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TAPPING YOUR CELL PHONE
Post Date: 2008-11-16 12:00:13 by rowdee
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Tapping your cell phone (important plz read) « Thread Started Today at 8:48am » Bob Segall/13 Investigates Imagine someone watching your every move, hearing everything you say and knowing where you are at every moment. If you have a cell phone, it could happen to you. 13 Investigates explains how your cell phone can be secretly hijacked and used against you - and how to protect yourself. After four months of harassing phone calls, Courtney Kuykendall was afraid to answer her cell phone. The Tacoma, Washington, teenager was receiving graphic, violent threats at all hours. And when she and her family changed their cell phone numbers and got new phones, the calls continued. ...
The world has never seen such freezing heat
Post Date: 2008-11-16 08:29:29 by Disgusted
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A surreal scientific blunder last week raised a huge question mark about the temperature records that underpin the worldwide alarm over global warming. On Monday, Nasa's Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS), which is run by Al Gore's chief scientific ally, Dr James Hansen, and is one of four bodies responsible for monitoring global temperatures, announced that last month was the hottest October on record. This was startling. Across the world there were reports of unseasonal snow and plummeting temperatures last month, from the American Great Plains to China, and from the Alps to New Zealand. China's official news agency reported that Tibet had suffered its "worst ...
Scientist Tries to Smear Stanton Friedman (UFO Woo)
Post Date: 2008-11-15 18:44:34 by gengis gandhi
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Scientist Tries to Smear Stanton Friedman Herald Tribune November 15, 2008 Keywords: Florida, UFOs It’s a rare thing to see the conceits of establishment science splashed out in the Letters to the Editor. But that’s just what happened over the past week in The Tallahassee Democrat. Check it out: Since late August, the Mary Brogan Museum of Art & Science in Tallahassee has been hosting a Roswell Exhibit. Old news clippings from that 1947 UFO event, audio, space aliens, all that. The display runs through December. Last weekend, the Museum also sponsored two lectures by Stan Friedman, who helped revive public curiosity in the coverup by turning his research into several ...
Sea Ice Growing at Fastest Pace on Record
Post Date: 2008-11-14 23:47:47 by Original_Intent
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Rapid Rebound Brings Ice Back to Levels from the 1980s. An abnormally cool Arctic is seeing dramatic changes to ice levels. In sharp contrast to the rapid melting seen last year, the amount of global sea ice has rebounded sharply and is now growing rapidly. The total amount of ice, which set a record low value last year, grew in October at the fastest pace since record-keeping began in 1979. The actual amount of ice area varies seasonally from about 16 to 23 million square kilometers. However, the mean anomaly-- defined as the difference between the current area and the seasonally-adjusted average-- changes much slower, and generally varies by only 2-3 million square kilometers. That ...
One In 4 Mammals In Jeopardy
Post Date: 2008-11-14 00:04:40 by WTF?
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One In 4 Mammals In Jeopardy A new study shows that almost 25 percent of mammal species are in danger of going extinct. What do you think? Steven Frank,Shoe Repairer "Good riddance. Giving birth to live young is just so disgusting." Ryan Krutsch, Roofer "If the worst happens, you can always get some day laborers to fill their ecological niche." Lora Mierendorf,Weights and Measures Inspector "Don't worry. I've been raising some dogs and cats in captivity, just in case."
Global warning: We are actually heading towards a new Ice Age, claim scientists
Post Date: 2008-11-13 11:48:47 by Jhoffa_
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Global warning: We are actually heading towards a new Ice Age, claim scientists It has plagued scientists and politicians for decades, but scientists now say global warming is not the problem. We are actually heading for the next Ice Age, they claim. British and Canadian experts warned the big freeze could bury the east of Britain in 6,000ft of ice. Most of Scotland, Northern Ireland and England could be covered in 3,000ft-thick ice fields. The expanses could reach 6,000ft from Aberdeen to Kent – towering above Ben Nevis, Britain’s tallest mountain. And what's more, the experts blame the global change on falling - rather than climbing - levels of greenhouse gases. Lead ...
Veins to Replace Fingerprints and Retinas as Most Secure Form of ID
Post Date: 2008-11-11 11:50:20 by CadetD
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Technology.timesonline.co.uk Forget fingerprinting. Companies in Europe have begun to roll out an advanced biometric system from Japan that identifies people from the unique patterns of veins inside their fingers. Finger vein authentication, introduced widely by Japanese banks in the last two years, is claimed to be the fastest and most secure biometric method. Developed by Hitachi, it verifies a person's identity based on the lattice work of minute blood vessels under the skin. Easydentic Group, a European leader in the biometric industry based in France, has announced that it will be using Hitachi's finger vein security in a range of door access systems for the UK and European ...
Judge dismisses charges in Mallove murder
Post Date: 2008-11-10 22:07:17 by rack42
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New London, Conn. — A superior court judge Thursday dismissed the murder charges against two men arrested three years ago in the slaying of a New Hampshire scientist in Norwich. The news was met with smiles and tears from Joseph Reilly, 42, and Gary McAvoy, 46, who stood anxiously before Judge Susan B. Handy in a New London courtroom. Both men were charged by Norwich police in the brutal May 14, 2004 beating death of Eugene Mallove, 56. “It’s been a hard three and a half years,” Reilly said. “I know the victim’s family is feeling it too. All along...we’ve said we’re innocent.” McAvoy, in tears, asked for some time with his mother. Both men ...
