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Why It's OK to 'Steal' Wi-Fi

Posted: 19 Jun 2008 09:25 PM CDT

There are two reasons why it should not be illegal, or considered unethical, to use someone else's Wi-Fi network: 1) By using a Wi-Fi network you're -- by definition -- asking for, and receiving, permission from the owner; and 2) Your computer can't be on their Wi-Fi network unless their network is in your computer.

We love our DAUGHTER and her WIFE..!!!

Posted: 19 Jun 2008 09:10 PM CDT

these were the words written by newlyweds Sharon Papo (L) and Amber Weiss (R) stand with Patti and David Weiss outside San Francisco City Hall after exchanging wedding vows on the first full day of legal same-sex marriages in California

The 9 Largest Science Projects in The World

Posted: 19 Jun 2008 08:56 PM CDT

A great list of the 9 largest science projects in the world ... either running, under construction, or on the drawing board. Who else has never heard of the Space Elevator or the "Svalbard "Doomsday" Seed Vault?

Teen Pot Use Falling In States With Medical Marijuana Laws

Posted: 19 Jun 2008 08:40 PM CDT

States that have authorized the use of medical cannabis by qualified patients have not experienced an increase in pot use by the general population, according to a report issued this week by the Marijuana Policy Project. In seven of the twelve states, marijuana use among young people declined at rates that exceeded the national average.

Leading Republican Women say

Posted: 19 Jun 2008 08:25 PM CDT

John McCain is facing serious troubles with female voters - if the voices of a growing number of prominent Republican women are any indication."I cannot see a more counterproductive candidate for women," said Jillian Manus-Salzman, a leading California Republican activist and generous GOP donor, adding "I cannot vote for McCain."

"Perfect Evidence" ICE on Mars!

Posted: 19 Jun 2008 08:10 PM CDT

"It must be ice," said Phoenix Principal Investigator Peter Smith of the University of Arizona, Tucson. "These little clumps completely disappearing over the course of a few days, that is perfect evidence that it's ice. There had been some question whether the bright material was salt. Salt can't do that."

The Best Methods For Battling Garden Born Bacteria

Posted: 19 Jun 2008 07:50 PM CDT

The best way to battle disease and bacteria in your garden is always through prevention. Part of prevention is making sure you practice sanitary gardening methods.If your plant has a bacterial infection there are a few things you can do to treat it

Spore Creator Editor Spawns Xbox 360 Controller

Posted: 19 Jun 2008 07:40 PM CDT

People aren't just using the Spore Creature Creator to make penis monsters. Creative kids are trading cocks for controllers — just look at what Kotakuite zOmbi's friend Eric made in the Spore creator editor a few minutes ago. Yep, that's right, Eric made an Xbox 360 controller.

10 Precious Animals Species on the Verge of Extinction

Posted: 19 Jun 2008 07:20 PM CDT

Ten of the world's most precious endangered species and some interesting facts highlighting their important role on the planet and the urgency with which we should protect them.

McCain, Gas Prices & the Enron Loophole - Keith Olbermann

Posted: 19 Jun 2008 07:10 PM CDT

10 Wheaties boxes you will never see

Posted: 19 Jun 2008 07:00 PM CDT

Wheaties unveiled a new box featuring NBA champion Kevin Garnett yesterday. Here, the script is flipped as Cuzoogle unveils 10 boxes we almost certainly will *never* see.

Uncle Sam And Oil

Posted: 19 Jun 2008 06:41 PM CDT

The U.S. Interior Department's royalty rate for deep-water drilling in the Gulf of Mexico is 18.75%-up from 12.5% two years ago.This move helped the government take in $7 billion in offshore royalties, rents and bonuses from oil companies drilling in U.S. waters last year.The government's take would undoubtedly increase......

An Important Campaign Announcement from Barack Obama

Posted: 19 Jun 2008 06:30 PM CDT

Barack Obama talks about the decision to opt-out of the broken public financing system.

