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Mac Book Air  has an eject button – the kind that ejects CD drives .

But it does not have a CD drive

The folks at GizModo try to find out what it is for :

In case you haven’t noticed yet, there’s an eject button at the top right corner of the MacBook Air keyboard. There’s no disc drive, but you push it, something pops out. Somewhere. Click. Schwing. Poop. Some people say this key ejects the optional SuperDrive, but after countless—or maybe just three—days of in-deep investigation in cocktail bars and going through the trashcans outside Jonathan Ive’s house, we’ve compiled a list of potential actions:

• Ejects random F-15 Eagle National Guard pilot currently flying over the US.
• Activates road speed bump.
• Launches Inter-Continental Ballistic Missiles while playing War Games with demented mainframes.
• Don’t make war, make love and launch giant dildos instead. (NSFW)
• Fires up the farter-burner in jet-propelled toilet.
• Ejects Blu-ray and HD DVD players and turn TVs off at boring consumer electronics conventions.
• Launches space fighters in the middle of the desert. Then press again to see them self-destruct mid-flight.
• Kicks bad Imperial fake rock bands off the stage.
• Remotely makes Steve Jobs said “Boom!” at will during keynotes and events.
• Launches squirrels into oblivion.
• Activates self-destruction function in Manila envelope.
• Triggers portable secret RDF unit, making everyone 1.5 miles around you to fall in love and go to the store to buy one.
• Provokes fanboy orgasm. (NSFW)
• Provokes Slut Machine an orgasm. (NSFW)
• Provokes Slut Machine’s fanboys an orgasm. (NSFW)
• Forces internal battery to self-destruct, eliminating the need to change it.

Not very particularly interesting, but maybe you can add to the list.

Why does it have an Eject button ???

Heroes – Season 2 Chapter 01 – “4 months later” NBC tv series with subtitles

opensubtitles.org

(thanks to bfett9 for THE SUBTITLES)

Heroes S2E1 Sub Link 1
Heroes S2E1 Sub Link 2
Heroes S2E1 Sub Link 3
Heroes S2E1 Sub Link 4
Heroes S2E1 Sub Link 5

divx-titlovi.com (thanks to Deztruction)

http://www.divx-titlovi.com/HEROES_-_02X01…ATER-36564.aspx
Low Quality Links

Megaupload 98.8mb
Part 1 – http://www.megaupload.com/?d=C6ZF0SAH
Part 2 – http://www.megaupload.com/?d=VT83U7ID
Part 3 – http://www.megaupload.com/?d=WCYDHM70

Sendspace 98.8mb
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Part 2 – http://www.sendspace.com/file/12yvk3
Part 3 – http://www.sendspace.com/file/ms5lks

Mediafire 98.8mb

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Part 2 – http://www.mediafire.com/?5nzzmmu3ky7
Part 3 – http://www.mediafire.com/?axjj3pekzn9

Rapidshare 98.8mb
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Part 2 – http://rapidshare.com/files/58109535/2×01_…er__2_.wmv.html
Part 3 – http://rapidshare.com/files/58107224/2×01_…er__3_.wmv.html

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High Quality Links
ALL LINKS BELOW ARE INTERCHANGEABLE – DOWNLOAD PART 1 OFF ONE SITE AND PART 5 OFF ANOTHER.

RapidShare.de 700MB
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Part 2 – http://rapidshare.de/files/37888265/h.0201.part2.rar
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(thanks to Mafelix)

new links 307Mb

http://rapidshare.com/files/58160630/her02….xvid.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/58163360/her02….xvid.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/58165955/her02….xvid.part3.rar
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Megaupload.com 700MB
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For Free Users 700MB
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Part 6 – http://www.load.to/?d=skp4v61fSl
Part 7 – http://www.uploadpower.com/en/download.php?id=940AFAB31

FileFactory

(thanks to Pyrovatis)

I just download it and pack is good smile.gif (Hip hip hoooray ^^). This is 350mb version ^^ You can download it also with download accelerator (like Flashget) smile.gif

http://www.filefactory.com/file/949959/
http://www.filefactory.com/file/ef4c17/
http://www.filefactory.com/file/dba681/
http://www.filefactory.com/file/55c0a9/

Bluehost

(thanks to wannabe hero_wannabe hero_Faith_LB_*_*)

h.0201.part1.rar : http://bluehost.to/dl=Ltg2y1bxf
h.0201.part2.rar : http://bluehost.to/dl=c0Fp7wgPT
h.0201.part3.rar : http://bluehost.to/dl=bxfBJRsjE
h.0201.part4.rar : http://bluehost.to/dl=Asx9NF4t1
h.0201.part5.rar : http://bluehost.to/dl=VcPOH3hLW
h.0201.part6.rar : http://bluehost.to/dl=k7qAtz5WS
h.0201.part7.rar : http://bluehost.to/dl=MNOHXPmI4

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Gigasize.com 350MB (Gargy’s contribution)
http://www.gigasize.com/get.php?d=x7dkvjkkpdc

Megaupload.com 350MB (thanks to Mafelix)
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=UMPNXV4N

Megaupload.com 699.99MB (thanks to OpenPick)
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=8IJ1UQWL
*Rename to .avi

OR

Megashares 700MB
http://d01.megashares.com/?d01=58ce01d

Save Energy – Prevent Global Warming by changing your computer (and website) colours

Screen savers originally were not meant to provide energy reductions, but they now provide a means for energy savings. The use of dark screen savers can mitigate bright backgrounds, reducing monitor power up to 20%. Screen recovery occurs within 1 second by hitting a key or moving the mouse. Nearly all of the standard Microsoft screen savers are efficient. If you supply your own, please try to use one that uses primarily dark colors.

