DVD vs HD DVD

A comparison of the LOTR DVD and LOTR HD DVD. Since the movie is quite visually nice, its a good one to analyse. I always thought DVD was pretty impressive, but when you look at the comparison with HD DVD, it seems we are missing out on a lot of information.

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Grand Canyon Was made my Noahs Ark

Washington, DC — Grand Canyon National Park is not permitted to give an official estimate of the geologic age of its principal feature, due to pressure from Bush administration appointees. Despite promising a prompt review of its approval for a book claiming the Grand Canyon was created by Noah's flood rather than by geologic forces, more than three years later no review has ever been done and the book remains on sale at the park, according to documents released today by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER).

“In order to avoid offending religious fundamentalists, our National Park Service is under orders to suspend its belief in geology,” stated PEER Executive Director Jeff Ruch. “It is disconcerting that the official position of a national park as to the geologic age of the Grand Canyon is ‘no comment.’”

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Ergonomic Lighting

If you are at all interested in your health whilst at the computer, then this guide to the ergonomics of lighting and how you should place your monitor chair etc relative to the light, will help. Its quite detailed and kinda dry... But if it keeps you from spending your future fortune on something you could have done for free, then its probably worth a read.

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George Orwell Was Right

It's Saturday night in Middlesbrough, England, and drunken university students are celebrating the start of the school year, known as Freshers' Week.

One picks up a traffic cone and runs down the street. Suddenly, a disembodied voice booms out from above:

``You in the black jacket! Yes, you! Put it back!'' The confused student obeys as his friends look bewildered.

``People are shocked when they hear the cameras talk, but when they see everyone else looking at them, they feel a twinge of conscience and comply,'' said Mike Clark, a spokesman for Middlesbrough Council who recounted the incident. The city has placed speakers in its cameras, allowing operators to chastise miscreants who drop coffee cups, ride bicycles too fast or fight outside bars.

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