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Posted:Mar 1, 2006 6:09 pm
Last Updated:Mar 5, 2006 9:29 pm 1073 Views
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Silly or next generation toy?
'Dance Pad' Lets Feet Do the Typing
By The Associated Press
From Associated Press
March 01, 2006 4:56 PM EST
REDMOND, Wash. - Ever feel like you're not making good enough use of your feet when you're catching up on your e-mail or sorting through all those digital pictures you took on that last vacation?
Computer scientists in Microsoft Corp.'s research division have developed a color-coded "dance pad" with buttons you can tap with your feet - or jump on - to scroll through electronic files.
It may never make it to store shelves, but then again, Microsoft spends billions every year researching far-out technologies without worrying about whether every gizmo will sell.
This week the software giant held its annual internal trade show where hundreds of researchers were showing off their work. The "Step User Interface" technology was one of the concepts available for a sneak peek.
"This is just one off-the-shelf piece of hardware we can use," A.J. Brush, the lead researcher on the project, said after demonstrating the technology. "Now we're looking at broadening, thinking about accelerometers or other things you could strap onto your feet so you really could be just sitting at your desk and kicking your e-mail away under the desk."
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I have a and.....
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Posted:Mar 1, 2006 7:00 am
Last Updated:Mar 5, 2006 9:29 pm 1191 Views
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he poops. I don't mind picking it up and putting it in the proper desposal.....but this?????
Behold the power of poop
City hopes to mine park for energy
March, 2006; Posted: 1:11 p.m. EST (18:11 GMT)
Emma, a collie, waits for her owner at San Francisco's Fort Funston Park
What Is This? SAN FRANCISCO, California (AP)
-- City officials are hoping to harness the power of waste in this dog-friendly city where animal feces make up nearly 4 percent of residential waste.
San Franciscans already recycle more than 60 percent of their garbage, but officials hope to turn into energy the 6,500 tons (5,897 metric tons) of waste a year -- nearly as much as disposable diapers, according to the city.
Within the next few months, Norcal Waste, a garbage hauling company that collects San Francisco's trash, will begin a pilot program under which it will use biodegradable bags and dog-waste carts to pick up droppings at a popular park.
The droppings will be tossed into a contraption called a methane digester, which is basically a tank in which bacteria feed on feces for weeks to create methane gas.
The methane could then be piped directly to a gas stove, heater, turbine or anything else powered by natural gas. It can also be used to generate electricity.
Methane digesters are nothing new. The technology was introduced in Europe about 20 years ago, and more than 600 farm-based digesters are in operation there. Nine are in use on California dairy farms, and chicken and hog farms elsewhere in the United States also use them.
Neither Norcal Waste spokesman Robert Reed nor Will Brinton, a Maine-based recycling and composting consultant, knew of anyone in the United States who is using the $1 million (euro840,000) devices to convert pet waste to energy. But Brinton said some European countries process droppings along with food and yard waste.
"The main impediment is probably getting communities around the country the courage to collect it, to give value to something we'd rather not talk about," Brinton said. "San Francisco is probably the king of pet cities. This could be very important to them."
San Francisco -- the city named after Saint Francis, patron saint of animals -- has an estimated 240,000 dogs and cats.
Some experts believe methane digestion must become more attractive economically before it gets popular. Landfill space is relatively cheap, and natural gas and electricity also remain fairly inexpensive.
Reed points to San Francisco's groundbreaking food composting program, which began 10 years ago, as proof an unusual idea can work in this forward-thinking city. A Norcal Waste subsidiary collects 300 tons (272 metric tons) of food scraps per day from homes and restaurants and converts it into a rich fertilizer sold to vineyards and organic farms.
"Now, the city's asked us to look at waste specifically," Reed said.
Because animal waste contains disease causing germs, composting it at home with yard waste and food scraps can be unsafe.
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YEP! Girdles for men....(LMAO)
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Posted:Mar 1, 2006 6:13 am
Last Updated:Mar 5, 2006 9:29 pm 1356 Views
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28 minutes ago
TOKYO (Reuters) - As Japanese waistlines expand, so is the market for girdles -- for men.
A new line of male underwear that flattens the stomach and lifts the hips proved so popular when introduced on a trial basis last month that some stores quickly sold out.
"Men are getting so much more fashion conscious these days that they're starting to pay attention to the lines of their body and their silhouette, just like women," said a spokeswoman at Triumph International Japan, a leading underwear firm.
Triumph marketed two different types of "long girdle" -- one from the navel to the knees, and the other a "hip hugger" version to be worn with low-waisted pants.
Both sold so well that it plans to raise production and develop new variations, including a version for summer wear.
