As surprised as they are now, they’re going to be extremely disappointed when they find out Jack Dawson wasn’t real.
From There, I Fixed It – Redneck Repairs: Showers Just Got a Whole Lot Hotter
Yes, these shower tiles are thermal sensitive. They change colors based on the temperature. Think of the possibilities!
From DailyTech Main News Feed: Apple Makes $9.5B USD in Britain, Pays Only 0.16% in Taxes; Google Also Targeted
Corporate tax-dodging: not just a U.S. problem
From Gizmodo: Dental X-Rays Linked to the Most Common Brain Tumors
Cancer researchers have found that certain types of dental X-rays significantly increased the incidence of the most common type of brain tumor in the United States: meningioma. More »
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From Kotaku: Grand Theft Auto: Iraq is no Game, It’s Just Assholes With Guns
From Ars Technica: Twitter helps free kidnapped South African from trunk of his car
A South African man, whose name has not been published, was carjacked, robbed, and stuffed into the trunk of his car near Johannesburg on Sunday. The robbers, however, had overlooked his mobile phone, which he used to text his girlfriend, Lynn Peters. From there, Twitter took over.
Two armed men grabbed the driver and his Volkswagen Golf in the Honeydew area northwest of Johannesburg at about 9:00pm local time. Carjacking is a crime that is common in the country—over 10,000 such incidents occurred last year.
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From Autoblog: Video: Mythbusters tests the square wheel theory
The Mythbusters have finally tackled the long-unanswered question, “Why don’t cars have square wheels?”
What’s that? You’ve never wondered why? Neither have we, because it’s freaking obvious. But equally obvious is how awesome it would be to test out a square-wheeled vehicle anyway, which is exactly what the Mythbusters guys did, using an older Ford F-Series pickup.
While the full episode is not available online, you can get the gist of the segment by watching the eight clips Discovery has posted, which we’ve conveniently organized for your viewing pleasure below.
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