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Comment Re:Screw this (Score 2, Insightful) 42

by Philosopher-Geek on Wednesday September 12, 2007 @01:48PM (#20576051) Attached to: The Differences Between the AO and M Versions of Manhunt 2

"ignoring the homoerotic undertones of the whole gay pageant you've for months been pining away for" And there are no homo-erotic undertones of wanting to grab some other man's balls? And nothing phallic about a gun? I'll be sure to tell Freud that.

Submission + - New legislation for nuclear safety (reformer.com)

Submitted by

mdsolar

on Saturday September 08, 2007 @12:43AM

mdsolar writes: "Recent problems at the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant have spurred Congresspeople from Vermont, Massachusetts and New Hampshire to introduce legislation that would allow State governors to request independent safety reviews of nuclear power plants that exclude NRC employees that usually work on that plant and include non-NRC employees. The review model is based on one that found problems at Maine Yankee before it closed. Problems at Vermont Yankee have included a cooling tower collapse, a SCRAM caused by an ungreased valve and failure of a safety system during the SCRAM. The plant is coming off of heightened review after shipping nuclear material with insufficient shielding. The plant's application for a 20 year license extention is also currently under review."

Feed The Register: A US CERT reminder: The net is an insecure place (theregister.com)

From feed by registerfeed on Saturday September 08, 2007 @12:32AM

World's biggest websites no match for decade-old web bug

If you use Gmail, eBay, MySpace, or any one of dozens of other web-based services, the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team wants you to know you're vulnerable to a simple attack that could give an attacker complete control over your account.

Feed New York Times: Alum Charged With Hacking Into Texas A&M (nytimes.com)

From feed by nytfeed on Saturday September 08, 2007 @12:12AM

Luis Castillo was charged with hacking into Texas A&M’s computer system and illegally accessing information on 88,000 current and former students, faculty and staff members.

Re-Inventing Hotwheels 216

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday July 17, 2006 @09:32PM from the fun-bits-of-plastic dept.

garzpacho writes "BusinessWeek has an interview with Gary Swisher, Mattel's Vice-President of Wheel Design, who talks about the challenges of designing new toys for today's tech-savvy kids. In addition to discussing 'the challenge of stewarding an old-school brand like HotWheels in our tech-driven age, the emerging technologies that will affect the toy industry, and Mattel's Web strategy,' he also talks about the effect that video games have had on toy design, and argues that exciting the imagination is the most important role that a toy can fill."

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