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 -> Hello World!
The eponymous program that any programmer begins learning a programming language with. In almost all the languaged you can imagine!
207,253 views | 16 Apr 2003
 -> Human cloning flawed
Human cloning may never be possible because of a quirk of biology.
3,502 views | 16 Apr 2003
 -> All the Bush you'll ever need
A huge compilation of Photoshop-meets-Bush
4,407 views | 16 Apr 2003
 -> The game of REAL intelligence
Have computers, in the form of Deep Blue for example, come close to matching the kind of real intelligence used by humans in playing strategy games? Here is a new game played on the standard chess board, but with new rules, that proves otherwise!
724 views | 16 Apr 2003
 -> More than 25% of Korean homeless have credit cards!
According to this survey the total loans given to the homeless in Korea amounted to 2.43 billion won (about US$ 1.98 million), among which 86.9 percent, or 2.12 billion won (about $1.725 million) is overdue.
3,380 views | 15 Apr 2003
 -> From palm computing to wrist
How fashion watchmaker Fossil teamed up with Microsoft and Palm to change the face of wearable computing.
3,475 views | 14 Apr 2003
 -> A, well, 'fucked-up' thesis?
This thesis presents and defends semantic explications for a number of swearwords commonly used in Australian English. Its focus is on different constructions which can be conveyed using the three lexical forms shit, fuck and cunt.
3,696 views | 14 Apr 2003
 -> Iraq's weapons of mass destruction
A comprehensive website (at CIA.gov) with all the skinny on Iraq's clandestine affairs.
3,245 views | 14 Apr 2003
 -> It's not a bug, it's a feature!
On one of the bleakest days since the invasion began, US defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld yesterday shrugged off turmoil and looting in Iraq as signs of the people's freedom. "It's untidy, and freedom's untidy," he said.
3,495 views | 14 Apr 2003
 -> Is SARS a bioterrorism attempt?
Could SARS be an ingenious social experiment featuring institutionalized bioterrorism for widespread psycho-social control?
3,361 views | 14 Apr 2003
 -> George Bush says..
Another of the brainy quotes.
3,666 views | 13 Apr 2003
 -> The "rugged" notebooks
The war may have done something positive by creating a whole new "ruggedized" laptop market segment led by Panasonic's Toughbook (used by troops in Iraq).
17,408 views | 12 Apr 2003
 -> Never too late to be a mom
A 65-year-old retired schoolteacher in India has given birth to a baby boy, and become the world's oldest mother, according to press reports.
251,635 views | 10 Apr 2003
 -> When will they change?
China not reporting all SARS cases, says surgeon.
3,122 views | 10 Apr 2003
 -> End of Saddam.
And hopefully the end of war.
3,437 views | 09 Apr 2003
 -> The dream machine
The NovaDreamer is a mask that senses when you drift into REM or deep sleep. Gentle lights and sounds from the mask provide subconscious cues that tell you you're dreaming without waking you up. You'll actually be able to control what happens to you durin
3,423 views | 09 Apr 2003
 -> Computers that watch while you work
Canadian researchers have designed a computer that pays attention to the person using it.
3,110 views | 09 Apr 2003
 -> Elementary, my dear Watson!
An interesting caption contest from BBC about Sherlock Holmes' statue in London.
3,172 views | 08 Apr 2003
 -> Our innards -- gross, but that's real life
There are a million 'bugs' on every square centimetre of our skin. One need only swallow 10 of the bacteria to get sick.
3,647 views | 08 Apr 2003
 -> A very useful list of start-up programs in Windows
A comprehensive list of the programs you may find that run when you switch on your PC as typically identified by MSCONFIG or the registry "Run" keys - and whether you need them (Windows systems).
3,177 views | 08 Apr 2003
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