To set your screen saver, select Start, Settings, Control Panel, Display, and Screen Saver tab. Under name, select a screen saver that uses mostly black and set the Wait time to 5 minutes (or less). The following Microsoft screen savers are energy efficient:

• 3D Flower Box
• 3D Flying Objects
• 3D Text
• Curves and Colors
• Flying Through Space
• Flying Windows
• Mystify Your Mind
• Scrolling Marquee

Note that the 3D Text and Scrolling Marquee allow you to display a personalized message on the screen saver; click on “Settings” after selecting the screen saver.

The following Microsoft screen savers are NOT energy efficient:

• Channel Screen Saver
• Travel

The following Microsoft screen savers also are likely to be inefficient, if only because they use the current display as their foundation. Because many common applications use white backgrounds, the screen will remain bright when the screen saver is active if the user is in any of those applications or uses bright colors in general. These screen savers include:

• Science
• The 60’s USA
• Windows 98

Also note that some screen savers, such as 3D Maze, allow the user to select the background, which cannot be controlled and may result in an inefficient configuration.

Energy Star is an important and automated means for realizing significant power savings. A Standby setting (available only in Windows 95) can drop power over 90 percent from maximum. Screen recovery occurs within 1-4 seconds by hitting a key or pushing a mouse. The Suspend setting can drop power nearly completely, although screen recovery can take up to 10 seconds. Energy Star is not supported by all computers or all operating systems. To activate Energy Star, perform these steps:

• Windows 95 – Select Start, Settings, Control Panel, and Display. (You also can right-click on your desktop and select Properties.) Select the Screen Saver tab. Choose a predominantly black screen saver and set it to wait 5 minutes. Click the Low-Power Standby box and set for 10 minutes. Click the Shut Off Monitor box and set for 20 minutes. Click Ok or Apply.
• Windows 98/ME/2000 – Select Start, Settings, Control Panel, and Display. (You also can right-click on your desktop and select Properties.) Select the Screen Saver tab. Choose a predominantly black screen saver and set it to wait 5 minutes. Click on “Settings” to reach the power management settings. Click the Shut Off Monitor box and set for 10 minutes. We recommend that you do not change any other settings that apply to the computer. Click Ok or Apply. (Note that these versions of Windows support only one power-down level, the Suspend state.)
• Windows NT does not support Energy Star, so you cannot activate the low-power settings through the Control Panel. You still can select a dark desktop background and screen saver. Energy Star still can be activated through the computer’s set-up program, which varies among computer models. Contact your computer support staff if you need assistance.
• Macintosh – Pending.

Note that different computers, operating systems, and monitors may produce different options. However, you should be able to create balanced settings that deliver energy savings. For more detailed implementation information and procedures for additional configurations, click here for instructions provided by the New South Wales Sustainable Energy Development Authority.

Of course, the ultimate energy saver is to power off your monitor, which will produce complete and immediate savings. Although screen savers and Energy Star produce automatic reductions, it takes time for the lowest level to be reached. If you go to a half-hour meeting, there will be no savings for the first five minutes, 20% savings for the next five minutes, 90% savings for the next ten minutes, and 95% savings for the last ten minutes. Energy Star saves 65% of the monitor’s power during the half hour. Powering off saves 100%. So if you know you will be away from your desk for a period, turn off your monitor. When you come back, turn it on again (and remember that it’s asleep, so push your mouse!), and it will wake up in 10 seconds. And this doesn’t apply just to your monitor. Turn off your lights. At night, turn off your printer, fax machine, coffee maker, or copier. Every minute that a machine is off saves energy. (Note that some components, such as your printer, can use a lot of power when they are turned on, so only turn off these machines for extended periods. Your printer should be powered off only if it will be idle for more than an hour.)

 Comic Book Reder – .cbr files and .cbz files

Download the sequential image viewing utility.  Free!

The Windows Image Viewer ‘CDisplay’ was written to ease the viewing of images in JPEG, PNG and static GIF format.  This was partly down to the existing programs currently available being too general purpose and thus awkward to use when simply wanting to view images sequentially.

It was written using Borland C++ Builder 5.0 and has been tested under Windows 98, NT 4, 2000 and XP Tablet.

It is important to understand that this program has NO file write capabilities; files are left totally untouched.  A small amount of configuration data is written to the registry but apart from that the computer and its data is left untouched.

Features:

Loads JPEG, PNG and static GIF images which are automatically ordered and presented for viewing one at a time or two at a time.

The images may be in a zip, rar, ace or tar archive file – no need to decompress before reading.

