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| What if Birds had Human Hands? [Pics] Posted: 20 Feb 2009 08:30 PM CST Some interesting and hilarious Photoshop work  |
| The Top 1 Greatest Skateboarding Games of All Time. Ever. Posted: 20 Feb 2009 08:20 PM CST Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2, often abbreviated as THPS2, is the second game in the Tony Hawk's series. It was developed by Neversoft and published by Activision in 2000. It was first released for the PlayStation, with subsequent ports to the N64 and Dreamcast. Maybe one of the greatest games of all time.  |
| Smoke This Recession:Legalize and Tax Marijuana Posted: 20 Feb 2009 08:10 PM CST Is there really anyone left who doesn't already know the "War on Drugs" is a pathetic joke, an abject failure and a taxpayer nightmare, and the only reason it survives at all is to fund the CIA and fellate the prison guard unions and support a shameful prison system?  |
| The Whitest Kids U Know in Call of Duty Posted: 20 Feb 2009 08:00 PM CST "Here's the plan, on the count of 3, you take out that sniper, DABEARS and I will go after the machine gunners." - "MOM" - "DABEARS!" - "Mom can I have a sandwich?" - "DABEARS shut up!" - "I don't know, peanut butter and Jelly" - "Fucking christ DABEARS" - "What?" "Shut up and play the fucking game!" "I'm getting my mom to make me a sandwich guys".  |
| Who Will Win (And Who Should Win) at the 2009 Oscars Posted: 20 Feb 2009 07:40 PM CST Will "Slumdog Millionaire" and "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" be this year's big Oscar winners? Will Mickey Rourke take home a statue for his triumphant comeback? Will Heath Ledger win the slam-dunk pick of this year's awards? Who will take home the other awards? This article takes offers predictions as to who will win and who SHOULD win.  |
| Instant Messaging for Dummies ... WTF? Posted: 20 Feb 2009 07:30 PM CST What the heck?  |
| 10 American Companies That Won't Cut Jobs Posted: 20 Feb 2009 07:20 PM CST Layoffs at big companies are so common now that it is novel when a day goes by without Microsoft (MSFT), Caterpillar (CAT), or Macy's (MC) letting thousands of people go. There are a relatively small number of America's largest companies which will almost certainly not have significant layoffs.  |
| Obama Declares His Love for Canada Posted: 20 Feb 2009 07:10 PM CST Declaring "I love this country" and waving to ecstatic Canadian crowds, U.S. President Barack Obama helped reignite on Thursday a close binational friendship that had waned during the administration of his predecessor George W. Bush.  |
| Washington Times releases open source projects Posted: 20 Feb 2009 07:10 PM CST The Washington Times has always focused on content. After careful review, we determined that the best way to have the top tools to produce and publish that content is to release the source code of our in-house tools and encourage collaboration.  |
| Hamsters in jackets harnessed for energy Posted: 20 Feb 2009 07:00 PM CST Scientists have managed to harness the energy-producing power of hamsters by fitting them with tiny detector jackets.  |
| 6 Hip-Hop Fashion Statements We Wish Never Happened Posted: 20 Feb 2009 07:00 PM CST Hip Hop has been one of the most influential cultural revolutions of the late 20th Century. But for every gem it has given us in music, fashion and language, it has its share of facepalm failures. Here is a list of 6 hip hop fashion statements we wish never happened...  |
| Republican Christian: What My Life Was Like Before Cannabis Posted: 20 Feb 2009 06:50 PM CST He said the issue is often seen as a Democrat versus Republican debate. However, he labels himself as a Republican Christian."I'm frustrated to death with the way the Christian community sees the word 'marijuana' and immediately turns away," he said.  |
| 'Cyber Footballers' Cloned, to Beat Best Human Team by 2050 Posted: 20 Feb 2009 06:50 PM CST A team of IT scientists from the Carlos III University in Madrid (UC3M) has managed to programme clones that imitate the actions of humans playing football on a computer, according to a new article.  |
