community has yielded a museum's worth of 18th-century military artifacts over the decades, from musket balls to human skeletons. But a colonial soldier's daily lot wasn't all fighting and bloodshed. They had their share of down time, and that's where the sutler came in, offering for sale two of the few diversions. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 3:30 a.m..


The last cigarette A great way to quit smoking From digg on October 9, 2006 at 3:30 a.m..


My experience playing the Battlefield 2142 demo Gamers have always had a love/hate relationship with Battlefield games. On one hand, they are some of the best online multiplayer FPS games ever designed. The team aspect and gameplay have always been great, and the series has always boasted the best sound design in games, in my opinion. That’s the good part. The bad part is... From digg on October 9, 2006 at 3:30 a.m..


HOWTO: MySQL Master Master Replication... This tutorial describes how to set up MySQL master-master replication. We need to replicate MySQL servers to achieve high-availability (HA). In my case I need two masters that are synchronized with each other so that if one of them drops down, other could take over and no data is lost.... From digg on October 9, 2006 at 3:30 a.m..


Newegg pron? Geeks need love too, you know. Hot deal! From digg on October 9, 2006 at 3:30 a.m..


Free "Broken Typewriter" style fonts Really good free fonts for download. Broken 15 has to be my favourite, it looks familiar?!?! From digg on October 9, 2006 at 3:30 a.m..


Register using a fake email address - then grab the emails from dodgeit.com To avoid spam, send your registration forms to *(anything)*@dodgeit.com, then go to dodgeit.com and type in *(anything)*. Your email will be available with complete anonymity. No prior setup or login required. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 3:30 a.m..


Awesome WordPress Themes The title says it all. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 3:30 a.m..


Microsoft: Pirates Beware, Everyone Else Pray If Microsoft thinks you're cheating, you'll be locked out. You'll first lose Windows enhancements and spyware/virus protection. If you continue to use Vista after that, you'll eventually be forced to work in "reduced functional mode". The start menu and desktop icons disappear, and you are immediately logged out after 60 minutes. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 3:30 a.m..


Schoolgirl Stoned In Lyon Playground For Not Observing Ramadan A schoolgirl of Jean Mermoz college in Lyon's eighth arrondissement (postal district) was pelted with stones on Wednesday morning in the playground because she ate a snack. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 3:30 a.m..


ByteMyCode v3.0 Is a Social Programming Site and Code Search Engine Featuring tags, comments, user-moderation, favorites, syntax-highlighting, and blog integration, ByteMyCode is an easy way to share code snippets. ByteMyCode lets you search for code using metadata--so, you can actually find code to create a "tag cloud" instead of finding those words in the code. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 1:32 a.m..


Time Line of the Universe The expansion of the universe over most of its history has been relatively gradual. The notion that a rapid period "inflation" preceded the Big Bang expansion was first put forth 25 years ago. The new WMAP observations favor specific inflation scenarios over other long held ideas From digg on October 9, 2006 at 1:32 a.m..


LOST S03E02 US Trailer In HDTV (Divx Download) EXCELLENT high definition encode of the trailer for next weeks episode of LOST. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 1:32 a.m..


Record opening for Scorsese, 'The Departed' takes $27 million "Martin Scorsese's mob saga "The Departed" debuted as the weekend's top movie with $27 million, muscling out the horror prequel "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning." which took in $19.15 million." "It was a record opening for Scorsese, whose previous best was $10.3 million with 1991's "Cape Fear."" From digg on October 9, 2006 at 1:32 a.m..


1988 Video News Report on NES Success (with Bill O'Reilly?) A younger Bill O'Reilly hosted Inside Edition in the 80's, and this report was on the success of the NES console. Very interesting. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 1:32 a.m..


Who Will Replace Steve Jobs? In light of the current issues surrounding Apple's option back-dating, if it were discovered that Steve Jobs played a key role in the option mishap and he was forced to resign as CEO, who would be his replacement? From digg on October 9, 2006 at 1:32 a.m..


Survey: 39% of people want a PS3. 40% want a Wii. A recent poll in Japan is showing rising support for the playstation 3 and the Wii. The Xbox 360 currently remains the underdog, with only 16 percent says that they would like to buy it. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 1:32 a.m..


