A Northern California man says that the Zodiac Killer is his stepfather, Jack Tarrance. During a chilling interview with CBS, he shows the hood the killer wore and the killer's knife.
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Saturday, August 30, 2008
10 Important News Stories as Depicted by 5-Year-Olds
With all of the wars, gas shortages, a looming depression and no more Olympics to pretend aren't boring, things are pretty bleak. We wondered if our world would look any less depressing if viewed through the eyes of a five-year-old.
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15 Images You Won't Believe Aren't Photoshopped
There's a whole bunch of jaw-dropping pics that the internet declared 'FAKE!' the moment they appeared. But as it turns out, some of them are, in fact, insanely surreal photographs of weird stuff around the world.
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The Disturbing Origins of 5 Common Nursery Rhymes
We grew up memorizing these seemingly nonsense lines of verse from Mother Goose, which seem to exist for no other reason than to keep toddlers entertained. There couldn't possibly be some kind of weird, twisted history to them, could there?
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Colbert: The Repo Man Is Gonna Miss Bush
On last night's Colbert Report, Stephen cut through all of the doom and gloom of the Democratic Convention by profiling someone who's flourishing in the current economy: A repo man.
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10 Geeky Movies to Raise Your Kids On
In our never-ending quest to provide you the tools and knowledge to raise your kids in your own geeky image, we present you with a list of 10 geeky movies to raise your kids with. This is a starter list, and by no means comprehensive. It also skews towards the younger set because we have to lay the proper geeky foundation.
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Four-Foot SNES Controller Actually Works [PICS]
Taking inspiration as well as construction cues from the massive NES controller table built in May, SCAD Inc., which I will charitably call a garage-based novelty enlargement collective, set out to build a giant-sized SNES controller, complete with functioning buttons. A few months later the build is complete, and it looks, well, huge.
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250 GB Challenge & 5 Tools To Monitor Your Bandwidth
With Comcast announcing a 250 GB cap on its broadband service and Time Warner trialling a tiered service with limits that range from 5 GB to 40 GB, we’ve decided to challenge people to break those caps.
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MySpace's Tom Anderson Was A Real Life “WarGames” Hacker
In 1985, when he was fourteen and in high school in Escondido, California, Anderson was subject to one of the largest FBI raids in California history after hacking into a Chase Manhattan Bank computer system and subsequently showing his friends how to do it.
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Sunday, August 17, 2008
Shhhh! A Secret Google Search URL That Removes Adsense Ads
if you append the parameter "output=googleabout" to Google Web Search URL, the search results page will not carry any AdSense ads that are otherwise seen on the top and right sections of the page.
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84 Google Adsense alternatives
Wanna try adsense alternatives to make more money from your website or blog. Here are 84 alternatives for google adsense.
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Google feeds publishers with new AdSense option
When most publishers use RSS feeds to syndicate their content, most are hoping readers click through to the original content, and then they can monetize it from there — unfortunately, consumers of this feed data are often just looking for a quick fix, and not really that interested in the actual source of the information.
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Windows Server 2008 Server Core Sürümleri ve Wusa Komutu
Windows Server 2008 Server Core Genel Bilgileri Hakkında Detaylı bir makale yayınlamıştım.Windows Server 2008
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Will Netbooks Pave the Way for Linux?
As we all know by now, netbooks are the latest craze in the computing world. Small notebooks, perfect for on the go, and relatively cheap. The interesting thing is that these netbooks are often offered with Linux pre-installed instead of Windows, and this prompts many to believe that it is the netbook niche where Linux will gain its first solid foo
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A Complete Guide to Setting Up Your Own Home Server
Setting up a home server running an open-source operating system is a popular and useful activity. Useful in what ways, you may ask. You could use it to run a website, collect and send e-mail messages, store your OpenID credentials or serve your music around the home.
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A Lego Donkey Kong that Actually Moves
Lego. Mindstorms RCX. Donkey Kong. Rolling barrels. Donkey Kong throws rolling barrels. Mario jumps. And jumps. And jumps. All synchronized. Even the game start tune is generated by Lego Mindstorms. After seeing it in action—and hearing the rattling noise it makes—I want this on the wall of my bedroom, as my alarm clock.
