Furl http://www.furl.net/ http://backend.userland.com/rss http://www.furl.net/member/ossat.rss Furl archive. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:56:57 GMT http://www.furl.net/item/1600087/forward http://www.furl.net/item/1600087 Sat, 01 Jan 2005 16:03:22 GMT General Technology They start with a single stolen file and pump out bootleg games and movies by the millions. Inside the pirate networks that are terrorizing the entertainment business. 5 http://www.furl.net/item/1497323/forward http://www.furl.net/item/1497323 Wed, 15 Dec 2004 10:24:52 GMT History P. T. Barnum is most often associated with the circus sideshow and the display of freaks. While this is true, he is also the founding force behind one of America's most famous circuses: Barnum & Bailey Circus. Barnum is also affiliated with the famous quote "There's a sucker born every minute." History, unfortunately, has misdirected this quotation. Barnum never did say it. Actually, it was said by his competitor. Here's the incredible story. 3 http://www.furl.net/item/1475920/forward http://www.furl.net/item/1475920 Sun, 12 Dec 2004 15:26:12 GMT General If we all hate consumerism, how come we can*019t stop shopping? 5 http://www.furl.net/item/1401316/forward http://www.furl.net/item/1401316 Tue, 30 Nov 2004 21:12:55 GMT Business Economics They are the three scariest words in U.S. industry. Cut your price at least 30% or lose your customers. Nearly every manufacturer is vulnerable -- from furniture to networking gear. The result: A massive shift in economic power is under way 5 http://www.furl.net/item/1395801/forward http://www.furl.net/item/1395801 Tue, 30 Nov 2004 11:10:33 GMT Science Road Less Travelled Bill Stone has invented diving gear and roving robots to explore the deepest - and deadliest - caves on earth. In the icy water 4,500 feet below Mexico he had to figure out how to bring his dead friend home. 3 http://www.furl.net/item/1367911/forward http://www.furl.net/item/1367911 Thu, 25 Nov 2004 10:32:23 GMT Science Road Less Travelled I have a confession to make. I made the movie Titanic because I thought I could talk the studio into letting me dive and film the real ship, 12,500 feet down in the North Atlantic. I was an avid wreck diver, and it was the ultimate shipwreck. Making the movie itself was actually secondary in my mind. So when I proposed the movie, I pitched the Titanic dives as a marketing hook - and the studio bought it. I figured, if I got killed, it would be before all the sets were built and the actors hired, so the studio wouldn't be out much. 4 http://www.furl.net/item/1308064/forward http://www.furl.net/item/1308064 Wed, 17 Nov 2004 11:06:52 GMT Economics I once attended a conference at which a senior Japanese official made an impassioned speech about the need to establish the yen as an international reserve currency. When my turn came, I explained that this was silly; even if the yen did become a reserve currency, it would make virtually no difference to Japan or to anyone else. At the end of the session, the moderator thanked me for my contribution--which, he said, emphasized once again the crucial importance of the yen's role as a reserve currency. I never figured out whether this was a case of the translator having trouble with my accent, or whether it was a polite way of telling me I had said something unacceptable. But I do know that people almost always attach far more importance to the issue of reserve currencies--the role of the dollar and its rivals in international trade and finance- -than the subject deserves. 3 http://www.furl.net/item/1290666/forward http://www.furl.net/item/1290666 Mon, 15 Nov 2004 12:26:06 GMT General Shortwave radio bands, ignored by commercial broadcasters because of their low fidelity, have long been home to government activity -- whether for national broadcasts such as the BBC World Service, Voice of America and Radio France International, or propaganda broadcasts from the likes of Radio Havana or the U.S.-backed Radio Free Iraq. 4 http://www.furl.net/item/1273703/forward http://www.furl.net/item/1273703 Sat, 13 Nov 2004 11:57:29 GMT Humor Sex at the speed of light Quantum sexual physics It wasn't me... it was the rest of the Universe Observing sex at the speed of light Ejaculation at the speed of light Sex with genital piercings is a matter of electrodynamics The butterfly swimmer effect Relativistic penile length enhancement The wormhole-assisted masturbation technique Top 10 reasons why sex at the speed of light is not an advisable form of prom of procreation 5 http://www.furl.net/item/1226697/forward http://www.furl.net/item/1226697 Sat, 06 Nov 2004 19:08:20 GMT Humor # My Legions of Terror will have helmets with clear plexiglass visors, not face-concealing ones. # My ventilation ducts will be too small to crawl through. # My noble half-brother whose throne I usurped will be killed, not kept anonymously imprisoned in a forgotten cell of my dungeon. 5