Quick info, September 11
Monday, September 11, 2006 2:00:00 PM
- Day in pictures September 11
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Wearing helmets 'more dangerous' 11 September 2006
The study found drivers tend to pass closer when overtaking cyclists wearing helmets than those who are bare-headed. [...] While wearing the wig, drivers gave him an average of 14cm more space when passing.
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Prison for sending mobile phone love messages to Princess Stephanie Sep 6, 2006
On July 29, the man [who had worked in the royal palace at Monte Carlo as a valet] sent another five electronic love letters to the princess and asked for a rendezvous.
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Auto-eroticism undoes driver 11 SEPTEMBER 2006
A Slovak driver who crashed into a bus shocked rescuers who found him unconscious and half naked
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Colombia military in bomb scandal 11 September 2006
[A]rmy officers are accused of placing car bombs around Bogota, including one that went off wounding more than a dozen soldiers and killing a civilian. The motivation was to claim reward money from the government, which offers payments of up to $400,000 (£220,000) for information on the activities of Marxist rebels and drugs traffickers.
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Security breach hits online world 11 September 2006
The alert follows a security breach in which a malicious hacker broke into a database holding information about Second Life's 650,000 users. This held names, addresses, passwords and encrypted credit card information.
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Philosophers Carnival #35 September 04, 2006
They say that breaking up is hard to do, and I know, I know that it's true...well, at least according to the coherent knowledge structure built with that tart who left me.
Words
re·hash (rē-hăsh') -tr.v.- To bring forth again in another form without significant alteration
in·ter·nec·ine (ĭn'tər-nĕs'ēn', -ĭn, -nē'sīn') -adj.- Of or relating to struggle within a nation, organization, or group.
foi·ble (foi'bəl) -n.- A minor weakness or failing of character.
spate (spāt) -n.- A sudden flood, rush, or outpouring
Comics
- - Hey, dad, why did God pick Noah to build the ark ?
- He was the only holy man on Earth... That - plus he was the only one familiar with the cubit system.