North Korea conducts Nuculear Test North Korea has conduced a Nuclear Test despite warnings from the rest of the world. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 1:32 a.m..


Tunnel Rush fast-paced game It's like the Helicopter game on acid. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 12:57 a.m..


Time Lapsed Geo-Location Video Of The Digg Effect This video is a time lapsed representation of the Digg effect, displayed with each diggers geo-location and status on the website. The green circles on the video represent a change in page from Digg users within the same website, the red dots represent current users online. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 12:57 a.m..


Special Edition v2.71 PSP Firmware Released Legendary PSP hacker Dark_Alex has released a special edition v2.71 firmware for the PSP, it's a revolutionary CUSTOM FIRMWARE that lets you have the benefits of v1.50 and v2.71 in one SINGLE flash! This really is a must have for anyone in the homebrew development community! From digg on October 9, 2006 at 12:57 a.m..


The Nazi UFO Secret The Nazi party had a secret flying disc already off of the drawing board and flying and it was capable of 1200 miles an hour. Vertical take-off, 90ƒ changes, much like a helicopter, and of course was far superior to anything the Allies powers had at that time. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 12:57 a.m..


Foley HAD SEX with a page Looks like a bit more than just IMs and emails.... From digg on October 9, 2006 at 12:57 a.m..


Learner's perspective study - an international research collaboration in mathematics education The learners perspective study is a mathematics classroom study involving over 10 different countries. Professor David Clarke, from the University of Melbourne's International Centre for Classroom Research (ICCR) led the project analysing teaching and learning practices in Australia, China, the Czech Republic, Germany, Israel, Japan, Korea, the Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Sweden and the USA. From EdNA Online on October 9, 2006 at 12:56 a.m..


Same numbers - different methods: learning maths has a cultural dimension A study of mathematics classrooms in twelve countries has found that competent teachers in different cultures use very different methods to support student learning. Professor David Clarke, from the University of Melbourne's International Centre for Classroom Research (ICCR) has led a project analysing teaching and learning practices in Australia, China, the Czech Republic, Germany, Israel, Japan, Korea, the Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Sweden and the USA. The comparison of 'well-taught' classrooms across the globe produces some interesting insights - most significantly From EdNA Online on October 9, 2006 at 12:56 a.m..


Social learning capital: interlinking social capital, lifelong learning and quality learning conversations This paper, delivered at the Adult and Community Education Aotearoa Conference 2006, explores the links between social capital and lifelong learning with a focus on learning conversations. The paper uses two case studies to illustrate to impact of interlinking social capital, lifelong learning and learning conversations to create a catalyst for learning that advances people’s interests. From EdNA Online on October 9, 2006 at 12:56 a.m..


Proceedings of the AUQF 2006 - quality outcomes and diversity AUQF2006 (The Australian Universities Quality Forum) was held for the fifth time from 5 to 7 July 2006. All papers contained in these Proceedings were presented at the Forum. Included: Keynote addresses: Outcomes of Higher Education and Implications for Diversity. Elizabeth Harman; Articulation between Higher Education and Vocational Education and Training. Bruce MacKenzie; Diversity in Higher Education in the Asia-Pacific Region, the Impact of Diversity on International Education and on Teaching and Learning Outcomes. Sheldon Shaeffer. Paper sessions: A Faculty Approach to Closing the Loop in From EdNA Online on October 9, 2006 at 12:55 a.m..


Indigenous Youth Leadership scholarship program opens The Indigenous Youth Leadership Programme (IYLP) is a leadership programme for young Indigenous Australians delivered by The Foundation for Young Australians. Funded by the Australian Government Department of Education, Science and Training (DEST), the IYLP Tertiary Scholarships for 2007 are offered to young Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people, between the age of 17-25, from a remote community, going to university and interested in developing their leadership skills to contribute to their community. Guidelines and application forms are available on the Foundation for Young Australians From EdNA Online on October 9, 2006 at 12:55 a.m..


Art Forum Australia This is a free to join art forum for artists, art students, art teachers, and art industry workers; to share ideas and inspire each other. From EdNA Online on October 9, 2006 at 12:55 a.m..