Other firms intend to launch similar products, according to business daily Nihon Keizai Shimbun. One even plans to start selling underwear that lifts and shapes the upper body as well.
One factor behind the boom, which has made the girdles popular not only among middle-aged men but also those in their 20s and 30s, is likely to be a growing weight problem among once slim Japanese.
According to a Health Ministry report issued last month, some 29 percent of men aged 20-60 are overweight compared with 24 percent in 2000.
The Triumph spokeswoman, however, said most of the demand is due to new styles in pants that are cut to emphasize the hips. "It's really more about style," she said. "After all, there aren't that many men in their 20s and 30s whose figures are giving way."
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What did ya say??
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Posted:Feb 28, 2006 9:55 am
Last Updated:Mar 5, 2006 9:29 pm 1087 Views
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First Trip To Vegas
After the tourist had been served in a Las Vegas cocktail lounge, he beckoned the waitress back and said quietly, "Miss, yah sure are a luvly, luvly lady; can ah persuade yah to give me a piece of asz?"
"Lord, that's the most direct proposition I've ever had!" gasped the girl. Then she looked around the room, smiled and added, "Sure, why not? You're nice lookin' too and it's pretty slow here right now, so why don't
we just slip away up to my room?"
When the pair returned half an hour later, the man sat down at the same table and the waitress asked, "Will there be anything else, sir?"
"Why yes," replied the southern gentleman. "Ah sure 'preciate what yah just did for me; it was real sweet and right neighborly, but where ah come from in Alabamer we lack our bourbon real cold, so ah still need to trouble yah for a piece uh asz for mah drink."
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This is a gottcha
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Posted:Feb 23, 2006 3:17 am
Last Updated:Mar 5, 2006 9:29 pm 1173 Views
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LMAO!!!!!!
A little old lady answered a knock on the door one day, only to
be confronted by a well-dressed young man carrying a vacuum
cleaner. "Good morning," said the young man. "If I could take a
couple of minutes of your time, I would like to demonstrate the
very latest in high-powered vacuum cleaners."
"Go away!" said the old lady. "I haven't got any money! I'M BROKE!"
And she proceeded to close the door.
Quick as a flash, the young man wedged his foot in the door and
pushed it wide open. "Don't be too hasty!" He said. "Not until you
have at least seen my demonstration." And with that, he emptied
a bucket of manure onto her hallway carpet. "If this vacuum
cleaner does not remove all traces of this manure from your
carpet, Madam, I will personally eat the remainder."
The old lady stepped back and said, "Well I hope you've got a
darned good appetite, because they cut off my electricity this
morning."
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Let's try this again
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Posted:Feb 22, 2006 3:44 am
Last Updated:Mar 5, 2006 9:29 pm 1086 Views
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Busted........Bad... Feb 20, 2006 2:56 pm
Mood: crazy, 18 views
Mon Feb 20, 10:51 AM ET
BERLIN (Reuters) - A 52-year-old man from the German town of Darmstadt tried in vain to get a refund for 400 euros ($475) worth of what he said was "bad marijane-weed" from his dealer before turning to the police for help, according to authorities.
The police then charged the man with violating drugs possession laws and confiscated the 200 grams of weed he brought with him to the police station, according to a report in Bild am Sonntag newspaper Sunday.
"It is un-usable," the man told police in the hope they would help him get his money back. Amounts of up to 30 grams of weed are allowed in most German states for private consumption.
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Busted........Bad...
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Posted:Feb 20, 2006 2:56 pm
Last Updated:Mar 5, 2006 9:29 pm 995 Views
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Mon Feb 20, 10:51 AM ET
BERLIN (Reuters) - A 52-year-old man from the German town of Darmstadt tried in vain to get a refund for 400 euros ($475) worth of what he said was "bad marijane-weed" from his dealer before turning to the police for help, according to authorities.
The police then charged the man with violating drugs possession laws and confiscated the 200 grams of weed he brought with him to the police station, according to a report in Bild am Sonntag newspaper Sunday.
"It is un-usable," the man told police in the hope they would help him get his money back. Amounts of up to 30 grams of weed are allowed in most German states for private consumption.
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After reading Country Girl date
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Posted:Feb 20, 2006 1:16 am
Last Updated:Mar 5, 2006 9:29 pm 1371 Views
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This came to mind:
A girlfriend would always carry a sandwich baggie double(sometimes) with two cloves or garlic within the baggies and if she didn't like the guy or the date she was on, she would go to the little girls room and pop--one or two garlics into her mouth-------well you know that curb the kissin'---big time!!
I tried it once but it stunk up my purse---any ideas???????
It keeps vampires away!!!!!
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