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Steven Wevodau - Blizzard Confirms New MMO Based on Fresh IP

steve2970 — Thu, 14 May 2009 16:12:11 +0000

he unannounced MMO in development by World of Warcraft creative studio Blizzard will not be based on one of its established franchises, a representative reiterated today.

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Dick Cheney stopped CIA Inspector General John Helgerson from completing an investigation into the agency’s use of torture against detainees, but the watchdog was still able to prepare a report that implicated CIA interrogators in three detainee deaths in Afghanistan and Iraq and referred eight criminal cases to the Justice Dept. for investigation.

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IMAX is ruining their brand and deceiving their advocates. For those that want to know, here is a map of known “real/fake” IMAX screens, based on screen size and aspect ratio.

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Steven Wevodau - Susan Boyle Subtitled On Oprah

steve2970 — Thu, 14 May 2009 16:12:10 +0000

Susan Boyle, the Britain’s Got Talent star, was given subtitles during an appearance on the Oprah Winfrey Show. The first part was pre-recorded at her home in Blackburn, Scotland. The subtitles were added by bosses who thought American viewers would not understand her strong Scottish accent.

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Simply put, disappearing is the reverse engineering of skip tracing,” says Ahearn, Author of ‘How To Disappear and Fall Off the Grid’, referring to the process by which you locate missing persons. So we tapped the man of mystery to tell us exactly how it’s done.

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Steven Wevodau - Illustrated: Ferrari’s 700+ hp Enzo successor!

steve2970 — Thu, 14 May 2009 16:12:09 +0000

Illustrated: Ferrari’s 700+ hp Enzo successor!
Considered by many enthusiasts as the ultimate modern Ferrari, the limited-edition Enzo’s replacement will be a tough act to follow up for the Italian automaker. The second-generation Enzo, also named after the marque’s illustrious founder, promises to take performance – and, surprisingly, efficiency – to a new level.

Steven Wevodau - OM NOM NOM NOM Armageddon [HD VID]

steve2970 — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 14:08:10 +0000

OM NOM NOM NOM Armageddon [HD VID]
A mighty army of dolphins, sharks, whales, seals and gannets hunt down the billions of sardines along South Africa’s east coast each winter. This is the sardine run: an underwater armageddon, the greatest gathering of predators anywhere on the planet, and the most spectacular event in the world’s oceans.It must suck being a sardine!

Debian get FreeBSD Kernel
Today Debian gets one step closer to really becoming ‘the universal operating system’ by adding two architectures based on the FreeBSD kernel to the unstable archive.

Design To Sell: 8 Useful Tips To Help Your Website Convert
As we see more and more businesses move their services online, a greater need arises for websites that are designed and built to sell. A great-looking website may achieve the goal of shaping and delivering a strong brand, but its good looks alone aren’t enough to sell the products or services on offer.

security question
xkcd, nuff said.

Satellite Proposals Gain Traction After North Korea’s Launch
U.S. intelligence agencies are capitalizing on North Korea’s weekend rocket launch to advance proposals to deploy two new spy satellite systems estimated to cost a total of about $10 billion, according to government and industry officials.

Alien Versus Predator (Chess)
Coming this Fall …

Paris, Berlin Bristle as Obama Backs Turkey for EU
By Kerstin Gemhlich and Mark John PRAGUE (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama urged the European Union on Sunday to accept Turkey as a full member of the 27-nation bloc, in remarks rejected outright by France and met coolly by Germany….

No School Bus Safety Standards Here
This has got to be the most rickety school bus I’ve ever seen. Looks like it’s in Nepal.

Sarah Connor’s Worst Nightmares All Come True
Well, I didn’t see that coming. Any of that, really. My jaw dropped multiple times during last night’s Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, an episode I had to watch twice in a row. Spoiler rampage!

Mexican Bands Find Success via Cellphones
…the power of the cellphone (is) a one-stop music source and a symbol of working-class immigrant identity. This is no small news, considering that in the United States regional Mexican music is responsible for close to 60 percent of all Latin sales…Despite their commercial success, few norteño or banda artists, with their cowboy hats, horses

Steven Wevodau - Mexican Bands Find Success via Cellphones

steve2970 — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 14:08:09 +0000

…the power of the cellphone (is) a one-stop music source and a symbol of working-class immigrant identity. This is no small news, considering that in the United States regional Mexican music is responsible for close to 60 percent of all Latin sales…Despite their commercial success, few norteño or banda artists, with their cowboy hats, horses

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Connecticut coach Jim Calhoun has always said he would not make any decisions about his future after a tough defeat.But the disappointment of losing to the underdog Spartans, coupled with frustration over allegations that Calhoun’s program violated NCAA recruiting rules, bubbled over…

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Steven Wevodau - Chemical reaction explains the appeal of the bacon sandwich

steve2970 — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 14:08:08 +0000

Chemical reaction explains the appeal of the bacon sandwich
A complex chemical interaction in the meat is what produces the winning combination of taste and smell in a bacon buttie, according to an expert.

