Written by Theodore Gray (popsci.com) Hydrogen is going to be big! Sure, sure, you've heard that one before, but this time, just maybe, it's for real. President Bush is touting it as our near-future Freedom Fuel, GM and Toyota are racing to bring the first production-model fuel-cell cars to market, and H 2 FROM H 2 0 As current flows from a 9-volt battery through a cup of water, bubbles of hydrogen form on the negative electrode (connected to the black wire) while oxygen accumu...
Written by Michael W. Robbins (popsci.com) Lord Nelson's H.M.S. Victory in J.M.W. Turner's Battle of Trafalgar . Bottom: The fully loaded U.S.S. Harry S. Truman . National Maritime Museum, London; courtesy Ed Katz (bottom) Going into battle, the captain notes from the bridge that the crosswind has picked up, and he has a word with his officer of the deck. The OOD issues an order to the young helmsman. The helmsman turns the wood-spoked wheel to the right, and the boat...
Written by Ariana Green (popsci.com) Professional competitive eating, like soccer, is not as popular in the United States as it is in the rest of the world, where expert gorgers compete for tens of thousands of dollars per tournament. But we are arguably a nation of amateur competitive eaters, 30.5 percent of us obese and the rest on the Atkins diet, everyone striving to eat as many strips of bacon as possible in 15 minutes. We also have an annual nationwide de facto competitive-eating event....
Subject: Oh to be 6 again this is classic!!!!!! A man asked his wife what she'd like for her birthday. "I'd love to be six again, " she replied. On the morning of her birthday, he arose early, got up made her a nice big bowl of Lucky Charms and then took her off to the local theme park. What a day! He put her on every ride in the park: The Death Slide, the Wall of Fear, the Screaming Monster Roller Coaster, everything there was. Five hours later she staggered out of the theme par...
Written by Jeff Wuorio (bcentral.com) Recently, I stopped at a local hardware store for a new bolt for a wheelbarrow. The only metal pin they had was too long and a clerk gladly volunteered to cut it down to size. As he was sawing away, one of the owners waddled past, scowled and snapped: "Doesn't he have a hacksaw at home?" Granted, we've all been treated to these sorts of remarks, comments and faux pas at businesses of all types and sizes, but that doesn't mean we should. Here, based on ...
Writen by Jeff Wuorio (bcentral.com) Recently, I was standing behind a woman in a pet store. When a young clerk asked if she wanted her dog chews in a bag, the customer snapped like a stale Milk-Bone: "Should I carry them in my hands?" she shrieked, trilling her fingers in the clerk's face. She then somehow managed to segue to accusing the clerk of drinking and sexual promiscuity. The scene melted with the woman storming out and the clerk in tears. Recently, I wrote an article titled "7 th...
(By Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus. Posted: 22/11/2003 at 14:14 GMT)Federal officials this week accused a third Michigan man of conspiring to steal credit card numbers from the Lowe's chain of home improvement stores by taking advantage of an unsecured wi-fi network at store in suburban Detroit. The new defendant, Brian Salcedo, 20, was named by the original suspects, Paul Timmins, 22, and Adam Botbyl, 20, in an FBI interview following their arrest, according to a government affidavit filed in...
The following list of hardware prices have been found on PriceWatch, October 23, 2003 at 10:20AM EST. I've highlighed some items that may be of interest. CPU's $475 Xeon 3.0GHz 533FSB $327 - Xeon 2.8GHz 533FSB $269 - Xeon 2.66GHz 533FSB $228 - Xeon 2.4GHz 533FSB $230 - Xeon 2.0GHz 533FSB $449 Xeon 3.0GHz $310 Xeon 2.8GHz $252 Xeon 2.6GHz $208 - Xeon 2.4GHz $229 - Xeon 2.2GHz $129 - Xeon 2.0GHz $162 - Xeon 1.8GHz $95 - Xeon 1.7GHz $82 - ...
(INQUIRER) TESTS PUTTING an Athlon 64 FX-51, and a 2GHz dual Opteron up against a 3.2GHz Pentium 4 and two PowerMac G5 systems have AMD's 64-bit offerings mashing up the Apple and pulping the Pentium. The Athlon 64 FX system outperforms the 64-bittish G5 systems in most of the benchmarks, including Premiere 6, Word, and Quake III. Apple-friendly Photoshop, still performs best on the platform, though, the dual G5 managing a 15 per cent performance lead over the Athlon 64 FX-51. The dual Opt...
GENEVA (Reuters) - Two major scientific research centers said on Wednesday they had set a new world speed record for sending data across the Internet, equivalent to transferring a full-length DVD film in seven seconds. The European Organization for Nuclear Research, CERN, said the feat, doubling the previous top speed, was achieved in a nearly 30-minute transmission over 7,000 kms of network between Geneva and a partner body in California. CERN, whose laboratories straddle the Franco-Swiss b...
Two sisters, one blonde and one brunette, inherit the family ranch. Unfortunately, after just a few years, they are in financial trouble. In order to keep the bank from repossessing the ranch, they need to purchase a bull so that they can breed their own stock. Upon leaving to inspect a bull, the brunette tells her sister, "When I get there, if I decide to buy the bull, I'll contact you to drive out and haulit home." The brunette arrives at the man's ranch, inspects the bull, and deci...
TWO TOUGH QUESTIONS Question 1: If you knew a woman who was pregnant, who had 8 kids already, three who were deaf, two who were blind, one mentally retarded, and she had syphilis, would you recommend that she have an abortion? Read the next question before looking at the answer for this one. Question 2: It is time to elect a new world leader, and only your vote counts. Here are the facts about the three leading candidates. Candidate A - Associates with crooked ...
In order to enlighten the reader as to the environment in which our ancestors lived, a compilation of articles describing the region, by some of the notable characters of that time, and the circumstances surrounding the events are to follow. Frequent narration (italicized) will be given to clarify our understanding of the individual, and the motivation for giving the account. 1702 Cadillac’s description of Detroit and Vicinity Cadillac sent this description of the “Region...
ARE YOU THE WEAKEST LINK? Below are 4 questions. Answer them instantly. You can't take your time. Answer them immediately. No pencil or paper! OK? Let's find out just how smart and clever you really are. Ready? ... GO!!! FIRST QUESTION: You are participating in a race. You overtake the second person. What position are you in? ANSWER: If you answer that you are first, then you are absolutely wrong! If you overtake the second person and you take his place, you are second! Try not...
I went to the store the other day, and I was in there for only about 5 minutes. When I came out there was a motorcycle cop writing a parking ticket. So, I went up to him and said, "Come on, buddy, how about giving a guy a break?" He ignored me and continued writing the ticket. So I called him a pencil-necked Nazi. He glared at me and started writing another ticket for worn tires! So I called him a piece of horse s**t. He finished the second ticket and put it on the windshield...