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Ananova - Bees trained to find landmines |
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| Topic: Science |
8:01 pm EDT, Sep 26, 2002 |
"Researchers in Montana say they have been training honeybees to sniff out landmines. They say bees have a very refined sense of smell, live in packs of thousands, are quicker than dogs and can learn within days. The method could provide an effective way of finding the estimated 110 million unexploded landmines around the world." Cool. Now if the U.S. would just stop planting them (and other unexploded ordnance) and assisting others in planting them maybe we could roll this mess back a bit. Ananova - Bees trained to find landmines |
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| Topic: Science |
6:14 pm EDT, Sep 26, 2002 |
Awesome. Life on Venus! I hope so. Life on Venus? |
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Barracuda: The Scotty Zaccharine Story: Part 3 |
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| Topic: Miscellaneous |
6:13 pm EDT, Sep 26, 2002 |
Rock Star Parking... Nick and I watched a documentary about those fish just a few months after 911. Barracuda: The Scotty Zaccharine Story: Part 3 |
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| Topic: Software Development |
6:17 pm EDT, Sep 25, 2002 |
Software to "share" your multimedia with other people in real-time. 3D environment. I'm not 100% sure what it does, but it looks interesting. Also, according to Geoff (who is working there now), it also has a free development platform which seems pretty freaking rad. d/l'ing right now. Muse Communications |
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| Topic: Computers |
12:04 pm EDT, Sep 25, 2002 |
I was immediately attracted by a very intriguing and pleasant desktop on the laptop's gorgeous screen. I watched in jealous disgust as the guy next to me fired up a terminal window and ssh'ed to some server and ran a pine mail session. That's it, I decided. I am going to get a Mac OS X laptop, too. That was a few weeks ago. Unix guru Moshe Bar loves his titanium G4 PowerBook (even though he skimped on the RAM). Who settles for 512 MB when you can have 1 GB? [ Whine. I want one... --Rek ] Flirting With Mac OS X |
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Halo: Truth and Reconciliation |
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| Topic: Console Video Games |
9:44 pm EDT, Sep 24, 2002 |
"The game itself is everything you loved about the original Halo, but with all the knobs turned up to 11 this time round. This is not a quickie "Halo 1.5" follow-up using the same engine. We are using a completely rewritten graphics engine which allows our artists to work in previously unimaginable complexity and detail. Anyone who thinks the original Halo stretched the Xbox's graphical abilities to the limit is mistaken. There are gorgeous new realms to be explored, and Halo 2 will take you there. " Halo rocked. Halo 2 will rock harder. I can't wait. Halo: Truth and Reconciliation |
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The FIPS by Category Index |
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| Topic: Computer Security |
7:54 pm EDT, Sep 24, 2002 |
"Federal Information Processing Standards Publications" I was reading through so I thought I would recommend them in case someone besides myself is feeling the need to grind through federal publications related to computer security. :-) The FIPS by Category Index |
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Here They Are, Science's 10 Most Beautiful Experiments |
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| Topic: Physics |
7:43 pm EDT, Sep 24, 2002 |
Ultimately, science comes down to the individual mind grappling with something mysterious. Physics World magazine recently asked physicists to nominate the most beautiful experiment of all time. The 10 winners were largely solo performances, involving at most a few assistants. What they have in common is that they epitomize the elusive quality scientists call beauty. This is beauty in the classical sense; confusion and ambiguity are momentarily swept aside, and something new about nature becomes clear. Here They Are, Science's 10 Most Beautiful Experiments |
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