| Facebook has removed 5,500 sex offenders since May Posted: 20 Feb 2009 06:40 PM CST Facebook has removed more than 5,500 convicted sex offenders from its social networking Web site since May, Connecticut's attorney general said Thursday.  |
| 5 Best Cities to Live in 2009 if the Economy Keeps Tanking Posted: 20 Feb 2009 06:40 PM CST Hard times at home necessitate careful planning for successful live-abroad experiences. Here are a few destinations to weather the current economic downturn.  |
| Did Last.fm Just Hand Over User Listening Data To the RIAA? Posted: 20 Feb 2009 06:40 PM CST Word is going around that the RIAA asked social music service Last.fm for data about its user's listening habits to find people with unreleased tracks on their computers. And Last.fm, which is owned by CBS, actually handed the data over to the RIAA.  |
| President of EU speaks truth to power, compares EU to USSR Posted: 20 Feb 2009 06:40 PM CST Vaclav Klaus of Czechoslovakia, a trained economist who protested USSR hegemony during the Prague Spring of 1968 and the temporary President of the European Union, today compared the undemocratic and elitist EU to Warsaw Pact communist dictatorships. Dictatorial elitists in the EU parliament booed and some even walked out.  |
| Top 10 Greatest Modern Mysteries Still Unsolved Today Posted: 20 Feb 2009 06:30 PM CST Dan Cooper hijacks a Boeing 727, demands cash and a parachute, then jumps mid-flight. What happened at Area 51 and what is really pulling the universe apart?  |
| Law and Disorder in America, true story of the prison lobby Posted: 20 Feb 2009 06:30 PM CST Did you hear the story about two Pennsylvania judges who took MILLIONS in bribes to put KIDS in private prisons? Do you know that the private prison lobby is a very powerful organization, which fights hard to criminalize everything, and make prison sentences longer ("3 strikes law", for example, their crowing glory)? This is where it all leads.  |
| Microsoft investigating Xbox Live hackers Posted: 20 Feb 2009 06:30 PM CST Microsoft investigating Xbox Live hackers Xbox 360 gamers suffer from abuse of data flooding tools  |
| Posted: 20 Feb 2009 06:20 PM CST LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – Oscar weekend tends to be a bit iffy at the boxoffice, but a strategically targeted release can open solidly.This year, that movie is Tyler Perry's latest comedy "Madea Goes to Jail," which baits a well-established fan base for the prolific filmmaker in urban markets.  |
| What's that Snow Leopard doing on Microsoft's Live Search? Posted: 20 Feb 2009 06:20 PM CST Sure it could be a silly coincidence or some friendly taunting. But what if it were a harbinger of some sort of deal.  |
| Rush Limbaugh Lies About President Obama (Again) Posted: 20 Feb 2009 06:10 PM CST "Obama said that we all must learn to live within our means and not expect the values of our homes to go up 10, 20 percent over our lifetimes ever again." Not what Obama said AT ALL. -- Later, Rush continues his lies with: "Can I translate it for you? The days of prosperity are over, quote, the president of the United States, unquote." [audio too]  |
| 1987 Apple concept video showed advanced search engine Posted: 20 Feb 2009 06:10 PM CST This video shows the Apple Knowledge Navigator, a 1987 concept video produced by Apple. The user performs a journal search using an interactive voice-operated search engine. Very nicely done, and very insightful for 22 years ago.  |
| Facebook Won't Let You Remove Dead Relative's Page Posted: 20 Feb 2009 06:00 PM CST Facebook thinks it knows better than the sister of the deceased journalist Bill Bemister about what to do with his Facebook page. Stephanie Bemister sent them a copy of his death certificate and asked it get taken down for privacy and respect purposes. Unlike every other single social networking site she dealt with, Facebook said no.  |
