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The animation on the feature was truly groundbreaking at the time, featuring the first use of motion blur in CG animation.

I came across this video on http://www.Digg.com. It was one of the most talked about video there and I popped by to check out just what the fus was all about. I mean animated short firlm made in 1984 can
t be that great right? yes?

Just a little background so that we can appreciate the film you are about to see more. Back in 1984, I was just a baby crawling on the floor, perhaps watching 2D flat cartoons showing on TV. Back then, nobody talked about animated films, maybe that started in the 1990s. (Read more...)

You got to see this video!

Christian was a lion purchased in 1969 by two Australians living in London, Rendall and Bourke from Harrods department store. After Christian (the lion!) had been in Kenya a year, Rendall and Bourke returned and visited their former pet. The animal recognized them, reared up, grasped and nuzzled both Randell and Bourke. (Read more...)

Have you wondered if it's possible for a brillant hacker, after commiting crimes costing millions around the world, is able to get a job from the police? I've always thought that it is possible and is happening around the world, but never publicity disclosed.

Today, Telepgraph (a UK newspaper) reports that New Zealand police may actually consider offering 18-year-old Owen Thor Walker, who goes by the online name 'Akill', after his role in a sophisticated operation by a worldwide group of criminals calling themselves the 'A-Team', linked to a global credit card scam worth millions of pounds!

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Here's something for you to ponder on. It's interesting, so read it. The Rendezvous Dilemma can be stated by the following: Two young people have a date in a park they have never been to before. Arriving separately in the park, they are both surprised to discover that it is a huge area and consequently they cannot find one another. In this situation each person has to choose between waiting in a fixed place in the hope that the other will find them, or else starting to look for the other in the hope that they have chosen to wait somewhere. (Read more...)

This must be one of the Coolest, Cutest, Greatest, Most Interesting website front page I've even seen! I don't want to tell you too much, see it for yourself. Like it?

http://www.colette.fr/

Can you believe it? Amazon was actually fine for providing free shipping in France. I was absolutely shocked when I came across this news. “France would be the only country in the world where the free delivery practiced by Amazon would be declared illegal,” Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos wrote to French customers in a recent e-mail.

The problem lies not French consumers, but with a union. A French booksellers’ union took Amazon to court for its practices, claiming free shipping violated the 1981 Lang Law, which sets minimum prices that retailers can charge for books. (Read more...)

Have you ever seen how someone could use 20 monitors at their workstation? Try looking at the picture and count how many monitors are there. Now imagine if you are using 20 monitors at your workstation, will that be efficient for you? or will it be even worst off then what you have now?

The picture shows hedge fund manager Adam Sender showing off his new office and trading station setup. Background on Adam Sender: Sender began trading stocks in 1989 at the University of Michigan. By 1998, he was making tens of millions of dollars a year — he had founded his own firm after trading for Cohen's SAC Capital — and was looking for a new place to put funds. (Read more...)

'When people say England, they sometimes mean Great Britain,
sometimes the United Kingdom,
sometimes the British Isles - but never England.'
'How to be an Alien' by George Mikes

The United Kingdom (UK) is often incorrectly referred to as England, Britain, or Great Britain. In fact, the UK is the union of four constituent countries: England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. (Read more...)

Arrests began. Houses were ransacked. People, in handcuffs on their front lawns, named names... the drug scourge seemed to be fading at last. A fake policeman arrests drugs dealers from his community for five months. This took place at Gerald, city in Franklin County, Missouri, United States. (Read more...)

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY! As we grow older on this special day, we get to know ourselves more, we become wiser, we become lovelier, we become stronger, we become more appreciative of people, things, and the world. But, most importantly of all, we become HAPPIER!

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If you put someone's feet in a bowl of ice and his head under the grill, his feet will be frozen and his head burned, but on average, his body temperature will remain "normal". This image is often used to convey the dangers of using averages to represent a large volume of information.

Think about this for a second and maybe you could apply the principle to your life as well. Share with us in the comments below.

A student was so concerned about the low standards of English of fellow students on a postgraduate course that he walked out, writing off thousands of pounds that he had borrowed. Stuart Hill found himself to be the only native English-speaking student out of 27 people on an MSc course in economics and finance at the University of Southampton. (Read more...)