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+ - 25-Year-Old Builds Bugatti Veyron Replica->

Submitted by Alchist
Alchist (2029318) writes "The Bugatti Veyron is a modern automotive legend. The sleek speedster boasts a top speed of over 260mph, making it the fastest road-legal car in the world, and it has a stunningly large $1.5 million price tag to match. Because of this astronomical cost of entry, only a few hundred of the vehicles have ever been built, meaning your chances of owning one are rather slim. That is, unless you're Mike Duff, an ambitious 25-year-old from Florida who decided to build his very own Bugatti with his bare hands."
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+ - 2011: Living In The Future->

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes "Originally published in 1972, 2011: Living in the Future wondered how we would live in the 2000's. This optimistic book is both whimsical and nostalgic, inspiring and disappointing. Where are those jet-packs?"
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+ - LulzSec final release; ->

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes "On Saturday, Lulz Security announced what would be their final release, indicating that the group of six (according to the release) would disband. Unlike past releases, which have been fraught with gloating and taunting messages, the press release that went with the information release was almost wistful, talking about their love of the “chaotic thrill of entertainment and anarchy”, and how such things entertain. It even went philisophical, stating that these things are “what we all crave, even the seemingly lifeless politicians and emotionless, middle-aged self-titled failures. You are not failures. You have not blown away. You can get what you want and you are worth having it, believe in yourself.”."
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+ - Anonymous Puts US Counter Terrorist Program Online->

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Underwater Spider Spins Itself an Aqualung 91

Posted by Soulskill
from the later-i'm-out dept.
sciencehabit writes "In the ponds of northern Europe lives a tiny brown spider with a bubble on its back. The 10-millimeter-long Argyroneta aquatica is the only spider in the world that spends its entire life underwater. But just like land spiders, it needs oxygen to breathe. So every so often, it leaves its underwater web home to visit the surface and brings back a bubble of air that sticks to its hairy abdomen. It deposits the bubble into a little silk air tank spun for the purpose. This 'diving bell,' researchers have now found, is not just a repository. It's actually a gill that sucks oxygen from the water, allowing the spider to stay under for up to 24 hours."

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