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Post by [Logvin]69er™ on Jul 26, 2004 12:18:45 GMT -5
The ultimate penalty Coach questions call, shot to death on field by referee
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -- A South African soccer referee pulled a gun and shot dead a coach who questioned one of his rulings, police said on Sunday.
Inspector Mali Govender of the Grahamstown police in the Eastern Cape province said a fight broke out after the referee gave a yellow warning card to a player in a local match on Saturday.
"There was an altercation...and the referee became threatened when the other team approached him because they were angry," Govender said. "So he pulled out a gun and killed the coach of the visiting team."
Govender said the coach died on the field while the referee fled the scene. Police were confident of making an arrest soon, she added.
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Post by [Jose3]69er™ on Jul 26, 2004 22:37:42 GMT -5
Lol, no wonder I don't play soccer.
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Post by [Red_Voodoo]69er™ on Aug 3, 2004 12:23:15 GMT -5
AP Wire - Singapore Holds Computer Hacking Contest
SINGAPORE - Singapore said Tuesday it would organize a contest to find the tech-savvy city-state's best computer hacker.
Six pairs will compete in the Aug. 20 "BlackOPS: HackAttack Challenge 2004," organized by the government-funded National Infocomm Competency Center, said its marketing manager Yvonne Choo.
They will "penetrate, exploit, gain access and obtain privileged information from the other teams' servers, for the purpose of corporate espionage," the center said on its Web site.
Teams will also have to defend their organization's networks against hacking from other teams in the daylong event, it added.
Choo said he hoped the contest would help shed light on ways to prevent actual computer attacks.
The prize for the best hacker will be a DVD burner and free computer classes.
Asia has been the root of some of the worst attacks by hackers in recent years.
In May 2000, the so-called Love Bug virus, released in the Philippines, overwhelmed e-mail systems worldwide and caused tens of millions of dollars in damage.
Close to 80 percent of Singapore's 4 million citizens own personal computers and the island is largely considered to be the most technologically advanced in Southeast Asia.
Hackers can be jailed for up to three years or fined up to S$10,000 (US$5,810) under the city-state's Computer Misuse Act.
Comments: Any takers? Yesh! A FREE DVD burner! Woo-hoo!
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Post by [LZ]69er™ on Aug 5, 2004 5:53:55 GMT -5
Wow, thats pretty interesting. A little scary too. But the approach kinda makes sense. The hilarious thing, is what if its some kind of sting. lol. ;D
LZ
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Post by [Red_Voodoo]69er™ on Aug 10, 2004 12:29:37 GMT -5
AP Wire - Cat in c**kpit Forces Emergency Landing
BRUSSELS, Belgium - A Belgian airliner made an emergency landing after an agitated passenger — a cat — got into the c**kpit and attacked the co-pilot, the airline said Tuesday.
The SN Brussels flight from the Belgian capital to Vienna, Austria, had been in the air about 20 minutes Monday when "it was noticed" that a passenger's pet had escaped from its cage, "although it is not yet clear how," according to an airline statement.
"Once free, the animal proceeded to wander around the cabin," slipping into the c**kpit when meals were being delivered to the two-man flight crew, it said.
"At this stage the animal became agitated and nervous," it said. An airline spokeswoman added that the cat scratched the copilot's arm.
The pilot decided to return to Brussels as a precaution, and the 58 passengers departed once more two hours later on another flight.
The cat had been checked in Oslo, Norway, in an internationally approved "flight transport bag," but the airline said it may end up changing its procedures for pets in the cabin once it concludes its investigation.
"At no time throughout the incident was the passengers' security affected in any way," it said.
Comments: Oh, no... it looks as if Osama is experimenting with the less obvious ways of airline terrorism! Mark my words: it won't be much longer before airline pilots will begin to carry a dose of animal tranqualizer with their new firearms in the c**kpit. ;D
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Post by dabe on Aug 19, 2004 17:45:33 GMT -5
"Bear downs 36 beers, passes out at campground"
Rainier, not Busch, the beverage of choice for thirsty black bear
BAKER LAKE, Wash. - When state Fish and Wildlife agents recently found a black bear passed out on the lawn of Baker Lake Resort, there were some clues scattered nearby — dozens of empty cans of Rainier Beer. The bear apparently got into campers’ coolers and used his claws and teeth to puncture the cans. And not just any cans.
