Black Hole Seen Ripping Star Apart (AP)

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Hungry Black Hole Rips Star Apart

Hungry Black Hole Rips Star Apart 02/19/2004 06:06 AM
X-ray observatories capture act of 'celestial gluttony' that astronomers say proves a long-standing theory that black holes can pull in cosmic bodies, stretch them to the breaking point and then consume them.

Huge black hole tears apart star

Huge black hole tears apart star 02/18/2004 05:33 PM
Astronomers claim they have observed a "super-massive" black hole ripping apart a star and consuming part of it.

Chandra Sees Black Hole Rip Star Apart

Chandra Sees Black Hole Rip Star Apart 02/18/2004 05:29 PM

To black hole, or not black hole, that
is the question

To black hole, or not black hole, that
is the question 02/18/2004 10:44 AM
I really need to get things together and finish the time-limited black hole route system I keep thinking about. Digging through the logs recently I've been finding that there are patterns in there to be teased out--systems that constantly hammer me with viruses or bang on the webserver with attempts to post comments to non-functional cgi programs. (Yeah, I left mt-comments.cgi around and just marked it non-executable) While it's not a lot of traffic, it's annoying traffic, and in the case of the virus bombs it's repeated over and over. I could just install a blackhole route for these things,...

"Black hole" in the Balkans

"Black hole" in the Balkans 04/14/2005 12:33 PM
A report says that democratic development in the region is a failure and calls for drastic changes in European policy.

"A legal black hole"

"A legal black hole" 01/18/2004 04:54 AM
In an extraordinary Supreme Court filing, five military lawyers equate Bush's denial of legal rights to the Guantanamo Bay detainees to King George's oppression of the American colonists.

Black Hole Organizer v2.7e

Black Hole Organizer v2.7e 04/22/2004 05:22 PM
Black Hole Organizer is a web enabled free-form notes application that's been designed to make document management easier. Find notes quickly with Power Find. Create categories and sub-categories (folders) that are meaningful to you. Quickly insert stock text into any note using the template feature! Being web enabled means that any web url or email address is a live link as well. Includes a full featured spell checker and Thesauraus as well. [Shareware $24.95 30 Days 3.47 MB]

The black hole riddle -- solved!

The black hole riddle -- solved! 07/22/2004 09:38 AM
Stephen Hawking does a U-turn on his theory of the parallel universe –- and loses his bet in the process.

Hawking cracks black hole paradox

Hawking cracks black hole paradox 07/15/2004 08:20 AM

Black-hole travel theory refuted

Black-hole travel theory refuted 04/14/2005 10:17 PM
New research into black holes sheds doubt on the theory they could one day be used to travel across the universe.

Cosmologist Hawking Loses Black Hole Bet

Cosmologist Hawking Loses Black Hole Bet 07/21/2004 09:34 PM
Reuters via Wired News Jul 22 2004 1:56AM GMT

Hawking: My Black Hole Model Wrong

Hawking: My Black Hole Model Wrong 07/19/2004 11:24 AM
CBS News Jul 19 2004 3:46PM GMT

Voracious Black Hole Generates Most
Powerful Explosion Known

Voracious Black Hole Generates Most
Powerful Explosion Known 01/06/2005 02:38 AM

Hawking Gracefully, Formally Loses Black
Hole Bet

Hawking Gracefully, Formally Loses Black
Hole Bet 07/21/2004 07:46 PM

Cosmologist Hawking Loses Black Hole Bet
(Reuters)

Cosmologist Hawking Loses Black Hole Bet
(Reuters) 07/21/2004 06:41 PM
Reuters - Cosmologist Stephen Hawking lost one of the most famous bets in scientific history Wednesday after he rejected the 1975 black hole theory that helped make his name.

Consumer Report Part 1: Look at this --
the Diebold GEMS central tabulator
contains a stunning security hole |
Black Box Voting

Consumer Report Part 1: Look at this --
the Diebold GEMS central tabulator
contains a stunning security hole |
Black Box Voting 08/31/2004 09:40 AM
Diebold GEMS central tabulator contains a stunning security hole

blackboxvoting.org/?q=node/view/78
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PrimeSyn Lab Enters into a License
Agreement with Biosearch Technologies to
Sell Quasar®, CAL Fluor® and Black Hole
Quenchers®

PrimeSyn Lab Enters into a License
Agreement with Biosearch Technologies to
Sell Quasar®, CAL Fluor® and Black Hole
Quenchers® 06/05/2005 11:58 PM
PrimeSyn Lab Inc. has signed a licensing agreement with Biosearch Technologies for Quasar®, CAL Fluor® and Black Hole Quencher® products. Under the terms of the agreement, PrimeSyn Lab has acquired non-exclusive rights to market and sell these products to the research market on a global basis. [PRWEB Jun 2, 2005]

