the one armed scissor

what we still don't know

2008-10-10T05:59:00.002+01:00

does snuff exists?

2008-08-12T07:24:00.002+01:00

Channel 4 Documentary investigates the truth behind snuff movies.

Absolute Zero

2008-08-02T19:27:00.003+01:00

This two-part scientific detective tale tells the story of a remarkable group of pioneers who wanted to reach the ultimate extreme: absolute zero, a place so cold that the physical world as we know it doesn't exist, electricity flows without resistance, fluids defy gravity and the speed of light can be reduced to 38 miles per hour. Each film features a strange cast of eccentric characters,

the large hadron collider

2008-05-06T19:09:00.002+01:00

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is a particle accelerator located at CERN, near Geneva, Switzerland. It lies in a tunnel under France and Switzerland. The LHC is in the final stages of construction, and commissioning, with some sections already being cooled down to their final operating temperature of ~2K. The first beams are due for injection mid June 2008 with the first collisions planned to

The Red Army Faction

2008-05-06T05:24:00.004+01:00

The Red Army Faction or RAF (German Rote Armee Fraktion) (in its early stages commonly known as Baader-Meinhof Group [or Gang]), was one of postwar West Germany's most active and prominent militant left-wing groups. It described itself as a communist "urban guerrilla" group engaged in armed resistance, while it was described by the West German government as a terrorist group. The RAF was formally

Armed America: Portraits of Gun Owners in Their Homes

2008-04-14T03:25:00.002+01:00

Kyle Cassidy traveled 15,000 miles over two years photographing Americans in their homes and asking one question: “Why do you own a gun?” A good question, particularly since most of these guns are not easily reconcilable with the notion of self-defence and their true place should be somewhere in the Armed Forces. All the photo were later compiled in the book with its German edition being

iranian censorship

2008-04-14T03:12:00.003+01:00

This issue of NG is about this phenomenon called love. The cover is a photo of a couple in embrace, not really kissing, but almost..

The Eleven Satanic Rules of the Earth

2008-03-07T03:11:00.004Z

The Eleven Satanic Rules of the Earthby Anton Szandor LaVey ©19671. Do not give opinions or advice unless you are asked.2. Do not tell your troubles to others unless you are sure they want to hear them.3. When in another’s lair, show him respect or else do not go there.4. If a guest in your lair annoys you, treat him cruelly and without mercy.5. Do not make sexual advances unless you are given

old school sci fi

2008-02-13T04:32:00.002Z

The Giant BehemothThe Colossus of New YorkThe Beast from 20,000 FathomsForbidden PlanetThe Day The Earth Stood Still

Gandhi

2008-01-31T17:04:00.001Z

"An eye for an eye will make the whole world blind."Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi - An Autobiography (1927)

Noam Chomsky

2008-01-19T06:11:00.000Z

"The consistent anarchist, then, should be a socialist, but a socialist of a particular sort. He will not only oppose alienated and specialized labor and look forward to the appropriation of capital by the whole body of workers, but he will also insist that this appropriation be direct, not exercised by some elite force acting in the name of the proletariat." Source: In Daniel Guérin, Anarchism

zan lyons

2008-01-15T00:42:00.001Z

Androids With Delayed Reactions (excerpt)Girl Seeming To Disappear (trailer)+ www.zanlyons.com

video comp.

2007-12-11T01:17:00.000Z

hacking trafic signssarcos exoskeletonrc models

drake equation

2007-10-24T00:55:00.000+01:00

The Drake equation (rarely also called the Green Bank equation or the Sagan equation) is a famous result in the speculative fields of exobiology, astrosociobiology and the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.This equation was devised by Dr. Frank Drake (now Professor Emeritus of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of California, Santa Cruz) in 1960, in an attempt to estimate the

russian propaganda

2007-08-21T03:19:00.000+01:00

KHOCHESH? VSTUPI1. Khochesh poborot' Kholod?2. Khochesh poborot' Golod?3. Khochesh est'?4. Khochesh pit?Speshi v udarnuyu gruppuObraztsovago truda vstupit'/Narkompros ROSTA N. ...Translation:DO YOU WANT? JOIN1. Do you want to conquer cold?2. Do you want to conquer hunger?3. Do you want to eat?4. Do you want to drink?Hurry up to join the strike team of exemplary labor.Narkompros, ROSTA no. ....

