Various amusing or interesting topics, or things that shock and appall me. Kind of a miscellaneous bin.
This is the sort of thing that happens all the time. New technologies are used for purposes that are completely mundane: in this case, identifying the dog responsible for a pile of crap, and thus the owner. But for some reason, science fiction authors and other futurists rarely think of such secondary uses for the …
The synopsis: Religion and brute force failed to quash the idea of Darwinian evolution. Creationists and their Bible verses just irritated nonbelievers. Now Intelligent Design (ID) tries to topple Darwin again, not by offering a viable alternative, but by trying to co-opt the same concepts that have raised science to its current strength. Unfortunately for …
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So keep it clean, boys and girls. (It’ll be interesting to find out the whys and wherefores of the brain mechanism responsible. I hope someone manages it in my lifetime.)
As a childhood fan of Legos, and the sibling of an adult fan of both Legos and the Lego video games, I have to say… WTF?! (Of course, I didn’t understand the concept behind the Lego video games either, until I saw my sister play one. Maybe it’ll turn out to be pretty good.)
My stepfather has sleep apnea. He’s a really top-notch guy who will put up with a lot, but somehow I doubt he’d take kindly to having a robo-bear tickling his face at night.
You’ve got to admire their dedication, I guess.
There isn’t much I can add to this, other than shaking my head in disbelief and amusement.
Watch out, those armadillos can be tough customers. 😉 (For those not in the know, there’s an inside joke here for a good portion of those who read this blog, as well as the obvious humor.)
A small excerpt from that excerpt: A few years ago, researchers quizzed more than thirty surgeons and surgical residents on their video-game habits […] Then they put all the surgeons through a laparoscopic surgery simulator, in which thin instruments akin to extremely long chopsticks are inserted into one or more small incisions through the skin …
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Sometimes Dilbert creator Scott Adams comes up with some really amusing blog posts. This one is one of them. Unfortunately it’s mostly amusing because it’s true. I can only hope that this is just the same relatively tiny group of vocal and stupid people that I see commenting everywhere. If not, our future may be …