California snared its first spammer yesterday, winning a $2 million judgment against a Los Angeles County marketer that ironically specialized in hawking how-to-spam books over the Internet.
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The threat about to arrive from outer space. Not aliens, alas. Nor a shower of killer asteroids,
Solar flares. Two sunspots, each about 10 times the size of Earth, have appeared on the sun's surface since Sunday.
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Operation Hero Miles
Donate your frequent flyer miles to help our servicemen and -women get the rest of their way home, So they do not have to shell out as much as $1,000 for a plane ticket.
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TIME TO GET YOUR FLU SHOTS!
As new technology has developed over the years, the need to vaccinate each and every one of us has become more creative, particularly with older citizens. Enter the Flu Vaccination. The flu vaccination has provided a perfect way for the government to implant updated beacon devices....
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The Electrokinetic Microchannel Battery
First discovery of its kind since 1839: cheap, clean electricity from water
HOW IT WORKS
When any liquid, such as water, comes in contact with a solid, such as glass, a tiny layer just a few millionths of a metre thick is formed at the interface of the glass and water. Called the electric double layer (EDL), this layer carries a small electrical charge.
By pushing the water through tiny tubes or channels in the glass about the same thickness as the electric double layer, an electrical current is produced and hence a voltage difference across the ends of the channels.
When an external circuit is added by placing electrodes at the ends of the channels, electrical energy is produced as current flows between the electrodes. The source of that energy is the work done to push the water through the channels.
What continues to strike Larry Kostiuk is the simplicity of their invention.
Using a syringe, they pressed water through their "filter," a two-centimetre glass disc with 450,000 holes in it -- something commonly found in labs, he said. The holes act as the microchannels where the charge is created.
They attached metal electrodes at either end of their device and connected them using a wire to create a pathway for the current -- and they had electricity.
"Embarrassingly, that's it," he said.
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The Aquatic Ape Contest
Here are the parameters as outlined by Miklos S. Dora:
1) Miklos S. Dora retains total control.
2) To take place at Jeffries Bay, South Africa, with a minimum size of 8'.
3) A refundable reliability bond of $200.
4) All entry monies matched by Miklos S. Dora.
5) No judges, only a few official referee-estimators.
6) A down-the-line speed test, going for distance. Point A to point B, the
longest distance in the fastest time.
7) Must ride for at least 200 yards.
8) All applicants must construct their own equipment from start to finish,
with written notations on the entire procedure.
9) Video of the important steps in the production are required as a
reference for authentication.
10) All equipment must be ozone friendly and biodegradable.
11) Absolutely no petrochemical products may be used in any of the
construction.
12) No fluorocarbons or other harmful chemical processes.
13) Nothing that might affect the physical growth and development of natural
organisms.
14) Board length cannot exceed 9'-6".
15) The tail must square off at 10".
15) Single fin only.
16) No logos whatsoever, and no endorsements.
17) No artificial devices to help keep the rider from slipping- wax only.
18) No colors.
19) Only natural fibers may be worn by the rider. No visible labels, no
wetsuits, boots, gloves, etc.
20) No leg ropes.
21) All subsidies, aid, support, patronage, endowments, donations or
sponsorships must be privately obtained with written proof.
22) No government monies involved in any way, whether state, local or
federal.
23) No substance testing.
24) No tents, food stalls, rock music, T-shirts, judging stands, bull horns,
groupies, pretenders, etc.
25) Every entrant is entirely responsible for their own entity.
26) No disputes, one victor.
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In ancient Greece, Socrates was reputed to hold knowledge in high esteem.
One day an acquaintance met the great philosopher and said, "Socrates, do you know what I just heard about your friend?"
"Hold on a minute," Socrates replied. "Before telling me anything I'd like you to pass a little test. It's called the Triple Filter Test."
"Triple filter?"
"That's right," Socrates continued. "Before you talk to me about my friend, it might be a good idea to take a moment and filter what you're going to say." "The first filter is Truth. Have you made absolutely sure that what you are about to tell me is true?"
"No," the man said, "actually just heard about it and..."
"All right," said Socrates. "So you don't really know if it's true or not. Now let's try the second filter, the filter of Goodness. Is what you are about to tell me about my friend something good?"
"No, on the contrary..."
"So," Socrates continued, "you want to tell me something bad about him, but you're not certain it's true. You may still pass the test though, because there's one filter left, the filter of Usefulness. Is what you want to tell me about my friend going to be useful to me?"
"No, not really."
"Well," concluded Socrates, "if what you want to tell me is neither true nor good nor even useful, why tell it to me at all?"
This is why Socrates was a great philosopher and held in such high esteem.
It also explains why he never found out his best friend was banging his wife...
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