Mangosteen, A Small Fruit Bringing BIG Benefits

Posted: 19 Jun 2008 06:13 PM CDT

"Mangosteen Mania" has struck Japan! Mangosteen, a small purple fruit relatively unknown outside of East Asia owing to its perishable nature, is about to make a big impact as a health enhancer - your country may be next!

BioTown, USA: Is Total Energy Self-Sufficency Possible?

Posted: 19 Jun 2008 06:00 PM CDT

Sure, it's easy enough for one person to attempt energy self-sufficiency: put a solar panel on your roof, run your car on biodiesel, and you're halfway there. But how easy is it for an entire town to become self-sufficient?

Top 10 Drinking Achievements Before You Die

Posted: 19 Jun 2008 05:53 PM CDT

Even booze hounds need to have goals in life so, I decided to come up with a list of the 10 things that every true drinker should accomplish before they die.

Sen. Bill Forces eBay, Amazon, Google to Report Transactions

Posted: 19 Jun 2008 05:20 PM CDT

This is a provision with huge reach, and was slipped into the bill this week. Not only does it affect nearly every credit card transaction, such as Visa, MasterCard, Discover, and American Express, but the bill specifically targets payment systems like eBay's PayPal, Amazon, and Google Checkout, that are used by many online businesses.

Galactic Empire Cloning Stormtroopers in Lego Factory

Posted: 19 Jun 2008 05:10 PM CDT

If you ever wondered where the Galactic Empire gets all those stormtroopers, look no further than the Lego factory in Denmark: here's an exclusive video about how the iconic mini-figure gets its characteristic evil look after getting out of the mold machine. The printing of these mini-figs is one of the most expensive processes at the Lego factory

Dozens of high school girls make pact to get pregnant

Posted: 19 Jun 2008 05:00 PM CDT

As summer vacation begins, 17 girls at Gloucester High School are expecting babies—more than four times the number of pregnancies the 1,200-student school had last year. Some adults dismissed the statistic as a blip. Others blamed hit movies like Juno and Knocked Up for glamorizing young unwed mothers...

Scientists Have Found the Cure for Skin Cancer: Clone Cells

Posted: 19 Jun 2008 04:50 PM CDT

Scientists claim they have cured advanced skin cancer for the first time using the patient's own cells cloned outside the body. The 52-year-old man involved was free of melanoma two years after treatment. US researchers took cancer-fighting immune cells, made five billion copies, then put them all back.

Kellogg's and LEGO team up to train children to choke

Posted: 19 Jun 2008 04:40 PM CDT

We're talking about a children's snack shaped like the tiny plastic building blocks that every kid fortunate enough to have toys has put in his or her mouth at one time or another. What could they possibly have been thinking? And how did this ever get by the lawyers?

John McCain Proposes Tax Breaks to Unborn Children

Posted: 19 Jun 2008 04:30 PM CDT

McCain looks to score points with pro-life voters in the only way he knows how: tax breaks.

Announcing openSUSE 11.0 GM

Posted: 19 Jun 2008 04:20 PM CDT

The openSUSE Project is proud to announce the release of openSUSE 11.0 which includes more than 200 new features specific to openSUSE, a redesigned installer that makes openSUSE even easier to install, faster package management thanks to major updates in the ZYpp stack, and KDE 4, GNOME 2.22, Compiz Fusion, and much more.

Will $4 Gasoline Trump a 27-Year-Old Ban?

Posted: 19 Jun 2008 04:10 PM CDT

As President Bush makes a push for offshore energy drilling, the question is whether Americans are feeling enough pain at the pump to force their leaders to go along.

Floods Get Worse, but Geeks Save Midwest With 3D!

Posted: 19 Jun 2008 04:00 PM CDT

The Mississippi River continues to pound away at Illinois levees as the worst floods in years crash into Missouri. It's there that a team of St. Louis scientists has strung together high-end DLP projectors, strapped on their 3D glasses and set out to tell Americans where not to risk it next time.

