Category: Science & Geeks
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Fiction of the day: Security question, by Ramon Rozas III
I found this funny little piece of SciFi/security litterature. I’m sure you’ll like it. The man blurred into existence behind the dense shrubs, and checked a small device he took from his pocket. Since time and date seemed correct, he straightened his sports coat and stepped from behind the bushes. […]
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Idea for a new typography term
Source: Ironic Sans.
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A wireless bridge to link all your computers
Titled “Wire Your Living Room Over Wi-Fi with a Bridge“, a post from LifeHacker. With subjects like: Why a Wireless Bridge? How a Wireless Bridge Works Setting Up the Wireless Bridge (a Buffalo airstation)
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Assassin’s Creed, a PC video game
After appearing on gaming consoles, Assassin’s Creed arrived on PC and it seems that the effort was made to ensure that contrary to the previous habit of bad ports from console to PC, it supported well the transfer from one platform to the next (test 1, test 2). Notice 1: Point Of View offers the…
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Jaws, on firm ground
Feline teeth are their most prominent exterior feature. Since the prehistoric Smilodon (the smiling feline) and its gigantic canines, big cats use their impressive dental characteristics to hunt. On the Laelaps web site, you will find a detaileld article on feline teeth, from yesterday to nowadays: What big teeth you have. Please, also notice the…
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Free nature wallpapers: Sand
Some abstract images of sand. Shot in Lagoa do Peixe (Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil) in 2008. To me, they looked a little like some satellite photos of the planet Mars. Click on the thumbnails if you want to access the 1280*1024 versions Those photos can be used freely for your own wallpaper (on your…
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Top Dubai buildings
Dubai is definitely the place to go if you have architectural ideas: Projects are well funded and imagination is welcome. Here is a presentation of several of the best and highest ones on Mika’s Waffle.
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Disappearing car doors: Real or fake?
If you go to the web site setup by Jatec-LLC, disappearing-car-door.com, you will see a revolutionary kind of sliding door for your car. But is it real or fake?
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Big cats roam free in UK (Really!)
Great Britain does not look like the place to look for big cats, but there are some large felines clearly not indigenous roaming freely in the United Kingdom. It is such a big thing that there is an investigative group collecting evidence about them: panthers, lions, cheetahs in the cold weather of England or Scotland.…