This was on Yahoo… Iranian police have seized 18 kilograms of opium after cutting open the stomachs of six camels, which are being increasingly used to carry narcotics from Afghanistan, media report. I dunno about you, but I feel sorry for the poor Camels. I mean it wasn’t exactly their fault that they were being [...]
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Camels slaughtered in drug haul…
Tuesday, November 30th, 2004
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Virgin Mary sandwich update and Jesus fishfingers!
Friday, November 26th, 2004
Well it looks like she’s finally sold it …. A US woman has sold a 10-year-old sandwich – said to feature the face of the Virgin Mary – for £15,000. Diana Duyser sold the sandwich on eBay to online casino GoldenPalace.com, reports the Boston Globe. You think that is bad? It seems it’s sparked off [...]
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DVD killed the VCR..
Monday, November 22nd, 2004
According to Yahoo… Dixons said Monday that a boom in sales of rival DVD technology and a slump in sales of video cassette recorders (VCRs) was behind its decision to pull the plug on what was once the pinnacle in home entertainment systems. Sales of DVD players have grown seven-fold in the last five years, [...]
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Governments can track printed documents
Monday, November 22nd, 2004
How about this bit of news from Yahoo…. Next time you make a printout from your color laser printer, shine an LED flashlight beam on it and examine it closely with a magnifying glass. You might be able to see the small, scattered yellow dots printer there that could be used to trace the document [...]
Flying taxi’s…
Wednesday, November 17th, 2004
How about this for a piece of the future… A flying taxi that can whisk commuters from Heathrow to Central London in just a few minutes for only £40 could be in operation within five years. This reminds me of something out of The Fifth Element with Bruce Willis. I think it would actually be [...]
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