A Bar With An Honor System Posted: 8 months ago by 2manyusernames
Jürgen Stumpf owns three wine bars in Berlin that operate on the honor system. For the price of 1€ (about $1.50), you rent yourself a glass and get to sample as many of the wines as you want. At the end of the night you throw some bills or coins into a big jar, the amount based on what you think is fair.
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Quadruple star system may host a planet Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
Planets may be present in a quadruple star system 150 light years from Earth, according to Spitzer Space Telescope observations. The system, called HD 98800, consists of two pairs of stars in which the partners in each pair orbit one another closely. The pairs themselves travel around each other on a very elongated path.
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Pst... Hey, do you want a hot security system? Posted: 8 months ago by 2manyusernames
Okay, you're opening an art studio so you figure you better get a top-quality security system. You spend $300,000 on the system, but you figure it's worth it. Well thieves thought it was worth it too when they stole the $300k system!
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Mother's Day--Where it came from. Posted: 5 months ago by eLJay
100 years ago, a woman fought to have a day to honor mother's after her mother had died. How do we compare today in the celebrations?
I searched. On my honor. Happy Mothers Day to all my sister plimates!
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US new project to develop GPS-like system for moon Posted: 3 months ago by maxriter
NASA has awarded 1.2 million US dollars to an Ohio State University research team over the next three years to develop a navigation system that will feel a lot like GPS to the astronauts that use it.
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University's Plagiarism Honor Code Found To Be Plagiarized Posted: 6 months ago by tigertony
Parts of the code appeared to have been lifted word for word from another school's honor code, without attribution. Even the definition of plagiarism was plagiarized.
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Create Your Own Solar System Posted: 1 year ago by ogri2003
Create your own system of planets. Change the direction and velocity of celestial bodies and keep them within your stars gravitational pull. Be sure to "select preset" at the top right & "set number of bodies" at bottom left.
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Star System Soaked With 'Rain' Posted: 1 year ago by Neiako
NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has revealed a dusty star system being soaked with a "steamy rain" of water vapor.
DUPE
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Mini Solar System Discovered Posted: 8 months ago by mahler87
Astronomers said Wednesday that they had found a miniature version of our own solar system 5,000 light-years across the galaxy — the first planetary system that really looks like our own, with outer giant planets and room for smaller inner planets.
They also found signs of Elvis and Amelia Earhart.
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High tech system to stop counterfeit wine Posted: 1 year ago by kxmk
Counterfeit wine? Really?
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Ubuntu 7.10 on PS3 - Installation guide and first impressions Posted: 10 months ago by leopoldogolba
Today, you will learn how to install Ubuntu Gutsy (as a second operating system) on your PlayStation 3 gaming console. For those of you who think for a second (and who are scared) that this will replace their PS3 operating system, well you guys are wrong, because this will NOT erase your PlayStation 3 native operating system (called XMB) and it will run as an alternative OS on your PS3 console. Ready? Are you excited? Let's go!
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Meteorite predates Solar System Posted: 2 years ago by teaya21
Samples taken from the Tagish Lake meteorite, discovered in 2000, have revealed evidence of organic matter that predates our Sun and Solar System, according to the study, published in today's edition of the U.S. journal Science.
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Wine Terrorists - "Raise the price of wine or blood will flow." Posted: 1 year ago by Fizz71
"Already, several local supermarkets selling foreign wines have been attacked with small explosive devices, with others graffitied with the Crav's initials."
..You just can't make this stuff up folks. I guess this is what we should expect from a country that still has many people believing the sun revolves around the earth! (j/k)
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My SysAd Blog Posted: 2 years ago by webwiz
This blog covers UNIX system administration tips for installations, programming, scripting, configuration, SQL, maintenance, troubleshooting, and command line syntax. What exactly is UNIX? It is an operating system. UNIX stands for UNiplexed Information and Computing System--originally spelled UNICS. It supports such tasks as running hardware, device drivers, peripherals and third party applications. It's a multi-user, multi-tasking, multi-processing, and multi-threading environment.
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How Old Are You on Other Planets in Our System Posted: 1 year ago by ogri2003
Enter your age and discover your age on other planets in our solar system. (Good link on here for building a scaled solar system too). Not completely updated: Pluto still a planet on this site.
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YouOS: an operating system, online Posted: 2 years ago by TheStep
A mind-boggling operating system that runs in your browser, with media players, word processors, internet browsers and the odd widget. Perfect for accessing your 'desktop' on the go.
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Analysis Of Solar Wind Helps Illuminate How Our Solar System Evolved Posted: 11 months ago by AutumnLotus
As reservoirs of valuable information go, nothing beats the sun. This sphere of heat and energy holds 99.9 percent of the solar system, saved in all original proportions after planets and meteorites formed. Analyzing the mix of hydrogen, oxygen and noble gases found in the sun can answer one of the biggest questions of the universe: How did our solar system evolve?
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'Rebuilt' immune system shakes off diabetes Posted: 1 year ago by Neiako
Diabetics appear to have been cured with a one-off treatment that rebuilds their immune system, according to a new study.
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Buddy system 'worked'; School girl saved in assault: officials Posted: 2 years ago by tundramonkey
Police and school officials say a buddy system at one inner-city school likely saved a Grade 3 girl from a more violent attack in a washroom.
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History of the Medal of Honor Posted: 1 year ago by bluemax
"Valor is a gift. Those having it never know for sure if they have it till the test comes. And those having it in one test never know for sure if they will have it when the next test comes." You can have Medal of Honor but what is worth of that if you die in war before get one ? I'm thinking about that too...
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Driver crashes car because navigation system told him too Posted: 2 years ago by teaya21
a german driver has crashed his car because his navigation system told him to keep driving through a construction site
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