CNES release UFO files

2007-08-08T18:34:00.000+01:00

French space agency CNES released its UFO files to the public through its website on Thursday. The 100,000 pages of witness testimony, photographs, film footage and audiotapes are an accumulation of more than 1,600 sightings since 1954 and will include all future UFO reports obtained by the agency.Jacques Patenet, an aeronautical engineer who is leading the study of the "non-identified

IT IS 5 MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT !

2007-07-10T16:34:00.001+01:00

IT IS 5 MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT 2007 — The world stands at the brink of a second nuclear ge. The United States and Russia remain ready to stage a nuclear attack within minutes, North Korea conducts a nuclear test, and many in the international community worry that Iran plans to acquire the Bomb. Climate change also presents a dire challenge to humanity. Damage to ecosystems is already taking place;

the near-future of space exploration

2007-07-07T08:29:00.000+01:00

due to posting problems, the full list is here !

new blog

2007-06-25T02:18:00.000+01:00

n e w b l o g : a r t & s c i e n c e(note: this one will not be closed)

the boy with the incredible brain

2007-05-23T01:02:00.001+01:00

Daniel Tammet first came to worldwide attention in March 2004 on international Pi Day (3/14, of course) when he recited, from memory, Pi to 22,514 decimal places. It took over five hours and set a new European record. The event, which Daniel named "Pi in the Sky", coincided with Einstein's birthday and took place in front of Einstein's blackboard at the Museum of the History of Science in Oxford,

THE ORIGINAL SEVEN INTELLIGENCES

2007-04-19T05:27:00.000+01:00

THE ORIGINAL SEVEN INTELLIGENCESHoward Gardner first identified and introduced to us seven different kinds of intelligence in Frames of Mind.• Linguistic intelligence: a sensitivity to the meaning and order of words.• Logical-mathematical intelligence: ability in mathematics and other complex logical systems.• Musical intelligence: the ability to understand and create music. Musicians, composers

HAL

2007-04-19T04:44:00.000+01:00

Japan, the epicenter of cyborgs in anime, is also a leader in robotics. In the Tech News of the Day thread, r3plikazt47 provides this gem from CYBERDYNE, Inc. No, it’s not a Cyberdyne Systems model T-800 (that’s a different company); Yoshiyuki Sankai’s Hybrid Assistive Limb or “HAL” gives us the beginnings of a mecha type suit we see so often in animes. The proto-mecha suit that gives its wearer

the non-existence of god

2007-04-18T05:22:00.000+01:00

Arguments against the existence of GodEach of the following arguments aims at showing that some particular conception of a god either is inherently meaningless, contradictory, or contradicts known scientific and/or historical facts, and that therefore a god thus described does not existDeductive arguments • The omnipotence paradox suggests that the concept of an omnipotent God is logically

NASA Seeks New Research Proposals

2007-04-18T05:15:00.000+01:00

NASA said it is seeking research proposals for its Next Generation Air Traffic Management Airspace and Subsonic Fixed Wing projects. The primary goal of the Airspace Systems Program is to develop revolutionary concepts, capabilities and technologies that will enable significant increases in the capacity, efficiency and flexibility of the U.S. National Airspace System.A major focus of the National

do you still think it's a good place to live?

2007-04-11T05:41:00.000+01:00

• 45% of Americans don't know that the sun is a star.• 70% of the poor people in the world are female.• Americans are responsible for generating roughly 20% percent of the garbage in the world.• An average American child watches approximately 28 hours of television in one week.• Annually, the amount of garbage that is dumped in the world's oceans is three times the weight of fish that is caught

don't panic

2007-04-11T05:28:00.000+01:00

a day on jupiter

2007-04-04T06:53:00.000+01:00

This "movie" strings 11 images of Jupiter captured by the New Horizons Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) on January 9, 2007, when the spacecraft was about 80 million kilometers (49.6 million miles) from the giant planet. The sequence covers a full 10-hour rotation of Jupiter, during which the moons Ganymede and Io - as well as the shadows they cast on Jupiter - move across the camera's

andromeda vs milky way

2007-04-04T05:57:00.000+01:00

The Andromeda-Milky Way collision is a predicted galaxy collision, due to take place in approximately three billion years time, between the two largest galaxies in the Local Group* - the Milky Way and the Andromeda Galaxy. It is often used by John Dubinski, an astronomer based in Toronto, and others as an example of the kind of phenomena associated with such collisions. As with all such

