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Xbox 360 Disassembled

AnandTech have a great 11 page article detailing with images the Xbox 360, with a good explanation of each detail here.

Torture’s out. Now they call it abuse

Yep, make any excuses you want – you can’t hide from the truth. No screaming, no cries of agony, no shrieks of pain. Yes, it sounds much better, doesn’t it? By Robert Fisk | 11/12/05 | “The Independent” | — – “Prevail” is the “in” word in America just now. We are not going to “win” in Iraq – because we did that in 2003, didn’t we, when we stormed up to Baghdad and toppled Saddam? Then George Bush declared “Mission Accomplished”. So now we must “prevail”. That’s what F J “Bing”...

Fallujah, unforgotten.

US forces ‘used chemical weapons’ during assault on city of Fallujah The attacks on Fallujah, the small town near the city of Baghdad, were the headlines of this time last year’s news. Now it has hit again with even more claims of total disregard to the UN convention. UNN wrote about the Fallujah Napalm case last November. Thousands of Iraqis have lost their lives to the stupidity of this war, I think its time the world spoke out. “Bodies melted away before us.” Powerful new evidence emerged yesterday that the United States dropped massive quantities of white phosphorus...

Xbox360 =? Dreamcast

Ever since the first details of the Xbox 360 hit the web, gamers have drawn comparisons to Sega’s ill-fated (yet still highly regarded) Dreamcast console. There are the obvious examples – the timing of the launches or the color of the hardware – but then there are a lot of not so obvious ones, too.Read the Dreamcast-xbox360 comparison article at 1Up.com And I must say, there are A LOT of similarities. It’s actually quite frightening to see how much the Xbox 360 and Sega Dreamcast look alike, even the logo is practically the same! But not to worry, after going through the...

Eid Mubarak!

I’m 16 Today! Okay thats probably the first time I’ve revealed my age on my website so bah, you can abuse it as much as you want I don’t really celebrate Birthdays but AlhamdullilahAll Praise is due to Allah (God). I thank God for blessing me with 16 years of healthy life. Today is also the last day of Ramadan! I can’t believe how fast a month can pass. I can easily remember typing the article saying ‘Ramadan Mubarak’ and now I am saying ‘Eid Mubarak!’. Eid is the Islamic festival which takes place at the end of Ramadan. It may come as a surprise...

Server server server

Yeah you’ve probably noticed some strange things going on around here. I sincerely apologise for any downtime we had, it was highly unintentional and the site should be functioning 100% as it was as of today. If it isn’t please do contact us so we know whats gone wrong. Whats been going on? Okay, we switched from Netfirms because it sucks. I’m not going to lie I’m going to say it straight. How can you have one of those ‘Wizard installs of WordPress’ without mod_rewrite!? I was stuck between renewing the account on there or moving to site5. It turned out to be...

I took that test?!

Test Facts: The average score for the gals is 38, while the guy average is 56. Of the Computer Geek Quiz Takers: 17% are scared of links 17% of Windows users curse it – Yes, I admit I am of this 17% 4% of Linux users selected Bill Gates as their hero I am a Low-Rank Computer Geek Yeah I know its prettey sad but element took it so I thought I might’swell. Crap i’m more geek then element! I knew I shouldn’t have lied on the test! Go on Tibault, you know you want to!

Rome bans goldfish bowls

ROME (Reuters) – The city of Rome has banned goldfish bowls, which animal rights activists say are cruel, and has made regular dog-walks mandatory in the Italian capital, the town’s council said Tuesday. –> Yahoo! News
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