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These people are spitting in the face of God and make me sick!!!
PEOPLE LOVE TOILETS
I love watching dumb people and their animals
Two things I love...Stupid people and big falls
Men do have trouble hearing women, scientists find

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The Evolution of Desktops
The Evolution of Video Game Boobies! 11 was a shocker!!! LOL!
SWEET! 102" Plasma Screen TV!
Awesome Freeware App! FastStone Screen Capture
New Windows Vista Looks Pretty Cool......

CHICAGO -- Members of a Chicago family are trying to get a warning out after they said a computer they bought as a child's gift turned out to be laden with pornography.

Rick and Joy Donaldson had something special planned this Christmas for their 13-year-old son, Simeon: a new computer.

"On Christmas Day we set it up, hit Internet Explorer and the first thing to pop up was a porn site," Rick Donaldson said. "That was a shocker."

Joy Donaldson said what appeared was child pornography. The Donaldsons said they had to yell for their son to stay out of the room.

Rick Donaldson said he purchased the computer from a Comp USA store in Skokie, Ill. It was a floor model Donaldson bought at a discount, but the father never imagined that such content would be on the computer. He said the URL that appeared wasn't just pornographic, but racist, too.

"It was very frustrating," Joy Donaldson said.

Comp USA said it is common practice for the store to erase hard drives. A store representative said this was "very rare and we're very apologetic."

Donaldson said he wanted to warn other families to be on the lookout.

"Our message to parents is that something like this can happen and make sure you're the fist one to look at it," he said.

http://www.wftv.com/family/10621074/detail.html

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What Floor??? -- Space Elevator is Going Up
$19,000 Model Rocket..........
The ultimate model rocket.....
LOL! Model bitten by snake...

For all you Nostalgic freaks out there, a blast from the past :
http://r-101.blogspot.com/2006/08/evolution-of-desktops.html

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Windows Bootup Screen Evolution
The Evolution of Video Game Boobies! 11 was a shocker!!! LOL!

This is one hell of a mod. Using 30 USB ports spread out over five USB PCI cards, this barbeque was created. The PC is still functional, too. Enjoy cooking a 1 ounce steak on that tiny grill—and no, I don't have a damn clue what they are trying to cook in the picture and video. It looks like a piece of bacon, but who the hell BBQs bacon like that?

Seriously, is there a point to this?

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Gas Powered Blender... WTF?
Chain Saw Powered Motorcycle......
World's fastest hydrogen-powered car
Naughty Bits NEEDS one of these!!! USB powered air freshener...
That is INSANE!!! Jet-Powered Semi Truck!

Less than 24 hours after Microsoft shipped security fixes for 23 serious software vulnerabilities, the U.S. government's Department of Homeland Security issued a firm notice to Windows users: immediately apply the patches in the MS06-040 bulletin.

via: Homeland Security: Apply MS06-040 Patch

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Homeland Security My Ass! Who else feels insecure?
Muslims sue US homeland security over border detentions
Airport Security Will Be Able To See Through Your Clothes....
Tight Security For Inauguration Day Festivities...
Axl Rose bites a security guard!!!

Google is preparing its own distribution of Linux for the desktop, in a possible bid to take on Microsoft in its core business - desktop software.

A version of the increasingly popular Ubuntu desktop Linux distribution, based on Debian and the Gnome desktop, it is known internally as 'Goobuntu'. Google has confirmed it is working on a desktop linux project called Goobuntu, but declined to supply further details, including what the project is for.

Continue reading "Combine the best OS with the best Desktop, what do you get - Goobuntu!"

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Desktop Tower Defense
Hot chicks on you desktop is always a good thing!!!

Over the last week, "Blackworm" infected more then 700,000 systems as measured using a counter web site used by the worm to track itself. This worm is different and more serious then other worms for a number of reasons. In particular, it will overwrite a user's files on February 3rd.
The following file types will be overwritten by the virus: DOC, XLS, MDE, MDB, PPT, PPS, RAR, PDF, PSD, DMP, ZIP. The files are overwritten with an error message( 'DATA Error [47 0F 94 93 F4 K5]').
Update your Anti-Virus software today!
Our favorite security guy and infrequent poster here at IHMC, Brad, says this anti-virus software is free and good. However it doesn't constantly run looking for viruses, you have to manually run it once a day.

