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| Posted: 01 Sep 2008 08:50 PM CDT Democracy Now's Amy Goodman, Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Nicole Salazar were arrested by the Minneapolis Police Department. Charged with conspiracy to riot. Footage from Rick Rowley and Brandon Jourdan. |
| Limited Atom supply shows strong netbook demand Posted: 01 Sep 2008 08:40 PM CDT Intel has been talking up its Atom processor since the beginning of the year, and it has clearly described its vision of a future where all of us are connected through a vast network of Mobile Internet Devices |
| 10 Classic Film Comedies for a Well-Rounded Geek Posted: 01 Sep 2008 08:30 PM CDT We've had a lot of posts about newer movies here on GeekDad, but everyone knows it's important to read classic novels in order to properly appreciate modern ones, and, likewise, it's important to watch classic movies. Now, many classic movies are too complicated or too intense for kids, so it seems appropriate to start the discussion with comedies |
| GOP Pollster's Focus Group Sees Palin As 'A Gimmick' Posted: 01 Sep 2008 08:20 PM CDT A Frank Luntz/AARP focus group of undecided voters in Minneapolis had some bad news for John McCain: they don't like the choice of Sarah Palin for VP. About half the 25-member group raised their hands when asked if Palin made them less likely to vote for McCain. They had a negative impression of Palin by a 2-1 margin. They saw the pick as a gimmick |
| The 13 Most Badass Video Game Power Suits Ever Posted: 01 Sep 2008 08:10 PM CDT The Mark VI is quite a number, allowing lead model Master Chief to strut faster, jump higher, and regenerate that oh-so-fashionable outer layer of shield faster than you can say, "I´ve got to have that!" To top it off, the suit automatically injects biofoam to heal your wounds, so no more trips to the dry cleaners with pesky bloodstains! |
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| Hollywood's 5 Saddest Attempts at Feminism Posted: 01 Sep 2008 07:50 PM CDT Hollywood has a dilemma. Its blockbusters are all written by men, but to make the real money, they have to sell some tickets to females, too. What to do? Let a woman write a blockbuster? Ha! Of course not. Just insert a feisty woman into the story who won't take any crap from men in a really formulaic way! That should please the feminists, right |
| Poll Check: Obama Still Heavily Favored to Win White House Posted: 01 Sep 2008 07:50 PM CDT Let's start with the simplest of facts: in 2004, 18 electoral votes would have swung the election to John Kerry. This time around, Obama is cruising in every single Kerry state, as well as three states that went to Bush in 2004. Plus, he's dangerously close to snatching four more Bush states right from underneath McCain's nose. |
| Hopes raised for block on cancer Posted: 01 Sep 2008 07:40 PM CDT Scientists say they have taken a big step towards blocking a chemical vital to the growth of many cancers. |
| Malaysian man gets nut stuck around Penis Posted: 01 Sep 2008 07:10 PM CDT A Malaysian welder had to have a nut removed from around his penis after an attempt to lengthen it before he gets engaged next week went embarrassingly wrong, a news report said Sunday |
| Four Reasons Why The Yankees Are Done Posted: 01 Sep 2008 06:50 PM CDT Jason Giambi launched a blast and later a game-winning bullet, rocking the aging house for what was surely the last Yankees-Red Sox game at this Yankee Stadium. The heroics by the lame-duck former star at the about-to-be-demolished ballpark salvaged a game, spared some more bad feelings and brought rare glee. Yet, they only temporarily put off |
| Experiment to Unlock Secrets of Big Bang: End of The World? Posted: 01 Sep 2008 06:30 PM CDT It has cost £4.4billion and is designed to unlock the secrets of the Big Bang. But rather than providing vital information about the beginning of life, the world's biggest experiment could cause the end of the world, say scientists. They fear that the Large Hadron Collider - due to be switched on in nine days' time - will create a black hole |
