Various amusing or interesting topics, or things that shock and appall me. Kind of a miscellaneous bin.
I’m sure this experiment saved on banana costs — and machine repair and replacement costs, apparently — but a little statistical math could have told him the same thing a lot faster. (The comment about the interview with Fox News amuses me, as even more evidence that regular Fox News viewers are on the low …
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“…a business that knows its shit and a business that knows it’s shit.” Earthy goodness on the subject of English punctuation (a sore point with me).
You know, I can understand this. If you don’t know how technology works, you’re as likely to believe impossible things as possible ones. What I can’t believe is how many people here fall for things just as ludicrous.
I can’t really add to this article, except to say that I doubt the new Blue Screen of Death will help much in some applications.
You’ve gotta be kidding me. (It does look remarkably good though.)
Parent, be warned. This is what happens when you refuse your child something he wants: […] As of this writing, he possesses 571 of the evil alien overlords after 20 years of collecting. In a real head-scratcher, Hull isn’t a fan of the TV series that gave birth to his beloved Daleks, “Doctor Who.” According …
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Interesting article, but I especially love the “Mormon porn” at the bottom. (Don’t worry, Ploni, if it’s safe for Mormons, it’s safe for you too.)
Back around the time I was born (yeah, way back there), science fiction great Larry Niven penned this amusing article about Superman. He got some of the bits wrong, or maybe it hadn’t been established at that point that Superman’s abilities started manifesting slowly around puberty. I’m sure that the superpowers he posits for the …
More proof that 1. 🙂
I nearly wet myself laughing at the description. If your politics lean toward Tea Party conservative, you don’t want to read this. (I’m not sure why, but the game sounds familiar… maybe I’ve seen similar pictures on The Daily Show or something? I don’t seem to have blogged about it before.)