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How to get that perfect shave

Seeded on Mon Apr 16, 2007 8:20 PM EDT (msnbc.com)

Ever since prehistoric man first scraped a seashell across his cheek so prehistoric woman would let him dance cheek-to-cheek, shaving has been a part of the male experience. But even with today's high-tech razors, lots of men still get nicks, cuts, and razor burn.

grooming, shaving, manly-man

Congress finally considers aggressive e-voting overhaul

Seeded on Mon Apr 2, 2007 7:06 PM EDT (Ars Technica)

Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ) is the lead sponsor of HR 911, the Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act: HR 811 features several requirements that will warm the hearts of geek activists. It bans the use of computerized voting machines that lack a voter-verified paper trail.

politics, voting, e-voting, rush-holt, hr-811

How to steal an election by hacking the vote

Seeded on Thu Oct 26, 2006 7:52 AM EDT (Ars Technica)

When it comes to reporting on electronic voting, it is very difficult to find a good way to convey to the nontechnical public how well and truly messed up the current system is.

technology, election, fraud, politics, voting, democracy, diebold, hacking, e-voting, steal

Police Dogs Sniff for Pirated DVDs

Seeded on Tue Oct 3, 2006 3:35 PM EDT (ABC News)

An alliance of film industry groups that includes the Motion Picture Association of America and the Federation Against Copyright Theft has announced the world's first dogs specially trained to detect CDs and DVDs in bags and packages.

technology, dogs, movies, pirate, mpaa

Bush owes us an apology

Seeded on Sat Sep 23, 2006 2:09 PM EDT (msnbc.com)

Keith Olbermann eloquently takes President Bush to task for a particularly revealing comment: Because it is evident now that, if not its architect, this President intends to be the contractor, for this narrowing of the definition of freedom.

bush, politics, freedom, olbermann, bloggerman

God Is Imaginary

Tue Sep 12, 2006 11:21 PM EDT

Most kids probably don’t pay too much mind to what they hear in church. You stand up, sit down, kneel, shake hands and whatever else for an hour; then you can go home. The only sermon I really remember is one about a poor woman who had only a single coin.

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debate, religion, god, logic, reason

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Pluto is now just a number: 134340

Seeded on Mon Sep 11, 2006 9:38 PM EDT (msnbc.com)

On Sept. 7, the former 9th planet was assigned the asteroid number 134340 by the Minor Planet Center, the official organization responsible for collecting data about asteroids and comets in our solar system.Pluto got served.

science, pluto, asteroid, planet, dwarf

Spyware settlement affected 18 million

Seeded on Mon Sep 11, 2006 10:14 AM EDT (The Boston Globe)

Federal regulators said Thursday that 18 million computer users worldwide -- half of them in the United States -- were affected by malicious spyware allegedly distributed by parties that agreed the day before to a $2 million settlement.

technology, ftc, malicious, anti-technology

Christians attack hominids in Kenya museum

Seeded on Sun Sep 10, 2006 6:32 PM EDT (cosmosmagazine.com)

"When museums put it out there that man evolved from apes, theologically they are affecting many people who are Christians, who believe God created us," said Bishop Boniface Adoyo, who is leading a campaign against the exhibit.

evolution, religion, museum, kenya, christians, fossils

Bin Laden Trail 'Stone Cold'

Seeded on Sun Sep 10, 2006 8:51 AM EDT (The Washington Post)

There has not been a credible lead in the hunt for bin Laden in more than two years, but experts have noted that the importance of the hunt has diminished somewhat in the last few years, as independent terrorist groups have demonstrated their ability to organize and carry out att …

bush, terrorism, intelligence, world-news, al-qaeda

OmniWeb 5.5 Out of Beta

Seeded on Wed Sep 6, 2006 10:39 PM EDT (omnigroup.com)

OmniWeb 5.5 is now out of beta, meaning the venerable NeXT and Mac OS X web browser has officially left its custom WebCore-based rendering engine behind and switched to a rendering engine based on the more developer-friendly WebKit framework.

technology, apple, mac, os-x, omniweb, web-browser