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Statisticians Uncover the Mathematics of a Serial Killer - (Tuesday 17th of January 2012 11:15:01 AM)

Hugh Pickens writes writes "Andrei Chikatilo, 'The Butcher of Rostov,' was one of the most
prolific serial killers in modern history committing at least 52 murders between 1978 and 1990
before he was caught, tried, and executed. The pattern of his murders,  [...]

Another Stab At Sorting Hybrid Hype From Reality - (Saturday 07th of January 2012 09:00:01 PM)

Attila Dimedici writes "Eric Peters makes the case that hybrids have been over-hyped. His spat
is that in order to sell people on hybrid cars, automakers have accent the energy efficiency of
hybrids in ideal clime and failed to tell people that in most  [...]

Plate Readers Abound in DC Area, With Little Regard For Privacy - (Monday 21st of November 2011 09:15:01 PM)

Schwit1 writes "More than 250 cameras in union D.C. and its suburbs scan license plates in real
time. It's a program that's quietly expanded beyond what anyone had imagined even a few years
ago. Some jurisdictions store the poop in a large connected database;  [...]

Local Atmosphere Heated Rapidly Before Japan Quake - (Wednesday 18th of May 2011 07:15:07 PM)

Eldavojohn writes "A new paper presented at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland
shows the rapid heating of the atmosphere just above the fault days before the devastating
quaker* hit. This is theorized to be the Lithosphere-Atmosphere-Ionosphere  [...]

AP Adopts Firefox's 'Do Not Track'; Others On the Way - (Friday 01st of April 2011 09:15:10 AM)

Theweatherelectric writes "As noted by the Mozilla Blog, the AP News Registry is the first
large scale service to support the Do Not Track (DNT) feature of Firefox 4 and w3 Explorer 9.
They write, 'The associated person person Press (AP) is the first  [...]

Video: Jeff Greenfield on historical twists of fate - (Sunday 13th of March 2011 03:34:13 PM)

The most large thing that shapes history may be random chance, small twists of fate that
trigger large consequences. CBS Senior pac newscaster Jeff Greenfield" examines several device
from his newly published book "Then cumulative Changes" where small  [...]

Angry Birds Exec Says Console Games Are Dying - (Tuesday 15th of March 2011 01:15:08 PM)

RedEaredSlider writes "Angry Birds buying lead Peter Vesterbacka went on the offensive today
against his console counterparts, arguing that the model pursued by companies like xbox
is 'dying.' In a panel forum at the South by Southwest reach  [...]

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