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Genesis to return to Earth tomorrow!
NHL 2004-2005 Season To Be Cancelled Tomorrow....
Awesome VW sleds! Looks like we could use one tomorrow! 8-16" of snow predicted in Chitown!
FairUse4WM Removes DRM From WMA Files...
Strip DRM off of iTunes files with myFairTunes6!

Can't wait for your Apple Store order? No need to check Apple's Order Status page constantly, just load up this widget and enter your order number and zip code. The status will update automatically for you, and even count down the days!
Who buys Apple Computers?

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Johnny Rotten swearing 87 times in 77 seconds LOL
The New Apple iMeat......
Apple Launches New ITunes Phone too...
New Apple Hi-Fi annouced... Looks cool but a bit pricey...
Hackers Get Windows XP on Apple Computers

An online auction of a "brand new vulnerability" in Microsoft Excel had reached about $60 when eBay pulled the item late Thursday.
A seller using the name "fearwall" started the auction Wednesday evening at 1 cent. It was up to $56 on Thursday afternoon with 21 bids placed, and eBay quashed the auction soon after that.

I could tell ya how to put Ms. PacMan into an infinite loop.......... wonder if that's worth anything???

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Unwanted Alex Rodriguez for Sale- Rare Opportunity...eBay is the best
XBOX 360 Goes On Sale Nov. 4th......
Iraq for sale on Amazon
Iowa Hawkeyes Scoreboard For Sale... Only $10k
HD-DVD Buy 1 Get 1 Sale! 78 movies to pick from... Some good...

The bug-bearing message claims to come from either the FBI, CIA or German BKA police agency, and warns users they have been detected visiting illegal sites.

Those opening a questionnaire attached to the message will be infected by a variant of the well-known Sober virus.

Anti-virus firms have caught millions of copies of the malicious program, suggesting a lot of people have fallen for the fake warning.

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Laptop catches fire at LAX... I bet they ban laptops on planes now...
Interesting concept... Lycos users are to attack spammers with screen saver...
This is some fucked up shit! Has to be fake...
Why didn't I think of that? Use fake money for strippers
Skipping stone record... This almost has to be fake...

Yes, it can be done! I've almost finished building a digital pvr (personal video recorder). The only thing left is getting the HD tuner connected to an antenna to record OTA HD. The price-point is higher than Tivo, but you gain a LOT of flexibility like adding as much disk as you can afford, multiple tuners (SD and HD), a web interface to schedule and view programming, burn DVD's of recorded shows, automatically skip commercials, etc. etc. I have mine sitting in the basement running 'headless' and watch stuff on the (modded) XBox. Very slick! You can have multiple clients all feeding from one backend server, so if you needed a PVR for you and your roommates, you could put a big box with 3-4 tuners and network it to multiple xboxes or linux clients or windows clients!
(See the links in the extended entry for details)

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FOF! Build a Robot...
Rice Scientists Build World's First Single-Molecule Car
Pacman Xmas Tree is AWESOME! Must have been a severe pain in the ass to build!!!

From http://red.planetarena.org/:
"COR Entertainment has announced the release of it's standalone free online deathmatch game, Alien Arena 2006, to be early November, 2005. The game features 25 dazzling levels, DM, TDM, CTF, All Out Assault and Deathball game modes, as well as five new mutators, 9 player characters, 8 weapons, 3 alt-fires, and exciting powerups. The source code is released under the GPL license, and features a number of new updates and enhancements. "

I've only tried it on Linux, but it's pretty decent so far, and for the price it's hard to beat! Read the reviews and give it a shot.

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I wish could have seen this in person...
This is wicked! I'd like to see one of these in person...
There is a stupid person behind every door...
F-22 Raptor at Oshkosh! I HAVE to see that in person!!!
I don't know - Have you ever seen The Lawnmower Man or Family Guy? Not to mention sending a monkey in a kevlar suit to a mentally disturbed person contemplating suicide - I'd jump for sure!!!

I found this on Hackaday, I can't believe VMWare is giving this away, grab it while you can!

Download the free VMWare player here
Download a free virtual machine here, I would recommend the Browser Appliance since it is actually pretty useful, and the smallest one there (200MB, Ubuntu Linux with Firefox)

Install the player, unzip the virtual machine somewhere you can use (c:\vm)

Try out the appliance, it's good for surfing to sites that are spyware-central and of dubious origin, since the virtual machine can be crushed and re-copied if things go pear shaped. It's also Linux so it shouldn't get whacked like your typical XP box, but the default install is lacking some plugins. Oh well, it's free...