Hale-Bopp: The Great Comet of 1997

2007-04-03T05:56:00.000+01:00

Ten short years ago, Comet Hale-Bopp rounded the Sun and offered a dazzling spectacle in planet Earth's night. This stunning view, recorded shortly after the comet's perihelion passage on April 1, 1997, features the memorable tails of Hale-Bopp -- a whitish dust tail and blue ion tail. Here, the ion tail extends well over ten degrees across the northern sky, fading near the double star clusters

Portugal não sabe os resíduos que produz

2007-04-03T05:17:00.000+01:00

Portugal não sabe a quantas anda no capítulo dos resíduos hospitalares. Nem todas as unidades de saúde dão conta dos resíduos produzidos, ou fazem-no ano sim ano não, ou ainda apresentando valores ora em quilos, ora em litros, à vontade do freguês. Isto apesar de haver legislação estabelecendo o dever de declarar a produção.A conclusão é da Direcção-Geral da Saúde (DGS), que, num relatório

Lisboa, Vénus e Lua

2007-03-28T03:37:00.000+01:00

Brilliant Venus, a slender crescent Moon, and lights along the Ponte 25 de Abril glow against the western twilight in this lovely moonset scene from Lisbon, Portugal, recorded on March 20. In fact, such serene views were enjoyed across planet Earth this week, as the young Moon remained near the setting Sun following a partial solar eclipse, and Venus ruled as the evening star. Because of strong

building gods

2007-03-16T01:51:00.000Z

eclipse total da Lua visível em Portugal

2007-02-25T02:41:00.001Z

Os portugueses vão poder assistir, no primeiro sábado de Março, ao primeiro eclipse total da Lua desde 2004, visível em toda a Europa, África e Ásia Ocidental.De acordo com a astrónoma Albertina do Campo, do Observatório Astronómico de Lisboa (OAL), citada pela agência Lusa, o fenómeno vai ter início às 21h30 (hora de Lisboa) do dia 3 de Março, depois de a Lua entrar em penumbra às 20h18, e vai

2007-02-16T05:15:00.000Z

You've got less than 2 hours to strike an HVT 9,000 miles away. Who are you going to call? How about the FALCON program? Initiated by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the U.S. Air Force, the program hopes to give the U.S. a global prompt strike capability by using hypersonic sub-orbital vehicles -- autonomous,

2007-02-16T04:50:00.000Z

Na conferência «Globalização e Segurança», um dos directores-adjuntos da Polícia Judiciária falou no risco de determinadas actividades, aparentemente legítimas e credíveis, estarem a encobrir grupos terroristas. Contudo, o responsável policial minimizou a ameaça. Portugal poderá estar a ser utilizado para actividades de apoio ao terrorismo internacional “a coberto de outras

cientistas portugueses enaltecem benefícios e minimizam riscos da energia nuclear

2007-02-09T03:51:00.000Z

Cientistas portugueses especializados em nuclear enaltecem os benefícios deste tipo de energia por ser mais barata, limpa e abundante e por os riscos a ela associados estarem "cada vez mais distantes". O presidente do Centro de Fusão Nuclear (CFN), Carlos Varandas, e o físico nuclear José Carvalho Soares são dois dos participantes no Ciclo de Conferências "Energia e Sociedade" que traz amanhã a

cientistas param raio de luz e libertam-no mais tarde

2007-02-09T03:17:00.000Z

Uma equipa de físicos da Universidade de Harvard conseguiu parar um raio de luz numa matéria colocada a uma temperatura muito baixa e projectá-lo de novo à distância, a partir de outra concentração de matéria. Entre as duas acumulações de matéria estava um fosso de 160 micrómetros, uma distância ínfima à escala humana, mas substancial segundo as regras da física quântica, que reagem ao

O DECLÍNIO DA PALAVRA "LIBERDADE"

2007-02-01T05:11:00.000Z

O DECLÍNIO DA PALAVRA "LIBERDADE" Ano a ano, nos discursos de Bush, reduz-se a utilização da palavra "liberty". Em contra-partida, aumenta o uso de palavras como "Iraq, terrorist, oil, economy" e outras. Isso pode ser visto na base de dados apresentada on line pelo New York Times . Verifica-se ali que a palavra "Portugal" foi pronunciada 0 (zero

windows vista pirateado

2007-02-01T04:55:00.000Z

Cópias piratas do Windows Vista estão à venda por US$ 1,5 na China A partir de hoje estará disponível nas lojas no mundo todo o Windows Vista, o novo sistema operacional da Microsoft. Mas em cidades como Xangai, o coração financeiro da China, a pirataria saiu na frente, e nas ruas os vendedores oferecem cópias ilegais por um euro (