Raccoon bites off man’s penis after attempted rape
A RAGING raccoon has bitten off a pervert’s penis as he tried to rape the animal.

Zoho Writer 2.0 Kick Google Docs’ Ass
Zoho Writer 2.0 provides one of the richest feature sets of any online word processor, now more accessible thanks to an interface revamp. And, of course, it’s free…

Steven Wevodau - Bachmann bill would ban global currency

steve2970 — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 23:49:03 +0000

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) has introduced legislation that would “bar the dollar from being replace by any foreign currency.

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We can make over 25,000 things with it. Farmers love it. Environmentalists love it. You can’t get high from it. So why is it still illegal? Because as history shows, industrial Hemp was the REAL target when Cannabis was made illegal, but a racist reefer madness fear campaign would not have worked against it as well as it did ‘marihuana’.

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Rolling Stone: The Dirty Dozen. Meet the bankers and brokers responsible for the financial crisis - and the officials who let them get away with it

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Steven Wevodau - Latest PETA-Style Pet Craze: Making Cats go Vegan [WTF?!]

steve2970 — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 23:49:03 +0000

“… one person they interviewed said she suspects that “vegan” cats are supplementing their diets by hunting.” ORLY?

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Business for hookers is slow in the graveyard until zombies heat things up. Great lazy afternoon time killer.

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‘They’ have thousands of followers, they adorn themselves with Bio’s which are occasionally obscure but often that of a self proclaimed Guru …and of course you’ve never heard of them before. Should you follow them?

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Technically old news, but this was one of my favorite songs as an undergraduate physics major. You really need at least 4 years of undergraduate math to get most of the jokes, but I think that most geeks should be able to appreciate the endeavor.

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No one knows exactly what a “fifth force” might be, but studies have shown that, if a long-range fifth force does exist, it could have surprising effects on the universe’s structure formation. A fifth force could reduce discrepancies between theory and observation in several areas of cosmology.

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What is the Worst Man Drafted (WMD) Tourney? To celebrate March Madness, the FanSided.com sports network compiled a field of the 64 worst NFL Draft busts of all time. Why the name WMD? Because like the weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, these accidental WMDs never showed up either.

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Steven Wevodau - 5 Actors Who Shamefully Returned to Film Franchises

steve2970 — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 23:49:02 +0000

Vin Diesel and Paul Walker are crawling back to the big screen in Fast & Furious, a new installment in the franchise that won’t die. Even Steve Gutenberg had more sense than do to another Police Academy. Here’s 5 others that came crawling back in shame for another paycheck.

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Steven Wevodau - Google Privacy Blunder Shares Your Docs Without Permission

steve2970 — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 15:28:25 +0000

Google Privacy Blunder Shares Your Docs Without Permission
In an apparent privacy error that underscores some of the biggest problems surrounding cloud-based services, we’re hearing that Google has sent a notice to a number of users of its Document and Spreadsheets products stating that it may have inadvertently shared some of their documents with contacts who were never granted access to them.

25 Reasons to Convert to Linux
“Businesses, educational institutions, governmental agencies and other organizations around the world are converting their computer operating systems from Microsoft Windows to Linux at an increasing pace. They are likewise converting their application programs from commercial software to free software”

Its only been 100 days and Obama is already “overwhelmed”
Sources close to the White House say Mr Obama and his staff have been “overwhelmed” by the economic meltdown and have voiced concerns that the new president is not getting enough rest. Barack Obama’s offhand approach to Gordon Brown’s Washington visit last week came about because the president has facing exhaustion.

Michelle Obama Serves Soup, Nation Misses the Point
Yesterday, Michelle Obama became the first presidential spouse to volunteer at Miriam’s Kitchen, a 26+ year free meals program located near the White House. Her gesture was meant to inspire volunteerism to help the less fortunate. Instead, it has turned our nation into a bunch of chatty Cathy’s asking one question: Where did the guy get the camera

Twitterfall: a Google for the Twitterverse
Tom Brearley and David Somers are the 19-year-old developers behind Twitterfall, one of the hottest Twitter tools on the web.

Don’t Shoplift [PIC]
What happens when you shoplift…

Beer, beer, beer, cat, beer… wait, what? [PIC]

Who needs Steve Jobs, anyway?
Interesting question. I am wondering if there aren’t any people who haven’t discussed this lately. Probably one of the best pieces I have read on this topic.

This lightning bolt is the mother of all mothers
Per the photographer: This was a wish granted. Ever since I was a kid I was fascinated by thunders storms and always wanted to capture this phenomenon. Finally, my wish came true. It was so loud, that I fell and lost my hearing for a minute. Later the sounds of all the car alarms was so eerie.