| VIA releases open source Xorg driver Posted: 01 Sep 2008 06:20 PM CDT VIA has just released a open source Xorg driver for their integrated graphics chips on their linux.via.com.tw portal. |
| Posted: 01 Sep 2008 06:00 PM CDT Obama vows to fire any campaign staffer that stokes the Palin pregnancy story, and obviously isn't happy with the implication his campaign had anything to do with it -- a smear that anonymous McCain aides are peddling to the media. |
| Dark City Director's Cut Is Incredible; A Matrix Prequel Posted: 01 Sep 2008 05:50 PM CDT The visual effects, the story lines are so different from the original movie that it's like a whole new film. I now know where the Matrix bros got their inspiration. This remake is a must see, and get in in BluRay the effects are killer. |
| Seven-year-old Girl Being Kept Alive by Viagra Posted: 01 Sep 2008 05:40 PM CDT A seven-year-old girl with a rare illness is being kept alive by four doses of Viagra a day. |
| Vaynerchuks Launch T-Shirt Search Engine PleaseDressMe Posted: 01 Sep 2008 05:30 PM CDT Gary Vaynerchuk with his brother AJ and Digg's own Joe Stump have launched a T-Shirt search engine called PleaseDressMe. More info can be found here: http://tinyurl.com/tcpleasedressme (via techcrunch) |
| Wait, Michael Phelps Didn't Get Call Of Duty Early Posted: 01 Sep 2008 05:30 PM CDT On Thursday, you would have seen Michael Phelps, still basking in the glow of his olympic triumphs, presented with a copy of Call of Duty: World At War. A game that's months from completion. Turns out Phelps didn't receive the game at all; what he got instead was a box of lies. An Activision PR rep has confirmed that Phelps was presented with an em |
| This Apology Letter From Southwest Is Refreshingly Honest Posted: 01 Sep 2008 05:11 PM CDT A fluid leak forced Deepak's Southwest flight from Oakland to Seattle back to the airport. Southwest shifted passengers to a waiting plane, and everyone made it to Seattle about two hours late. Within a week, Southwest sent passengers an extraordinarily honest and informative letter detailing exactly what went wrong... |
| Airplane Hotel Allows Mile High Club Experience on Ground Posted: 01 Sep 2008 05:00 PM CDT The noble Jumbo was in a bad state, but Oscar saw the possibilities right away. Probably after way too many glasses of akvavit that day, Diös thought he had the perfect idea: to buy the 747 and convert it into a low-cost hotel. |
| U.S. to strike Iran in coming weeks Posted: 01 Sep 2008 04:50 PM CDT Dutch paper says country's intel service has called off an operation in Iran due to looming air-strike. |
| Study: Smiling Now Primarily Used To Communicate Anger Posted: 01 Sep 2008 04:40 PM CDT "More than 85 percent of smiles are involuntary responses to mounting anger," the study read in part. "In addition, the length and intensity of these smiles directly correspond to the amount of anger the smile is concealing. |
| Troopergate-Audio of Palin's aide requesting Wooten's firing Posted: 01 Sep 2008 04:30 PM CDT Actual audio tape on Alaskan government's website of Palin's aide Frank Bailey requesting that Wooten be fired from his position. Bailey spends time trying to dance around the issue, but eventually trashes Palin's brother-in-law. Bailey also questions whether his conversation is even legal! |
| The Alpha Male Wins Again.. [COMIC] Posted: 01 Sep 2008 04:20 PM CDT Women definitely have a thing for bad boys and tough guys. |
| Thome ties Mantle on HR list as White Sox beat Red Sox Posted: 01 Sep 2008 04:10 PM CDT Jim Thome tied Mickey Mantle for 14th place with his 536th career homer, Gavin Floyd won his fifth straight decision and the Chicago White Sox beat the Boston Red Sox 4-2 to avoid a three-game sweep. |
| Bodies found in King Tut's tomb are twin daughters Posted: 01 Sep 2008 04:00 PM CDT Professor Robert Connolly, an anatomist who is working with Egyptian authorities to analyse the tomb of the Egyptian Pharaoh, says that preliminary tests on the mummified remains of the two still-born babies indicate that Tutankhamun may have fathered them both... |
