Dancing in the Moonlight? MPs with Outside Interests Vote Less (1)
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In Britain (and many other democracies) Members of Parliament often have "Outside Interests" and draw extra income from paid directorships, consulting gigs, or journalistic work. There has been plenty of controversy about MPs having such outside interests ranging from possible ethical issues to concerns over possible impact on MPs' legislative behavior. One concern is that MPs may be less effective as a representative if they "moonlight" from their Westminster jobs. In a recent paper about ...
Thatcher dementia fight revealed (1)
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Handheld gaming (10)
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Stephen Fry has a lot of affection for Nintendo’s DS, which he finds much more engaging than Sony’s PSP Column “Dork Talk” published on Saturday 23rd August 2008 in The Guardian “Dork Talk” - The Guardian headline Poor Nintendo. Those clever little handheld games in the 80s: small, orange, plastic “Game & Watch” devices that opened up like a book. A gorilla threw barrels down at you while you leapt about a beeping LCD world. ...
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janequigley said:
Stephen Fry is an actor, intellectual, gadget-guy and Apple fanboy. Probably not in that order...
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tom said:
Kad postanem slavan, bit ću Stephen Fry...ili David Byrne.
Download Media Files with Least Effort (5)
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More and more stuffs of people interest flowing around the web, people are starting to seek and download those stuffs. However, most of the time the permalink to the storage place are unavailable, especially for media files. Instead of wasting time searching from Google, smashing the web or even begging the creator of the file, it'll take the least of your effort by using the following tricks which perfectly work on Safari (such as downloading ...
Mac minis Turned Into Other Fetish Boxes People Drool Over [Mac Mini] (19)
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Apple might neglect the Mac mini more than apparently hipsters do showers in mid-August, but some people love it enough to lavish it with the attention no one else does. Hideo Takano is one of those people, transforming the little fetish block into other boxes people obsess over: an over-sized Lego block for Apple-loving manboys to dream of building a Mac minizord, and a cute little gas can for pyromaniacs. Or simply other Macs—like a ...
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Emil Kaiser said:
Legominin skule ju gå fint med soffan...
Questions asked after data loss (2)
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Terminal Tips: Make hidden Dock icons transparent (33)
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Filed under: OS, Terminal Tips Without using Exposé, it is hard to tell which Mac OS X applications are hidden and which aren't. But, with a simple Terminal hack, you can have all your application icons displayed as transparent. Simply open Terminal.app (Applications > Utilities) and type the following command exactly: defaults write com.apple.Dock showhidden -bool YESOnce you type the command and press enter, you need to restart the Dock by typing "killall Dock" and ...
Intel Says They've Taken A Huge Leap in Wireless Power Tech [Wireless Charging] (20)
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Wireless power for charging gadgets has been among the more vaporous of developments we've been hearing promises of for years. While there are a few working instances of the tech on the market, its large-scale adoption still feels miles away. So a grain of salt should be taken with this NY Times report claiming Intel will announce a major wireless power breakthrough today at the Intel Developers Forum, but the details do seem enticing this ...
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Mark Torromeo said:
BUY BUY BUY!!!!
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David said:
SCIENCE!
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Dileepa said:
I wish for the day when wireless power is as ubiquitous as mobile phone connectivity... we will all be 'powerfull' always!
Consistency is key, says Hamilton (1)
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Downing Street denies wasting money on Clarkson video 'joke' (1)
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How a cell’s flagellum motor works (1)
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Certain bacterial are able to move around in their environments using a mechanism called a flagellum. The flagellum moves using a flagellum motor. The motor is made of proteins assembled at the cell wall, as is the flagellum. It is powered by chemical reactions. This makes it one of the most amazing biological structures ever. It also makes it a pawn in the debate between creationists and evolutionists. This video shows you just how amazing ...
Samsung Omnia i900 Unboxing: Greatest. Packaging. Ever. (1)
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I don't usually give a shit about unboxing videos, but this is some seriously impressive packaging for Samsung's new phone.
