Cruel and Unusual!
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Cruel and unusual?
Cruel and unusual?
04/15/2005 09:30 AM
The Lancet publishes a
research letter that finds
inadequate anaesthesia
is used
in executions
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jection A Cruel Death
A Cruel Death
06/06/2004 10:03 AMI hope Ronald Reagan's family is finding a measure of solace today
after the death of the former president. His 10-year battle with
Alzheimer's disease testifies to his physical strength in the face of
one of the most terrible illnesses anyone can face. The cruelty of
Alzheimer's is felt perhaps most by the family members who have to
watch, and care for, a loved one whose mind is taken away. I wish them
peace.
Cash Isn't a Cruel Measure
Cash Isn't a Cruel Measure
06/02/2004 11:52 AMReturn on equity is a good measure of management effectiveness. Can it
be improved?
The Cruel Fate Of Shaak Ti
The Cruel Fate Of Shaak Ti
06/22/2005 03:03 AMThe
Episode III Set Diaries resume for Hyperspace members with
the details on the fate of Shaak Ti. What happened to the Togruta Jedi
Master, last seen as a hologram in
Revenge of the Sith?
Hyperspace members can find out the whole convoluted backstory by
clicking on the thumbnail above.
Whaling 'too cruel to continue'
Whaling 'too cruel to continue'
03/08/2004 11:23 PMMethods of killing whales are so inhumane the practice should be
banned outright, a coalition of 140 anti-whaling groups says.
Arrest Over Cruel Tsunami Hoax
Arrest Over Cruel Tsunami Hoax
01/02/2005 01:56 PMCBS News Jan 2 2005 5:06PM GMT
Cruel sea threatens Torpoint's ADSL
plans
Cruel sea threatens Torpoint's ADSL
plans
02/19/2004 12:41 PMBandwidth-starved locals praying for fair weather
A Cruel Fate in Jerusalem: Will Mahdi,
6, Walk Again?
A Cruel Fate in Jerusalem: Will Mahdi,
6, Walk Again?
08/19/2004 01:55 AMThe boy was gravely wounded when a Palestinian militant blew up
explosives prematurely at an Israeli checkpoint.
"United Nations Convention against
Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman
or
Degrading Treatment or Punishment
(1984):"
"United Nations Convention against
Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman
or
Degrading Treatment or Punishment
(1984):"
05/15/2004 08:41 AMNot Unusual
Not Unusual
03/14/2005 05:09 PM Should I be scared that this is not an unusual message?
Well, okay, let's give the circumstances: I'm load-testing a server
by taking several machines and command-clicking the URL of a dynamic page as fast as possible. When
the link is fully-dynamic, the server cries in pain, fights back a
little, and then falls to the floor screaming for its mommy. When I
cache a very little bit, it looks at me and laughs.
Minimal caching == good.
An Unusual Use for Panorama
An Unusual Use for Panorama
04/11/2005 08:22 PMAdam C. Engst (~580 words)
I'm in the process of cleaning up some
LetterRip Pro-based mailing lists in preparation for moving them to
Web Crossing, and in doing so, I was faced with the age-old problem of
determining which bouncing addresses to remove. After all, if an
address bounces a few times, it's probably bad, but if it bounces only
a single time, the problem is probably temporary. LetterRip Pro
automatically generates lists of addresses that bounced after the last
list message went out; the trick is figuring out which addresses
appeared more than once. I pondered the problem briefly before
realizing that ProVUE's Panorama database was just the ticket. (See
"When You Need a Panoramic View" in TidBITS-770.) After all, what were these email addresses but records in a very
simple database?
Library of unusual materials
Library of unusual materials
03/31/2005 11:46 PMDavid Pescovitz:
Inside the basement of King's College London's engineering department,
Mark Miodownik curates a "cabinet of curiosities" for materials
scientists. He started the collection in 2003 after noticing that his
colleagues trashed all kinds of unusual materials at the end of their
research projects. From News@Nature:
His collection now includes more than 300 samples,
including artificial skin made of rubber composites, and a material
known as a superslurper that absorbs 400 times its own weight in
water....
Miodownik trawls the globe in search of additions to his collection.
On a recent trip to Australia, he found himself in the remote
uranium-mining town of Broken Hill in New South Wales. He started
hunting through antique shops there to find a special type of
glass.
Miodownik explains that in the early twentieth century people thought
that radioactive materials had beneficial health properties. For this
reason, they manufactured glassware containing uranium, especially in
places such as Broken Hill that had an abundance of the
element.
In the Australian antique shops, Miodownik flashed an ultraviolet
light on various glass pieces to find one that glowed, a sign that it
contained uranium. When he found a bowl that did just that (pictured
here), he brought it back to London and added it to the
library.
