Physicists have made water run uphill quite literally under its own steam. The droplets propel themselves over metal sheets scored with a carefully designed array of grooves. The US scientists did the experiment to demonstrate how the random motion of water molecules in hot steam could be channelled into a directed force. ... Droplets can also climb over steps, and up inclines of up to 12 degrees. Filmed with high-speed cameras, the droplets appear to take on a life of their own, sliding along like sloppy amoebae. ...Many chips have cooling circuits nowadays, but these require pumps to drive the coolant, which in turn generate even more heat.
Suitably micro-patterned channels, argues Dr Linke, would make the coolant flow automatically.
"It would be very neat if we could use the heat from the chip to be the pump, because you would not need any additional power, but also because the pumping only happens when the thing is warm; it would also be a thermostat at the same time. So it would all be in one package." - bbc
Monday, May 1, 2006
Scientists make water run uphill
Scientists make water run uphill
Suitably micro-patterned channels, argues Dr Linke, would make the coolant flow automatically.
"It would be very neat if we could use the heat from the chip to be the pump, because you would not need any additional power, but also because the pumping only happens when the thing is warm; it would also be a thermostat at the same time. So it would all be in one package." - bbc
Flight 93: What Really Happened?
Despite the Hollywood movie depicting the passengers as heros who stormed the cockpit, some say that Flight 93 was shot down by Maj. Rick Gibney on orders to Col. Robert Marr from Dick Cheney. Flashback:
At 9:35, the Happy Hooligans of the North Dakota Air Guard flying F-16s were ordered to take flight 93 out.
Rick Gibney is the Air Guard member identified as doing so some time between 9:35 and 10:00 AM on 9/11.
"Major Rick Gibney fired two sidewinder missiles at the aircraft and destroyed it in mid flight at precisely 0958;
He was awarded a medal from the Governor one year later for his heroic actions. As well as Decorated by Congress on 9/13/2001.
... Major Rick Gibney did as he was ordered and did nothing criminal. He was merely following orders, of which he had no choice. Please do not harrass (sic) this man or bother him for doing what his CO & ultimately George Bush, ordered him to do." - prisonplanet
One site claims that there was no crash at all, just an underground explosion. Bizzare.
"What happened to the plane and its passengers? We don?t know. There is some evidence, as presented by the researcher woodybox, that Flight 93 landed at Cleveland-Hopkins airport."
Just keep in mind that when the Govt. tries to hide the truth one technique is to make up incorrect conspiracy theories it can later debunk. The shoot-down scenario seems most correct to me based on the early stories I read. But who can say for sure?
Flight 93: What Really Happened?
Despite the Hollywood movie depicting the passengers as heros who stormed the cockpit, some say that Flight 93 was shot down by Maj. Rick Gibney on orders to Col. Robert Marr from Dick Cheney. Flashback:
At 9:35, the Happy Hooligans of the North Dakota Air Guard flying F-16s were ordered to take flight 93 out.
"Major Rick Gibney fired two sidewinder missiles at the aircraft and destroyed it in mid flight at precisely 0958;
He was awarded a medal from the Governor one year later for his heroic actions. As well as Decorated by Congress on 9/13/2001.
... Major Rick Gibney did as he was ordered and did nothing criminal. He was merely following orders, of which he had no choice. Please do not harrass (sic) this man or bother him for doing what his CO & ultimately George Bush, ordered him to do." - prisonplanet
One site claims that there was no crash at all, just an underground explosion. Bizzare.
"What happened to the plane and its passengers? We don?t know. There is some evidence, as presented by the researcher woodybox, that Flight 93 landed at Cleveland-Hopkins airport."
Just keep in mind that when the Govt. tries to hide the truth one technique is to make up incorrect conspiracy theories it can later debunk. The shoot-down scenario seems most correct to me based on the early stories I read. But who can say for sure?
400 Dolphins on African Coast.
"At least 400 dead dolphins were found on Zanzibar's northern coastline early Friday, alarming villagers, fishermen and tour operators, residents said. " - latimes
"Among other possibilities, marine biologists were examining whether U.S. Navy sonar threw the animals off course." - msnbc
Sometimes I feel like humans are a virus on this planet. We are slowly destroying all life, including our own.
400 Dolphins on African Coast.
"At least 400 dead dolphins were found on Zanzibar's northern coastline early Friday, alarming villagers, fishermen and tour operators, residents said. " - latimes
"Among other possibilities, marine biologists were examining whether U.S. Navy sonar threw the animals off course." - msnbc
Sometimes I feel like humans are a virus on this planet. We are slowly destroying all life, including our own.