| Forbes: Ante up! SC judge rules Texas Hold 'em is a skill Posted: 20 Feb 2009 06:00 PM CST South Carolina poker players may not be sure when to fold 'em even after a judge ruled Thursday that Texas Hold 'em is a game of skill. Though Judge Larry Duffy said evidence was "overwhelming" that poker was a game of skill, he said he did not have enough guidance from courts or lawmakers to know if that analysis makes a difference under SC law.  |
| How the Rich Guys Fly: Sneak Peek at SWISS's New First Class Posted: 20 Feb 2009 06:00 PM CST Of course, luxury like this comes at a price. First class airfare from New York to Geneva, Switzerland starts at $5,567.68. The folks back in steerage class will pay $420.18 for the same ride, minus the posh accommodations and the haute cuisine dining experience ("You and you alone decide when the kitchen opens," SWISS's first class site promises.  |
| Scientist Looks to Weaponize Ball Lightning Posted: 20 Feb 2009 05:50 PM CST Ball lightning has been the subject of much scientific scrutiny over the years. And, as with many powerful natural phenomena, the question arises: "Can we turn it into a weapon?" Peculiar as it may seem, that's exactly what some researchers are working on -- even though it hasn't even been properly replicated in the laboratory yet.  |
| Nirvana - The Man Who Sold The World (MTV unplugged 1994) Posted: 20 Feb 2009 05:40 PM CST Music video by Nirvana performing The Man Who Sold The World: Livewith Alex Coletti(C) 1994 Geffen Records  |
| Friend of Ethically Challenged Sen. Chris Dodd Posted: 20 Feb 2009 05:30 PM CST Connecticut's AG says Connecticut's senator is outside his jurisdiction. Richard Blumenthal won't even investigate Dodd's sweetheart deals with Countrywide. This is "change"?  |
| WH lashes out at CNBC's Santelli Posted: 20 Feb 2009 05:20 PM CST The White House is lashing out publicly and personally at a CNBC reporter whose attack on President Barack Obama's anti-foreclosure plan caught fire on the Internet on Thursday.  |
| CY&H:One Of These Things [COMIC] Posted: 20 Feb 2009 05:20 PM CST One Of These Things  |
| Syria samples reveal more uranium Posted: 20 Feb 2009 05:20 PM CST FTA - "The UN nuclear agency says it has found additional particles of uranium in samples taken from the site of an alleged nuclear facility in Syria."  |
| Introducing Ubuntu 9.10: Karmic Koala Posted: 20 Feb 2009 05:10 PM CST Mark Shuttleworth : "When you are looking for inspiration beyond the looming Jaunty feature freeze, I hope you'll think of the Koala, our official mascot for Ubuntu 9.10. And if you'll bear with me for a minute I'll set the scene for what we hope to achieve in that time."  |
| Oh Hai, I'm a Wall Street Fat Cat Posted: 20 Feb 2009 05:00 PM CST Drop some Jacksons on me!  |
| Digg Finally Admits the Auto-Bury Exists Posted: 20 Feb 2009 04:50 PM CST It has long been debated and rumored that Digg has an auto-bury feature that would automatically bury specific user's submissions. They have for a long time  |
| MIT students develop pedal-powered washing machine Posted: 20 Feb 2009 04:50 PM CST Recently we saw a team of students at MIT develop an energy harnessing shock absorber system that could provide electricity for your next-gen electric cars, and today we have another green design from the same institute.  |
| New CocaCola Machines To Hold More Than 100 Different Drinks Posted: 20 Feb 2009 04:50 PM CST At the same time as New York is trying to pass a soft drink tax, ABC News is doing an expose on Mountain Dew Mouth and doctors are urging all Americans to cut down on soda, Coca-Cola is debuting a new soda fountain that can hold more than 100 sodas. That's ten times more than current soda fountains.  |
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| Does Religion Make People Happier? Posted: 20 Feb 2009 04:30 PM CST Researchers accidentally discovered that people with religious beliefs tend to be more content in life. While not the original objective, the recent European study found that religious people are better able to cope with shocks such as losing a loved one or getting laid off of a job.  |
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