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| Notice: GeekPress is back up and running, thanks to Paul! It's still a not-so-serious tech news blog, but the format is significantly looser. Diana, having given up programming for philosophy, has her own philosophical blog NoodleFood. More of her work can be found at DianaHsieh.com. |
| The other nanotubes |
| 12:23:47 am mst / 11 March 2001 found by paul / filed in nanotechnology / source Physical Review Focus 45 hits / 0 comments / 0 e-mails |
| Although carbon nanotubules have been getting all the attention lately, "many proposed applications for carbon nanotubes might be better accomplished with boron nitride (BN) nanotubes, which are less chemically fragile". The article explains why. |
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| 3-D television without the glasses |
| 3:51:22 am mst / 11 March 2001 found by paul / filed in inventions / source The Times 145 hits / 0 comments / 0 e-mails |
| A popular press review of some of the methods being used to create a 3-dimensional television viewing experience without special glasses or goggles. |
| I hope we don't have another long drawn-out battle between incompatible industry formats... |
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| Shepherd Shot Dead, Sheep Blamed |
| 6:59:52 am mst / 11 March 2001 found by paul / filed in legal / source Reuters News 238 hits / 0 comments / 0 e-mails |
| Strange but true. (Via Fark.) |
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| Earthquake art |
| 10:21:57 am mst / 11 March 2001 found by paul / filed in culture / source Memepool 307 hits / 0 comments / 0 e-mails |
| During the recent Seattle earthquake, a sand pendulum in a store in Port Townsend recorded these astonishingly beautiful images. (Link via Memepool). |
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| Dimming windows with the turn of a knob |
| 12:29:19 pm mst / 11 March 2001 found by paul / filed in inventions / source ABC News 205 hits / 1 comment / 0 e-mails |
| Dimmable windows using "suspended particle device" technology should become commercially available in the next year or two. The article explains how the technology works, as well as how it was discovered when a dog took a pee where it wasn't supposed to. |
| Usually when dogs pee in the wrong place, all that results are icky carpet stains and lingering odors... |
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| Modern dating in the e-mail era |
| 4:41:13 pm mst / 11 March 2001 found by paul / filed in culture / source NY Times 106 hits / 0 comments / 0 e-mails |
| The article argues that dating is more stressful in the internet era, when prospective mates scrutinize one's e-mail punctuation with a fine-toothed comb and can use Google to perform background checks. |
| On the other hand, it also gives people opportunities to meet others folks that they otherwise never would have. On the whole, I think it's a plus. |
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| Girl Scouts website defaced |
| 9:53:06 pm mst / 11 March 2001 found by paul / filed in security / source Register 50 hits / 1 comment / 0 e-mails |
| Crackers broke into the Girl Scouts of America website and defaced it with a picture of Homer Simpson drooling over a cookie, followed by the message, "We demand cookies for all the l33t hax0rs and skript kiddies out there. We need Samoas, Thin Mints, and some Tagalongs Peanut Butter Patties!!!" Although the site has been subsequently restored, you can see a mirror of the defacement here. |
| Although I don't approve of cracking, this one was more creative than most. |
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