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    'Robotic Pack Mule' Built For U.S. Military

    http://www.therawfeed.com/2006/03/robotic-...ilt-for-us.html http://www.digg.com/robots/_Robotic_Pack_M...ever_Falls_Down http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=...line-news_rss20 <div class='quotetop'></div><div class='quotemain'>A four-legged robot called BigDog can carry more than 88...
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    Who's Reading Your Cell's Text Messages?

    http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1931904,00.asp He signed up for a Verizon text messaging service at vtext.com with the username "null". Ever since, he's been getting tons of spam, and messages to invalid addresses end up being sent to him. :ninja:
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    Get a free USB drive!

    Go here: http://www.microsoft.com//windowsxp/myster...rp/default.mspx <div class='quotetop'></div><div class='quotemain'>Get a free USB Drive from Microsoft. Click on the image of the USB drive "Valuable Information - Get Yours". http://www.microsoft.com//windowsxp/myster...rp/default.mspx...
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    Sad news: Don Knotts is dead

    http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/na...-home-headlines <div class='quotetop'></div><div class='quotemain'>Don Knotts, the saucer-eyed, scarecrow-thin comic actor best known for his roles as the high-strung small-town deputy Barney Fife on the 1960s CBS series "The Andy Griffith Show" and...
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    157MPG car!

    http://www.i4u.com/article5165.html It only uses 157 MPG and it's supposed to sell for $13,000 or 11,000 Euros :eyepop:
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    Top 10 stars likely to have life

    http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/060221_habstars.html It's split into two lists. <div class='quotetop'></div><div class='quotemain'>Five of the stars on the list are thought of as good candidates for SETI astronomers seeking only to listen for radio signals from intelligent alien...
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    Quantum computer works without running

    http://www.news.uiuc.edu/news/06/0222quantum.html http://www.physorg.com/news11087.html http://www.newscientist.com/channel/info-t...925405.700.html http://www.nature.com/news/2006/060220/full/060220-10.html http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/02/23/1325253 The quantum computer...
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    US Air Force testing glass-like armor

    <div class='quotetop'></div><div class='quotemain'>10/17/2005 - WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFPN) -- Engineers here are testing a new kind of transparent armor -- stronger and lighter than traditional materials -- that could stop armor-piercing weapons from penetrating vehicle...
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    Media player

    What media player program do you use most? I use Winamp almost all the time.
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    Why are some programming languages overly complicated?

    Why does it seem like some things are overly complicated in some programming languages? 10 print "Hello, World!" 20 end Simple enough, right? That was BASIC... the only programming language I really know so far besides HTML (which some people don't consider to be a programming language)...
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    Cheney's Got A Gun

    I think you all know what this is about. http://www.break.com/index/cheneygun.html Watch it! :D I don't think it's hard to figure out what song they used for the flash video. I knew what it was before I watched it.
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    Large error message

    http://www.networkworld.com/community/?q=node/4630 Direct X crashed on the PC controlling the electronic billboard, causing a huge error message to be displayed to NYC. :eek:
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    How can neighbors use my wifi connection?!

    How the hell are my neighbors able to connect to my wireless network?! I have signal problems inside the house, so how can someone in a neighboring house get a signal?! I kept wondering where the hell my bandwidth was going, then I discovered they were using my router! :eek: I'm not even sure...
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    Community anniversary

    <div class='quotetop'></div><div class='quotemain'>Board created on: Feb 21 2005, 12:39 AM</div> That's when I created the old forum. I copied it straight from the admin control panel on the old board. This means the Nova Gamers community has survived a whole year! :D Let's make it last...
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    A billion mazes

    http://www.onebillionmazes.com/ Ya rly! A billion mazes! :eyepop: They're in PDF format. It might be kinda pointless... but I guess it's good to cure the most extreme degree of boredom.
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    Games by Ville M?nkk?nen

    http://www.monkkonen.net/index.php He's made a few games... and they're free! I recommend Wazzal, but the others look cool too, even though I haven't played them. Wazzal is extremely short, but it's fun. It also has a lot of freedom to it. Here are descriptions of the top two I recommend...
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    Favorite cola

    I like Coca-cola the most. It doesn't go flat quickly. But I do like the other colas too.
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    Notes about reputation

    I just want to share some of the settings and notes about reputation.... Number of Reputation Ratings to Display Controls how many ratings to display in the user's control panel. Set at 10 Administrator's Reputation Power How many reputation points does an administrator give or take away...
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    Cheddar flavor ramen noodles...

    While it's okay, not amazing or anything, but okay.... macaroni & cheese is much better... so are shrimp, chicken, and beef ramen. :ninja:
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    Chameleon camo jacket

    (Backup your playlists before clicking) http://projects.star.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/proje...es/oc-wired.mpg It's a video of a guy showing off a chameleon-like camo jacket. It changes appearance according to the surroundings. :ninja: Here's a CNN article about this...