MILITANTPLATYPUS

A small collection of very, very motivated office pranks

[ Portugal No Seu Melhor ]

“Microtek’s new Handheld DVD Player forgoes the usual clamshell design of most portable DVD players to instead embed a 3.5-inch LCD screen right in the face plate (I guess it still opens like a clam, you know what I meant; not a folder). It addition to a fold-out stand for upright viewing, it also can output to a television via the supplied AV cables.

According to the website, it has a battery life of 21 cubed hours times 2, which if I’m calculating correctly is over eighteen thousand hours, so that means it’s either using a D battery filled with the blood of saints, or my browser isn’t rendering something correctly.”
- Gizmodo

Oprah

“Researchers Study Real Viruses to Thwart Virtual

U.S. university researchers will soon begin a $13 million study of the spread of Internet viruses using methods pioneered in tracking the outbreak of human epidemics, researchers said on Wednesday.

The goal is to create a computer network so robust that it can fend off the Internet attacks as they happen, much as the body’s immune system reacts to infection, scientists said.

Carl Landwehr, a program director at the National Science Foundation, which is distributing the grants, said the funds are aimed at identifying Internet worms and viruses quicker and building global defenses.

To do this, researchers will aim to develop a better understanding the relationships between humans, computers, and cyberattacks, he said.”

It gets 180 miles to the tank, and a top speed of 93mph. I think it would be ideal for the commute to work, or to go get some groceries.

All I can say is WOW!
Greg Downing’s Omni-directional Panoramas of the World

And the race is on!
Tech Digest: First 2-megapixel cameraphone for the UK

Okay, so I fell for it. I’ll admit it. I could just delete the post, and pretend that nothing happened, but I won’t. I will own my humiliation, and compound it with this post.

FARK.com: (1115586) Photoshop this mock-up of a submarine’s maneuvering Room.

The ultimate personality quiz. I got Palm OS, which are you?

BBspot - Which OS Are You?

Could it be?
Google builds a browser | The Register

Not much more to say, although I would like to know exactly when and where this is from..

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