Homework loses favour America's best-known researcher on homework has taken a new look at the subject and has given it the thumbs down. Duke University professor Harris Cooper last month said primary school students get no academic benefit from homework - except reading and some basic skills practice. The comments join a growing clamour around homework: some claim there is too much, or too little; others that tasks are too boring or overreaching; parents are too involved or negligent. From EdNA Online on October 9, 2006 at 12:55 a.m..


Call to cap Vic Steiner enrolments Enrolments in Steiner programs at Victorian state schools should be capped to ensure most students receive a mainstream education, school councils and teachers say. Calls for the cap follow a new Bracks Government policy formally allowing alternative education approaches, such as Steiner and Montessori, to be taught in state schools for the first time. The Steiner system is based on the teachings of Austrian educationist Rudolph Steiner. Its features include students having the same main teacher for their first eight years of school. Supporters of Steiner education in state schools argue it gi From EdNA Online on October 9, 2006 at 12:55 a.m..


Comcast getting into movie downloads Comcast has been itching to get into on-demand video downloads and further details on its planned service are emerging. The service will reportedly launch by the end of October and will allow users to watch movies either on their PCs or on the family room TV via a set-top box. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 12:32 a.m..


Extraordinary Hotel with 30 Different Rooms! All rooms and objects were created by the German artist Lars Stroschen. Much more appropriate than "hotel" is the designation "living in a work of art".30 rooms with an absolutely unique and personal ambience. "Unique" is meant literally, for the entirety of all furnishings and other objects you will discover here are custom-made. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 12:32 a.m..


Nuclear plant powers up on real-time OS Most people haven't heard of QNX Software, though they've likely come in contact with it. The real-time operating system is used where software failure can lead to catastrophic consequences, even death - from high-speed trains to air traffic control towers to highway toll systems. It's also used in more than 100 different types of cars on the road. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 12:32 a.m..


Been wanting that expensive gadget? - Grab some FREE Best Buy Bucks So McDonalds Started the monopoly / Best buy bucks (1$ or 5$) again this year, with a little work you can score up to 200$ per round trip to best buy! a good case scenario you can earn up to 500$ without touching a burger or drink! From digg on October 9, 2006 at 12:32 a.m..


AMD/ATI and Nvidia tout new uses for the GPU At a press event earlier this week, ATI unveiled their plans to start selling GPUs for applications outside the realm of graphics. No specific products were announced, but the company would like for its GPUs to find uses in high performance computing applications. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 12:32 a.m..


Gas Prices Manipulated Before the Elections? Is Goldman Sachs manipulating the gasoline futures market to push prices down before the November elections? It sure looks that way. An article appeared this Saturday in the New York Times pointing to some unusual trading by Goldman Sachs in the gasoline futures market. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 12:32 a.m..


Nokia's "full surface touchscreen" concept The most prominent design feature of aeon is a touchscreen that stretches over the full surface area of the phone, similar to BenQ-Siemens's Black box concept phone we saw recently. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 12:32 a.m..


North Korea Performs Its First Nuke Test South Korea reports the test... From digg on October 9, 2006 at 12:32 a.m..


Is the Republican revolution over? After controlling both houses of Congress for most of President Bush's time in office, the GOP's governing record has dismayed those who fantasized about what Newt Gingrich and his band of rebels might accomplish. The current crisis arrived with a sex scandal that muddied one of the party's few remaining patches of moral high ground. From digg on October 9, 2006 at 12:32 a.m..


Web-Design Community Catering to many! Ok have you searched many web design sites..And you find crappy templates for your website, Well you don't have to do that anymore.You can order the templates or post on the forums to get the template you are looking for. Heck ,they will be providing the template for GoTechGeeks..even though you might not care, just check them out. From digg on October 8, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..


Huge Lego Star Wars Ship Freaking awesome. From digg on October 8, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..


Top BBC presenter in trouble for praising drugs Graham Norton is under fire for telling magazine Marie Claire "The only time I took ecstasy was years and years ago. It was absolutely amazing. It was just fantastic -- really, really fun. I've tried loads of drugs, but it would really bug me if I got busted in the tabloids because I take them so rarely." The BBC defended Norton from criticism. From digg on October 8, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..


History of Submarine Design Fouty Five technical plans of submarines are presented. The plans are organized in a chronological fashion so that a more or less historic overview of submarine technology should be obtained. From digg on October 8, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..


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