House Resolution Calls for Naval Blockade against Iran

Posted: 19 Jun 2008 03:50 PM CDT

A US House of Representatives Resolution effectively requiring a naval blockade on Iran seems fast tracked for passage, gaining co-sponsors at a remarkable speed, but experts say the measures called for in the resolutions amount to an act of war.

Obama's First General Election Ad:

Posted: 19 Jun 2008 03:40 PM CDT

"The Obama campaign today announced the release of its first television advertisement for the general election," an Obama camp press release states. "The sixty second ad, entitled "Country I Love," will begin airing in eighteen states across the country tomorrow to highlight how our shared values have shaped Senator Obama's life."

Who Would Kick Ass? Cool User Submitted Matchups

Posted: 19 Jun 2008 03:30 PM CDT

"We're a community created to speculate and answer that burning question – Who Would Kick Ass? Vote, comment, and enjoy our user submitted match-ups and earn activity points. Get started by voting on our featured match-up below."

Kucinich threatens more impeachment articles on way

Posted: 19 Jun 2008 03:20 PM CDT

Rep. Dennis Kucinich warned the House Judiciary Committee that it would be wise not to ignore the 35 articles of impeachment against President Bush last week. If the committtee does not act within a month, he plans to introduce even more articles...

Teen Hacker May Get 38 Years in Jail for Changing His Grades

Posted: 19 Jun 2008 03:10 PM CDT

It could be a long time before Omar Khan goes to college: as long as 38 years, according to Orange County prosecutors, who have arrested and charged the 18-year-old student with breaking into his prestigious high school and hacking into computers to change his test grades from Fs to As.

The Bush Payoff for Big Oil: Huge No-Bid Contracts in Iraq

Posted: 19 Jun 2008 03:01 PM CDT

Four Western oil companies are in talks with Iraq's Oil Ministry for no-bid contracts to service the country's largest fields, 36 years after losing their oil concession to nationalization as Saddam Hussein rose to power.

Kudzu a Potential Biofuel?

Posted: 19 Jun 2008 02:52 PM CDT

Ever since I learned about this ridiculously quickly growing plant and its gazillion uses, I wondered why it wasn't getting utilized as a renewable resource for a whole range of products. It seems that a lot of people also wondered about that, enough to look into using it as biofuel.

Crazy Russian Grandmas!

Posted: 19 Jun 2008 02:43 PM CDT

Tons of PCBs May Be Headed for Texas

Posted: 19 Jun 2008 02:32 PM CDT

If a French-owned waste management company has its way, the Port Arthur, Tex., area will be the final destination for 40 million pounds of toxins from Mexico.

Can Changes in Sea Level Cause Periods of Mass Extinction?

Posted: 19 Jun 2008 02:10 PM CDT

For years scientists have been trying to find explanations for some of the world's most mysterious extinction events. Sometimes scientists have been able to pin down the likely culprits for these dramatic events, but often, no clear answer has ever been determined…at least not until now.

5 Things You Didn't Know About Google

Posted: 19 Jun 2008 02:00 PM CDT

You use it about 20 times a day, so why not learn a little more about it? Here's what you didn't know about the almighty Google.

New MYSPACE look launched today | Improved Profile & Video

Posted: 19 Jun 2008 01:50 PM CDT

MySpace, the second most popular social-networking site in the UK, will unveil a new layout on Wednesday following a major redesign.Changes will include improvements to search and navigation, a new-look homepage, improved profile editing and a better video player, including support for high-definition programmers and full-screen playback.

Tiger Woods: Your Product Hasn't Been Endorsed By Anyone Yet

Posted: 19 Jun 2008 01:40 PM CDT

Your Product Hasn't Been Endorsed By Anyone Yetby Tiger Woods

Why the Price of Honey More than Doubled in 1 Year

Posted: 19 Jun 2008 01:30 PM CDT

No, It Isn't Just Colony Collapse Disorder

What? Too soon? (PIC)

Posted: 19 Jun 2008 01:20 PM CDT

Poor taste in advertising.

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