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Dumbledore was gay!

October 21, 2007

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Well.. there we go then.

One fan asked whether Albus Dumbledore, the head of the famed Hogwarts School of Wizardry and Witchcraft, had ever loved anyone. Rowling smiled. “Dumbledore is gay, actually,” replied Rowling as the audience erupted in surprise. She added that, in her mind, Dumbledore had an unrequited love affair with Gellert Grindelwald, Voldemort’s predecessor who appears in the seventh book. After several minutes of prolonged shouting and clapping from astonished fans, Rowling added. “I would have told you earlier if I knew it would make you so happy.”

Full article: http://www.newsweek.com/id/50787

Enjoy I guess…
Joe

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Scientists Invent 30 Year Continuous Power Laptop Battery

October 2, 2007

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Here’s something interesting:

Your next laptop could have a continuous power battery that lasts for 30 years without a single recharge thanks to work being funded by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory. The breakthrough betavoltaic power cells are constructed from semiconductors and use radioisotopes as the energy source. As the radioactive material decays it emits beta particles that transform into electric power capable of fueling an electrical device like a laptop for years.

Although betavoltaic batteries sound Nuclear they’re not, they’re neither use fission/fusion or chemical processes to produce energy and so (do not produce any radioactive or hazardous waste). Betavoltaics generate power when an electron strikes a particular interface between two layers of material. The Process uses beta electron emissions that occur when a neutron decays into a proton which causes a forward bias in the semiconductor. This makes the betavoltaic cell a forward bias diode of sorts, similar in some respects to a photovoltaic (solar) cell. Electrons scatter out of their normal orbits in the semiconductor and into the circuit creating a usable electric current.

The profile of the batteries can be quite small and thin, a porous silicon material is used to collect the hydrogen isotope tritium which is generated in the process. The reaction is non-thermal which means laptops and other small devices like mobile phones will run much cooler than with traditional lithium-ion power batteries. The reason the battery lasts so long is that neutron beta-decay into protons is the world’s most concentrated source of electricity, truly demonstrating Einstein’s theory E=MC2.

The best part about these cells are when they eventually run out of power they are totally inert and non-toxic, so environmentalists need not fear these high tech scientific wonder batteries. If all goes well plans are for these cells to reach store shelves in about 2 to 3 years.

(source: http://www.nextenergynews.com/news1/next-energy-news-betavoltaic-10.1.html)

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More LOLCATS!

September 26, 2007

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Just going through a load during ICT..

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Enjoy….

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My entire site now redirects here!

September 19, 2007

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Well,
Due to the fact that I get tonnes and tonnes of spam emails, as well as possible abuse via the security holes in my site, I have taken it down until I can either rewrite it, or I do something else with it…

No one used it anyway! :P

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DarkRebellion

January 1, 2007

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Hey!
Just a kinda off-topic thing, I am a member of an alliance on a game (http://kingsofchaos.com) and it is called TheDarkRebellion/Dark Rebellion (sometimes refer to as simply: ‘DR’).

Their website is http://thedarkrebellion.com
And if you want to join them, join me on this game here: http://www.kingsofchaos.com/recruit.php?uniqid=4qw7zpan

Thanks alot!
Joe

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