Another Psychiatric Patient Dies in a Hospital Due to Staff Neglect (1)
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Six weeks ago, we reported on how Kings County Hospital let a patient die while staffers stood and watched. The patient had psychiatric concerns. We have no idea what happened to the humanity of those staffers (who are hopefully long since gone from the hospital and are having trouble finding gainful employment at a new hospital). We also thought such tragedies would be a wakeup call to all hospitals to re-evaluate their procedures and ensure ...
How I Stole Someone's Identity Using the Internet (7)
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A little digging on social networks, blogs and Internet search engines lets you put together information about people like pieces of a puzzle—And it's not a pretty picture for security or privacy. I decided to conduct an experiment to see how vulnerable people's accounts are to mining the Web for information.
Bus Stop Swing Set: A Public Transportation Playground [Bus Stop Playground] (23)
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The idea of making public spaces more playful is the brainchild of artist Bruno Taylor. In this project, he modified several London bus stops with swings to brighten the day of busy commuters. Never mind the smell, the noise, or that dude rubbing up against you—a swing set at the bus stop would melt away all of the stress associated with public transportation. That is until you get a little too carried away with the ...
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Saket said:
for donny
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rpy said:
haha awesome, i want this deployed on the platform at wynyard station (though perhaps there'd be OH&S issues if you fly off the swing onto the train line?)
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Hadyn said:
can we get these in Wellington? Pleeeeeease?
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Vorak said:
An excellent idea!
Mechanic arrested for not giving up vehicle to angry customer (5)
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Filed under: Maintenance, Carsumer Advocacy, HumorRemember last week when we told you about a tuner shop in Florida that got stuck holding a $16,000 bill after customizing some broke guy's Toyota Celica? That shop is resolving its dispute through the courts and will likely end up selling the car to make its money back, but a mechanic in the U.K. named Darren Tandy recently found himself in a similar situation with a very different outcome. ...
Judging trustworthiness in the face (11)
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The Boston Globe has a fantastic article on the psychology of trustworthiness judgements and how they can be taken advantage of by con-men. The article explores studies which have looked at various influences on our judgements of trust. One of the most interesting parts is where they cover research that has systematically altered pictures until the researchers generated faces that seem the least trustworthy (picture of the left) and most trustworthy (picture of the right). ...
UK Gov't Creating Centralized Snooping Silo to Monitor all Calls, Texts, Emails, IMs and Surf Histories [Privacy] (14)
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The UK government has decided to spend hundreds of millions of pounds (gajillions of dollars in US currency) on a huge central silo for all of the country's communications data. What'll that entail? Well, apparently "the one-stop-shop database will retain details of all calls, texts, emails, instant messenger conversations and websites accessed in the UK for up to two years." Oh my. This Orwellian nightmare center would obviously take a while to get put together, ...
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Derrick said:
The British government do know that '1984' was just a novel, right? Seriously, can I be terrified yet?
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Jim said:
The downside of an increasingly technological society is that there is no such thing as true privacy anymore.
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Madness 1 Freedom 0
Windows Vista: Over One Third of Vista Machines Have Been Downgraded to XP - Gizmodo (13)
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Sometimes one damning statistic can put it all into perspective. Through a survey of 3,000 computers, it was found that 35% of those systems built to run Vista had been downgraded (by computer vendors or users) to run XP. Keep in mind, this metric wouldn't include systems like mini-laptops that are able to load XP because of their frail, wussy hardware. So, uhhh, who's pumped for Windows 7? [Register Hardware]
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Alex said:
oh, wow. That stat can't make Redmond happy.
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Neo2049 said:
lol
Top Ten Online Psychology Experiments (6)
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Hundreds of online psychology experiments are going on at any given time, many cool and amusing to take part in. They’re great for researchers due to the ease and low cost of finding subjects, and because of that, more data. There are drawbacks, though. The University of Essex’s Department of Psychology points out: “… factors may cause the data to become less clear, for example: everyone uses different types of computers and monitors; we can’t ...