Now, to make your own machines, you can copy the browser appliance files to a new directory, and edit away with notepad and some blank disk images.

Read the rest here, as this is a hack by [Faileas] and the hackaday.com folks and their writeup is as good as any. (Note: you don't have to use SCSI images as they point out in this howto. See my vmx file in the extended entry to see how to use regular IDE images made with QEMU. Why didn't VMWare encrypt the config files? Who knows, more viral marketing maybe.

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GBA Movie and MP3 Player!
Olympic volleyball player...
Need a really cheap MP3 player? Great for a kid!
Saint B MP3 Player... Now that's just wacky...
This is one badass quarters player! Amazing!

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Microsoft has announced at the DigitalLife conference in New York City the availability of a new software update for Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 that will provide new entertainment experiences for Media Center Edition customers around the world. Update Rollup 2 for Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 will enable customers to stream digital music, videos, photos, and standard and high-definition television and movies from Media Center PCs to any television in their home via the Xbox 360 gaming system. Windows XP Media Center 2005 customers can obtain Update Rollup 2 free of charge via the Windows Update download site as of today. The software update is also available on new Media Center PCs. Read more...

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Add up to 4 hard drives to your Xbox Media Center! It's a bit pricey...
MyNetflix Plugin for Vista Media Center is COOL! I can't wait to test it on my XBox 360...
TuneCenter - Home Media Center for iPod... I HAVE to get one of these!
Yahoo! Go - Free DVR and Media Center for your PC from Yahoo!
ROTFL! Dad gives kid an Xbox 360 box filled with coal and sells the Xbox for $100!

BOFFINS AT THE Massachusetts Institute of Technology have invented a crank powered laptop that can be made for $100. The machines' AC adaptor doubles as a carrying strap, there is a hand crank to power them when there's no electricity.

It can fold into more positions than an Indian yoga expert and is covered in a rubber coating so it is pretty tough.
The big idea is that it will enable third world children to have access to IT and the boffins want to make 5 million to 15 million of the machines. It is not just third world countries either. MIT hopes to start buying them for all 500,000 middle and high-school students in the state.

The machines are not exactly quick. They have a 500 mHz AMD chip and flash memory instead of a hard drive. It runs on Linux too. However the laptops can connect to Wi-Fi wireless networks and be part of "mesh" networks.The hand crank sounds a great idea, but apparently you only get 10 minutes of juice from a minute’s winding so it might not be so useful.

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MIT Picks Maker of $100 Laptop
To Standardize Linux
Run Linux on your XBox
WTF...Synthetic Human Skin Laptop Bags
Laptop catches fire at LAX... I bet they ban laptops on planes now...

Google has updated its desktop search tool with an automated sidebar that learns your interests as you surf.

Google Desktop 2 is available for download here and gives users the ability to search their own PC and the web simultaneously as well as including an intelligent sidebar that presents topics likely to be of interest and monitors RSS feeds.

Looking at the user's habits allows the software to filter the information in the sidebar, limiting the need for manual configuration.

Continue reading "Schmidt's Google Rolls Out Super-Intelligent Software"

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Microsoft uses cracked software!
WTF? Indian Beggar Rolls On Street To Beg
Sushi may be bad for health... There goes my spicy tuna rolls...
Super Bowl and Olympics in NYC?????
Google your PC.......

Apple Computer on Tuesday introduced Mighty Mouse, the company's next generation USB 1.1 and 2.0 mouse. Mighty Mouse offers users up to four independently programmable buttons and a Scroll Ball that lets users scroll in any direction -- vertically, horizontally and even diagonally, according to Apple.

The release of Mighty Mouse ends years of holdout by Apple in not producing a multi-button mouse, despite many requests from users. Many users switched to third-party multi-button mice, leaving Apple's mouse in the box.

"We just weren't willing to compromise on design and ease of use," David Moody, Apple's vice president of Worldwide Mac Product Marketing, told MacCentral.

Read more: Apple introduces the Mighty Mouse - Yahoo! News

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Apple unveils the Video iPod! It's about damn time!
Heidi Klum looking mighty FINE!!!
DISH Network Introduces PocketDISH Portable Media Companion
New Mouse

The world's largest software company has launched a high-level campaign against the one factor it fears could threaten its market dominance above all others: pirated copies of its own products.

