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New Street Fighter 4 Screenshots Are Bossy
Capcom has released new screenshots from its upcoming fighter sequel Street Fighter IV, detailing the return of four boss characters--Balrog, Sagat, Vega and M. Bison--from Street Fighter II. Street Fighter IV is hitting Japanese arcades this summer.
Microsoft Sweetens the Pot for Yahoo
businessMicrosoft leaked today that it would be willing to pay a maximum of 32–33 a share. My prediction is that Yahoo will take the deal. If they don’t then they Yahoo stock priced is going to go south in a hurry.
EGC Clambake for April 29, 2008 - “CREATE South Wrapup”
alanadavis | audio | chrisyale | createsouthHere is the direct MP3 download for the EGC clambake for April 9, 2008. I play a song from Alana Davis; I talk about our CREATE South conference and how it went, and our goals for the next year; I play a song by Chris Yale and then dance me to the end of love. You [...]
Andy McGhee
american jazz musicians | music educators(Andrew) Andy McGhee (b. November 3, 1927, Wilmington, North Carolina) is a tenor saxophonist and educator.
Andy McGhee graduated from New England Conservatory in 1949 and worked for a short time with trumpeter Roy Eldridge and local Boston musician Fat Man Robinson. From 1957 to 1963 McGhee worked in Lionel Hampton's band, touring the United States, Europe, and the Far East. His composition, McGhee, can be found on the recording, The Many Sides of Lionel Hampton. McGhee worked with Woddy Herman from 1963 to 1966.McGhee, Andy entry, The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, Edited by Barry Kernfeld, St. Martin's Press, New York, 1988
Lag Switch
Lag Switch
This particular device is used mainly by gamers who are looking for an edge that is frowned upon by those who chooses to "play by the rules". The Basic prmeisis behind the lag switch is to create a disturbance in the network connection causing lag. This lag is intended to give the one who possess the lag switch a slight edge over the oponent. The lag created by the switch is supposed to make players looses control over there movement, making them and everyone else easier to kill.Uses
The lag switches can be used on a variety of consoles as long as it has an ethernet port used for online play of video games. For the lag switch the be operated the owner must be the game host. If the owner is not the game host the other players will only appear to be lagging when in realality you are the only one lagging.The Rat Race (novel)
1950 novels | american novels | science fiction novels The Rat Race is a science fiction novel by Jay Franklin. It was first published in book form in 1950 by Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc. in an edition of 1,500 copies of which 1,200 were hardcover. The novel originally appeared in the magazine Collier's Weekly in 1947.
Plot summary
The novel concerns Lieutenant Commander Frank Jacklin who is blown up in a thorium bomb explosion while on the battleship Alaska. He awakens in the body of Winnie Tompkins who had perpetrated the explosion. As Tompkins, he learns of a plot by German agents to poison Franklin D. Roosevelt and he tries to warn the authorities. He continues to become involved in intrigue until another accident restores Tompkins to his body, leaving Jacklin in the body of a dog.Jeremy cool habash
Jeremy Cool Habash
In the minority rap sector in Israel, Ethiopian rapper, Jeremy Cool Habash, is a popular artist who speaks to many Ethiopian Jews. Habash raps in both Hebrew and Amharic about his Ethiopian Jewish heritage and the struggles that face many Ethiopian Jews in Israel who live in low-income areas Korat, Yael. "Israeli Hip Hop as a Democratic Platform." NYU Archives (2007): 43-58. 2 Apr. 2008 One of Habash’s most well known raps contains lyrics strung together from bumper sticker slogans Freedman, Samuel G. "Honk If You Love to Sing Bumper Stickers." The New York Times 16 Aug. 2004. 4 Apr. 2008
1991 Orange Bowl
The 1991 Orange Bowl was a 1990-1991 college football bowl game was played on January 1, 1991, for the national championship. The 57th edition to the Orange Bowl featured the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, and the Colorado Buffaloes. Colorado came into the game with a 10-1-1 record and 1 AP ranking, whereas Notre Dame came into the game with a 9-2 and 5 AP ranking. The game was a rematch of the 1990 matchup, in which 3 Notre Dame took a National Championship away from 1 Colorado, 21-6. This game would be forever remembered for Rocket Ismail's 91 yard punt return for a touchdown in which it was called back by a clipping penalty. Six plays later, Notre Dame quarterback Rick Mirer threw his third interception of the night to Colorado cornerback Deon Figures, who ran out the clock for the victory. It gave the Buffaloes its first National Championship.