Guide to Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) destruction

2006-12-28T03:53:00.000Z

Why destroy cctv cameras ?Trust your instincts, but if you need intellectual justification then: The gaze of the cameras does not fall equally on all users of the street but on those who are stereotypical predefined as potentially deviant, or through appearance and demeanour, are singled out by operators as unrespectable. In this way youth,

Portugal é mau exemplo para futuros membros

2006-12-28T03:10:00.000Z

Portugal é um mau exemplo para os países candidatos à Moeda Única. Um estudo da Comissão Europeia indica as causas do fraco desempenho da economia nacional, de forma a lembrar aos futuros membros da Zona Euro que evitem os erros graves cometidos por Portugal. Segundo a Comissão, esses erros conduziram a economia nacional à recessão e à necessidade de adoptar medidas de fortes restrições

Água corrente ainda chega à superfície em Marte, segundo estudo

2006-12-07T03:53:00.000Z

Um novo estudo de fotos da superfície marciana, que promete causar polémica, sugere que água líquida correu pela superfície de Marte há alguns anos, o que eleva a probabilidade de o planeta vermelho conter um ambiente capaz de abrigar formas de vida.As imagens, feitas pela sonda Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) não mostram a água correndo - mas mostram mudanças, aparentemente recentes, no relevo, que

hypothetical astronomical objects

2006-11-27T03:26:00.000Z

Hypothetical astronomical objects are celestial bodies which some believe to exist. These objects might include planets or moons which are inferred to exist based on scientific evidence. Some have yet to be proven or disproven; others are now viewed as protoscience, pseudoscience or obsolete scientific theory. Some such as Tiamat and Nibiru, are fringe science largely grounded in astrological

zodiac

2006-11-25T05:20:00.000Z

the new film based on the Robert Graysmith books about the real life notorious Zodiac, a serial killer who terrorized San Francisco with a string of seemingly random murders during the 1960's and 1970's.ZODIAC BIO:The Zodiac Killer was a serial killer who operated in northern California in the late 1960s. The killer coined the name in a series of taunting letters he sent to the press. His letters

Morreu o antigo espião russo hospitalizado em Londres

2006-11-25T04:35:00.000Z

O ex-espião do KGB Alexander Litvinenko, falecido quinta-feira num hospital de Londres, acusou do seu homicídio o presidente russo Vladimir Putin. Em carta lida ontem por amigos, o espião e crítico do Kremlin afirma: “Pode ser bem sucedido em silenciar-me, mas isso terá um preço. Mostrou ser tão bárbaro como a maioria dos seus críticos afirmam. Possa Deus perdoar-lhe pelo que fez.”O ex-espião

International Astronomical Union 2006 General Assembly

2006-08-30T02:23:00.000+01:00

New science results were vigorously discussed, new international collaborations were initiated, plans for future facilities put forward and much more.In addition to all the exciting astronomy discussed at the General Assembly, six IAU Resolutions were also passed at the Closing Ceremony of the General Assembly: 1. Resolution 1 for GA-XXVI : "Precession Theory and Definition of the Ecliptic"2.

INETI vende 39% do urânio nacional

2006-07-25T21:26:00.000+01:00

127 toneladas por 19 milhões INETI vende 39% do urânioA iniciativa para a venda do urânio terá partido do próprio INETI, para pagar o armazenamento deste metal pesado. Segundo denunciou o Sindicato dos Quadros Técnicos do Estado (STE), o instituto é obrigado a pagar por ano cerca de 300 mil euros à Empresa de Desenvolvimento Mineiro (EDM) para guardar as 198 toneladas de urânio. Um custo

