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| Posted: 18 Aug 2008 09:20 PM CDT Not sure how real this is but I thank God everyday for seeing idiots like this on the Internet. |
| Laughable: How McCain Abuses The Humor Card Posted: 18 Aug 2008 09:10 PM CDT The comedy stylings of John McCain can fall awkwardly on the ear. From rape jokes to casual ditties about bombing Iran, the Arizonan's affinity for off-color utterances has been well documented. Recognizing this, his campaign appears to have settled on a strategy for turning that weakness into a strength. |
| Athlon 64 2000+ at 8-watts outperforms Intel Atom Posted: 18 Aug 2008 09:10 PM CDT MD's going through some rough times, no doubt about it, but for fanboys of the CPU maker (wait, do CPU fanboys still exist?) here's your feel-good story of the year. |
| Canonical Joins The Linux Foundation Posted: 18 Aug 2008 09:10 PM CDT The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux, today announced that Canonical has become a member of the Foundation. |
| Cindy McCain's Half Sister 'Angry' She's Hidden Posted: 18 Aug 2008 08:50 PM CDT Although Cindy McCain has publicly said she's an only child, she has a half sister. Kathleen Hensley Portalski and her son, Nicholas, say they're hurt that they've never been recognized — and that they didn't receive any part of Jim Hensley's estate. |
| California Court: Doctors Cannot Withhold Care To Gays Posted: 18 Aug 2008 08:30 PM CDT California's highest court on Monday barred doctors from invoking their religious beliefs as a reason to deny treatment to gays and lesbians, ruling that state law prohibiting sexual orientation discrimination extends to the medical profession. The ruling was unanimous. |
| Washington Post: Bob Barr, the Master of a Curious Universe Posted: 18 Aug 2008 08:20 PM CDT In this lengthy article on Libertarian Party presidential nominee Bob Barr discusses his plans as president. Barr states that he would not sign any bills appropriating money to the United Nations. He would advocate against a Department of Education as well. He'd fight illegal immigration. Most of all, he'd shrink government and taxes. |
| How To Make a Pencil Disappear. (TF2 Style) Posted: 18 Aug 2008 08:10 PM CDT A remake of the famous Dark Knight scene in TF2. |
| Who's the REAL elitist? The McCains have 10 homes! Posted: 18 Aug 2008 08:10 PM CDT AFL-CIO President John Sweeney summed it up best when he said McCain "simply doesn't understand the challenges America's working families are facing because he isn't remotely affected by them." It's up to us to tell people who McCain really is, a jet-setting elitist more concerned with corporate lobbyists than hard-working Americans. |
| A Compilation of BMX Riders Breaking Themselves OFF Posted: 18 Aug 2008 08:10 PM CDT Here are some nice slams on Bmx bikes. Featured crashers are Eli Platt, Brad Simms, Mike Escamilla, Aaron Bostrom, Tony Neyer and Doug Horton and they all fall down! |
| 5 Useful To-Do List Apps For The iPhone Posted: 18 Aug 2008 07:50 PM CDT A quick search in the iPhone App store can return you more than a dozen to-do list apps. If you can't make up your mind over which to-do list app to choose, here are five of the best free to-do list apps that I have reviewed. |
| Linus Torvalds: It's Not Easy Being the Major Linux Coder Posted: 18 Aug 2008 07:40 PM CDT Linux project lead Linus Torvalds has said it is not easy to become a major contributor to the Linux kernel. In an email interview, Torvalds said that, while it is relatively easy for coders and organisations to contribute small patches, the contribution of large patches, developed in isolation, could lead to contributors being frustrated. |
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| Posted: 18 Aug 2008 07:10 PM CDT A previously unrecognized group of air pollutants could have effects remarkably similar to harmful substances found in tobacco smoke |
| Using Cell Phones to Detect "Dirty Bombs" Posted: 18 Aug 2008 07:00 PM CDT The fight against terror is shrinking. As science races to confront terrorism with new technology, researchers are unveiling a new generation of devices featuring ever-more sophisticated sensors to quickly detect explosives, radiation, chemicals and biological agents. |
| Coastal Dead Zones Are Growing Posted: 18 Aug 2008 06:50 PM CDT Over the past two or three decades, scientists have noticed with growing alarm that vast stretches of coastal waters are turning into dead zones — patches of seabed so depleted of oxygen that few creatures, if any, can survive there. |
| Women Spend 3,276 Hours Getting Ready Posted: 18 Aug 2008 06:40 PM CDT Women spend 136 days of their lives getting ready for a night out - enough time for an astronaut to fly to the moon and back 22 times. |
| Serena and Venus Williams Win Olympic Doubles Gold Medal Posted: 18 Aug 2008 06:30 PM CDT Venus and Serena Williams, in their late 20s and with plenty of time left to change the history of tennis, were quizzed Sunday, after winning their Olympic doubles gold medal, about a future gold standard in the sport.Did they realize, they were asked, that each was one major win away from a standard achieved by only two people in the world to date |
| Incredible Lifelike Animation: A New Era for Computer Games Posted: 18 Aug 2008 06:20 PM CDT Extraordinarily lifelike characters are to begin appearing in films and computer games thanks to a new type of animation technology. Emily - the woman in this embedded video - was produced using a new modelling technology. She is considered to be one of the first animations to have overleapt a long-standing barrier of perception. |
| Badges of Honor: the Tattoos of Olympians (PICS) Posted: 18 Aug 2008 06:20 PM CDT You're an Olympic athlete and, beyond wearing your country's colours, you want to show your individuality. How better than with a tattoo? |
