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How To Hide An Airplane Factory

Tue, 04 Sep 2007 10:39:37 GMT

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During World War II the Army Corps of Engineers needed to hide the Lockheed Burbank Aircraft Plant to protect it from a Japanese air attack. They covered it with camouflage netting and trompe l’oeil to make it look like a rural subdivision from the air.

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History’s Most Notorious Criminals

Fri, 31 Aug 2007 13:52:18 GMT

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Nelson Mandela

Crime: Saying that people should treat each other as equals.

Punishment: Imprisoned for 27 years.

Cicero

Crime: Preferring democracy to despotism.

Punishment: Exiled, then let back. Head chopped off and stuck on a pike.

Mahatma Gandhi

Crime: Preaching non-violence.

Punishment: Repeatedly jailed. Later assassinated.

Joan of Arc

Crime: Winning too much. Being a woman. Praying a lot.

Punishment: Imprisoned, raped, and burned at the stake.

Socrates

Crime: Asked searching questions about The Good, about Justice, and about man’s responsibility to his country.

Punishment: Calumnied, imprisoned, and executed by way of poison.

Galileo Galilei

Crime: Wondered if the earth could be circling the sun, and not the other way around.

Punishment: Imprisoned for life

Jesus of Nazareth

Crime: Saying we should be nice to each other.

Punishment: Beaten, mocked, whipped, stabbed, and nailed to a tree.

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The Forgotten Key : Cause of Titanic disaster??

Wed, 29 Aug 2007 18:50:49 GMT

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Clip Source: www.dailymail.co.uk

t was perhaps the most catastrophic lapse of memory in history, costing more than 1,500 lives.

A sailor called David Blair forgot to leave behind a key as the Titanic set off on its maiden voyage.

Without it, his shipmates were unable to open a locker in the crow's nest containing a pair of binoculars for the designated lookout.

The binoculars were to look out for dangers in the distance including signs of bad weather - and icebergs.

When asked by a US senator how much sooner it might have been spotted, Mr Fleet replied: "Enough to get out of the way."

Ninety-five years later, the key which may have saved the luxury liner is up for auction - along with a postcard from Mr Blair telling of his disappointment at not being on the maiden voyage.

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Evolution of Execution : A pictorial History

Mon, 04 Jun 2007 05:52:32 GMT

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Method: Crushing by Elephant
Deadly Debut: India, 4,000 years ago. (It’s probably older, but recorded history doesn’t go back that far.)

the tactic involved shutting victims inside the belly of a hollow, life-size brass bull and lighting a fire below it, essentially turning the apparatus into an oven.

Method: Crucifixion

Method: The Brazen Bull

Method: Ling Chi

the Chinese practice known as "death by a thousand cuts" involved binding a victim to a pole and carving into his or her arms, torso, and legs

Method: Cave of Roses
Deadly Debut: Sweden, during the Middle Ages (circa the 13th century C.E.)

the Cave of Roses required locking victims in a dark cave filled with a smorgasbord of venomous creatures and other unpleasant creatures.

Method: Keelhauling

keelhauling meant tying a man with rope, dropping him off the front of a ship, then dragging him "across the keel" from bow to stern.

Method: Spanish Donkey (or Wooden Horse)

V-shape wedge

pulling them

until the victims split in two

Method: Guillotine

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Cant Hide Anymore??New Software that can pinpoint u.

Thu, 24 May 2007 05:17:14 GMT

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Clip Source: www.newscientisttech.com

IF YOU thought you could protect your privacy on the web by lying about your personal details, think again. In online communities at least, entering fake details such as a bogus name or age may no longer prevent others from working out exactly who you are.

New software can identify you from your online habits

That is the spectre raised by new research conducted by Microsoft. The computing giant is developing software that could accurately guess your name, age, gender and potentially even your location, by analysing telltale patterns in your web browsing history. But experts say the idea is a clear threat to privacy - and may be illegal in some places

"It could make a good guess about your identity from your browsing history"

the idea could land Microsoft in legal trouble.

They are arguably committing offences in a number of countries under a number of different laws

Tags: microsoft, news, software, privacy