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Gentoo for All the Unusual Reasons
Gentoo for All the Unusual Reasons
01/06/2005 03:08 PMYou might think of Gentoo as a bleeding-edge distribution for
development workstations, but the simple packaging system can make it
a good choice for any production system that needs to stay up to date.
An Unusual Week For Apple
An Unusual Week For Apple
03/20/2003 08:34 AMIf Apple sends teams of salespeople to firms referred by the former
vice president, maybe we'll begin to see lots of Xserves and Macs
penetrating the business market. (Mac Night Owl via MyAppleMenu)
Unusual paintball equipment
Unusual paintball equipment
02/05/2005 09:02 PM
Speci
al Ops Paintball's Razorback Mechanized Tank, made from an Israeli
reconnaissance vehicle, can fire 30 .68-caliber paintballs per second,
launches Nerf rockets, and has space for a driver and three gunners,
all for just $42,000.
Julius
Tank looks more like a truck than a tank. I've never met these two
tank crews, but after taking on similar vehicles, I know how humbling
it is to watch 30 of your teammates get eliminated in mere seconds
after one of these bad boys arrives. Luckily, they can be defeated by
any medium-sized
Nerf
weaponry.
List of unusual words
List of unusual words
05/06/2004 09:50 PM Gary sez: "This guy has an
amazing collection of word lists: included are word lists for various
topics: manias & obsessions, philosophical 'isms'--you name it.
Also feathers The International House of Logorrhea, a 14000-word
dictionary of obscure and rare words. The only people who won't like
this site are morosophs and misosophs!"
cynartomachy -- bear-baiting using dogs
gigantomachy -- war of giants against the gods
pneumatomachy -- denial of the divinity of the Holy
Ghost
Link
How Lance Armstrong Gets His Unusual
Energy
How Lance Armstrong Gets His Unusual
Energy
06/17/2005 03:54 PMAccording to a scientist, Armstrong's prowess can be explained by a
set of physiological changes that took place in his body.
Prosecutors Seek Unusual Appeal
Prosecutors Seek Unusual Appeal
11/15/2003 02:15 AMNew York Times Nov 15 2003 0:45AM ET
Google files for unusual $2.7 billion
IPO
Google files for unusual $2.7 billion
IPO
04/29/2004 04:09 PMGoogle unleashes unusual IPO plans
Google unleashes unusual IPO plans
04/30/2004 03:25 AMUSA Today Apr 30 2004 7:44AM GMT
Motorola MPx Will Have an Unusual Memory
Arrangement
Motorola MPx Will Have an Unusual Memory
Arrangement
05/05/2004 03:31 PMBrightHand May 5 2004 7:16PM GMT
unusual approach to open source
unusual approach to open source
06/24/2004 07:57 PMPeerio has an
unusual
approach to open source: "The source codes for the Peerio444 core
will be kept proprietary so that we can avoid spawning hundreds of
proprietary commercial systems (see Linux) that could jeopardize our
ability to maintain a Forever Free platform. To be Forever Free we
must protect the system from profiteers." It's probably not a
coincidence that their site suffers from Trademarkitis™.
Lawyers Use Unusual Tactics in DWI Cases
(AP)
Lawyers Use Unusual Tactics in DWI Cases
(AP)
09/20/2004 11:03 PMAP - North Carolina law metes out heavy costs for a drunk driving
conviction, so it's little wonder many drivers choose to head to court
to fight the charge. Among the thousands of cases heard in the state's
courts each year, defense lawyers sometimes offer novel arguments to
challenge the evidence.
Google Closes Unusual Auction to Set IPO
Google Closes Unusual Auction to Set IPO
08/18/2004 06:49 PMThe company closed its unusual auction to set its initial stock price
after dramatically lowering its estimates for the offering, but the
Internet search giant did not immediately disclose how much it will
cost winning investors to purchase shares of the company.
Slow Q2 nothing unusual for most
hardware firms
Slow Q2 nothing unusual for most
hardware firms
07/08/2004 05:13 PMBOSTON - As the weather heats up in the Northern Hemisphere, revenue
from IT hardware tends to cool off. Despite a slew of recent earnings
warnings from their software counterparts, the IT hardware industry
should improve upon last year's second quarter amid the usual seasonal
slowdown, according to analysts.
Sun to expand unusual pricing model
Sun to expand unusual pricing model
06/01/2004 10:30 AMSETI@home spots unusual signal... or not
SETI@home spots unusual signal... or not
09/03/2004 04:34 AM
David Pescovitz:
SETI@home has turned
up an unexplained radio signal from 1000 light years away that's,
well, unexplained. From New Scientist:
“It’s the most interesting signal from
SETI@home,” says Dan Werthimer, a radio astronomer at the
University of California, Berkeley (UCB) and the chief scientist for
SETI@home. “We’re not jumping up and down, but we are
continuing to observe it.”