Page through the images sequentially and scroll around pages with single key presses.

Automatic page sizing: none; fit to screen, fit to width of screen, fit to width of screen if oversized, display at specific height, or display two pages.  Resizing uses Lanczos interpolation for best picture quality.

Automatic colour balance and yellow reduction if desired.

No bloat caused by non-essential general purpose image processing features.

FREE.

    To Install:

Click on the link below to download setup.zip.  Unzip and run setup.exe.  An installer will start which will install and run the CDisplay Image Viewer.

Download version 1.8 NOW    

http://cdisplay.techknight.com/setup.zip

        Quick Start:

Run CDisplay.  CDisplay uses the entire display for images; there is no menu so right mouse click for a popup.  Choose load files.  Browse to the pages to read.  The whole directory will be pre-selected – just press go to read.  Or select a range of the files using left mouse click, shift left click and/or control left click (ie standard windows multiple selection keys) and press ok. Alternatively, select one ZIP or RAR file and press ok. The first page is displayed.  Use the space bar, page up, page down, home, end and the arrow keys to view the images.

See the ReadMe file or the help (F1 key) for a more detailed description of usage and configuration.

CDisplay forum

TechKnight CDisplay files

 Parent Directory        17-Jun-2003 10:14      -
 CDisplayDebugKit.zip    22-Sep-2003 01:07   232k
 cdisplay-subtitles.zip  30-Jun-2004 05:26   699k
 examplepages.zip        30-Jun-2004 05:32   1.2M
 setup.zip               20-Apr-2004 06:08   1.1M

davidayton

India decides to lift tsunami alert

Tsunami alert was sounded in Andaman & Nicobar -  Marina beach wears deserted look

The Marina beach in Chennai, one of the longest in the world, wore a deserted look this evening as police asked people who came there to leave, following the tsunami alert issued by the Centre.

Though the state has not issued any official warning, it had asked police to be on alert along the coastal areas and evacuate people, if the need arose.

Official sources said that police are watching the sea to see if there was any ‘unusual wave patterns’.

“We are going to withdraw the alert, we are sending the message,” the official at the home ministry’s National Disaster Management Authority told Reuters. “The technical advice is only to keep a watch until 10:30 p.m. at some places.”

A powerful earthquake measuring 8.2 has struck Indonesia’s Sumatra region, triggering tsunami warnings in the Indian Ocean and sparking panic in coastal areas across south-east Asia.

About two hours after the quake hit, Indonesia’s meteorological agency lifted its tsunami warning and said via a telephone text message that there had been no tsunami.

But Malaysian authorities have reported a tsunami measuring one to three metres in height and heading away from the epicentre of the quake.

The United States Geological Survey increased the quakes magnitude to 8.2 after an earlier measurement of 7.9.

Earthquakes of over 8.0 magnitude are the most violent on the scale.

Indonesia’s Global TV reports several buildings in Padang, the capital of West Sumatra, have collapsed, while Metro TV reports some buildings have caught fire.

A Reuters witness says residents of Padang, north of the earthquake’s epicentre, have fled for higher ground.

“The city is in complete chaos. Everyone is heading to higher ground, I saw one house collapsed to the ground. I’m trying to save my family,” the witness said.

An aide to Padang Mayor Fauzi Bahar says there have been no initial reports of casualties.

“Some buildings suffered from broken glass but we have not heard of any major damage,” he said.

Indonesia’s Meteorological agency said via an SMS alert the quake’s epicentre was 159 kilometres south-west of Bengkulu, which is in south Sumatra.

Aust islands among areas warned

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre issued an Indian Ocean tsunami warning after the huge quake struck at 6:10 pm (9:10pm AEST).

Authorities from Malaysia and Sri Lanka issued independent warnings, as did India for the Andaman and Nicobar islands, and Australia for Christmas and Cocos Islands.

Police on Christmas Island have reported no increase in water levels since the alert was issued, despite the expected time of any tsunami coinciding with a high tide.

They say they tidal measuring instruments have not shown any fluctuations an hour after the predicted time for any wave caused by the earthquake.

Some residents of Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand felt the quake and some buildings were evacuated.

Malaysian warning stands

In Malaysia, Mohd Rosaidi Cheabas, director of the Meteorology Department’s seismological division, says it is not following Indonesia in lifting the tsunami warning.

“Right now, the tsunami is already detected over Padang, Indonesia, at a height of one to three metres,” he said.

“We are not following Indonesia. We are still monitoring the movement of the tsunami wave to our region.”

He said the tsunami had been detected by a tide gauge and was not clear on the direction of the wave.

The division estimated that if the tsunami was headed for Malaysia, it could reach the north-western shores of the Malaysian peninsula after midnight AEST.

Malaysian authorities issued a tsunami warning for citizens to stay away from beaches.

Police on the resort island of Penang, hit in the 2004 tsunami, have been mobilised to evacuate people from beach-side hotels and other dwellings, a local government official said.

A huge earthquake struck the region on December 26, 2004, causing a massive tsunami and more than 230,000 deaths.

Indonesia suffers frequent quakes, lying on an active seismic belt on part of the so-called Pacific “Ring of Fire”.

- Reuters