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OLE! - NFLs Hottest Latino Cheerleaders

Posted: 18 Sep 2008 09:20 PM CDT

Celebrate NFLs Hispanic Heritage Month

Where did the government get $85 billion to bail out AIG?

Posted: 18 Sep 2008 09:05 PM CDT

On Tuesday the U.S. government agreed that the Federal Reserve would supply $85 billion to bail out American International Group, the world's largest insurance company. Does the government really have a spare $85 billion lying around just in case?

Coyotes eat Paris Hilton's dogs

Posted: 18 Sep 2008 08:50 PM CDT

Paris Hilton lost two out of her 17 dogs Wednesday night when they were attacked by wild coyotes. Apparently, the dogs were left outside at night in her Celebrity Petting Zoo aka, her Hollywood Hills home. At night, in the Hollywood Hills. It's like setting the table, lighting candles and inviting the coyotes over for dinner.

Gates and Seinfeld Ads NOT Canceled

Posted: 18 Sep 2008 08:40 PM CDT

From a Crispin Porter source (Microsoft's ad company), we've learned that the internet has jumped the gun and that the Microsoft Gates/Seinfeld ads have not been axed. More details:

APOD: Exploring the Ring

Posted: 18 Sep 2008 08:30 PM CDT

WSJ.com - Worst Crisis Since '30s, With No End Yet in Sight

Posted: 18 Sep 2008 08:15 PM CDT

Excellent review of the current fiasco

7 Good Movies With the Most Annoying Cult Followings

Posted: 18 Sep 2008 08:00 PM CDT

Naturally some films develop a cult following. But the following films fan base has seemed to wear itself thin. Here are the top five films where the audience has started to bury their respected favorites.

Learn Kernel Command Using Linux System Calls

Posted: 18 Sep 2008 07:40 PM CDT

Linux system calls -- we use them every day. But do you know how a system call is performed from user-space to the kernel? Explore the Linux system call interface (SCI), learn how to add new system calls and discover utilities related to the SCI.In this article, I explore the Linux SCI, demonstrate adding a system call to the 2.6.20 kernel.

Republican Wayne Gilchrest From Maryland Endorses Obama

Posted: 18 Sep 2008 07:40 PM CDT

Rep. Wayne Gilchrest, a maverick Republican from Maryland, endorsed Illinois Democratic Sen. Barack Obama for president in an interview with WYPR, Baltimore's National Public Radio station Wednesday.

Stanford Engineering Launches Free Computer Science Classes

Posted: 18 Sep 2008 07:20 PM CDT

This fall, SEE launches its programming by offering one of Stanford's most popular sequences: the three-course Introduction to Computer Science taken by the majority of Stanford's undergraduates and seven more advanced courses in artificial intelligence and electrical engineering.

Spore and more: activate against Electronic Arts

Posted: 18 Sep 2008 07:00 PM CDT

Electronic Arts (EA) and Amazon have been the targets of a justified online rebellion the last couple weeks. The impetus for the backlash is EA's use of Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) technology in its game Spore. As of right now, the game has received 2,226 1-star reviews on Amazon -- more than we've ever seen before.

Homeless SF State Students Struggle to Stay in School&Loaded

Posted: 18 Sep 2008 07:00 PM CDT

Collects his things, and strides toward some abandoned buildings, where he hoists himself atop a second fence, climbs onto a rooftop, and walks ten feet. He steps off the roof onto the branches of another tree and swings down into a courtyard between the buildings. Used hypodermic needles litter the ground, and Rex picks one up.

Morgan Stanley in Buyout talks... with CHINA

Posted: 18 Sep 2008 06:50 PM CDT

Potential U.S. suitors for a merger with Morgan Stanley have responded with pockets turned inside out. Now Morgan Stanley, one of the last independent U.S. investment banks, is seeking help from the traditional U.S. lender of last resort... China.

Catholic Church says Evolutionism is Compatible with Bible

Posted: 18 Sep 2008 06:35 PM CDT

The Vatican said on Tuesday the theory of evolution was compatible with the Bible but planned no posthumous apology to Charles Darwin for the cold reception it gave him 150 years ago.

13 People You Didn't Know Were on “The Wonder Years"

Posted: 18 Sep 2008 06:20 PM CDT

The Wonder Years is an excellent show that you can watch over and over. When you watch the shows in re-runs, it's amazing how many stars appeared in episodes. Here are 13 that you probably wouldn't have guessed.

Huge Voter Protection Effort To Be Launched Today

Posted: 18 Sep 2008 06:20 PM CDT

A group of civil rights lawyers is launching what it bills as the largest voter-protection effort in American history, planning to raise and spend millions of dollars to station hundreds of lawyers and thousands of volunteers at polling places across...

Stephen Colbert points out the idiocy of McCain's attacks

Posted: 18 Sep 2008 06:10 PM CDT

McCain likes to say that he wouldn't be making unfair attacks against Barack Obama had Obama done his town halls on HIS terms. Well, Stephen has a great reply!

New Mozart piece of music found in French library

Posted: 18 Sep 2008 06:00 PM CDT

A French museum has found a previously unknown piece of music handwritten by Mozart

Lapsus - awesome black & white animation

Posted: 18 Sep 2008 06:00 PM CDT

OMG!

McCain attacks Obama for something he didn't say

Posted: 18 Sep 2008 05:50 PM CDT

John McCain has unveiled his newest campaign doctrine: preemptive lying. Aftering saying he would fire the SEC chairman, he says "we've heard that at his next event in New Mexico, Senator Obama is about to distort the facts and attack John McCain's call for removing the Chairman of the SEC...". So what did Obama really end up saying?... Not that.

Palin's transparency proposal already exists in D.C.