| Most Chinese Say Pollution is a Big Problem Posted: 18 Aug 2008 06:10 PM CDT In a recent survey of over 3,000 Chinese citizens, environmental issues emerged as a big problem in the eyes of the majority of respondents.** The 2008 survey, conducted as part of the Pew Research Center's Pew Global Attitudes Project, found that about three quarters of those surveyed (74%) cite air pollution as a big problem. 66% of respondents r |
| Posted: 18 Aug 2008 06:00 PM CDT In Your Face! Taste my foot and like it, mister! |
| Posted: 18 Aug 2008 06:00 PM CDT Great shooting kid! |
| Colbert, Stewart Provide Better News Than O'Reilly, Dobbs Posted: 18 Aug 2008 05:50 PM CDT A new Pew Survey on News Consumption released yesterday reveals that viewers of The Daily Show and The Colbert Report are more knowledgeable about current events than those who watch Bill O'Reilly, Lou Dobbs, Larry King, and the "average consumers of NBC, ABC, Fox News, CNN, C-SPAN and daily newspapers." |
| 1936 Berlin Olympics Swimming Venue... today. Posted: 18 Aug 2008 05:50 PM CDT |
| Earth Is Changing It's Protective Magnetic Field Posted: 18 Aug 2008 05:40 PM CDT The gradual weakening of the overall magnetic field can take hundreds and even thousands of years. But smaller, more rapid fluctuations within months may leave satellites unprotected and catch scientists off guard, new research finds |
| Gag Order Slapped on MIT Students for Finding Security Flaws Posted: 18 Aug 2008 05:40 PM CDT A court order put a stop to a planned presentation at the Defcon hackers convention by three MIT students who found security flaws in the electronic ticketing system used by the mass transit authority in Boston. But the ruling reopened the schism in the IT security community over the issue of how vulnerabilities should be publicly disclosed. |
| Boy Named After Ballpark to Throw First Pitch Posted: 18 Aug 2008 05:40 PM CDT Even years before 7-year-old Wrigley was born, his father Jerry Fields says he'd already decided what he'd do. Coming from a family of Cubs fans and with his particular last name, he decided to name his first son after the Friendly Confines. |
| Katie Couric Diggs the Conventions Posted: 18 Aug 2008 05:30 PM CDT Hey Digg, I'd like to take some questions from the Digg community with me to the Democratic and Republican conventions. Submit a question in the comment section below. I'll ask the newsmakers and politicians some of your questions in my online coverage from both cities, and during a live Webcast from CBS News and CNET. Thanks! Katie. |
| Olympic Torch Lights The Moon! [PIC] Posted: 18 Aug 2008 05:30 PM CDT "I was running late, rushing from my last job to the Bird's Nest for the men's 100m final - as I turned the corner with one of my colleagues we saw a full moon rising above the stadium and we could not believe our luck! |
| Design Trends of the Olympic Games (PICS) Posted: 18 Aug 2008 05:20 PM CDT Over the years of the modern Olympic era we have witnessed design take a forefront in the planning and execution of the event. Today were taking look at the Summer Olympic logos from 1896 to 2012 London along with some noteworthy facts from each games and palette inspiration from some of the more colorful posters and logos. |
| "If the border patrol doesn't get you..." Posted: 18 Aug 2008 05:20 PM CDT "... the chicken and burgers will. Go vegan." If PETA gets its way, this could be one ad covering the U.S.-Mexico border fence. |
| The Six Best (and Five Worst) Failed TV Pilots Posted: 18 Aug 2008 05:10 PM CDT A lot of TV shows are terrible, but let's face it: we're lucky. Behind every abomination unleashed on those watching at home, there are likely a dozen potential shows too horrid to be aired, and perhaps a much smaller number of promising series that met the same fate. |
| Paul WS Anderson is no longer directing SPY HUNTER Posted: 18 Aug 2008 05:00 PM CDT It looks like the bigscreen version of "Spy Hunter" has taken a backseat because when asked about Spy Hunter and they way he answered the question to me at least, seems that he is not doing it anymore. He might write it but it sure looks like he will not be directing the project. |
| Posted: 18 Aug 2008 05:00 PM CDT Design, Inspiration and Technology Blog |
| The World's Biggest Hole [PICS] Posted: 18 Aug 2008 04:50 PM CDT The giant hole is actually a diamond mine in Eastern Siberia near the town Mirna. It is 525 m deep, and 1,25 km.in the diameter. |
| Dell vs. Apple: This Time it's Personal Posted: 18 Aug 2008 04:41 PM CDT Now Bucher is again squaring off against his former company. He's spearheading an ambitious plan at Dell (DELL) to break Apple's dominant hold on the digital entertainment market. |
| Dead Baby Comes Back to Life Minutes Before Burial Posted: 18 Aug 2008 04:30 PM CDT Minutes before being laid to rest on Monday, a baby believed to have been stillborn began displaying signs of life. Showing no signs of life, she was pronounced dead by a senior doctor and taken to the morgue freezer. Hours later, when she was taken out to be prepared for burial, he mother noticed she was moving. |
| TVWeek: M. Sargent is the greatest comedic talent on the Web Posted: 18 Aug 2008 04:20 PM CDT Hollywood is gearing up to create what would be the first big Web hit. However, when an online show finally does break out into mainstream popularity, it may not come from traditional entertainment companies.Rather, the most successful Internet television programs could emerge from a handful of online TV networks.. |
| 30+ Nicest Photoshop Photo Effects Posted: 18 Aug 2008 04:00 PM CDT You might not be the best photographer, but this doesn't mean the photos you publish will suck. We've previously showcased 41 nicest photo effects tutorials you can adapt, now here's more. By adding this new 30+ Nicest Photoshop Photo Tutorials to our previous entry, you have over 70 ways to enhance photos taken with digital camera, or even dSLR. |
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