http://www.mixx.com/users/tunisianguy Mixx of activity by TunisianGuy en-us New research suggests that cigarettes' power may not be in nicotine itself but in how it enhances other experiences while smoking. Thu Sep 04 05:34:41 UTC 2008 http://www.mixx.com/stories/2008935/cigarettes_power_may_not_be_in_nicotine_itself_new_study_suggests thingy_2008935 TunisianGuy http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080903172424.htm <img src="http://www.mixx.com/images/icons/default_video.128x96.jpg", alt = ""/><br/>When a scene is photographed many times by different people, the viewpoints often cluster along certain paths. These paths are largely specific to the scene being photographed, and traverse interesting regions and viewpoints. We seek to discover a range o Thu Aug 14 03:25:35 UTC 2008 http://www.mixx.com/videos/1813781/finding_paths_through_the_world_s_photos thingy_1813781 TunisianGuy http://phototour.cs.washington.edu/findingpaths/ For those who didn't see the story on FriendFeed, Digg or BoingBoing, well known photographer Thomas Hawk was thrown out of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art this week for the crime of taking photos. Mon Aug 11 08:20:28 UTC 2008 http://www.mixx.com/stories/1784549/all_that_is_necessary_for_the_triumph_of_evil_is_that_good_men_do_nothing thingy_1784549 TunisianGuy http://www.inquisitr.com/2281/all-that-is-necessary-for-the-triumph-of-evil-is-that-good-men-do-nothing/ How do TechCrunch stories make it to Digg's front page so often With a little help from its friends of Mon Aug 11 08:16:33 UTC 2008 http://www.mixx.com/stories/1784528/techcrunch_s_secret_digg_army thingy_1784528 TunisianGuy http://valleywag.com/5023010/techcrunchs-secret-digg-army Here's what you need to do (step-by-step) to get where you're going with as little hassle and delay as possible. Mon Aug 11 07:58:48 UTC 2008 http://www.mixx.com/stories/1784348/8_tricks_to_beat_airport_delays thingy_1784348 DiffeeOnline http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2325005,00.asp <img src="http://images.mixx.com/photo_thumbnails/52e32afa7eb9e831912aafa0cc13c382a2abc97c_128.jpg", alt = ""/><br/> Mon Aug 11 05:45:22 UTC 2008 http://www.mixx.com/photos/1782923/google_maps thingy_1782923 TunisianGuy http://xkcd.com/461/ Three journalists got the boot from the Black Hat security conference after reportedly snooping on fellow reporters by hacking their WiFi signals as they worked. Mon Aug 11 05:41:59 UTC 2008 http://www.mixx.com/stories/1782806/journalists_hack_journalists_at_black_hat thingy_1782806 TunisianGuy http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/64101.html While not enough people recognize it, the real purpose of copyright law is to provide an incentive for the creation of more content. The government felt that there was a market failure, where not enough "content" would be produced without a limited monopo Mon Aug 11 05:39:26 UTC 2008 http://www.mixx.com/stories/1782800/how_copyright_is_holding_back_the_creative_class thingy_1782800 TunisianGuy http://techdirt.com/articles/20080808/0149051928.shtml Twitter isn't for everyone, and you may have dismissed the service a long time ago. But regardless of your own use, it's hard ... Mon Aug 11 05:37:00 UTC 2008 http://www.mixx.com/stories/1782794/why_twitter_hasn_t_failed_the_power_of_audience thingy_1782794 TunisianGuy http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/08/10/why-twitter-hasnt-failed-the-power-of-audience/ You've probably been in those meetings too: someone mentions a cool, "edgy" (uh-oh) youth-oriented campaign, and someone else says "video", and then someone else completes the axis of online evil with the word "viral". Mon Aug 11 05:32:14 UTC 2008 http://www.mixx.com/stories/1782768/there_must_be_something_between_viral_obscure thingy_1782768 TunisianGuy http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/going_viral_or_fungal.php The Dog School of Mathematics presents Introduction to Group Theory Mon Aug 11 05:25:23 UTC 2008 http://www.mixx.com/stories/1782687/introduction_to_group_theory thingy_1782687 TunisianGuy http://members.tripod.com/~dogschool/