As technology evolves at an increasingly rapid rate, the study of ancient sites is aided by some of its developments. One such tool that has leaped into the hands of Egyptlogists and Archaeologists in recent years is the satellite. A great boon to any study of a site is the ability to view an area from above.

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Someone had a lot of time on their hands and put it to good use this holiday season! The tree at right is the creation of x Plastic Neurospasta who posted picture on Flickr. Any fans of Doctor Who will instantly recognize the Dalek, complete with blue orbs and glowing eye.

If you look carefully between the branches, there is a white tree underneath. The picture, and several others of the tree, are available at x PLASTIC NEUROSPASTA’s photostream on Flickr.

The comments on the Flickr page have some great quotes, among them: “Redecorate! Redecorate!” Heh. Classic.

Here is a video of the tree:

Unbelievable Dalek Christmas Tree from Lindsey J. Testolin on Vimeo.

Notts, UK — The remains of a Roman temple have been found in Notts – and experts say it could re-write the history books.

A wall dating back as far as 43AD, made from large smooth-faced sandstone blocks, has been unearthed at the former Minster School site in Southwell.

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I was reading through some of the articles on Digg, and one of my friends had a link to this story: The Four Craziest Right Wing Fears About Obama.

Here are the four items from the article:

1. And He Shall Transform unto a Panther of Black…and Hell Shall Follow with Him.
2. And He Shall Go All Gay on Thee and Stuff
3. And He Shall Lead an Army of Eco-Friendly Child Warriors…of Death.
4. And He Shall Outlaw All Thine Weapons, and Probably Also Eat Thine Babies

It’s amazing what some people will believe.

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Remote searches of suspect computers will form part of an EU plan to tackle hi-tech crime

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With the exception of Google’s Chrome, most of the alternative browsers out there tend to get lost in the shuffle. Three writers take some lesser-known browsers out for a spin: Camino (for the Mac), Maxthon (for the PC), OmniWeb (for the Mac), Opera (both the Mac and the PC versions) and Shiira (for the Mac).

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With EtherPad, the Mac’s SubEthaEdit finally gains some company in the realm of collaborative writing, in which two or more people can edit a document and see all the edits in real time. EtherPad’s difference: It’s a Web application that de facto supports many platforms without the need for a central Mac OS X host.

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If the rome had the internet….Hysterical list of what might have happened.

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Saddness. Much sadness according to a BBC article published on October 29:

David Tennant is to stand down as Doctor Who, after becoming one of the most popular Time Lords in the history of the BBC science fiction show.

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The BBC web site today reported that the Home Office of the UK is proposing development of an large communications database — greatly reducing privacy in net or mobile communications. The Communications Data Bill, due to be introduced in November in the Queen’s Speech in the UK, will create a database holding “communications information” on people’s phone calls, email, web browsing (pages visited, etc.) and other data. Allegedly, this database will not retain the content of the communications, only information about them. So while the sender, recipient, and date/time stamp of an email might be kept, the content of the email would not be.

The government is considering setting up a single database holding all the information, which would include numbers dialled and websites visited.

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