Named SHGb02+14a, the signal has a frequency of about 1420 megahertz.
This happens to be one of the main frequencies at which hydrogen, the
most common element in the universe, readily absorbs and emits energy.
Some astronomers have argued that extraterrestrials trying to
advertise their presence would be likely to transmit at this
frequency, and SETI researchers conventionally scan this part of the
radio spectrum.
Li
nk
Update: The BBC followed up with a report
quoting researchers who say that the news above was blown out of
proportion and there is no signal. Nothing to hear here. Move along.
(cue X-Files theme)
Link
Bored With EBay? Try Google's Unusual
Auction
Bored With EBay? Try Google's Unusual
Auction
08/04/2004 09:56 PMIf you want to take part in Google's novel approach to going public -
an online auction of its shares - here's how to proceed.
Unusual Activity in Ad-aware 6 Personal,
Build 6.181
Unusual Activity in Ad-aware 6 Personal,
Build 6.181
06/22/2004 01:20 AMfedhead (Jun 20 2004)
Re: Unusual Activity in Ad-aware 6
Personal, Build 6.181
Re: Unusual Activity in Ad-aware 6
Personal, Build 6.181
06/22/2004 05:11 PMSteve Ryan (Jun 22 2004)
Sun's Schwartz to expand unusual pricing
model
Sun's Schwartz to expand unusual pricing
model
06/01/2004 07:19 AMZDNet Jun 1 2004 11:45AM GMT
The Unusual History of Microsoft Windows
- Software for Computers
The Unusual History of Microsoft Windows
- Software for Computers
11/11/2003 02:25 AMThe Unusual History of Microsoft Windows - Software for Computers ..
windows was announced 20 years ago
today
inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa080499.htm
track this
site | 5 links
Nudes Fill Museum for Unusual Exhibit
(Reuters)
Nudes Fill Museum for Unusual Exhibit
(Reuters)
04/07/2005 12:58 PMReuters - One hundred virtually naked women
between the ages of 18 and 65 displayed their bodies in a
Berlin art gallery Thursday to prepare for a one-day exhibit
Friday.
NASA's Spirit Rover Examines Unusual
Rock (AP)
NASA's Spirit Rover Examines Unusual
Rock (AP)
02/15/2004 05:01 PMAP - NASA's Spirit rover stopped to examine an unusual, flaky rock on
the surface of Mars Sunday as scientists prepared to send it on a trek
that would more than double its one-day distance record.
Re: [security] Unusual Activity in
Ad-aware 6 Personal, Build 6.181
Re: [security] Unusual Activity in
Ad-aware 6 Personal, Build 6.181
06/22/2004 11:56 PMShawn McMahon (Jun 22 2004)
Kerry's Wife Teresa: an Unusual
Political Spouse
Kerry's Wife Teresa: an Unusual
Political Spouse
07/25/2004 12:54 PMReuters via Wired News Jul 25 2004 4:41PM GMT
Houston Welcomes a Trio of Unusual
Computer Geeks
Houston Welcomes a Trio of Unusual
Computer Geeks
06/12/2004 03:14 AMPutting their savvy to good use, a trio of business professionals has
just opened two new franchises with Geeks On Call® -- the nation’s
premier provider of on-site computer services. Crisscrossing the
suburbs of Houston in their special “Geeks Cruisers,” these computer
pros deliver on-demand computer support directly to homes and business
alike. [PRWEB Jun 12, 2004]
German nudes fill museum for unusual
exhibit (Reuters)
German nudes fill museum for unusual
exhibit (Reuters)
04/07/2005 12:58 PMReuters - One hundred virtually naked women between the ages of 18 and
65 have displayed
their bodies in a Berlin art gallery to prepare for a one-day exhibit
on Friday.
MSN Search launches with cruel joke
about Boing Boing
MSN Search launches with cruel joke
about Boing Boing
02/01/2005 08:37 PMXeni Jardin:
Microsoft launched its new search service today. I gave it a whirl,
with the search string "Boing Boing." At the top of the results stack,
MSN Search asked me -- "Were you looking for
Bling Bling?"
Why yes, as a matter of fact I am, and if you knew how small our
checks were... hey, you'd be searching elsewhere, too. Aaaand thank
you... I'll be here all week.
Link (
Thanks, EthDem). Previously,
MSN Spaces: Seven Dirty Blogs
Update: Boing Boing reader Matthew Cox adds,
"I thought I'd give the new MSN search a try and wanted to see what it
would give me if I searched for the 'best web browser.' Discounting
the sponsored sites, the first two returned links were to
Mozilla/Firefox. IE didn't appear until #8."
And BB reader Jeff says,
I wanted to inform you that when you search for "worst browser" [with
MSN Search], the first result is Internet Explorer.
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