Posted: 18 Sep 2008 05:40 PM CDT

There's just one problem with proposing to put the federal checkbook online – somebody's already done it. His name is Barack Obama.

The Volt Isn't A Prius. It's Better

Posted: 18 Sep 2008 05:40 PM CDT

The Chevrolet Volt and Toyota Prius look a lot alike, but they are fundamentally different cars that blaze separate paths toward the inevitable electrification of the automobile. And while the Prius is the world's most-popular hybrid and the poster child for green(er) motoring, the Volt is more technologically advanced.

Sam Stein: McCain Meant To Reject Spain Meeting, Adviser Say

Posted: 18 Sep 2008 05:20 PM CDT

"The questioner asked several times about Senator McCain's willingness to meet Zapatero (and id'd him in the question so there is no doubt Senator McCain knew exactly to whom the question referred)." Embarrassing.

Top 10 Twisted Torture Techniques [PICS]

Posted: 18 Sep 2008 05:20 PM CDT

Physical torture represents the power to punish. Although virtually every major culture in history has proven itself willing and able to torture human beings. Here are out top 10 twisted torture techniques which for some, is an extreme sport!.

New Wii-like iGolf For iPhone

Posted: 18 Sep 2008 05:00 PM CDT

Once you're done turning your iPhone photos into works of art that Monet would be envious of, check out iGolf, a minutes-old app created by Palo Alto-based Social Gaming Network.

Home Improvements The Future Will Bring, If It Has The Balls

Posted: 18 Sep 2008 04:50 PM CDT

Hey future. How 'bout you and your boyfriend Science go hadron collide us up a beer from the fridge.

EFF to sue Bush and cronies over telecom spying

Posted: 18 Sep 2008 04:30 PM CDT

The president has decreed that they can't sue the phone companies over illegal spying on Americans, so the Electronic Frontier Foundation today will announce a class-action suit in behalf of AT&T customers against Bush, Cheney, the NSA and others "who ordered or participated in the warrantless domestic surveillance."

Heads are rolling on Digg.com

Posted: 18 Sep 2008 04:22 PM CDT

.. or it's just site database issue.Somewhere between 16:00h and 20:00h (PMT) more than 50 power users were removed from Digg.com. Trying to access their Digg personal profiles leads to server error page. This could mean only two things. Either users have been banned or some kind of technical error occurred.

Child Footballers Banned From Reading Results

Posted: 18 Sep 2008 04:10 PM CDT

Children have been banned from reading their football results in local newspapers because it makes them too competitive. Football Association laws dictate that from this season, the results of matches between children aged seven and eight must not be published, league tables must not be kept and prizes must not be given out.

7 Things From Pop Culture That Apparently Piss Jesus Off

Posted: 18 Sep 2008 03:50 PM CDT

It's not that all Christians are crazy, it's just that the religion seems to give certain types of crazy people a chance to shine. These are the ones who can't worry about the homeless because they're too busy doing things like decoding secret gay propaganda in cartoons.

The 10 Newspaper Comic Strips that Need to F**king End

Posted: 18 Sep 2008 03:40 PM CDT

So, Lynn Johnston's For Better or For Worse ended not that long ago. Well, not "ended" ended. In an example of true comic strip insanity, she's opted not to simply retire the strip from papers, but to send the strip into reruns that are interspersed with new strips created in the style of the old strips. In the wake of the long-awaited...

NFL Fines Pacman Jones For Not Tucking Gun Into Pants

Posted: 18 Sep 2008 03:20 PM CDT

NFL officials announced Wednesday that Dallas Cowboys cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones has committed a uniform weapons violation and will be fined $2,000 for keeping his nine-millimeter Beretta handgun in his game uniform's belt and not tucking the firearm into his uniform pants as rules stipulate during Monday night's game against the Eagles.

Oil Palm Plantations: No Substitute For Tropical Rainforests

Posted: 18 Sep 2008 03:10 PM CDT

The continued expansion of oil palm plantations will worsen the dual environmental crises of climate change and biodiversity loss, unless rainforests are better protected. Palm oil, used in food, cosmetics, biofuels and other products, is now the world's leading vegetable oil.

Super Slow Motion

Posted: 18 Sep 2008 03:00 PM CDT

The 11 best film moments of Samuel L. Jackson yelling

Posted: 18 Sep 2008 02:50 PM CDT

"Say what again. SAY WHAT AGAIN! I DARE YOU, I DOUBLE DARE YOU MOTHERFUCKER SAY WHAT AGAIN!"

Hadron Collider hit by electrical hitch

Posted: 18 Sep 2008 02:40 PM CDT

The world's largest particle collider was stopped on Wednesday, a week after its startup, as a result of an electrical fault, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) said on Thursday.

Oh Shit... It's Getting Serious...! [pic]

Posted: 18 Sep 2008 02:40 PM CDT

Ignoring subpoenas? YEP, they're republican!

Posted: 18 Sep 2008 02:30 PM CDT

Aides to Gov. Sarah Palin won't comply with subpoenas issued by state lawmakers investigating the firing of Alaska's former public safety commissioner, since Palin "has declined to participate" in the probe, her attorney general says. In what kind of crazy, fucked up world do we live in where subpoenas are ignored by republicans?

Fed Now Asking For $40 Billion From The U.S. Treasury

Posted: 18 Sep 2008 02:20 PM CDT

Do we have this much money in the Treasury? "The Federal Reserve has requested that the Treasury Department deposit $40 billion with the central bank in an effort to help the Fed continue to stabilize the financial markets and address concerns about whether it is overstretched."

iPhone 3G has a hidden data matrix code

Posted: 18 Sep 2008 02:20 PM CDT

fsjk85 at the Australian Whirlpool forums was playing around with his camcorder's NightShot function when he found something interesting...

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