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| Cold, dark countries whipping US in broadband usage Posted: 21 May 2008 09:00 PM CDT New OECD numbers show the US still in 15th place when it comes to broadband subscriptions, but that's not a result of low population density. Could it be that it's just too warm and sunny here? |
| This picture of Marilyn Monroe makes me feel funny... Posted: 21 May 2008 08:40 PM CDT Like when we used to climb the rope in gym class. |
| Forbidden foods -- would YOU eat them??? Posted: 21 May 2008 08:20 PM CDT |
| Tech's 10 worst entry-level jobs Posted: 21 May 2008 08:10 PM CDT Soon America's most bright-eyed graduates will enter the workforce and make their workaday homes in cubes at Google, MySpace, or Amazon.com. And they will suffer not just the indignity of having to work for a living, but also the dispiriting realization that a job at a cool company isn't always that hot. |
| Teenage boy jailed for taking call in court Posted: 21 May 2008 08:00 PM CDT A MAGISTRATE has jailed a teen for answering his mobile phone in court. The 17-year-old let his mobile ring with the music of US rapper Akon before he answered the call while sitting in the front row of Darwin Magistrates Court yesterday. When the teen "backchatted'' after he was told off, magistrate Daynor Trigg shouted across the courtroom an |
| The Most Tasteless Chess Set Ever (PIC) Posted: 21 May 2008 07:50 PM CDT What? Too soon? |
| Obama wins Oregon, clinches pledged-delegate lead Posted: 21 May 2008 07:40 PM CDT Democratic front-runner Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) inched closer to his party's nomination Tuesday night, winning the Oregon primary and securing a majority of pledged delegates. |
| 10 Ways George Lucas Can Ruin Indiana Jones Posted: 21 May 2008 07:30 PM CDT Well folks, the fourth installment of the Indiana Jones movie series debuts tomorrow. Fans young and old have been anticipating this film for years, so you can imagine that there's some high expectations of Star Wars prequel proportions. |
| Top radio host plays Dead Kennedys song for Sen. Ted Kennedy Posted: 21 May 2008 07:20 PM CDT Following news that Kennedy has a malignant brain tumor, national radio host Michael Savage opened his show by cutting audio of Kennedy with clips of reporters discussing his diagnosis and audio from Kindergarten Cop in which Schwarzenegger says, "It's not a tumor." He later played a Dead Kennedys song saying it was "in some respect for" Kennedy. |
| Six Degrees of Paris Hilton: The Global Reach of One Vagina Posted: 21 May 2008 07:10 PM CDT They say we're no more than six degrees of separation from everyone in the world. So, for instance, you don't know Harrison Ford, but you know a guy, who knows a guy, who knows a guy who knows Harrison Ford. What you probably haven't heard is that you most likely are no more than six degrees of sex from Paris Hilton's vagina... |
| McCain strategist keeps Obama vow, leaving campaign Posted: 21 May 2008 07:00 PM CDT "A senior adviser to Republican presidential candidate John McCain said on Tuesday that he was stepping down to keep a commitment he made not to campaign against Democrat Barack Obama."..."He expressed admiration for Obama and pledged not to campaign against the Democratic front-runner if he became the party's presidential nominee." |
| Posted: 21 May 2008 06:50 PM CDT These poor guys were just waiting for the Google Van. |
| Firefox 3 has system-killing performance problem for Linux Posted: 21 May 2008 06:47 PM CDT Release managers just made the call that Firefox 3.0 will release with a known bug which brings Linux systems to their knees. The second-class Linux support policies of the Mozilla foundation continue... |
| Why Every Man Should Go To a Barber Shop Posted: 21 May 2008 06:28 PM CDT The 1880's to the 1940's were the golden age for barbershops. During this time, men socialized in all male hangouts, and barbershops rivaled saloons in popularity. Visiting the barbershop was a weekly, and sometimes daily habit. Men would stop in not only for a haircut and a shave, but also to fraternize with friends and chew the fat. |