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Thursday, August 14, 2008
eBay Alternative Wigix Goes Live
Wigix charges no insertion fee, and any transaction less than $25 is free. search function is better than eBay's, providing results that are specific to the item, Wigix is community building and revenue sharing. When a member adds a product description into the Wigix catalog, he or she will receive a five-percent commission of transaction fees gar
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Debunking Common Windows Performance Tweaking Myths
Besides the tweaks that simply don't work, some of them will actually cause your computer to run even slower, or worse. Let's examine some of the worst myths out there on PC performance tweaking, and debunk them once and for all.
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uTorrent 1.8 Released, Mac Version Coming Soon
After months of hard work and more than six months since their previous stable release, the uTorrent team has released version 1.8 of their BitTorrent client, with significant improvements and updates. Adding to the excitement, we were told that a public Alpha of the Mac version will be released in the next few weeks.
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19 Most Essential Open Source Applications
19 Most Essential and useful open source applications that you probably want to know to use in your daily life. Most of them are top of the list projects that have an open source industry leading popularity and many of them are not listed here but over all the list has variety of projects for every one of you.
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Top 10 Concepts That Every Software Engineer Should Know
Beyond the basic methods, there are concepts that good software engineers know about. These transcend programming languages and projects - they are not design patterns, but rather broad areas that you need to be familiar with. The top 10 concepts are:
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Digg Lead Architect Joe Stump: How I Got Started Programming
Q: "What languages have you used since you started programming?" A: "I guess that depends on what you mean by 'used'. I've written substantial lines of code in C/C++, PHP, Python, Perl, ASM, BASIC, TI-BASIC, JavaScript and BASH. I've also done quite a bit of work in COBOL and MFC."
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No, your code is not so great that it doesn’t need comments
Code-commenting is so basic and so universal that every programmer, regardless of the language that they practise, thinks that they know all there is to know.I don’t believe that I’ve read a piece of code and thought “wow, this has far too many comments”. Unfortunately, I’ve had the opposite reaction all too often.
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CSS Layouts: 40+ Tutorials, Tips, Demos and Best Practices
The main idea behind CSS-based layouts is offering more flexibility and enhancing the visual experience of visitors. Some important tips and related key-factors can help to learn basics and keep essential techniques in mind. And this is what this article is all about
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Ars Technica's Guide to Virtualization: Part I
Part I of the Ars Technica Guide to Virtualization provides an introduction to basic virtualization concepts, terms, and techniques.
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Google Research:All Binary Searches and Mergesorts are Broke
I remember vividly Jon Bentley's first Algorithms lecture at CMU, where he asked all of us to write a binary search, and then dissected one of our implementations in front of the class.Of course it was broken, as were most of our implementations.Fast forward to 2006. I was shocked to learn that the binary search program that Bentley proved correct
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Monitor Who Views and Downloads Your Private Docs Online
This seems much better than emailing around a PDF and potentially having it leave the circle.
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Wednesday, August 13, 2008
McCain Says He’d Consider Pro-Choice VP
“I think that the pro-life position is one of the important aspects or fundamentals of the Republican Party,” McCain said in an interview with The Weekly Standard.
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FOX FACTS: 6 Points in Russia-Georgia Cease-Fire Pact
A look at the six points in the French-brokered Russia-Georgia cease-fire pact, spelled out Wednesday by European Union foreign ministers:— No recourse to the use of force.— A lasting cessation of hostilities.
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Drilling Rig Cinco Drilling Rig Model Oil Rig
This is a model my husband is building from scratch from wood. He even makes his own templates. This is the only rig that he has made from wood.
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Drilling Rig Cinco Drilling Rig Model Oil Rig
This is a model my husband is building from scratch from wood. He even makes his own templates. This is the only rig that he has made from wood.
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Pop Tarts: End of an Era: Hugh Hefner Said to Be Pulling the
It looks like Holly Madison is finally getting what she wants - Hugh Hefner all to herself and the winding down of his wild parties populated by girls wearing next to nothing.
