Canadian designer D’Arcy Jones, designed the Mosewich House in Kamloops, BC, Canada — via CONTEMPORIST
Three Mozambicans have been sentenced to 25 years each in a South African court for rhino poaching, according to the South African national parks body.
The men were found guilty of illegally hunting rhino in the Kruger National Park in July 2010.
The head of SANParks, David Mabunda, said the sentence was harsher than other similar cases.
In 2011, a record 450 rhino were killed in South Africa, according to the Department of Environment Affairs — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Now that the SOPA and PIPA fights have died down, and Hollywood prepares their next salvo against internet freedom with ACTA and PCIP, it’s worth pausing to consider how the war on piracy could actually be won.
It can’t, is the short answer, and one these companies do not want to hear as they put their fingers in their ears and start yelling. As technology continues to evolve, the battle between pirates and copyright holders is going to escalate, and pirates are always, always going to be one step ahead.
But what’s clear is that legislation is not the answer. Piracy is already illegal in the US, and most places around the world, yet it persists underground, but more often in plain sight. Short of passing a law that allows the actual blacklisting of websites like China and Iran, there is no legislative solution. That’s what SOPA and PIPA were attempting to do, but it so obviously trampled on the First Amendment, it was laughed out of existence as the entire internet protested it. The only other thing you could get the internet to agree on was if they tried to institute a ban on cat pictures — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Fancy the look but don’t fancy the upkeep? This four bedroom Art Deco-style property in St Brelade, Jersey could be for you. That’s obviously if you fancy a move to the Channel Islands.
Yes, unashamedly inspired by the art deco era, this house (one of two identical properties you can choose from) is all new, with all the latest additions, like underfloor heating and a smart home surround sound system for example, not to mention some top notch finishes throughout, as the images show.
If that sounds like your kind of thing, an offer in the region of £775,000 will probably secure it — via WowHaus
The latest motorcycle to roll out of Deus Ex Machina‘s workshop tackles the problem head on. Nicknamed The Mouse Trap
, it’s based on a 2008 Yamaha Scorpio — a sprightly commuter bike with good handling and terrible looks — via Bike EXIF
The Department of Defence (DOD) is working on contact lenses that would enhance soldiers’ vision to improve intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) activities without the need for specialised equipment that is currently used in the battlefield.
The Defence Advanced Research Projects (DARPA) agency is doing work at Washington-based Innovega iOptiks to create wearable eye lenses with tiny, full colour displays onto which digital images can be projected to give the wearers better situational awareness, according to the agency.
The lenses would allow users to focus simultaneously on images that are both close up and far away, which would improve their ability to use portable displays while still interacting in real time with the environment around them, according to DARPA. A graphic on the agency’s website shows the basic design of the lenses — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Researchers have discovered a malware engine that appears to be able to break the CAPTCHA security used by Yahoo’s webmail service after only a handful of attempts.
There is nothing new in malware that tries to break CAPTCHA (Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart) — a low-level war has been ongoing since this type of security was first implemented almost a decade ago – but what matters is how quickly and invisibly this can de done.
Websense has posted an online video showing the effectiveness of the engine it found working as part of the Cridex banking Trojan malware in breaking down Yahoo’s CAPTCHA process — via redwolf.newsvine.com
They are well organised. They pay close attention to product quality, working hard to make it effective and scalable. They are all about customer service, providing after-sales support. They even solicit the help of their customers in product development.
All admirable qualities. But all in the service of theft.
They are malware merchants; in the business of helping others steal from legitimate businesses and innocent consumers. And they have evolved to the point where they operate much like the legitimate software industry. It is possible to buy malware from what amounts to an app store, or to contract for Malware as a Service (MaaS) — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Together with the client a brief was developed, but from the start it was obvious that a simple single story design [studio MWA] using natural materials, quality orientation to capture sun to take advantage of passive solar energy heating, rainwater and spring water collection, environmentally responsible sewer treatment, with a sustainable approach was ideal — via ArchDaily
A portrait of the author HP Lovecraft. And friend — via murphypop
DNA tests have concluded that a mystery beast lurking in the Gloucestershire countryside, suspected of being responsible for grisly attacks on deer, is not the big cat
that locals feared.
The tests, commissioned by the National Trust last month, were the first attempts to use DNA to verify long-standing rumours that big cats live wild in parts of the UK. Two deer carcasses were found in Woodchester Park, near Stroud last month.
Scientists at the University of Warwick tested 45 samples from the two carcasses and failed to detect any cat DNA. Undeterred, local big cat enthusiasts remain convinced that something is out there. Experts said at the time that the deer bore all the hallmarks of a big cat kill — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The best of both worlds in more ways than one, this castle-based house blends subterranean and loft living as well as modern and historic architecture.
Redesigned by De Matos Ryan, it is somewhat amazing that the tower portion was left to weather, age and even burn for so long before someone adopted it as part of a new architectural project — via Dornob
A huge crustacean has been found lurking 7km down in the waters off the coast of New Zealand.
The creature — called a supergiant — is a type of amphipod, which are normally around 2-3cm long.
But these beasts, discovered in the Kermadec Trench, were more than 10 times bigger: the largest found measured in at 34cm.
Alan Jamieson, from the University of Aberdeen’s Oceanlab, said: It’s a bit like finding a foot-long cockroach.
I stopped and thought: ‘What on Earth was that?’ This amphipod was far bigger than I ever thought possible
A Maine treasure hunter says he has discovered a WWII-era shipwreck filled with platinum, now worth $3bn (£1.9bn).
Greg Brooks of Sub Sea Research says a wreck sitting 50 miles (80km) off the US Atlantic coast is the SS Port Nicholson, sunk in 1942.
The Port Nicholson, a British merchant ship, was torpedoed by a German U-boat in an attack that killed six people.
Some have expressed doubts the wreck holds platinum, and maritime law would complicate ownership claims.
Anthony Shusta, an attorney representing the British government, says it is unclear if the ship ever carried platinum.
We’re still researching what was on the vessel,
Mr Shusta told the Associated Press news agency. Our initial research indicated it was mostly machinery and military stores.
The United Kingdom will wait until salvage operations begin before deciding whether to file a claim on the cargo, he added
The Technomarine Night Vision comes in green, white, blue, black and orange — via Perpetuelle.com Watch Blog
The bold colours of Sarah London’s work always make me swoon. Her latest crochet along is for this gorgeous wool eater
blanket that has cheery scalloped edges and is great for gobbling up bits of your yarn stash. She’s already a few weeks in to the crochet along, but not to worry — each week has been archived so you can jump in whenever you are ready — via CRAFT
Curved houses can be at risk of being just a little hokey. But here is one from Sarasota, Florida, that carries it off. There is nothing hobbit-like about this confidently executed structure.
From TOTeMS, this guest-house is sited overlooking a wide river and it offsets a bold, modern curved roof with squared-up structure at the ground level — via Home Design Find
Brett Parson artwork — via PLANET-PULP
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