| World’s Largest College-Based Solar Farm Coming to Florida Posted: 21 May 2008 06:02 PM CDT Florida Gulf Coast University in Ft. Myers has been singled out by state lawmakers for an $8.5 million allocation to build a 16-acre solar farm on its campus. While the funding still needs a final OK from Gov. Crist, who's likely to approve, the money would help FGCU construct what would be the largest university-based solar farm in the world. |
| Another Violation Of McCain's Conflict Of Interest Posted: 21 May 2008 05:30 PM CDT Sen. John McCain's new conflict of interest policy may claim another victim. This past month, the Arizona Republican's presidential campaign paid tens of thousands of dollars to a vendor that was simultaneously working on behalf of a independent group attacking Sen. Barack Obama. |
| Cleanest Diesels on Earth Coming to US this Fall (+Timeline) Posted: 21 May 2008 05:01 PM CDT Later this year we will finally begin to see an influx of new model diesels in the United States. These new diesels will get better mileage (up to 60 MPG) and have cleaner emissions than your average car. When exactly can we expect to see them? Check out this detailed timeline. |
| A digger undresses a woman for the first time in history Posted: 21 May 2008 05:01 PM CDT |
| Why Linux isn't yet ready for synchronized release cycles Posted: 21 May 2008 04:42 PM CDT Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth has repeatedly called for Linux distributions and upstream software projects to synchronize their release cycles. Ars takes an in-depth look at the challenges that would arise from an effort to achieve release synchronization on the scale that Shuttleworth envisions. |
| Don't give Microsoft the remote control - fight against DRM Posted: 21 May 2008 04:31 PM CDT If you put Microsoft at the center of your home entertainment system, be prepared to hand them the remote control, literally. Microsoft has gone to great lengths to restrict users from saving a television program to their computers, we call this kind of functionality an "antifeature". |
| David Gergen challenges Hillary to denounce racist votes Posted: 21 May 2008 04:10 PM CDT Gergen makes an excellent point: She's raised the issue of sexism in this race and she's complained some about it the in the last 24 hours? Race is playing ... it's an increasing issue. That raises the question in my judgment, whether she shouldn't say, "You know, if you don't want to vote against him because he's black, then I don't want your vote |
| Myanmar Refuses Aid Delivered by US Military, Fears Invasion Posted: 21 May 2008 04:02 PM CDT Myanmar will not allow U.S. naval ships and helicopters poised off its shore to deliver aid to cyclone victims, according to state-controlled media Wednesday which cited fears of an American invasion aimed at grabbing the country's oil reserves. The New Light of Myanmar, a mouthpiece for Myanmar's ruling junta, said that such assistance "comes with |
| UK to monitor and record every phone call, web page & email Posted: 21 May 2008 03:50 PM CDT We're not sure if these plans will ever make it to reality, but the Telegraph is reporting that Britain's Home Office is working on database designed to store the details of every phone call, email, and web page accessed by British citizens in the previous year. The idea is to have various telecom providers hand over their records... |
| Mike Piazza Retires From Baseball Posted: 21 May 2008 03:40 PM CDT Mike Piazza is retiring from baseball following a 16-season career in which he became one of the top-hitting catchers in history. |
| Top 10 Ways To Fight Vampire Power Posted: 21 May 2008 03:40 PM CDT Did you know that a lot of electronics don't really turn all the way off even when you flip the off switch? Many of them keep on sucking down power. That's right. They're vampires. Here are 10 ways to fight off the vampires without a wooden stake or garlic (and save yourself some money on your electric bill). |
