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Killer robots pose latest militant threat: expert

STONERS — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 19:58:29 EST

Killer robots could become the weapon of choice for militants, a British expert said on Wednesday.

Channel: News Tags: Killer Robots Pose Latest Threat Militant

Virgin Galactic Unveils Design For SpaceShipTwo

Jordan — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 11:47:53 EST

This morning, Richard Branson's spaceship startup Virgin Galactic unveiled the second design of its suborbital vehicles... Branson suggests that if Virgin Galactic can prove the commercial viability of space flight, it will unlock a "wall of investment that could rival the amount invested in mobile or the Internet."

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: richard branson virgin galactic spaceshiptwo space travel

Tiger escapes S.F. zoo cage and kills 1

Marengo — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 06:47:15 EST

Investigators trying to determine how a tiger escaped its zoo enclosure on Christmas Day - killing one man and mauling two others - plan a thorough sweep of the zoo grounds Wednesday to look for clues.

Channel: News Tags: zoo tiger San Francisco news

Woman on Accused of Groping Connecticut Mall Santa While on His Lap

cmetzger4 — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 13:04:34 EST

Santa Claus says that a woman who sat on his lap was naughty, not nice. A Santa at the Danbury Fair mall said the woman groped him.

Channel: News Tags: Santa groped Connecticut Christmas mall propeller weird news

Poll : What are 7 characteristics of humankind

blainegarrett — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 18:25:08 EST

Hi Propellerheads! Help me out with my new painting series and describe 7 characteristics of what separates humankind from other species.

Channel: Art & Design Tags: characteristics mankind painting series

Because Now it Really Hurts! - Anti-Smoking Blog

antecs2 — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 09:39:41 EST

I want to quit for my health. I have no pulse in my legs and my doctor says I'm going to need surgery. But he won't even consider operating until I quit smoking. Besides this, I have had throat polyps removed and all of my doctors say I have to stop smoking.

Channel: Do-It-Yourself Tags: Smoking Smoke Health Blog Life

Thanks To Friends At Propeller.com

namecritic — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 18:29:21 EST

This one is just a little show of appreciation for those that participate, share stories, vote on stories, visit blogs, and comment on stories submitted at social networking sites like propeller.com. And it's also a shout out to those who put up with all the stories I submit.

Channel: Do-It-Yourself Tags: propeller social bookmarking social networking friends namecritic

'Futurama' Is Back! Grab a Can of Slurm and Settle In

corey.spring — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 14:59:53 EST

Set in the year 3000, Futurama's interstellar sci-fi future isn't a shiny utopia like The Jetsons or a dark dystopia like Blade Runner. It's a time that seems wonderful or awful depending on how you look at it -- just like the present.

Channel: Television Tags: benders big score comedy central futurama

MD5 My Passwords, for f*ck's sake

jeffkee — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 17:50:54 EDT

A quick note on proper online password securities using MD5 hashes. Those who do not use this are idiots.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: coding php security encryption web design

Google as a Password Cracker?

tdrapeau — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 17:19:03 EST

While doing forensics, I thought it would be interesting to find out the account password. Wordpress stores raw MD5 hashes in the user database (despite my recommendation to use salting). As with any respectable hash function, it is believed to be computationally infeasible to discover the input of MD5 from an output.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: google passwords md5 hash

AWOL soldier seeking treatment arrested

Aidenag — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 02:34:03 EST

A soldier who served two combat tours in Iraq was arrested Wednesday for leaving the Army without permission more than a year ago to seek treatment for post traumatic stress disorder. Sgt. Brad Gaskins said he left the base in August 2006 because the Army wasn't providing effective treatment after he was diagnosed with PTSD and severe depression.

Channel: Do No Evil Tags: Military PTSD AWOL Soldier War Iraq

Netscape Messenger 9 Alpha Released

cfinke — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 14:10:05 EST

We are pleased to announce the availability of the first public alpha of Netscape Messenger 9, a mail and news client, to complement the Netscape Navigator Web browser.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: thunderbird software alpha netscape messenger news mail messenger netscape mozilla

U.S. sets record in sexual disease cases

Aidenag — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 12:26:17 EST

More than 1 million cases of chlamydia were reported in the United States last year, the most ever reported for a sexually transmitted disease, federal health officials said Tuesday. The count broke the single-year record for reported cases of a sexually transmitted disease, which was 1,013,436 cases of gonorrhea, set in 1978.

Channel: Health & Fitness Tags: U.S. STD Chlamydia sexually transmitted disease

Why do people still play Halo 1?

TheVisionary — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 17:53:16 EDT

What makes Halo's multiplayer so popular and enduring? Ever since Halo debuted as a launch title for the Xbox in 2001, the series has consistently been the most popular multiplayer title in the first-person shooter genre.

Channel: Video Games Tags: halo combat evolved. multiplayer xbox

Suicide Bombing Makes Sick Sense in 'Halo 3'

Neophile — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 12:27:28 EST

"A lot of teenage kids out there play dozens of hours of multiplayer Halo a week. They thus become insanely good at the game: They can kill me with a single head shot from halfway across a map. I can't do those things. So after a few weeks of this ritual humiliation, I got sick of it. And I devised a simple technique for revenge..." [via

Channel: Video Games Tags: halo 3 multiplayer online suicide bombing terrorism