Here in France, We have a lot of taxes. A lot. For instance, there is a tax for mobile subscriptions which include TV programs. Today most of web mobile subscriptions are including TV abilities. Few months ago, the French government decided to increase this tax. After that, two of the three major French careers decided to increase the price of [...]
I don’t know if you read the same things than me, 2 days ago there were those stories about this Qantas A380, which was announced “crashed” by medias…. During the flight QF32, between Singapore and Sydney, an engine failure occurred only few minutes after take-off. What happened? The aircraft suffered an uncontained failure of the engine N#2. Was it dangerous? Every failure can be dangerous for [...]
Ever have been frustrated by the mobile network – especially the 3G network? We have. Well We now learn that even mount Everest has now 3G cover. A station has been completed at 5 200 meters, it will allow people who climb mount Everest to call and surf the web. I guess this is targeting the lucky rich people touring [...]
Burger King, “only two steps away” Do You see this ad? Well it’s all over Paris. If You don’t live in France, You won’t find it weird. But Burger King is no longer in France for more than 10 years. So what the hell are they talking about? Are They back in France? Did They create a machine to go [...]
Universities are like butterflies or snowflakes. One of the very enjoyable aspects of being a proud science nerd is to be able to read about so many different universities doing so many different things. Yeah yeah yeah, Harvard got Facebook, but let’s talk about a little more than Ivy Leagues ok?
Almost every little boy, and man actually – and some girls too I guess, I don’t know – dreamed about building a space rocket. Some did build small rockets. But nothing is as nice as a real space rocket! Well thanks to China’s space program, You have an amazing chance to build your own space rocket. How? This is pretty [...]
Usually, if someone suffers from diabetes later on in life, it’s somehow linked to how much time their ass spends in a chair and how many cheesecakes, hamburgers, fries and tacos hang out in their intestines. Discovery provides a new take on this: air pollution. A new study points out the presence of a strong link between all the particles [...]
This is pretty sad, I had to go all the way to the New York Times to read about an initiative going on in my hometown, Paris, France. Admittedly, we French(wo)men are somewhere on the other side of weird. But when you keep this in mind, the latest campaign to make the city “greener” doesn’t seem that offputting. Parisians are [...]
You know, I love to buy electronics, I really do. But each time I buy a computer, a phone, … I don’t want to trash their packages. Cause they’re usually very good looking, but moreover because I feel bad to trash them. I always thought electronics were over packaged. It’s like manufacturers want to justify prices that way. And today [...]
No, NASA’s scientists didn’t make that discovery, MIT has nothing to do with it, and CERN won’t be able to claim that new scientific grail: the escalator which feeds Homer Simpson. We knew numerous researchers were working on a new way to stuff Homer’s mouth and tummy as quickly as possible (at least 20 donuts / minute), but this new invention is [...]
