The world would be a much happier place if we could all get along and all the wars would see their end. But who would think something as cute as Hello Kitty would be on such an unlikely object such as a rifle?! According to the designer: "in the "spirit" of the California Assault Weapon Ban I decided to do my best to alleviate the fears of my fellow citizens and gun-banning legislators when I put together a new AR-15 for my wife."
Just imagine anyone using this in a real war. I bet the enemies would run with their tails between their legs...
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Who would have guessed that U2 would be the target of environmental protesters? In an attempt to spend some of their immense fortune, the rock band gone real estate investment firm is drawing up plans to build the tallest building in Ireland. The 'U2 tower' has quickly become a major bone of contention between the globally-conscious rockers and environmentalists in their hometown.
Apparently, Dublin's eco-conscious contend that the developers have not undertaken the proper surveys to determine the building's environmental impact on the...
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China is building a giant underwater museum to preserve and exhibit an ancient shipwreck. The museum, the first of its kind in the world, is to contain a sunken ship more than 800 years old and its treasures.
Archaeologists say the ship is China’s most exciting underwater excavation. Named the Southern Sea Number One, it lies under 24 metres of water and two metres of sand and soil.
Archaeologists took more than 6,000 treasures from one small room on the ship in 2002. The Guangdong provincial government has now allocated £10 million...
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Rune Olsen is a sculptor and installation artist born in Norway. Since his first solo show in 1997 at Young Artists Association in Oslo, Norway, he has exhibited in numerous galleries and museums throughout the U.S. and Europe, including Bronx Museum of The Arts, Islip Art Museum, Jones Center for Contemporary Art, Aljira Center for Contemporary Art and, Smack Mellon and Exit Art. His life-size sculptures of people and animals, which examine the interplay among desire, power structures and society, was exhibited in the 2005 Istanbul Biennial...
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Security vendor Intego claims to have found a new trojan attack that targets Apple's OS X operating system.
The OSX.RSPlug.A trojan allegedly disguises itself as a video codec that would provided access to a pornographic video. Intego said that malware authors spammed Mac forums with links for pornographic websites hosting the malware.
Users attmpeting to install the codec receive a piece of malware classified as a 'DNS Changer'. The software changes the way OS X will handle the DNS requests that are used to link numerical IP addresses...
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Kate Moss is sexy again now that she longer has that greasy-junkie boyfriend Pete Doherty dragging her down. She was getting greasy-by-association.
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Craig Venter, the controversial DNA researcher involved in the race to decipher the human genetic code, has built a synthetic chromosome out of laboratory chemicals and is poised to announce the creation of the first new artificial life form on Earth.
The announcement, which is expected within weeks and could come as early as Monday at the annual meeting of his scientific institute in San Diego, California, will herald a giant leap forward in the development of designer genomes. It is certain to provoke heated debate about the ethics of...
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Your next laptop could have a continuous power battery that lasts for 30 years without a single recharge thanks to work being funded by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory. The breakthrough betavoltaic power cells are constructed from semiconductors and use radioisotopes as the energy source. As the radioactive material decays it emits beta particles that transform into electric power capable of fueling an electrical device like a laptop for years.
Although betavoltaic batteries sound Nuclear they’re not, they’re neither use...
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Zoe Saldana is about to co-star Star Trek XI. She will be playing Uhura, "which means freedom in Swahili", and acts as a member of the bridge crew on the U.S.S. Enterprise.
Saldana, whose credits include "Guess Who," recently wrapped the Sony thriller "Vantage Point." She is filming James Cameron's sci-fi tentpole "Avatar."
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A fantasy plague that accidentally ran amok in the Internet's most popular game world, populated by nine million flesh-and-blood players, may help scientists predict the impact of genuine epidemics, according to a study released Tuesday.
Virtual playgrounds such as World of Warcraft could soon become testing grounds for the all-too-real battle against bird flu, malaria or some as yet unknown killer virus, one of the authors, Nina Fefferman of Rutgers University in New Jersey, told AFP.
The unlikely path to a collaboration between hard...
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