Thursday, June 01, 2006

Material Found to Become 2 Dimensional at Quantum Critical Point

Recent research, shows that at the lowest temperature point at which the change of state occurs -- called the Quantum Critical Point -- the Han purple pigment actually loses a dimension: it goes from 3D to 2D.

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Tuesday, May 30, 2006

First Zelda & Famicom Disk System TV Commercial

This is the original TV commercial that aired in Japan for the Famicom Disk System which was an add-on to the Famicom/NES. This system was Nintendo's 1986 answer to downloadable games as gamers could take their yellow floppies to a local store that had a Famicom Disk Writer and get an entirely new game written to the disk for only 500 Yen.

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Strap Up and Jump Like Mario

The Nintendo Amusement Park lets players defy gravity in an environment that mimics the onscreen world of Super Mario Bros. David Cohn reports from New York.

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Virgin Mobile introduces free calls (after ads)

Virgin Mobile USA, a cell-phone service used mostly by teenagers and 20-somethings, said on Tuesday it was giving its customers the option to earn free calls if they view and respond to ads on their phones.

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Pharmaceutical company sells AIDS-infected medication

Bayer knew that the batch had been infected with AIDS so they pulled it from the US market and sold it overseas.

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Oneredpaperclip guy tradesdown... majorly.

Kyle recently traded an afternoon with Alice Cooper, not for the firetruck, or the entertainment system but instead for a... snowglobe?

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Baby born with 3rd arm (with terrifying picture)

The boy, identified only as "Jie-jie," also was born with just one kidney and may have problems that could lead to curvature of the spine, local media reports said. Jie-jie cried when either of his left arms was touched, but smiled and responded normally to other stimuli, the reports said. Crazy.

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18 Days of Reckless Computing

Someone over at Wired tests his new Dell to see how many viruses and how much malware it takes to get the Geek Squad to call it a total loss.

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18 Days of Reckless Computing

Someone over at wired gives tests his new Dell to see how many viruses and how much malware it takes to get the Geek Squad to call it a total loss.

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Battery Causes Apple iBook To Go Up In Flames! Pics Included.

"I mean, it was five minutes and (the computer) was in flames," Cindy Brown said. "The computer burst into flames. It doesn't seem real that you would have a fire in a computer. We all could have died, and the house could have burned down."

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