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Man declares island (pop. 1) to be a new nation

June 23, 2008 9:26am

So this means we can declare war on him now?

(Heck - he might have oil!)

Coffee may prevent heart disease

June 17, 2008 12:43pm

Obvious (as my colleague just pointed out) - caffeine speeds up your heart rate, and gives that muscle a workout...

The things you have to explain to scientists... Sheesh!

Canadian DMCA is worse than the American one

June 12, 2008 11:37am

As a programmer, I suspect these bogus laws intend to cover a loophole. If a programmer attempts to implement DRM and fails (meaning a "hacker" could "exploit" their failure), does the law cover the letter of the programmer's code? Or does it cover the stated intent of the programmer's client - to enforce via DRM beyond normal copyright boundaries?

Harvard's robotic fly takes off

January 3, 2008 12:35pm

Declare an emergency... and release the mosquitoes!

http://flea.sourceforge.net/EAP_5.html

US terrorist watchlist "galloping toward the million mark"

October 25, 2007 11:42am

"Fascism" is _exactly_ the word for making a list of imaginary enemies, based entirely on their church - uh, mosque - attendance records.

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