| John Hagee Said Hitler Was Fulfilling God's Will (AUDIO) Posted: 21 May 2008 03:22 PM CDT John Hagee, the controversial evangelical leader and endorser of Sen. John McCain, argued in a late 1990s sermon that the Nazis had operated on God's behalf to chase the Jews from Europe and shepherd them to Palestine. |
| Posted: 21 May 2008 03:10 PM CDT Jack Thompson Guilty on 27 of 31 Misconduct Charges, Says Bar Trial Judge... FL Supreme Court Must Now Rule. |
| 300 Pound Bodyguard vs Dead Snake Posted: 21 May 2008 03:10 PM CDT These guys leave a dead rattle snake on the floor wait to scare their friend. Oh and their friend happens to be a 300 pound professional bodyguard. |
| Digg no longer crashes Opera Browser!!! Fix in place! Posted: 21 May 2008 02:50 PM CDT The guys at Digg have rolled out their fix for Opera users to enjoy the new comment system without crashes. Turns out to be a JS Exploit in Opera (many were quick to blame Digg), Opera have fixed this also in their nightly build, but Digg's fix covers current users as well. Thanks Digg team! |
| Is Alcoholics Anonymous A Cult? Posted: 21 May 2008 02:41 PM CDT What comes to your mind when you hear the word cult? Jim Jones Kool Aid? David Koresh? Charles Manson? |
| Obama: McCain Foreign Policy Stance is Extraordinarily Naive Posted: 21 May 2008 02:30 PM CDT Obama is continuing to push back hard against John McCain's foreign policy attacks. In a interview with Wolf Blitzer this evening, Barack called the Arizona's senator approach to Cuba "extraordinarily naive." |
| Posted: 21 May 2008 02:20 PM CDT This week, a Painkiller retrospective. |
| US is 97th most Peaceful Nation? Posted: 21 May 2008 02:09 PM CDT The "Global Peace Index," compiled by the Economist Intelligence Unit, ranked the United States 97th out of 140 countries according to how peaceful they were domestically and how they interacted with the outside world. The United States slipped from 96th last year, but was still ahead of foe Iran which ranked 105th. |
| E3 2008’s Rapidly Shrinking Floorplan Revealed! Posted: 21 May 2008 01:57 PM CDT The once relevant Electronics Entertainment Expo (aka E3) makes it's triumphantly bastardized return this year. |
| 10 of the World's Most Luxurious Private Islands [PICS] Posted: 21 May 2008 01:45 PM CDT Feeling a little cramped in your thousand square foot Manhattan apartment? Got a few extra million to blow? If so, you too can join the elite of the elite and buy your very own private island. |
| Posted: 21 May 2008 01:30 PM CDT The simple dictionary definition of "Twitter" is "microblogging/social networking platform that places a 140- character limit on each individual post/tweet." However, describing Twitter thusly would fail to encapsulate the power of this new omnipresent medium. So, instead here are 101 examples of how Twitter members regularly use the service. |
| Posted: 21 May 2008 01:30 PM CDT I found this statue erected in a highly religious city. What kind of message do you think they're trying to put across? |
| Obama Nearing 3 Million Donations,Raises $31Million In April Posted: 21 May 2008 01:19 PM CDT Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., hauled in $31.9 million in April. Obama has an mighty $37.3 million on hand with $9.2 million tucked away for the general election.Two hundred thousand new donors joined Obama's effort last month. The average donation: $91 |
| Canadian DMCA May be Established to Criminalize Copyrights Posted: 21 May 2008 12:51 PM CDT Word on the street is that Canadian Industry Minister Jim Prentice is about to try to shove the Canadian version of the US's failed Digital Millennium Copyright Act through Parliament very soon, and very fast. He made plans to do this before, and the overwhelming public outcry caused him to shelve them. |
| Pilot, flight attendant arrested after romp in woods Posted: 21 May 2008 12:39 PM CDT Jeffrey Paul Bradford, 24, and Adrianna Grace Connor, 24, both employees of Pinnacle Airlines Inc., were at a diner on the outskirts of Harrisburg on Sunday night before they apparently decided to walk into the woods, police said."They told the officer they wanted to go do it in the woods, essentially," said Lower Swatara Township police... |
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