“He drank the Rainier and wouldn’t drink the Busch beer,” said Lisa Broxson, bookkeeper at the campground and cabins resort east of Mount Baker.
Fish and Wildlife enforcement Sgt. Bill Heinck said the bear did try one can of Busch, but ignored the rest. The beast then consumed about 36 cans of Rainier.
A wildlife agent tried to chase the bear from the campground but the animal just climbed a tree to sleep it off for another four hours. Agents finally herded the bear away, but it returned the next morning.
Agents then used a large, humane trap to capture it for relocation, baiting the trap with the usual: doughnuts, honey and, in this case, two open cans of Rainier.
That did the trick.
“This is a new one on me,” Heinck said. “I’ve known them to get into cans, but nothing like this. And it definitely had a preference.”
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Post by [Red_Voodoo]69er™ on Nov 15, 2004 11:11:41 GMT -5
AP Wire: NASA Jet Will Try to Go 7,000 MPH LOS ANGELES - In March, NASA launched an experimental jet that reached a record-setting speed of about 5,000 mph. Now researchers want to leave that milestone in the dust. NASA's third and last X-43A "scramjet" was set to streak over the Pacific Ocean on Monday at 7,000 mph for 10 or 11 seconds — or 10 times the speed of sound. The first X-43A flight failed in June 2001 when the booster rocket used to accelerate it to flight speed veered off course and had to be destroyed. The second flight in March was a success, reaching Mach 6.83 — nearly 5,000 mph — and setting a new world speed record for a plane powered by an air-breathing engine. The last hypersonic X-43A will try, weather permitting, to break that record by making its advanced supersonic combustion ramjet perform at a level that can't even be tested on the ground, project officials said Wednesday from NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. "What we're trying to do is really get to the reality of flight — find out what does work, what doesn't work. So there is risk in this program," said Vince Rausch, Hyper-X program manager at NASA's Langley Research Center in Virginia. "We fully anticipate that we've reduced that risk to acceptable levels but you never are sure, especially in doing something for the first time, going Mach 10, until we actually fly." Just 12 feet long and 5 feet wide, the unmanned X-43A is mounted on the nose of a Pegasus rocket that will be carried aloft to 40,000 feet by NASA's B-52 research aircraft and released. The Pegasus rocket will ignite and carry the X-43A to an altitude of 110,000 feet and a speed of about Mach 10, then release it for its brief powered flight. The X-43A will then become a glider and perform maneuvers until it splashes down into the ocean. That will be the end of the X-43A project, which has cost more than $230 million and has no immediate follow-on program. "I have mixed emotions about this mission," said Joel Sitz, project manager for X-43A flight research at Dryden. "I'm very excited about next week. I'm also a little bit sad about seeing the end of the program. It's like watching your son go off to college." Scramjet technology may be used in developing hypersonic missiles and airplanes or reusable space launch vehicles, with a potential for offering speeds of at least Mach 15. Unlike rockets, scramjets wouldn't have to carry heavy oxidizer necessary to allow fuel to burn because they can scoop oxygen out of the atmosphere. !
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Post by [LZ]69er™ on Nov 18, 2004 4:48:53 GMT -5
I cant say that this seems like an appropriate allocation of funds. But some of the earlier discoveries that seemed useless at the time have proven to be invaluable today.
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Post by [XL]69er™ on Dec 14, 2004 11:39:43 GMT -5
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Post by [LZ]69er™ on Dec 16, 2004 3:21:41 GMT -5
That is just poetic justice. ;D.
I love it.
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Post by [XL]69er™ on Mar 14, 2005 2:00:19 GMT -5
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Post by [Maxen]69er™ on Mar 14, 2005 3:17:39 GMT -5
wonder if they are hiring research assistants...
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Post by [Red_Voodoo]69er™ on Mar 14, 2005 12:06:42 GMT -5
[quote author=[Maxen]69er™ link=board=general&thread=1087318424&start=41#2 date=1110788259]wonder if they are hiring research assistants...[/quote] Careful there... such a position could lead to a hairy situation if you are married.
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Post by [EZ]69er™ on Mar 14, 2005 13:41:27 GMT -5
Actually.. I think it could ruin your sex life... Think about it... You're gonna be looking at it all day long.... Ever wonder how a Gyno feels when he gets home after a long day at work... and his wife jumps him...
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Post by [Maxen]69er™ on Mar 15, 2005 0:28:02 GMT -5
i'll be willing to risk a summer job there.
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