China has banned Buddhist monks in Tibet from reincarnating
By Matthew Philips
Newsweek
Bad News
So I had the house inspection yesterday and found out the basement leaks. We think the owners tried to hide that fact too. There is moulding around the base of the wood-work in the basement and it cov...
First they screw you and then they eat you.
The women do at least...I found this guy hanging out at work...
NEW PORSCHE!
A new sketch from The Tweedles Ep. 2!
A boy decides whether to give his money to a homeless person for food, or to give his money to a wealthy man so that the man can get a new Porsche.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQAvbcKYunY
NEW PORSCHE!
A new sketch from The Tweedles Ep. 2!A boy decides whether to give his money to a homeless person for food, or to give his money to a wealthy man so that the man can get a new Porsche. http://www.you...
New Job, House, Workouts, and a Bachelors Party
The new job is going well. I've been putting in a lot of hours, but I get paid for every single one of them! Woot! I also put a bid in on the house I want today (well, technically yesterday sinc...
Office printers 'are health risk'
By Nick Bryant
BBC News, Sydney
The humble office laser printer can damage lungs in much the same way as smoke particles from cigarettes, a team of Australian scientists has found.
An investigation of a range of printer models showed that almost a third emit potentially dangerous levels of toner into the air.
The Queensland University of Technology scientists have called on ministers to regulate these kinds of emissions.
They say some printers should come with a health warning.
The researchers carried out tests on more than 60 machines.
Seagate plans to stop manufacturing IDE drives by year end
Seagate plans to cease manufacturing IDE hard drives by the end of the year and will focus exclusively on SATA-based products. Seagate is the first major hard drive manufacturer to announce such plans, though others will likely follow suit as SATA continues to sap PATA's market share. According to a report published at Australian-based ITNews last January, SATA now accounts for 66.7 percent of desktop hard drive sales, 44 percent of laptop sales, and an unspecified (but increasing) amount of enterprise storage connectivity.
Microsoft Claims a Billion Windows Installs by End of 2008
By Peter Galli
REDMOND, Wash.— Microsoft Windows will run more PCs than there are cars in the world by the end of Microsoft's fiscal year 2008, said Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer July 26 at the company's analyst day here.
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