Bush: I am above the laws.
This so absurd. Why don't people stop talking about it and throw this insane criminal in jail? Impeach Bush, give him a fair trial, get him the help he needs, then lets elect a real leader and start fixing this country. The USA does not need a dictator.
President Bush has quietly claimed the authority to disobey more than 750 laws enacted since hetook office, asserting that he has the power to set aside any statute passed by Congress when it conflicts with his interpretation of the Constitution. ... with the disclosure of Bush's domestic spying program, in which he ignored a law requiring warrants to tap the phones of Americans, many legal specialists say Bush is hardly reluctant to bypass laws he believes he has the constitutional authority to override. ... Many of the laws Bush said he can bypass -- including the torture ban -- involve the military. - more at boston.com
Bush: I am above the laws.
This so absurd. Why don't people stop talking about it and throw this insane criminal in jail? Impeach Bush, give him a fair trial, get him the help he needs, then lets elect a real leader and start fixing this country. The USA does not need a dictator.
President Bush has quietly claimed the authority to disobey more than 750 laws enacted since he
2006: The world’s 10 best restaurants
I love food. If I had the money and the time, I'd try them all. The French Laundry is close. Some people think the place is evil, however. Check out the reviews on yelp. Price Range: $275.00 to $460.00. How about the top vegetarian restaurants in the world?
The World's Best Restaurant / Best Restaurant in Europe
1 El Bulli Spain
2 The Fat Duck UK
3 Pierre Gagnaire France
4 French Laundry USA
5 Tetsuya Australia
6 Michel Bras France
7 Alain Ducasse - Le Louis XV Monaco
8 Per Se New York
9 Arzak Spain
10 Mugaritz Spain
See the next 40 best here.
2006: The world’s 10 best restaurants
I love food. If I had the money and the time, I'd try them all. The French Laundry is close. Some people think the place is evil, however. Check out the reviews on yelp. Price Range: $275.00 to $460.00. How about the top vegetarian restaurants in the world?
The World's Best Restaurant / Best Restaurant in Europe
1 El Bulli Spain
2 The Fat Duck UK
3 Pierre Gagnaire France
4 French Laundry USA
5 Tetsuya Australia
6 Michel Bras France
7 Alain Ducasse - Le Louis XV Monaco
8 Per Se New York
9 Arzak Spain
10 Mugaritz Spain
See the next 40 best here.
The End of Sex?
[Pornography] ... appears to have become the industrialized world's number one cultural product. If that strikes you as surprising, then the following information should be instructive. Pornography is now globally worth $57 billion, with the United States - porn's spiritual home - accounting for $12 billion (by comparison, Hollywood is worth a mere $10 billion). In the United States, a conservative estimate of new pornographic movie production is 50 new movies a day, and more than 500 million porno films are rented every year. ... In many Eastern cultures, including Hindu, Japanese and Islamic, foreplay - yes, that word - is not just recommended: it is a religious requirement. But pornography is turning thoughtful, loving intercourse into an historical curiosity. - ohmy
Porn is like processed sugar. The sugar in fruit attracts us biologically. This is as it should be because fruit has all kinds of healthy things like vitamin C. With processed sugar, however, we have outsmarted ourselves. We've taken the pure attractant out of fruit and put it into things that are not all that healthy. Similarly, the visual and auditory stimulation the adult entertainment industry provides occurs naturally when real people interact with intimacy. Erotic sights and sounds are biologically intended to be coupled with affection and love. But with porn, as with sugar, we've distilled the attractants. So, where are the cavities? Perhaps as with sugar, some people get them and some don't? The "cavities" are holes in relationships ... holes in individual's self-esteem over time if this attactant replaces healthy intimate connections. Many Americans get addicted to sugar. I say: try switching to honey.
The End of Sex?
