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 -> 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.
1,549 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).
1,288 views | 08 Apr 2003
 -> Hypernova Erupts as Global Telescopes Scramble
The light from a massive explosion 2 billion years ago just arrived March 29th on Earth, thus setting off a global flurry of robotic telescopes to track what turned out to be 100 times more intense than any previously studied supernova events.
1,225 views | 08 Apr 2003
 -> Mosquito and roach repellent -- the PC!
A Thai computer programmer behind a wildly popular anti-mosquito software package has upgraded his program to also repel cockroaches and rats, the English language Nation newspaper reports.
1,206 views | 04 Apr 2003
 -> Top 100 April Fool's hoaxes of all time
As captioned. Amusing read!
3,539 views | 02 Apr 2003
 -> The spanish flu epidemic of 1918
Did you know it claimed 40 million lives? Wasnt in our generation so we tend not to know, but SARS seems to be donning similar proportions.
15,870 views | 01 Apr 2003
 -> The looming biological warfare
"This is still a dangerous world, a less certain, a less predictable one. . . . Many have chemical and biological weapons. Most troubling of all, the list of these countries includes some of the world?s least-responsible states".
1,165 views | 31 Mar 2003
 -> Meteorites Fall on Chicago Suburbs
Around midnight on Thursday, March 27, residents of several southern Chicago suburbs were woken up by explosions and crashes.
13,914 views | 31 Mar 2003
 -> Bush and Blair  
A hilarious dance and song show with Bush and Blair. Some people have all the time!
24,414 views | 29 Mar 2003
 -> Macromedia Flash outside the browser!
Continuing on its bid to make Flash a full-blown development platform (and what a job they have so far!), Macromedia pre-announces intentions to take Flash beyond the limitations of a Web browser..
1,152 views | 29 Mar 2003
 -> Meet the smallest robot in the world
Seiko Epson Corp has developed a small robot with a volume of 7.8cm3 and that weighs 12.5g.Named Monsieur II-P, it could be applied from small pumps to zooming mechanisms of a camera built into a mobile phone..
1,609 views | 29 Mar 2003
 -> An excellent games and trivia collection
"We bring you the best games and comics from all over the net"
1,270 views | 28 Mar 2003
 -> Discussions with spammers
This is hilarious. A person writes back and forth with one of those ubiquitous Nigerian spammers.
3,258 views | 28 Mar 2003
 -> Front page snapshots
Interesting compilation of front pages of major news publications around the world.
1,290 views | 27 Mar 2003
 -> Do mutant females walk among us?
Most people are trichromats, with retinas having three kinds of color sensors, called cone photopigments -- those for red, green, and blue. The 8 percent of men who are color-blind typically have the cone photopigment for blue but are either missing one o
1,337 views | 27 Mar 2003
 -> A war strategy
Small country versus big countries. This is one tactic.
1,263 views | 25 Mar 2003
 -> The faces of war (picture)
No one gets the pictures quite as well as MSNBC. A gallery on what's up in Iraq.
1,355 views | 24 Mar 2003
 -> And, the award goes to..
While I am disappointed with the dismal treatment of Road to Perdition (a class act in every way!), here is another predictable result sheet from the Oscars.
1,271 views | 24 Mar 2003
 -> Pandora Bot..
Talk to a machine. Better than our previous recommendation, but still based on Elisa (a guess). Better responses to questions like "Can you smile for me?"
1,167 views | 23 Mar 2003
 -> Can America handle the repercussions of this insanity?
Coleen Rowley made headlines -- and attracted some criticism -- again this month when she said publicly that she didn't think the agency would be able to handle terrorism that could follow a war with Iraq. She has now resigned.
1,209 views | 23 Mar 2003
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