Cats, Keyboards, and Crime-Fighting Grannies
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Here are some more interesting stories you may have missed in the swirl of, how shall I put it… crap… in the mainstream media.
From The Register, here is the story of a crime-fighting granny with a unique super-power. Could a Marvel Comics movie be far behind?
In the “beware of strange people with microphones” category, Slashdot reported that some students from UC-Berkley found that they can take an audio recording of someone typing at a computer keyboard and figure out what they typed with 96% accuracy. Try to make a Spyware blocker for that, Norton.
And finally, cat owners beware: Reuters reported that a German inventor has made an engine that runs on “organic” diesel fuel, “a home-made blend of garbage, run-over cats, and other ingredients.” Seriously. Or is it? The inventor later told Reuters, after an uproar from the animal rights community, that he did not, in fact, use dead cats to power his car.
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