Mini nuclear plants to power 20,000 homes
Post Date: 2008-11-08 21:25:09 by Jhoffa_
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Mini nuclear plants to power 20,000 homes Nuclear power plants smaller than a garden shed and able to power 20,000 homes will be on sale within five years, say scientists at Los Alamos, the US government laboratory which developed the first atomic bomb. The miniature reactors will be factory-sealed, contain no weapons-grade material, have no moving parts and will be nearly impossible to steal because they will be encased in concrete and buried underground. The US government has licensed the technology to Hyperion, a New Mexico-based company which said last week that it has taken its first firm orders and plans to start mass production within five years. 'Our goal is to generate ...
Check Out This Great Invention--Investors Welcome!
Post Date: 2008-11-06 21:15:16 by James Deffenbach
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Ruim (pronounced wheem) is the Portuguese word for bad--therefore, Bad Windows. A play on words. The boy who created this is a young Brazilian who loves computers and has a great sense of humor and did this for a school project. He had to create a new product and the advertising for it.
The Best Alternative Energy Car
Post Date: 2008-11-06 10:26:36 by richard9151
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In 1932, J.M. Custer of Piggott, Arkansas had an idea for a car that would run on compressed air. He not only built the car, but it actually ran. He used an engine that resembled a radial airplane motor in appearance. It was mounted upright in the same space occupied by gasoline motors in standard cars. Four tanks filled with compressed air powered the car 500 miles at a speed of 35 miles an hour. The engine did not require a cooling system, ignition system, carburetor, nor the hundreds of moving parts included in a standard gasoline motor. The technology didn’t attract much interest for 75 years. But it’s resurfacing, using today’s high technology. A research and ...
The Holographic Universe
Post Date: 2008-11-05 14:39:03 by gengis gandhi
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Michael Talbot (1953-1992), was the author of a number of books highlighting parallels between ancient mysticism and quantum mechanics, and espousing a theoretical model of reality that suggests the physical universe is akin to a giant hologram. In The Holographic Universe, Talbot made many references to the work of David Bohm and Karl Pribram, and it is quite apparent that the combined work of Bohm and Karl Pribram is largely the cornerstone upon which Talbot built his ideas. The Holographic Universe In 1982 a remarkable event took place. At the University of Paris a research team led by physicist Alain Aspect performed what may turn out to be one of the most important experiments of ...
Do You Know What This Is?
Post Date: 2008-11-01 22:42:13 by James Deffenbach
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Translation Do You Know What This Is? It is a hard drive of 5 MB from 1956... In September of 1956 IBM launched 305 RAMAC, the first computer with a hard disk/drive. The hard drive weighed about a ton and had a capacity of 5 MB... And you are complaining about your Pen Drive of 4 GB, isn't that right?
Magnetic Portals Connect Sun and Earth
Post Date: 2008-10-31 09:54:31 by farmfriend
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Magnetic Portals Connect Sun and Earth Author: Dr. Tony Phillips | Credit: Science@NASA Oct. 30, 2008: During the time it takes you to read this article, something will happen high overhead that until recently many scientists didn't believe in. A magnetic portal will open, linking Earth to the sun 93 million miles away. Tons of high-energy particles may flow through the opening before it closes again, around the time you reach the end of the page. "It's called a flux transfer event or 'FTE,'" says space physicist David Sibeck of the Goddard Space Flight Center. "Ten years ago I was pretty sure they didn't exist, but now the evidence is ...
Snow blankets London for Global Warming debate
Post Date: 2008-10-30 13:08:55 by farmfriend
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Snow blankets London for Global Warming debateHow Parliament passed the Climate Bill By Andrew Orlowski (andrew.orlowski@theregister.co.uk) Posted in Government, 29th October 2008 12:35 GMT Snow fell as the House of Commons debated Global Warming yesterday - the first October fall in the metropolis since 1922. The Mother of Parliaments was discussing the Mother of All Bills for the last time, in a marathon six hour session. In order to combat a projected two degree centigrade rise in global temperature, the Climate Change Bill pledges the UK to reduce its carbon dioxide emissions by 80 per cent by 2050. The bill was receiving a third reading, which means both the last chance for both ...
Lorne Gunter: Thirty years of warmer temperatures go poof
Post Date: 2008-10-28 23:27:09 by farmfriend
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Lorne Gunter: Thirty years of warmer temperatures go poof In early September, I began noticing a string of news stories about scientists rejecting the orthodoxy on global warming. Actually, it was more like a string of guest columns and long letters to the editor since it is hard for skeptical scientists to get published in the cabal of climate journals now controlled by the Great Sanhedrin of the environmental movement. Still, the number of climate change skeptics is growing rapidly. Because a funny thing is happening to global temperatures -- they're going down, not up. On the same day (Sept. 5) that areas of southern Brazil were recording one of their latest winter snowfalls ever ...
