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Breath-test accuracy

It is just as well a roadside breath-test is not good enough to prosecute in the UK…

The Most Dangerous Person in the World?

Bruce Schneier linked to a rather interesting statistics article looking at the cause of death in America: John Goekler: The Most Dangerous Person in the World?

The single greatest killer of Americans is the so-called “lifestyle disease”. Somewhere between half a million and a million of us get a short ride in a long hearse . . . → Read More: The Most Dangerous Person in the World?

Did Marx predct the bank bailouts?

I got the following email recently and it got me wondering…

We are on the way comrade

“Owners of capital will stimulate the working class to buy more and more of expensive goods, houses and technology, pushing them to take more and more of expensive credits, until their debt becomes unbearable. The unpaid debt will . . . → Read More: Did Marx predct the bank bailouts?

BCC releases iplayer desktop for linux

BBC recently announced that iplayer now supports downloads on windows an linux, in the form of iplayer desktop. You can get started on the iplayer labs page.

So I decided to try it out…

iplayer security dialog – extremely bad! Why can't they get a digital signature for the download?

First I had trouble . . . → Read More: BCC releases iplayer desktop for linux

Top 10 Most Pirated Games of 2008

Even with the terrible DRM shipped with Spore – 1.7 million pirated downloads in 3 months is one hell of a figure…

Top 10 Most Pirated Games of 2008 | TorrentFreak As 2008 is slowly moving toward its end, we start taking a look at the most pirated titles in various categories. First up are . . . → Read More: Top 10 Most Pirated Games of 2008

Alien-like Squid With “Elbows” Filmed at Drilling Site

Alien-like Squid With “Elbows” Filmed at Drilling Site

A mile and a half two and a half kilometers underwater, a remote control submersible’s camera has captured an eerie surprise: an alien-like, long-armed, and—strangest of all—”elbowed” Magnapinna squid

It is certainly interesting that this sort of video is now coming from commercial oil research and not . . . → Read More: Alien-like Squid With “Elbows” Filmed at Drilling Site