Black Star: Ghana, Information
Technology and Development in Africa

Black Star: Ghana, Information
Technology and Development in Africa 03/09/2004 12:06 AM
Black Star: Ghana, Information Technology and Development in Africa by G. Pascal Zachary
http://firstmon day.org/issues/issue9_3/zachary/

Abstract:

Accra, the capital of the West African country of Ghana, is technologically marginalized by any measure. But over the past ten years, the introduction of the Internet, wireless technology and freer radio broadcasts have vastly expanded communications and information. The Internet is widely available. E–mail usage is soaring. Wireless telephony is growing rapidly. Radio stations are proliferating. Once mired in information poverty, the people of Accra, Ghana now face the challenge of using information and connectivity to their best advantage. In examining how Accra adapts to technological change, we gain a better understanding of how people in poor African cities use technology and what they want from it. Debates over the so–called "digital divide" can be enriched by close studies of lived experience in parts of the world where the revolution in information technology remains more prospect than reality.

Jack Black to star in movie adaptation
of Rudy Rucker novel

Jack Black to star in movie adaptation
of Rudy Rucker novel 05/27/2004 03:34 PM
Variety reports that Rudy Rucker's fantastic 1984 novel, Master of Space and Time (you can buy it used on Amazon for $0.01), is going to adapted into a movie. It'll be directed by Michel Gondry, who directed Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and will star Jack Black. Link (subscription required)

‘Hole in One’ Instead of ‘Hole in the
Wall’ Office?

‘Hole in One’ Instead of ‘Hole in the
Wall’ Office? 06/24/2005 02:37 PM
Perfect your golf game in spite of rain and lightning, crowded links or a schedule that keeps you traveling. This interactive, on-line golf game can hone your skills for multi-player tournaments. [PRWEB Jun 24, 2005]

Bulk CD ripping service.

Bulk CD ripping service. 01/11/2004 12:26 PM
RipDigital converts your entire CD collection to 224kbs MP3s for about a $1 per CD. Send them your CD library and they'll ship your library back, organized by artist and album with enhanced song information, as either 50 converted CDs per DVD and for $99 more on a portable hard drive. If only they offered the same service for cassettes. [via jkottke & waxpancake]

Re-ripping CDs to new formats in iTunes

Re-ripping CDs to new formats in iTunes 06/24/2004 11:26 AM
If you want to rip a CD in AAC format, but have already ripped it in MP3 format, insert the CD in your Mac and click Import in iTunes 4. It will tell you that some songs are already in the library, and will give an option to ...

Flowchart for CD ripping morality

Flowchart for CD ripping morality 09/08/2004 07:14 AM
Cory Doctorow: Here's a thought-provoking flowchart suggesting a moral process for deciding whether you should rip any given CD. Link (via Waxy)

Ripping music for Ringtones

Ripping music for Ringtones 05/19/2004 03:14 AM
DIY ringtone software panics record labels.

make your own ringtones from MP3s with Xingtone, user/p ass

Xingtone's desktop software is easy-to-use, legal, and allows you to create mobile phone ringtones using digital audio files on your computer - music clips, sound effects, your child's laugh, your dog’s bark, or any sound you like!

[unmediated]

All I gotta say is right on.  Couldn't happen to a nicer group of fellas.

Bush: Ripping Off Your Tax Dollars

Bush: Ripping Off Your Tax Dollars 05/30/2004 01:32 PM
Yet another case where Bush is worse than Clinton: Bush Campaigns Heavily Via Air Force One: Bush Uses Air Force...

Shifting From P2P To Stream Ripping

Shifting From P2P To Stream Ripping 04/21/2004 06:26 PM

"Ripping music for Ringtones"

"Ripping music for Ringtones" 05/20/2004 11:30 AM

Internet users hit Web site ripping 909

Internet users hit Web site ripping 909 09/06/2004 07:22 AM
Sbsun.com - Mon Sep 6, 10:03 am GMT

CD Status: CD diagnostics+audio ripping

CD Status: CD diagnostics+audio ripping 05/08/2004 10:36 AM
Upcoming release

Copying Apple: When Is It Considered
Ripping Off?