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Shots Fired at Arkansas Democratic Party HQ
And So It Begins: The chairman of the Arkansas Democratic Party was hospitalized in critical condition Wednesday after an incident at the party headquarters, a party executive said. A television station reported that three shots were fired and that a man escaped the area in a blue truck.
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Parents Fear Twin Girls in Danger After Disappearing From Ca
Two teenage twins have been missing from their Southern California home since Sunday, and their parents fear their daughters met someone on the Internet and could be in danger
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'Tree Man' Undergoes Major Transformation, Expected to Retur
The Indonesian man dubbed 'Tree Man' is expected to return home to his remote village at the end of this month after undergoing extensive surgeries, ABC News reported.
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Whites in the Minority by 2042, U.S. Census Predicts
The nation has been growing more diverse for decades, but the process has sped up through immigration and higher birth rates among minority residents, especially Hispanics
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The Coolest Thing You Can Do With Your Bike
This is pretty awesome, suction tires for your bike, such an amazing idea!I hope the kid patented this, so he could be a suction tire millionaire :)
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World's Tallest Woman Dies at Age 53
The world's tallest woman, Sandy Allen, died early this morning at a nursing home in Shelbyville, Ind., at the age of 53.
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Pakistani Woman Allegedly Carried List of NYC Terror Targets
An MIT-educated Pakistani woman charged with trying to kill U.S. agents and military officers carried a hitlist of New York City targets including the Statue of Liberty, Times Square and the subway system.
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When Good Food Goes Bad: How to Tell
While scientists have developed methods to detect spoilage -- for example, sensors that go off when milk changes consistency or a polymer to detect bacteria growth in meat -- until these are available on a mass scale, food science and safety experts have some tips....
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What would happen if we each used 10% less gas?
For starters, we'd save billions of dollars and keep billions of tons of carbon dioxide out of the environment. So, on that note, support proper tire inflation, not off-shore drilling.
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How “Green” is the McCain VP Short List?
Now that energy and environmental issues have become increasingly salient, each of the candidates has to give at least some consideration to how their potential ticket-mate stands on energy-related and environmental issues. Believe it or not, this may actually ring more true for Republican John McCain than it does for Democrat Barack Obama...
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Coroner: Body of Woman Who Died of Overdose Preserved on Ice
A coroner's report on a woman whose body was found packed on dry ice in a plastic container in a Newport Beach hotel this spring says the body was only "moderately decomposed" despite her being dead for nearly a year.
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Shots Fired at Arkansas Democratic Party HQ
And So It Begins: The chairman of the Arkansas Democratic Party was hospitalized in critical condition Wednesday after an incident at the party headquarters, a party executive said. A television station reported that three shots were fired and that a man escaped the area in a blue truck.
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GEORGIA-RUSSIAN CONFLICT SPARKS CROSSFIRE (DEBATE IT)
The conflict between Georgia and Russia continues to cause upheaval in the 2008 presidential campaign as both sides accuse the other of exploiting the fighting for political gain.
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SpaceX Falcon 1 Flight 3 Webcast
SpaceX has scheduled the launch of the Falcon 1 Flight 3 mission for Saturday, August 2nd. The launch window will open at 4:00 p.m. (PDT) / 7:00 p.m. (EDT) and remain open for five hours.
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Beautiful Video of a Solar Eclipse Taken From an Airplane
Now this, this is cool. This is a video shot from an airplane of the recent total solar eclipse, showing the moon passing in front of the sun. This video shows the entirety of the eclipse — they're quick — and you can see just how the sky is changed and darkened by the shadow of the moon. Remarkable stuff.
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Ever Poured Liquid Nitrogen Into A Swimming Pool?
Penguicon co-founder Rob Landley throws a bowl of liquid nitrogen in the swimming pool - and then jumps in.
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The Bigger They Are: 10 Ice Age Giants
The Pleistocene Era began 1.8 million years ago and ended roughly 10,000 years ago. During that period were several Ice Ages. Many giant sized animals and birds that seem familiar to us (because they resemble modern animals) roamed the earth. They became extinct, possibly due to environmental conditions or disease.
