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Steps of How to Hack Into a Computer

Sun, 16 Jul 2006 01:13:13 GMT

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Tags: hack, computer, howto, steps, visual, representation, image, overview, hacking

The High Cost of Being Poor

Mon, 24 Jul 2006 17:55:45 GMT

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Clip Source: www.alternet.org

The High Cost of Being Poor

There are people, concentrated in the Hamptons and Beverly Hills, who still confuse poverty with the simple life. No cable TV, no altercations with the maid, no summer home maintenance issues -- just the basics like family, sunsets and walks in the park. What they don't know is that it's expensive to be poor.

In fact, you, the reader of middling income, could probably not afford it. A new study from the Brookings Institute documents the "ghetto tax," or higher cost of living in low-income urban neighborhoods. It comes at you from every direction, from food prices to auto insurance. A few examples from this study, by Matt Fellowes, that covered 12 American cities:

Poor people are less likely to have bank accounts, which can be expensive for those with low balances, and so they tend to cash their pay checks at check-cashing businesses, which in the cities surveyed, charged $5 to $50 for a $500 check.

Nationwide, low-income car buyers, defined as people earning less than $30,000 a year, pay two percentage points more for a car loan than more affluent buyers.

Low-income drivers pay more for car insurance. In New York, Baltimore and Hartford, they pay an average $400 more a year to insure the exact same car and driver risk than wealthier drivers.

Poorer people pay an average of one percentage point more in mortgage interest.

They are more likely to buy their furniture and appliances through pricey rent-to-own businesses. In Wisconsin, the study reports, a $200 rent-to-own TV set can cost $700 with the interest included.

They are less likely to have access to large supermarkets and hence to rely on the far more expensive, and lower quality offerings, of small grocery and convenience stores.

Tags: economy, usa, politics

Hawking has criticised President George Bush and European governments over stem cells

Mon, 24 Jul 2006 15:47:26 GMT

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Clip Source: news.independent.co.uk

Hawking criticises EU states trying to ban stem cell research

Stephen Hawking, the world's best-known living scientist, has attacked "reactionary" forces in Europe and America which are trying to ban research into stem cells from human embryos.

Professor Hawking, who suffers from motor neurone disease, has criticised President George Bush and European governments who want to stop the funding of research with embryonic stem cells, which promises to revolutionise the treatment of many incurable conditions.

His attack comes on the day that an attempt will be made in Brussels to prevent any money from the European Union's €54bn (£37bn) science budget being spent over the next seven years on research into human embryonic stem cells.

"Europe should not follow the reactionary lead of President Bush, who recently vetoed a bill passed by Congress and supported by a majority of the American people that would have allowed federal funding for stem cell research," he said in a statement to The Independent. "Stem cell research is the key to developing cures for degenerative conditions like Parkinson's and motor neurone disease from which I and many others suffer," he said.

President Bush and some religious authorities, notably the Catholic Church, argue that the microscopic, four-day-old embryos from which stem cells are derived are potential human lives. They believe it is immoral to take stem cells from any human embryo even for the purpose of saving lives because the process involves the destruction of embryos.

"The fact that the cells may come from embryos is not an objection because the embryos are going to die anyway," he said. "It is morally equivalent to taking a heart transplant from a victim of a car accident."

Tags: science, medicine, research

Auto-Nag!

Sun, 23 Jul 2006 20:10:50 GMT

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Clip Source: www.hassleme.co.uk

HassleMe Because sometimes in life,
you just need to be nagged...

Not eating enough fruit? Forgot to feed the fish again? Need a little help keeping your New Year's resolutions?
Tell us what to hassle you about, and we'll nag you via email at semi-unpredictable intervals.

Set up a hassle now!

Hassle me roughly every days, reminding me to:

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Tags: nagging, self-improvement

The Fourth Reich

Mon, 24 Jul 2006 20:44:14 GMT

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Clip Source: thinkprogress.org

Sen. Inhofe Compares People Who Believe In Global Warming To ‘The Third Reich’

Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK) is the nation’s most prominent global warming denier. He famously declared that global warming is “the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people.” Now, he’s taken the argument a step further. In an interview with Tulsa World, Inhofe compared people who believed global warming was a problem to Nazis:

In an interview, he heaped criticism on what he saw as the strategy used by those on the other side of the debate and offered a historical comparison.

“It kind of reminds . . . I could use the Third Reich, the big lie,” Inhofe said.

Tags: global warming, godwin's law

Women Who Pee Standing

Mon, 24 Jul 2006 07:11:15 GMT

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Clip Source: www.femalefreedom.ca

Pmates give women the freedom to discreetly pee standing up

Have you ever found yourself in a dirty, unhygienic port-a-potty?

Have you ever had a full bladder with no bathroom in sight?

Have you ever been afraid to pull down your pants to squat and pee and risk being seen or peeing on your shoes?

Then the PMate is for you!

The PMate is a revolutionary way for women to pee discreetly without having to pull down their pants and squat.

The PMate allows women to pee standing up.

Tags: funny, bizarre

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Steps of How to Hack Into a Computer

The High Cost of Being Poor

Hawking has criticised President George Bush and European governments over stem cells

Hawking criticises EU states trying to ban stem cell research

Auto-Nag!

HassleMe Because sometimes in life,you just need to be nagged...

Set up a hassle now!

The Fourth Reich

Sen. Inhofe Compares People Who Believe In Global Warming To ‘The Third Reich’

Women Who Pee Standing

Pmates give women the freedom to discreetly pee standing up

HassleMe Because sometimes in life,
you just need to be nagged...