Stanford expels President Bush
If you look at official news of Hoover Institute, President George W. Bush met with Hoover Institution fellows at the residence of Distinguished Fellow George P. Shultz on Friday, April 21.
But what they shunned to mention was that Stanford University students, parents, local residents, and faculty members protested George W. Bush’s appearance on campus, and turned the US president away.
More @ HowToRockstar’s BlogSpot
Crysis Minimum System Specs
Recently I posted link to new Crysis screenshots and considering the graphics, you might expect some high end system specifications for it. Well the official statement is out:
Minimum Requirements:
CPU: Athlon 64 3000+/Intel 2.8ghz
Graphics: Nvidia 6600/X800GTO (SM 2.0)
RAM: 768Mb/1Gb on Windows Vista
HDD: 6GB
Internet: 256k+
Optical Drive: DVD
Software: DX9.0c with Windows XPRecommended Requirements:
CPU: Dual-core CPU (Athlon X2/Pentium D)
Graphics: Nvidia 7800GTX/ATI X1800XT (SM 3.0) or DX10 equivalent
RAM: 1.5Gb
HDD: 6GB
Internet: 512k+ (128k+ upstream)
Optical Drive: DVD
Software: DX10 with Windows Vista
My system meets the minimum system requirements! So, yippee! I would be able to enjoy this drop dead gorgeous game.
Official forum post @ Crysis Online
How to exercise more in heat
Researchers found that when athletes with special “precooling” garments before a workout in the heat and humidity, the athletes showed cooler body temperatures, lower heart rates and less sweating. These precooling garments contain water cooled tubing. Pre-workout dip in a cold bath or exposure to cold air can help exercisers lower their odds of heat strain in hot, humid weather. The idea of precooling is to increase the body’s heat tolerance by starting exercise with as cool a body temperature as possible.
More @ Reuters
1 Nintendo DS is sold every 2 sec.
In the year and a half since its launch, more than 21 million DSes have been sold worldwide. To put things in perspective, Apple only managed to ship one million iPods in the first 19 months. That works out to one DS sold ever two seconds “non-stop, since launch.” Now thats some sales figure.. shame on you Sony PSP.
More interestingly that worldwide GameCube sales total from day 1 are about 21 million, with the DS at 21.27 million. Which means that the DS has sold more units in a year and a half than the GameCube has in almost 5 years.
More @ GamaSutra
Google’s office design
Google Plex is a remarkable office which promotes open environment but enough privacy for employers to feel comfortable. It features many design feature for its programmers to think straight!
Read details and watch photos @ Metropolis Mag
Israel oil requirement & Armageddon
Israel produces only a couple thousand barrels of oil a day, which means it relies on the global market for more than 99 percent of its consumption. It doesn’t have much diplomatic terms with Arab countries to get oil from.
From 1968 to 1979 they got oil from Iran. Then shah of Iran was overthrown and the tap of the “TIPline” was closed that used to transfer fuel to Israel. Israelis then attacked Egypt and caught hold of Sinai region (Where mount sinai of Moses is). They made a peace agreement with Egypt to use the oil.
Much of fuel nowadays came from countries like Mexico, Angola, Colombia, Norway. The TIPline is now used by Russia (Kazakhstan) to provide oil too, as Israel oil consumption has increased many folds.
They aim to restart an abandoned pipeline that runs from Mosul, Iraq to Haifa, Israel. But some portion of this is controlled by Syria.
Considering this if we look at the facts that:
- Many believe real aim of Israel current attacks is Syria not Lebanon.
- U.S. has already got Iraqs control and aim to send more troops there soon.
- At End of times the prophecy of Euphrates river of Iraq uncovering gold (black gold = oil) which will start a world wide war.
Now someone proves this all is a coincidence.
Read “Where Israel Gets its oil from” @ Slate
Read “Prophecy of Euphrates river” @ Islam Online
Quotes by all Israeli PM
This site has collection of different quotes said by All of Israeli Prime Minister till now. You really get to see their point of view in these quick wording clips from their interviews and press releases. It has quotes from all PM’s starting from the first PM of Israel David Ben Gurion like:
“We must use terror, assassination, intimidation, land confiscation, and the cutting of all social services to rid the Galilee of its Arab population.”
to the modern Ariel Sharon quotes (who is in critical health conditions these days) like:
“Israel may have the right to put others on trial, but certainly no one has the right to put the Jewish people and the State of Israel on trial.”
Read all the quotes @ Mona Baker
Crysis : New Screenshots
Some new screen shots have emerged of the ultimate good looking game “Crysis”, a PC only title. The screen shots emerged at a hungurian site.. well who cares about the language… the visuals speak for themselves.
Watch the high-res screenshots @ HardWired.hu
Sound sensitive T-Shirt
This “SHOWOFF T-SHIRT” features a sound level on front, as is available in audio systems. But instead of showing beats of music, it reacts to sounds of surrounding (that can be music too of course). The battery to power the display bars is hidden in a pocket inside the T-shirt. Its priced at $70 and can be pretty cool thing for garage/underground bands to show off at their gigs.
Buy it @ Bim Bam Banana
Israel ‘authorized’ to continue
Top news today is:
The Israeli justice minister, Haim Ramon, said Israel had “in effect obtained the authorization to continue our operations” by Wednesday’s 15-nation Rome conference on the crisis in Lebanon and could continue its attacks “until Hezbollah is no longer present in southern Lebanon”.
Where are these authorizations coming from ? Illuminati, Priory of Zion, Freemasons?
More about the actual news @ AlJazeera