Indonésia oferece ajuda ao Irão

2006-05-10T17:57:00.000+01:00

A Indonésia ofereceu-se esta quarta-feira para mediar as conversações entre o Irão e a AIEA (Agência Internacional de Energia Atómica) relativamente ao programa nuclear iraniano. O anúncio foi feito pelo presidente indonésio, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, após um encontro com o seu homólogo iraniano, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.“A Indonésia acredita que o programa nuclear do Irão é pacífico e que todos os

we have ways of making you talk

2006-05-09T19:01:00.000+01:00

BBC doc : we have ways of making you talk (size: 136 mb)

those chemtrails up in the sky are silent killers

2006-05-03T06:57:00.000+01:00

Since 1998, U.S. Air Force tanker planes have been intensively spraying broad white plumes over virtually every major city and rural area in the United States and Canada. Chemtrail spray planes have also been sighted over England, Europe, Australia, Mexico, Bahamas, Brazil, Croatia, and Puerto Rico.(more info at: san-taka station and the revelation.com / video: here)

the modern wold

2006-05-03T06:42:00.000+01:00

Man Enters Space 12 - 04 - 68

2006-04-12T05:30:00.000+01:00

O astronauta soviético Iuri Alieksieievitch Gagarin (em russo: Ю́рий Алексе́евич Гага́рин; 9 de Março de 1934 – 27 de Março de 1968) foi o primeiro homem a viajar pelo espaço. Foi no dia 12 de Abril de 1961, a bordo da Vostok I, uma nave que pesava 4725 quilos. O passeio durou uma hora e 48 minutos. Em dezembro de 1993, a galeria Sotheby´s, em Nova York, leiloou um grande lote de peças dos tempos

Dust Disk Around a Black Hole in Galaxy NGC 7052

2006-04-05T02:11:00.000+01:00

image sorce: Hubble SiteResembling a gigantic hubcap in space, a 3,700-light-year-wide dust disk encircles a 300-million- solar-mass black hole in the center of the elliptical galaxy NGC 7052. The disk, possibly a remnant of an ancient galaxy collision, will be swallowed up by the black hole in several billion years. The black-and-white image on the left, taken by a ground-based telescope

you are here !

2006-03-31T05:18:00.000+01:00

Earth From Mars Date: 03.08.2004 This is the first image ever taken of Earth from the surface of a planet beyond the Moon. It was taken by the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit one hour before sunrise on the 63rd Martian day, or sol, of its mission. The image is a mosaic of images taken by the rover's navigation camera showing a broad view of the sky, and an image taken by the rover's

classic

2006-03-30T04:37:00.000+01:00

v for vendetta

2006-03-27T17:14:00.000+01:00

www.vinganca.com.pt

UFO Map: Spain & Portugal

2006-03-21T18:10:00.000Z

click on image for better detailUFO sighting are divided into arbitrary eras by colors. The oldest ones in blue, range from 1551 thru 1959, and seem to favor Portugal and parts of North Africa.The greatest number of sightings are in the middle years (1960 - 1979) shown in violet. A dense cluster of these lies west of Seville.The most recent era (1980 to present in green) shows a loose grouping in

20 - 3 - 1995

2006-03-20T00:46:00.000Z

Aum Shinri Kyo attacked Transportation target (Mar. 20, 1995, Japan) Sarin Escrito por: Miguel A. Medeiros O Sarin é um composto utilizado como arma química, pertencente ao grupo dos gases de nervos, ou seja, organo-fosforados, altamente tóxicos, que actuam no sistema nervoso central, inibindo a acção da enzima acetilcolinesterase, que possui acção importante na transmissão

wake up!

2006-03-03T04:28:00.000Z

american dream

2006-03-01T20:44:00.000Z

Pela primeira vez desde 1972, os EUA estão a planear uma viagem à Lua. Mas em vez de uma curta viagem ao estilo Apollo pretendem construir uma base para a partir dela alcançar o planeta Marte. A data apontada é 2020.Apesar de esta pretensão ser contestada há largos anos, não só por questões orçamentais mas também por questões científicas (o ambiente lunar é altamente letal para a saúde humana),

only for a simple imaginary exercise

2006-02-22T06:45:00.000Z

i'll guess the most portuguese people didn't know this (myself included). maybe this isn't true, or we have a corporate/media flaw.click here

classic sci fi & horror

2006-02-21T04:29:00.000Z

knowledge is not a crime

2006-02-18T06:06:00.000Z

the home gun smith suicide methods terrorism hq home-made explosives project mayhem files usa + war = abuse nuclear bomb sabotage handbook project mayhem files 2

imperialism does matter!

2006-02-18T05:56:00.000Z

help the war machine*pic from propaganda remix project

2006-02-10T21:01:00.000Z

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