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Mars rover beginning to hate mars!

What a hilarious article!!

Mars Rover Beginning To Hate Mars

"Spirit has been displaying some anomalous behavior," said Project Manager John Callas, who noted the rover's unsuccessful attempts to flip itself over and otherwise damage its scientific instruments. "And the thousand or so daily messages of 'STILL NO WATER' really point to a crisis of purpose."

when do you know that you are way too fat?

Study: Many Americans Too Fat To Commit Suicide

pritated music

For long the battle between music company and illegal downloaders has been going on without an end in sight. There are millions of sites from which you can download music illegally, and similarly there several site where you can buy music. I understand why this is turning out to a very important battle with most of the songs being sold online. CD sales in the UK have dropped over the last few years and several stores have also stopped selling them since they do not make enough profit. HMV, one of the largest music retailers in the country also had to shut down many of their shops due to the same reason. But it's not that everyone is buying this music online, they are mostly downloading it. that's why the music companies are mad. Napster was shut down, but there are many other places where you can download music illegally. The fight to stop all these sites is not going to be easy and the system is going to have a difficult time trying to stop file sharing.

I have to admit that though I regularly buy music off itunes, not all my songs are legal. But then you can't hold that against me considering that I am just a poor student trying to get by.

There is a site called We7 that I came across. This idea makes sense to me where you download the songs with a little advertisement, of about 10 seconds, at the beginning of each track. So you don't have to pay for it, but the advertisers do.

Is the main reason I am excited about this model the fact that you can program itunes to skip the first 10 seconds of all songs? It works for me.

werewolf in us?

Apparently the legend of the werewolf is not completely wrong. A study done over the last few years has indicated that there is a rise in crime and violence during full moon or on either side of the full moon day. Why this happens is still unknown, but could be due to the way the gravity affects us.

BBC article

is it friday?

Is it friday?