From now, users of Microsoft products will face spot-checks of the authenticity of their software before they are allowed to download updates. Read more...

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Mount St. Helens VolcanoCam! The image updates every 5 minutes...
BEWARE!!! Freepay.com, the FreeiPods.com company is no longer trustworthy or legitimate!!!
Subscribe to get daily IHMC email updates! Powered by Feedburner.
I just received a very scary email about a substance women use to lure us in...BEWARE!!!!

How can some guy make the decision that the company he is in control of could operate just as well with 15,000 less people?
What the hell were these 15,000 people doing that all of sudden Hewlett-Packard has decided they don't need them anymore?


****UPDATE****
Here's a nice companion story to the one above...
Hewlett-Packard has awarded its new chief information officer, Randall Mott, whom HP lured from rival Dell, a pay package worth at least $15.3 million, according to a regulatory filing made Friday with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Nice timing by HP huh?

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I've got an empty one in my garage, I was going to make a table out of it!
Japanese Automated Parking Garage... What happens when it breaks???
Top 10 Worst Jobs in Science
What REALLY happened to Steve Jobs...
These are awesome! Shirts for women with boob jobs!

Yep, the dreaded BSOD Blue Screen Of Death is to be enhanced with a new RSOD (RED Screen Of Death)! Like crashing your computer and making you reboot (daily) wasn't enough.
Thanks Microsoft.

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Screenshot from Joi Ito's blog

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Microsoft should have protected my porn stash... As if Microsoft can secure anything!
This lady needs to wear a bra! There is a little nudity...
Wear your iPod Shuffle on your shirt... Why didn't I think of that?
As long as the hot PETA chicks keep getting naked I'll still wear fur. Actually I don't like fur but I may have to start!
Let Microsoft Do Your Algebra......

Coke vending machines are everywhere. They're getting more and more like regular computers with LEDs that show little "ICE COLD" messages and whatnot. Well, there's a lot more to those little built-in computers than you may think. Included in the low-level operating system that these babies run on is an actual debug menu that gives you access to all sorts of machine information and possibly gives you free cokes in older machines.
Read all about it here.
I can't wait to try this.

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How to trick a coke machine and get 2 for 1... I have to try this!
Toddler gets stuck in vending machine... LOL! My son would have just beat the crap out of the machine...
Check out this hack in GTA: San Adreas... NSFC!
Coffe Coke ........... Disgutsing!.......
AWESOME Nintendo DS Lite Hack Card!

Why? Because you can! And if you put a mod chip in your XBox, you can build your own "media center computer" that's WAY better than anything Micro$oft has released. (And run Arcade games, NES, SNES, N64, Atari 2600, Sega Genesis, Game Boy, Game Boy Advance, etc. etc. etc.)

The XBox is totally under appreciated! Check out more info here here and here( and here, and here)

Read the full Linux article here (From xbox-scene.com)

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ROTFL! Dad gives kid an Xbox 360 box filled with coal and sells the Xbox for $100!
XBOX 2 / XBOX 360 / XBOX Next Stories.....
To Standardize Linux
MIT invents $100 AMD Linux laptop
Free copy of Linspire Linux!

Actually, this works with any MP3 player, I don't even have an iPod...

Get StreamRipper for your O/S. I've used the Windows GUI version and am currently using the Linux console version. It runs 24x7 pulling K-HaHa into a directory for me to sync to and listen to/from/at work.

I would not recommend this for dial-up users.

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FrenchMaid TV! Finally a video podcast I'll watch!
Free Video Podcast from Cams.com! NSFC!

Yeah, yeah, I know, not really new, but for TV junkies, more is always better! (and I haven't posted much recently)
Building your own PVR is cool enough, but the web and WAP interfaces make this capable of just being a video slave machine, without needing to fart around with video out under Linux or anything, just grab your regular PC or "Enhanced" XBox and away you go.

Yes, that's scheduling a recording from a Blackberry!

It can also be split into recorder/viewer pieces with one server feeding serveral viewers. I'm going to use mine as a headless pvr in the basement to just record the TiVo's conflicting stuff and shuttle it over to my server to watch from the Xbox.

Geek factor = MacGyver's Sensei
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