At the University of Missouri, research scientists are developing a small, nuclear battery. The radioisotope battery is about the same size and thickness as a penny, and is said to hold 1 million times more charge than standard batteries. The energy is produced by the decay of radioisotopes, which release charged particles. This stream of charged particles can then be harnessed as an electric current. Nuclear batteries have been in use for some time in military, space & aerospace and underwater systems. They have also been used in pacemakers, which demonstrates that they are relatively safe. These batteries have, however, always been much larger than the new ones being developed by the University of Missouri. The capacity ... Tags: nuclear battery

Back in February 2008, I posted on this site about ClickBank's policy on Dormant Accounts, which is just one part of their restrictive accounting policy that actually hinders beginning affiliates. Other restrictions require 2 different payment methods (Visa, Mastercard, PayPal) for purchases, and there have to be at least 5 different credit-card numbers. To read the original article, go here. Beginners just finding their feet with affiliate marketing can find it frustratingly difficult to make enough sales to comply with these rules, give up, possibly with the intention of coming back to it later when they have more experience. What they don't realise is that when they leave their account dormant (i.e. there is no activity on it), and it ... Tags: clickbank, dormant account

A while ago I stumbled across the Beta version of an online, multi-user game called Civony.  It was one of those Civilisation-type games where you start off with what is a small settlement and you gradually develop it through village, town and city levels.  You build armies, go out and take over unused land to build more cities, and invade other cities nearby. You do this by building cottages to attract people to the town and then generating more resources to expand further.  For example, you might: establish a farm to supply food open a quarry for stone build a saw-mill to turn trees into lumber for building There are numerous other buildings you can construct, including Town Hall, Academy, Inn, Barracks, Rally Point etc. ... Tags: evony, online gaming, watching paint dry

If you live more than 5 kilometres (3.125 miles) from your nearest telephone exchange, as far as ADSL Broadband is concerned, you're in a "Not-Spot". While the rest of the country is enjoying download speeds of 8, 20 or even 50 megabits per second, you're stuck back in the dark ages with a dial-up modem running at 56 kilobits per second. With server-side web compression, you might be lucky enough to achieve effective speeds nearer 1 megabit per second. Downloading your email takes forever, watching TV and video online is out of the question, and spending hours surfing or chatting on social networking sites costs a fortune because you're paying by the minute. Now, in the UK, you might just ... Tags: broadband, bt broadband, too far away

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