September 15, 2004

[Here it is](http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/09/15/60II/main643768.shtml) ... i heard it was censored in many places!

Astronomers think they have taken [photographs of a distant](http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0916/p15s01-stss.html) planet thought to be a planetary companion to a distant brown dwarf. [[sci tech](http://csmonitor.com/scitech/)]

We all heard about the huge blast in North Korea that was dismissed as a destruction of a mountain for a hydroelectric project. That seemed fishy to me as it did to Kuro5hin... here is what they [think](http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2004/9/12/17288/0278). [[kuroshin](http://www.kuro5hin.org/)]

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You can open [Kryptonite](http://www.kryptonitelocks.com/) locks [using a bic pen](http://www.engadget.com/common/videos/pt/lock.wmv). [[meme pool](http://memepool.com/)]

According to experts at a computer conference in Brasilia, the world's "[hacking capital](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3657170.stm)" is in Brazil... does this have anything to do with Terry Gilliam? haha [[bbc world](http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/1/hi/world/default.stm)]