Copying Apple: When Is It Considered
Ripping Off? 02/10/2004 02:43 AM
(2 Guys, A Mac, And A Website via MyAppleMenu)

An important concession: MGM says
ripping MP3s is OK

An important concession: MGM says
ripping MP3s is OK 04/02/2005 09:20 AM
ZDNet Apr 2 2005 12:40PM GMT

Estone Ripper: In-Dash CD Ripping

Estone Ripper: In-Dash CD Ripping 12/24/2004 12:16 PM

The EStone Ripper is an in-dash CD player for your car that can rip CDs directly to its internal hard drive. After filling it up with 5,000 songs or so, you can pop out the hard drive and back it up to your PC. As usual, the interface is the key—that's a lot of songs to manage without a keyboard—but in concept it's great, especially if you wanted to make a copy of friend's disc or something.

I4U says you can pick up one now for $650, or wait until it is officially presented at CES.

MP3 Car Stereo that can Rip CDs [I4U]

iPod ripping service launched in UK

iPod ripping service launched in UK 09/04/2004 10:31 AM
www.ipodloading.co.uk are now offering an iPod ripping service in the UK, with collection and delivery in much of the south of England. Other areas can send in their iPod and CDs, and receive them back fully loaded after a few days.

Shifting From File Sharing To Stream
Ripping?

Shifting From File Sharing To Stream
Ripping? 04/21/2004 03:53 PM
MusicLover writes "As users continue to try fending off the ever more litigious music industry, some seem to have dropped P2P entirely, moving to Ripping instead.  While they loose some control over what they are downloading, it's a untraceable way to download music (no way for the RIAA to track users or sue).  With some of the more powerful software that's been coming out recently, stream ripping has become more main-stream. Some of the more well known software packages, like StationRipper, allow users to download several thousand songs on a daily basis.  And, depending on how you read the law, it's 100% legal.  How will the RIAA respond?  As more users move to this type of technology to avoid the P2P lawsuits, how will the music industry respond?" Well, some of the comments are a bit misleading. It's not clear just how mainstream this technology really is, and it's certainly not nearly as user friendly for users as basic file sharing applications. The idea is that it records songs directly from streaming radio stations (though, right now, it looks like only certain kinds of streaming radio stations work with the software). Also, copying a song off the radio (which is this basically equivalent to) often involves a lower quality offering with songs cutting into each other, DJs talking over the music and other radio-related reasons why it's not the same as getting a full track.

NEC Admits To Ripping Off Schools
Through E-Rate Program

NEC Admits To Ripping Off Schools
Through E-Rate Program 05/30/2004 07:44 AM

Ore. Man Regains Phone Book Ripping
Title (AP)

Ore. Man Regains Phone Book Ripping
Title (AP) 08/16/2004 06:36 PM
AP - A man reclaimed his title as world champion phone book ripper by tearing through 39 Portland white page directories in three minutes.

LoadPod takes the work out of ripping
CDs to iPod

LoadPod takes the work out of ripping
CDs to iPod 05/20/2004 11:31 AM
If you have a new iPod or iPod mini, but don't have enough hours in the day to rip your existing CD collection to disk, LoadPod is a new service that can help. A division of iPodLounge, LoadPod offers local service in areas including Miami, Orlando, Tampa, Houston, Indianapolis, South Carolina and Minneapolis. Box up your audio CDs and your iPod, and LoadPod will send someone to your home or office to pick them up. Within five days you'll get everything back, and your iPod will be fully loaded with your music, ripped in 128Kbps AAC format, the same format used by Apple's iTunes Music Store. The cost is $1.50 per CD with a minimum of 50 CDs, along with a $20 travel charge. The travel charge is waved if you have 100 CDs or more.

Lazy New iPod Owners Rescued By Ripping
Idea

Lazy New iPod Owners Rescued By Ripping
Idea 07/28/2004 11:07 AM
US-based LoadPod will come to the door, pick up the CDs, rip al, the tunes to an iPod and return them within five days. By Jo Best, Silicon.com (via MyAppleMenu)

Software necessary to copy video from a
commercial DVD into .avi files? (DVD
ripping)

Software necessary to copy video from a
commercial DVD into .avi files? (DVD
ripping) 08/27/2004 03:42 PM

Friends of mine have a child afflicted with a kind of autism.  A parent of an autistic child has developed some free software (Windows-only) that teaches kids by asking them to perform tasks and showing them short video clips if they perform the task.  My friends own a collection of DVDs that they would like to transfer to the PC and chop up into 10-second segments.  I'm pretty sure that they can handle the chopping once they get their DVD into a standard Windows video format (.avi?).  As I understand it, Hollywood tries to make this as difficult as possible.  How can my friends work around the various encryption and other format conversion issues?  This would be on a WinXP machine.

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