Fun with Fractals
Post Date: 2008-10-28 21:12:36 by rack42
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Links to Fractal articles. Fractal antenna constructions http://www.scienceprog.com/fractal-antenna-constructions/ Did you know: Military uses fractal antennas http://www.fractenna.com/ Fractal Antennas Offer Benefits http://www.hbci.com/~wenonah/cfa/fractal.htm "We have been able to use a fractalized helix to shrink the height to one-third normal with the same gain," Cohen said. The trade-off with this reduction in size is a decrease in bandwidth to slightly less than 25 percent." Biology is fractal: E=M*3/4 Scaling of growth: Plants and animals are not so different http://www.pnas.org/content/98/5/2113.full?ck=nck Fractal Analysis of Nuclear Medicine Images Again: ...
Oil Is NOT A Fossil Fuel - It Is Abiotic
Post Date: 2008-10-28 19:36:14 by wudidiz
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Discovery backs theory oil not 'fossil fuel' New evidence supports premise that Earth produces endless supply Oil Is NOT A Fossil Fuel - It Is Abiotic NASA discovers that Oil is not a fossil fuel. Peak Oil Confirmed Hoax
Poster Comment:Just when I thought I knew everything...
New solar cell material achieves almost 100% efficiency, could solve world-wide energy problems
Post Date: 2008-10-28 11:28:28 by christine
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Columbus (OH) - Researchers at Ohio State University have accidentally discovered a new solar cell material capable of absorbing all of the sun's visible light energy. The material is comprised of a hybrid of plastics, molybdenum and titanium. The team discovered it not only fluoresces (as most solar cells do), but also phosphoresces. Electrons in a phosphorescent state remain at a place where they can be "siphoned off" as electricity over 7 million times longer than those generated in a fluorescent state. This combination of materials also utilizes the entire visible spectrum of light energy, translating into a theoretical potential of almost 100% efficiency. Commercial ...
Instant porridge 8000 years old
Post Date: 2008-10-28 06:03:32 by Ada
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Age-old recipe: Instant porridge has been part of human diet for more than 8000 years, researchers have found (Source: iStockphoto) Related Stories Breakfast 8000 years ago wasn't that much different from what we enjoy today, according to a study that describes the world's oldest known cooked cereal. Dating from between 5920 to 5730 BC, the ancient cereal consisted of parboiled bulgur wheat that Early Neolithic Bulgarians could refresh in minutes with hot water. "People boiled the grain, dried it, removed the bran and ground it into coarse particles," lead author Soultana-Maria Valamoti says. "In this form, the cereal grain can be stored throughout the year and ...
ABC News: The U.F.O. Disclosure Process Has Begun [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2008-10-23 23:45:59 by FormerLurker
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UFO crash footage
Post Date: 2008-10-23 22:46:34 by FormerLurker
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Glowing cat may shed light on disease-fighting strategy
Post Date: 2008-10-21 16:21:54 by Tauzero
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Glowing cat may shed light on disease-fighting strategy by John Pope Monday October 20, 2008, 10:40 AM Everyone knows that cats can see in the dark, but that wasn't good enough for some New Orleans scientists. They produced Mr. Green Genes, a cat that glows in the dark and is destined to be more than just a novelty for Halloween parties. He's a nearly 6-month-old orange tabby but, under ultraviolet light, his eyes, gums and tongue glow a vivid lime green, the result of a genetic experiment at the Audubon Center for Research of Endangered Species. Mr. Green Genes is the first fluorescent cat in the United States, said Betsy Dresser, the center's director. The researchers ...
Fighter Jets Ordered to Shoot Down UFO [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2008-10-20 14:12:16 by tom007
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Fighter Jets Ordered to Shoot Down UFO By Noah Shachtman EmailOctober 20, 2008 | 12:26:00 PMCategories: Bizarro
Mcchordf86reduce_2 At the height of the Cold War -- and hysteria about alien invasions -- two U.S. fighter planes were "scrambled and ordered to shoot down a UFO over the English countryside," Reuters reports. The incident is one of thousands of UFO-related files, declassified and released by the British government today.
In one document, F-86 pilot Milton Torres describes his encounter with a huge, erratically-moving object in May, 1957.
"The order came to fire a salvo of rockets at the UFO. The authentication was valid and I selected 24 rockets.
...At the last ...
C7 Corvette Allegedly Put On Indefinite Hold Due To GM Financial Struggles
Post Date: 2008-10-17 21:33:07 by richard9151
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Here's a whopper of a story if it ends up being true: Autoweek is reporting General Motors has placed the next-generation C7 Corvette program on indefinite hold due to the company's shaky financial situation. Sources within GM are saying the program has been shelved for now with no specific timetable for release. This is not to say the 'Vette is dead, only that GM's management has no clearly defined direction for the car. With the pressure from 2020 CAFE requirements and with coffers running dry, there are other more important programs to tend to. Autoweek goes on to look into their crystal ball and imagine a time when the C7 will actually bow as early as 2014 — yikes. ...
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