| Palin Was a Director of Embattled Sen. Stevens's 527 Group Posted: 01 Sep 2008 03:40 PM CDT Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin began building clout in her state's political circles in part by serving as a director of an independent political group organized by the now embattled Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens. |
| Examples of Diaries Written in Obscure Code to Hide Secrets Posted: 01 Sep 2008 03:30 PM CDT There is a certain thrill to cracking a code. The 300,000-word journal of Charles Wesley, the co-founder of the Methodist movement, which was written in an obscure shorthand, has been solved and the diary transcribed. It has taken nine years. Many other secret diaries are often used to express feelings that no-one else was meant to understand. |
| Google Chrome, a browser by Google Posted: 01 Sep 2008 03:30 PM CDT This had been rumored for some time but now it's official -- Google is working on their own (open source) browser. |
| 6 Places to Buy Pre-installed Linux Computers Posted: 01 Sep 2008 03:20 PM CDT Gone are the days when the only source of Linux distribution was the web. |
| Posted: 01 Sep 2008 03:00 PM CDT Police say a man tried to cut off his own arm at a restaurant in Modesto, Calif., because he thought he had injected air into a vein while shooting cocaine and feared he would die unless he took drastic action. |
| Microsoft Readying Apps Store for Windows Mobile? Posted: 01 Sep 2008 02:50 PM CDT It looks as though Microsoft is joining Apple and Google in the mobile "apps store" market. |
| Vonage: You're Still A Customer 2 Years After You Cancel Posted: 01 Sep 2008 02:30 PM CDT Listen Vonage, Garry isn't your customer anymore. You need to stop sending him bills and let him go. Sure, he liked you back in 2004, but he found a better company at a cheaper price and he's moved on. Billing his AmEx every single month for two years after he canceled? Not cute. |
| In New Orleans, blogs become crucial decision-making tool Posted: 01 Sep 2008 02:20 PM CDT NEW ORLEANS — The fearful weather reports about Hurricane Gustav did not persuade Sheila Moragas to leave Old Jefferson, a suburb just west of New Orleans. It was the 38-year-old mother's dwindling ranks of online friends on the micro-blogging network Twitter. |
| New master switch found in brain that regulates appetite Posted: 01 Sep 2008 02:10 PM CDT Body weight and fertility have long known to be related to each other women who are too thin, for example, can have trouble becoming pregnant. Now, a master switch has been found in the brain of mice that controls both, and researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies say it may work the same way in humans. |
| Is John McCain Mentally Fit To Be President? Posted: 01 Sep 2008 02:00 PM CDT Forgetting countries names, what he said hours before, and key elements of his policies is John McCain mentally fit to be president? Now, he has shown utter lack of judgement in his choice of VP. |
| Lord of the Rings: The Abridged Version Posted: 01 Sep 2008 01:40 PM CDT Funny Comic |
| Palin Trooper Scandal Could Become Problem Posted: 01 Sep 2008 01:30 PM CDT Troopergate. It's a political he-said, she-said that has dogged Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin for nearly two months and is likely to do so for another two months leading to the Nov. 4 presidential election. |
| Japan to Build Massive Floating Generators for Food & Power Posted: 01 Sep 2008 01:20 PM CDT Battered by soaring energy costs and aghast at dwindling fish stocks, Japanese scientists think they have found the answer: filling the seas with giant "eco-rigs" as powerful as nuclear power stations. The project, which could result in village-sized platforms peppering the Japanese coastline within a decade reflects a growing panic in the country. |
| Internet Traffic Begins To Bypass The U.S. Posted: 01 Sep 2008 01:10 PM CDT Now, the balance of power is shifting. Data is increasingly flowing around the United States, which may have intelligence--and conceivably military--consequences. |
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