Tuesday August 30, 2005

[H]ardNews 11th Edition

Gigabyte GA-8I945P Dual Graphic:

Need a LGA775 motherboard? HardwareZone says that the Gigabyte GA-8I945P Dual Graphic is a “very attractive” board. Around here we like the ugly motherboards, they put out.

The Gigabyte GA-8I945P Dual Graphic was simply put, a very attractive board. It had the just right amount of features to cater to most consumer needs with its Gigabit Ethernet, IEEE 1394b, 8-channel HD audio and its well-rounded storage capabilities.

Zotob Linked To Fraud Ring:

The scumbag, errr…I mean, gentleman behind the Zotob worm is linked to a credit card fraud ring. Whoddathunkit? I mean a virus guy involved in credit card fraud. Weird huh?

Atilla Ekici, a 21-year-old Turk who used the nickname "Coder," may be affiliated with people thought to be part of a credit card fraud ring in Turkey, an FBI representative said Tuesday.

Most Scientific Papers Are Wrong:

There is a scientific study that says 50% of scientific studies are wrong. Which means, there is a 50/50 chance that what this guy just wrote is pure crap.

Most published scientific research papers are wrong, according to a new analysis. Assuming that the new paper is itself correct, problems with experimental and statistical methods mean that there is less than a 50% chance that the results of any randomly chosen scientific paper are true.