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Anniversary of Hiroshima [PICS]
At 8:15am on Monday 6 August 1945 a nuclear weapon nicknamed Little Boy was dropped on Hiroshima.
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INTERNET PHENOMENON, any body can make it if this kid can.
With a 100 dollar camera, this kid was able to get more views then Milly Cyrus and The Jonas Brothers and a big sponsorship. the Internet VS old media.
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Art? Science? Who Cares! This is AMAZING!!!
While most visual artists prefer traditional materialssuch as oil, acrylic, bronze and ceramic, Tokyo-basedSACHIKO KODAMA prefers FERROFLUIDS. Composed ofmagnetic nanoparticles, ferrofluids often contain highlevels of iron and, as such, are deeply affected byand responsive to the presence of magnetic fields.While the NASA-developed...
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Half-Life 2: Civil Protection: On A Rail
By Ross Scott: Episode 4 of the comedy series "Civil Protection" based off the game Half-Life 2. In this episode, Dave goes on a short journey.
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First footage of Quake Live from [HD Video]
The first footage of id software's upcoming Quake Live title from this past week's QuakeCon. This video is a duel match between two top Quake competitors, rapha and ZeRo4, in the $15,000 1v1 Quake Live tournament with expert commentary. Click the 'Watch in High Definition' link on the bottom right of the video for HD.
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NVIDIA PhysX Particle Fluid Demo
A tech demo based on particle fluids for NVIDIA's GPU-accelerated PhysX technology.This video was recorded on a machine running an NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512 graphics card with Forceware 177.83 drivers and PhysX 08.08.01.
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December 31 2026: There Will Come Soft Rains
1984 Soviet animation based on Ray Bradbury's story "There Will Come Soft Rains".
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Wonka: A Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory Re-Cut Trailer
The favorite childhood film re-cut as a dark, hallucinogenic thriller/morality tale.
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Most expensive home theater ever.
Amazing home theater includes 4096x2160 digital projector, 30 amplifiers, 16 subwoofers, 10 tweeters and 8 tower speakers. Mind-blowing 11,000 Watt sound system. Pictures & video.
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SHOCKER: New York Times Film Critic LIKES Cheech & Chong!
With plans for Cheech and Chong to reunite, A. O. Scott looks back at the comedy duo's film work. And wonder of wonders, he finds them "actually kind of fun"!
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How to Shoot Gorgeous Light Trails [w/PICS]
I’d seen this type of shot in a photography magazine and was impressed by the eye catching results.
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Where to buy soap making kits and supplies
If you looking to start making homemade or melt and pour soap, here are some good pages to go to purchase supplies. Always wear safety gear when using lye. This shows links for some good values in soap buying
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Where to buy soap making kits and supplies
If you looking to start making homemade or melt and pour soap, here are some good pages to go to purchase supplies. Always wear safety gear when using lye.
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Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Good Samaritan in Missouri Reportedly Murdered While Trying
A 45-year-old Missouri biker was reportedly killed by two other men when he tried to stop them from attacking a woman by the side of the road.
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DOLMATHES YALANTZI STUFFED GRAPE LEAVES & TERMINOLOGY
If you like Greek recipes, I think you should try this one. It is different and sounds lovely. After I post the recipe, I will also post a glossary of Greek cooking terminology to help you out or to add to your cookbook.
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WOMEN WITH ARMPIT HAIR. (PIC)
(DEBATE) I will tell you why it is a necessity for women to have armpit hair. Because God put it there for a reason. Women with armpit hair are natural and sexy.
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Sunday, August 10, 2008
MISSING YOU. I miss my Son. He lives in Islip New York
(VIDEO) James Ernest Jordan, please call me. I miss my son and my heart hurts. Please call MOM.
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Swedish Brown Bread
I pretty much wanted to add this recipe here so i can have easy reference to it at a later date.1 cup quick oats2 cups boiling water2 tablespoons shortening (rounded)
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