[Pornography] ... appears to have become the industrialized world's number one cultural product. If that strikes you as surprising, then the following information should be instructive. Pornography is now globally worth $57 billion, with the United States - porn's spiritual home - accounting for $12 billion (by comparison, Hollywood is worth a mere $10 billion). In the United States, a conservative estimate of new pornographic movie production is 50 new movies a day, and more than 500 million porno films are rented every year. ... In many Eastern cultures, including Hindu, Japanese and Islamic, foreplay - yes, that word - is not just recommended: it is a religious requirement. But pornography is turning thoughtful, loving intercourse into an historical curiosity. - ohmy
Porn is like processed sugar. The sugar in fruit attracts us biologically. This is as it should be because fruit has all kinds of healthy things like vitamin C. With processed sugar, however, we have outsmarted ourselves. We've taken the pure attractant out of fruit and put it into things that are not all that healthy. Similarly, the visual and auditory stimulation the adult entertainment industry provides occurs naturally when real people interact with intimacy. Erotic sights and sounds are biologically intended to be coupled with affection and love. But with porn, as with sugar, we've distilled the attractants. So, where are the cavities? Perhaps as with sugar, some people get them and some don't? The "cavities" are holes in relationships ... holes in individual's self-esteem over time if this attactant replaces healthy intimate connections. Many Americans get addicted to sugar. I say: try switching to honey.
Bird flu found in New Jersey
"Authorities have discovered a mild form of avian influenza at a live bird market in New Jersey, but it is not the deadly H5N1 strain governments around the world are trying to contain, the state's agriculture department said." - reuters
Bird flu found in New Jersey
"Authorities have discovered a mild form of avian influenza at a live bird market in New Jersey, but it is not the deadly H5N1 strain governments around the world are trying to contain, the state's agriculture department said." - reuters
Top 10 Unbreakable Sports Records
"Whenever the inevitable debate arises among sports fans concerning the record that is the least likely to ever be broken, many people are quick to cite Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hit streak. But there are many other -- perhaps lesser-known -- achievements by athletes or teams that are likely to still be standing well into the future. Here are the Top 10 unbreakable sports records." - Read the top 10 at askmen
Top 10 Unbreakable Sports Records
"Whenever the inevitable debate arises among sports fans concerning the record that is the least likely to ever be broken, many people are quick to cite Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hit streak. But there are many other -- perhaps lesser-known -- achievements by athletes or teams that are likely to still be standing well into the future. Here are the Top 10 unbreakable sports records." - Read the top 10 at askmen
Computer Hacker Finds Alien Spacecraft Picture?
They may lock him up for life in Guananamo as a terrorist because he has learned too much. Combine Bush's illegal secret spying on Americans with this idea and you can wonder if the real purpose of Gitmo is not to keep us safe from the most dangerous people in the world, but rather to be a memory hole, to keep people quiet who know certain details about certain things. ... Or perhaps Gary is an agent? TrustNo.one
"I saw what I'm convinced was some kind of satellite or spacecraft but it was manufactured by no means I have ever seen before -- there were no rivets, no seams, it was like one flawless piece of material. And that was above theEarth."
...LONDON (Reuters) - To the United States, he is a seriously dangerous man who put the nation's security at risk by committing "the biggest military computer hack of all time." But Briton Gary McKinnon says he is just an ordinary computer nerd who wanted to find out whether aliens and UFOs exist.
During his two-year quest, McKinnon broke into computers at the Pentagon, NASA and the Johnson Space Center as well as systems used by the U.S. army, navy and air force. U.S. officials say he caused $700,000 worth of damage and even crippled vital defense systems shortly after the September 11 attacks. The unemployed computer programmer is now battling extradition to the United States, where, if found guilty, he faces up to 70 years in jail and fines of up to $1.75 million. His lawyer fears he could even be sent to Guantanamo Bay.
It's all a far cry from how he first got into hacking: watching a film about a teenage boy who breaks into a military central computer and almost starts World War Three. "I had seen the film 'War Games' and I do remember clearly thinking at the time, that's amazing -- a great big military computer system and a young, spotty teenager," the softly spoken 39-year-old told Reuters in an interview.
"HACKER'S HANDBOOK"
A decade later, McKinnon, armed with information gleaned from the book, "The Hacker's Handbook," began his snooping. During 2000-1 from his home in Hornsey, north London, and using a computer with just a limited 56K dial-up modem, he turned his sights on the American government and military. "My main thing was wanting to find out about UFOs and suppressed technology," he said insisting his intention was not to cause damage. "I wanted to ... find out stuff the government wouldn't tell you about."
He said it was easy, despite being only a rank amateur. Using the hacking name "Solo," he discovered that many U.S. top-security systems were using an insecure Microsoft Windows program and had no password protection at all. "So I got commercially available off-the-shelf software and used them to scan large military networks ... anything I thought might have possible links to UFO information," he said.
ALIENS?
