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icLiverpool - Soundless Concert Stirs The Emotions |
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Topic: Science |
7:52 pm EST, Feb 19, 2003 |
Scientists have begun analysing the responses of 250 people who took part in the study into the effects of infrasound, carried out at Liverpool's Metropolitan Cathedral last September. They showed the audience's emotions intensified as the inaudible sound vibrations, too low for the human ear to perceive, were blasted out during a 50-minute piano recital. Those feeling uncomfortable when the concert began, found their mood turning to anger. Others, who had felt happy, started to notice sensations of joy. icLiverpool - Soundless Concert Stirs The Emotions |
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FingerWorks -iGesture Pad |
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Topic: Miscellaneous |
7:02 pm EST, Feb 18, 2003 |
The iGesture Pad is an ultra-thin, large-area, superduper touchpad that is both mouse and powerful multi-finger gesture input interface. FingerWorks -iGesture Pad |
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Oddmusic - experimental music , odd music , unique music,musical instruments,music downloads,mp3s,music resources |
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Topic: Music |
7:28 am EST, Feb 18, 2003 |
"Oddmusic.com is for anyone interested in unique, unusual, ethnic, or experimental music and instruments. So if you play stalagmites in a cave, the kaval, play telegraph wires across the Nullarbor Plain, call whales with a Waterphone, or just love listening, this site is for you." Oddmusic - experimental music , odd music , unique music,musical instruments,music downloads,mp3s,music resources |
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Yahoo! News - Study: False Memories Easily Implanted |
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Topic: Science |
10:52 pm EST, Feb 17, 2003 |
While some recovered memories turn out to be true, Loftus says her experiments repeatedly show that memories are fragile possessions that are easily manipulated. But she does not condemn her subjects for being gullible. Of adopting false memories, she said: "This behavior is entirely normal." Yahoo! News - Study: False Memories Easily Implanted |
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Yahoo! News - Lack of Snow Cover Forces Iditarod Detour |
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Topic: Science |
10:03 pm EST, Feb 12, 2003 |
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - For the first time in the history of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, officials have approved a detour because of a lack of snow on the normal route. Yahoo! News - Lack of Snow Cover Forces Iditarod Detour |
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HoustonChronicle.com - Engineer warned of possible wheel well failure |
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Topic: Science |
8:49 pm EST, Feb 12, 2003 |
"WASHINGTON -- A NASA engineer weighed the possibility of a "catastrophic" failure resulting from extreme heat on the shuttle Columbia's tires despite assurances days earlier that possible damage to insulating tiles near the landing gear wouldn't imperil the crew." This is more fairly inaccurate and sensational reporting relating to the evidence that is coming out about Columbia. It surprises me that the Chronicle, which has some of the best space reporting in the business, would view this email in such light. They wait until the middle of the article to point out that "Daugherty acknowledged his concerns were 'over the top in many ways,'" which he does at the beginning of his email. Fortunately, they link to the actual document from the article, which allows us all to see the way the engineers were discussing these issues. I'd like to point out that Daugherty is concerned about an explosion or overpressurization of the tires, and hence the wheel well itself. Just going on the data that NASA has released, particularly the Flight Director's comm loop recording, they weren't seeing any indication that this is what was happening. It IS possible that the overpressure scenario could have happened after all data was lost, but IMO that's not consistent with the evidence either. We'll see... HoustonChronicle.com - Engineer warned of possible wheel well failure |
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Wired News: Hackers Humble Security Experts |
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Topic: Intellectual Property |
8:09 pm EST, Feb 11, 2003 |
Late, but interesting... "But members of the group, known as Gobbles Security, conceded that a program it released to demonstrate the problem was a Trojan horse capable of destroying files on the computers of unwary Unix users. " Wired News: Hackers Humble Security Experts |
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Topic: Games |
1:21 am EST, Feb 8, 2003 |
] iConquer is an addictive game of world conquest, played ] by 1 to 6 players. The object of the game is to conquer ] the world by occupying all 42 countries on the map. Lets play Risk! iConquer for OSX |
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Topic: Current Events |
1:56 am EST, Feb 6, 2003 |
I've been thinking about it, and I've decided that I'm just not capable of understanding how someone could perceive this debris as "loot" or as a "souvenier" or (especially) attempt to sell it to the highest bidder. Perhaps it's just me. collectSPACE - news - |
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S.F. man's astounding photo / Mysterious purple streak is shown hitting Columbia 7 minutes before it disintegrated |
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Topic: Science |
1:51 am EST, Feb 6, 2003 |
Although there are several possible benign explanations for the image -- such as a barely perceptable jiggle of the camera as it took the time exposure -- NASA's zeal to examine the photo demonstrates the lengths at which the agency is going to tap the resources of ordinary Americans in solving the puzzle. S.F. man's astounding photo / Mysterious purple streak is shown hitting Columbia 7 minutes before it disintegrated |
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