Alles over Using Microwaves To Cook Ballast Stowaways | rss feed | toevoegen | e-mail nieuwsalarm | Slashdot | 2008-05-13 03:45:52
Smivs writes "US researchers say they have developed an effective way to kill unwanted plants and animals that hitch a ride in the ballast waters of cargo vessels. Tests showed that a continuous microwave system was able to remove all marine life within the water tanks. The UN lists 'invasive species' dispersed by ballast water discharges as one of the four main threats to the world's marine ecosystems. For example European zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) have infested more than 40% of the US's inland waterways. Between 1989 and 2000, up to $1B is estimated to have been spent on controlling the spread of the alien invader."Read more of this story at Slashdot.
http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/289085741/article.pl
Alles over Horrors: Hello Kitty Microwave is Your Worst Nightmare | rss feed | toevoegen | e-mail nieuwsalarm | Gizmodo | 2007-09-10 22:35:20
Picture this: you're on a date, it's going really well, and she invites you back to her place for coffee. You're excited; you think things are going great. Then, you get to her apartment and you see that she has a Hello Kitty microwave. Oh, sweet mother of god, no.
Because, really, is there a bigger dealbreaker than that? Could you really imagine becoming romantically involved with someone who spent over $300 on a microwave bedazzled with Hello Kitty artwork? Imagine the mix of emotions you'd feel, from anger to betrayal to pity. Oh, the horrors. Is there a dealbreaker on par with this? I think it's up there with a bed completely covered in stuffed animals, and if both appeared in the same home I'd be unable to keep myself from running screaming from the premises. Dating is dangerous business. [Product Page via Shiny Shiny]
http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/154653046/hello-kitty-microwave-is-your-worst-nightmare-298167.php
Alles over De-Animator | rss feed | toevoegen | e-mail nieuwsalarm | Retecool | 2006-07-06 09:34:38
Het is nooit te vroeg voor een potje flink om je heen knallen. De-Animator is al vrij oud, maar heerst nog steeds genoeg om een paar kostbare minuten aan te besteden. Knallen tot je een ons weegt en zo lang mogelijk uit handen blijven van de living dead: Six Shots by Midnight, gebaseerd op H.P. Lovecrafts Reanimator. http://www.retecool.com/index.php?id=P16581
Alles over Stuffed Animal Rights | rss feed | toevoegen | e-mail nieuwsalarm | Attu sees all | 2006-06-20 22:57:53
This web site focuses on the rights of stuffed animals, by providing a forum for discussing the philosophical grounds for stuffed animal rights. The contributors are themselves stuffed animals, and speak from both personal experience and from theoretical postures.
The philosophy of rights has gained prominence in recent decades in both academia and popular culture. Within the human sphere, groups that were formerly marginalised have now become politicised and have advanced arguments why they should be treated on a par with the hegemonic group. In the industrial countries of the West, this hegemonic group has historically comprised wealthy, able-bodied, heterosexual males of white, Anglo-Saxon ethnic origin and Protestant affiliation.
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http://attu.blogspot.com/2006/06/stuffed-animal-rights.html