He said he came across a group called the "Disclosure Project," which had expert testimonies from senior figures who said technology obtained from extra-terrestrials did exist.
One NASA scientist had reported that the Johnson Space Center had a facility where UFOs were airbrushed out of high-resolution satellite images. So, he hacked in. "I saw what I'm convinced was some kind of satellite or spacecraft but it was manufactured by no means I have ever seen before -- there were no rivets, no seams,it was like one flawless piece of material. And that was above the Earth." However, his probing came to an end in March 2002, when British police arrested him. "I was completely obsessed. I was completely addicted. It was like a huge game but I was getting very paranoid," he said.
McKinnon's own story might sound like the plot of a movie, but the charges he faces are deadly serious. He argues he is being made a scapegoat by U.S. authorities to deter other would-be hackers rather than address their own security flaws. "I'm already being treated as a terrorist," he said. "I appear in an official American army pamphlet ... in a guide to combating terrorism in the 21st century." The next stage of his legal battle takes place on May 10. But he hints that whatever happens, he has a lot more to tell.
"I can't talk about a lot of stuff that I found. It's just not the right time," he said with a smile.
Computer Hacker Finds Alien Spacecraft Picture?
They may lock him up for life in Guananamo as a terrorist because he has learned too much. Combine Bush's illegal secret spying on Americans with this idea and you can wonder if the real purpose of Gitmo is not to keep us safe from the most dangerous people in the world, but rather to be a memory hole, to keep people quiet who know certain details about certain things. ... Or perhaps Gary is an agent? TrustNo.one
"I saw what I'm convinced was some kind of satellite or spacecraft but it was manufactured by no means I have ever seen before -- there were no rivets, no seams, it was like one flawless piece of material. And that was above the
...LONDON (Reuters) - To the United States, he is a seriously dangerous man who put the nation's security at risk by committing "the biggest military computer hack of all time." But Briton Gary McKinnon says he is just an ordinary computer nerd who wanted to find out whether aliens and UFOs exist.
During his two-year quest, McKinnon broke into computers at the Pentagon, NASA and the Johnson Space Center as well as systems used by the U.S. army, navy and air force. U.S. officials say he caused $700,000 worth of damage and even crippled vital defense systems shortly after the September 11 attacks. The unemployed computer programmer is now battling extradition to the United States, where, if found guilty, he faces up to 70 years in jail and fines of up to $1.75 million. His lawyer fears he could even be sent to Guantanamo Bay.
It's all a far cry from how he first got into hacking: watching a film about a teenage boy who breaks into a military central computer and almost starts World War Three. "I had seen the film 'War Games' and I do remember clearly thinking at the time, that's amazing -- a great big military computer system and a young, spotty teenager," the softly spoken 39-year-old told Reuters in an interview.
"HACKER'S HANDBOOK"
A decade later, McKinnon, armed with information gleaned from the book, "The Hacker's Handbook," began his snooping. During 2000-1 from his home in Hornsey, north London, and using a computer with just a limited 56K dial-up modem, he turned his sights on the American government and military. "My main thing was wanting to find out about UFOs and suppressed technology," he said insisting his intention was not to cause damage. "I wanted to ... find out stuff the government wouldn't tell you about."
He said it was easy, despite being only a rank amateur. Using the hacking name "Solo," he discovered that many U.S. top-security systems were using an insecure Microsoft Windows program and had no password protection at all. "So I got commercially available off-the-shelf software and used them to scan large military networks ... anything I thought might have possible links to UFO information," he said.
ALIENS?
He said he came across a group called the "Disclosure Project," which had expert testimonies from senior figures who said technology obtained from extra-terrestrials did exist.
One NASA scientist had reported that the Johnson Space Center had a facility where UFOs were airbrushed out of high-resolution satellite images. So, he hacked in. "I saw what I'm convinced was some kind of satellite or spacecraft but it was manufactured by no means I have ever seen before -- there were no rivets, no seams,
McKinnon's own story might sound like the plot of a movie, but the charges he faces are deadly serious. He argues he is being made a scapegoat by U.S. authorities to deter other would-be hackers rather than address their own security flaws. "I'm already being treated as a terrorist," he said. "I appear in an official American army pamphlet ... in a guide to combating terrorism in the 21st century." The next stage of his legal battle takes place on May 10. But he hints that whatever happens, he has a lot more to tell.
"I can't talk about a lot of stuff that I found. It's just not the right time," he said with a smile.
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