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Tea Break

Have a break… have a Kit Kat… A light hearted break from work.

Aug 11 2007

Time travel may be possible

Scientists claim that it may be possible to build a time machine at some point in the future. Doubters like Steven Hawking, who claim that if time travel were possible, people from the future would already have visited us may have to readdress their claims, with the new theories.

Aug 02 2007

Everyday a touch of justice

Spammer gets 30 years for selling prescription drugs. A spammer has been been sentenced to 30 years porridge for flogging more than $24 million in prescription drugs through his illegal on line pharmacy.

Jul 31 2007

Kazakhstan is the worst place in the world for the Internet

Live in Borat country and get Unlimited DSL for only $3,355 a month!
The Nation of Kazakhstan might claim that it is not the backward country portrayed in Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan. But its Interweb policy seems to gainsay this.

Jul 27 2007

July 27th is System Administrator Appreciation Day

Yes it is for real and there’s even a website for it! There is a day for women, a day for children, even day for festooning a hedgehog in bacon fat, but today is the the eighth annual System Administrator Appreciation Day. The celebration day for under-appreciated sysadmins was started in 1999 by IT professional Ted Kekatos.

Jul 23 2007

Top Gear star (Richard Hammond) runs 16 miles not to miss his daughters Birthday

Something a bit different from our usual Tea break articles.
Top Gear star Richard Hammond abandoned his Porsche 911 in floods to run 16 miles home for his daughter’s fourth birthday. Hammond had been driving from London to his home in Herefordshire on Friday when he became stuck in traffic caused by flooding in the area.

After a mammoth 12-hour journey, the presenter abandoned his Porsche 911 Carrera in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, at 3am on Saturday morning and ran home.

Jul 19 2007

Teenager receives £44,000 from eBaY auction

A teenager from Norfolk, UK who bought a PlayStation 2 on Ebay was a little surprised when he received £44,000 from the seller instead of two promised games!

He was the winning bidder for a Playstation 2, which he paid £95 for (and received), but without any of the two promised games. Although £44,000 instead!

Jul 17 2007

University staff spy on students via Facebook

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Staff at Oxford University have been searching Social networking sites such as Facebook to collect photographs of students who they say have broken rules on post-examination celebrations, and handing out fines!