Jus naufragii
international_law | maritime lawThe jus or ius naufragii (right of shipwreck), sometimes lex naufragii (law of shipwreck), was a medieval custom (never actually a law) which allowed the inhabitants or lord of a territory to seize all that washed ashore from the wreck of a ship along its coast. This applied, originally, to all the cargo of the ship, the wreckage itself, and even any passengers who came ashore, who were thus converted into slaves. This latter custom disappeared before the jus naufragii came to the attention of lawmakers.
Right, God, and abolition
The theoretical basis for the law, in Christian (and presumably Islamic) countries, was that God must be punishing the doomed ship for the vice of the crew. The ship and its cargo had thus been taken from their rightful owners by an act of God and were fair game. Despite this, consistent attempts to abolish the practice are recorded over the course of more than a millennium.Luis Suárez Fernández
Luis Suárez Fernández (born 25 June 1924, Gijón) is a Spanish historian, originally a medievalist, who has extended his studies to include modern and recent history.
Fernández studied philosophy and literature at the universities of Oviedo and Valladolid, receiving his doctorate in history on 16 June 1947 from the University of Madrid. In 1955 he obtained a professorship of Pre- and Universal History of Antiquity and the Middle Ages and General Cultural History (Prehistoria e Historia Universal de las Edades Antigua y Media y de Historia General de la Cultura) at Valladolid, where he rose to the posts of dean (1963) and rector (1965). As recto he founded the first chair in theatre at the university. In 1972 the government made him Director General of Universities and Investigation (Universidades e Investigación).
Broadway Shows We'd Pay to See: Aliens, The Tipping Point, Slashdot
First Hollywood discovered geeks. Now with Spamalot, Young Frankenstein, and The Lord of the Rings, it's Broadway's turn. But they've only scratched the surface. Here are a few more productions we'd actually buy tickets for.
Why New York City's Iconic Pizza Is So Tough to Replicate
It costs $482.79 to get a decent pizza in San Francisco — $17 for the pie, $85 for cab fare, and $378.80 for the flight to New York. Throw in $1.99 for tinfoil. I wrap each slice individually to protect the toppings and maximize what I can fit inside a regulation-size carry-on: six pies' worth of triangular packets, arranged in an alternating pattern to create rectangular layers. The bag attracts some attention at airport security. Apparently, 48 interlocking aluminum-wrapped triangles are easy to mistake for an IED.
Frommers.com Airfare Deals and News for the Week of May 2, 2008
Allegiant offers one-way sales to and from Florida, Midwest does the same for Milwaukee, Aer Lingus offers a cheap way into Europe this summer, and our experts dish advice on how to snag a coveted exi
Frommers.com Podcast: Insider's Guide to South Korea
Find out how you can navigate through Seoul's best attractions, shop in the Korea's biggest markets, and explore the country's most fascinating parks and historic sites.
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Where Does the Dollar Do Best? Frommer's Global Price Index for May 2008
How far will your money go? Here's what it'll cost you for a beer in Trinidad, a bed in Tokyo, coffee in Chile, and more essentials around the world.
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Photos from Maker Faire setup
art | makerHere are some photos of giant sculptures being set up for Maker Faire, taking place this weekend in San Mateo. (Click on thumbnails for enlargement) Link...
NSA Releases Historical Documents on TEMPEST
securitysgunhouse writes to mention Wired's Threat Level has a piece on a recently-declassified document detailing the history of TEMPEST. "It was 1943, and an engineer with Bell Telephone was working on one of the U.S. government's most sensitive and important pieces of wartime machinery, a Bell Telephone model 131-B2. It was a top secret encrypted teletype terminal used by the Army and Navy to transmit wartime communications that could defy German and Japanese cryptanalysis. Then he noticed something odd. Far across the lab, a freestanding oscilloscope had developed a habit of spiking every time the teletype encrypted a letter. Upon closer inspection, the spikes could actually be translated into the plain message the machine was processing. Though he likely didn't know it at the time, the engineer had just discovered that all information processing machines send their secrets into the electromagnetic ether."
Videos of the worst pop songs ever
videoBolus presents YouTube videos of eight songs that elicit a specific kind of bummed-out feeling in the listener. It's like they were all cut from the same bolt of rash-inducing cloth. The songs are: White Plains -- My Baby Loves Lovin' Terry Jacks -- Seasons in the Sun Bo Donaldson & the Heywoods -- Billy Don't Be a Hero Captain & Tenille -- Muskrat Love Tony DiFranco & the DiFranco Family -- Heartbeat (It's a Love Beat) Bobby Goldsboro -- Honey Sammy Johns -- Chevy Van Debbie Boone -- You Light Up My Life In Bolus' comments section, someone said Tony Orlando's "Tie a Yellow Ribbon" belongs on the list, and I agree. Link...