Stranger than fiction: parallel universes beguile science
Is the universe — correction: “our” universe — no more than a speck of cosmic dust amid an infinite number of parallel worlds?
Archive for January 1, 2008
Crazy Nintendo Support Call: Smack Wiimote to Fix It
Nintendo Help Desk: “Okay - I want you to take the remote, button side down and smack it into the palm of your hand two or three times.”
Russ: “You’ve got to be kidding”
Nintendo Help Desk: “No sir, do it hard enough that I can hear it across the phone line but not hard enough to damage the remote”
The thing is…IT WORKED!
The Ultimate Leopard Tweaking Guide
No matter how good Apple Mac OS X Leopard is, there will always be features that people dislike, and want to change. And while Apple may think they have the perfect recipe for a perfect OS, many power-users will want to tweak OS X to their liking. Appletell has compiled a list of several ways to tweak your Leopard.
Internet Access Is Only Prerequisite For Many Colleges Now
Berkeley’s on YouTube. American University’s hoping to get on iTunes. George Mason professors have created an online research tool, a virtual filing cabinet for scholars. And with a few clicks on Yale’s Web site, anyone can watch one of the school’s most popular philosophy professors sitting cross-legged on his desk, talking about death.
TorrentFreak’s Most Memorable Quotes of 2007
We wrote hundreds of articles this year. It is nearly impossible to summarize all the things that happened, but here is a selection of some of the most funny, controversial and thought provoking quotes that passed.
Ho-ho-horrible: Music sales plunge 20 percent this Christmas
Music sales tanked this Christmas, dropping 20 percent lower than last year’s level. Labels are looking to boost their digital sales numbers to compensate for the CD’s decline, even if that means dropping DRM.
Sprint’s new customer billed $14,000 instead of $59
Krystyl signed up for Sprint’s $59.99 unlimited Mobile Broadband plan and isn’t sure why she just received a bill for $14,062.27.
Major settlements found underwater. Russian 2500yr old
Archaeologists have discovered the remains of a 2500-year-old advanced civilization at the bottom of Lake Issyk Kul in the Kyrgyz mountains in Russia…The expedition resulted in sensational finds, including the discovery of major settlements, presently buried underwater. …ex 2,500 year-old ritual bronze cauldron …and MORE
3D Realms Use BitTorrent to Promote Duke Nukem Forever
The PC game ‘Duke Nukem Forever’ has been in production for 10 years so one way or another, it must’ve cost the developers a small fortune. However, as 3D Realms have decided to release their latest teaser on BitTorrent, distribution of their advertising content by this method will be reduced to zero. Groovy.
Adobe, Omniture in hot water for snooping on CS3 users
A suspiciously-crafted URL disguised as a local IP address has caused an outcry over how Adobe’s usage statistics are being gathered.
Inside Apple Stores, a Certain Aura Enchants the Faithful
It was 2 o’clock in the morning but in the subterranean retailing mecca in Midtown Manhattan, otherwise known as the Apple store, it might as well have been midafternoon.
New Final Fantasy XIII & Versus XIII Artwork
Some artwork depicting Final Fantasy XIII and Final Fantasy XIII Verus characters has made its way on to the web. Whether or not the art is the work of an individual within Square-Enix, or that of a talented illustrator/fan of the series is unclear.
