Saturday, December 31, 2011
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Tuesday, December 27, 2011
PENTAGON BRIEFING ON REMOVING "The God Gene"
I assure you this is a fake. It's still fun, but it's fake.
Licensing Parents. I think it's a modest proposal.
Blogger Andrew Cohen makes a cogent and quite reasonable proposal for "licensing" want-to-be parents as a strategy to reduce the welfare state and the damage done to children by "bad" parents. It's very libertarian in its premise and Orwellian in its inevitable conclusion.
Excerpt
"The state should require parents to be licensed. That is, there is no moral right to raise a child, and we would do well to think of it as a privilege that the state grants and can refrain from granting to certain individuals. If you don’t like that way of putting it, I am comfortable with a weaker claim: whatever moral right to raise a child there might be is defeated when the parent-to-be is significantly likely to cause the child substantial and avoidable harm, or, of course, if the parent does cause the child such harm. Those that should be refused a license to parent a child are those who are likely, in parenting, to harm the child. Those that should have a parenting license revoked are those who do harm the child. (In our society, the latter is called “termination of parental rights” because there is an assumption of such rights. Its worth pointing out that I have not seen a good defense of the claim that natural biological parents should be assumed to have the right to raise the child they create.)"
Excerpt
"The state should require parents to be licensed. That is, there is no moral right to raise a child, and we would do well to think of it as a privilege that the state grants and can refrain from granting to certain individuals. If you don’t like that way of putting it, I am comfortable with a weaker claim: whatever moral right to raise a child there might be is defeated when the parent-to-be is significantly likely to cause the child substantial and avoidable harm, or, of course, if the parent does cause the child such harm. Those that should be refused a license to parent a child are those who are likely, in parenting, to harm the child. Those that should have a parenting license revoked are those who do harm the child. (In our society, the latter is called “termination of parental rights” because there is an assumption of such rights. Its worth pointing out that I have not seen a good defense of the claim that natural biological parents should be assumed to have the right to raise the child they create.)"
Evolution of Angels: From Disembodied Minds to Winged Guardians
Evolution of Angels: From Disembodied Minds to Winged Guardians
'Tis the season for winged humanoids to alight everywhere from store windows to Christmas tree tops to lingerie runways. But it wasn't always so.
Angels, at least the Christian variety, haven't always been flying people in diaphanous gowns. And their various forms—from disembodied minds to feathered guardians—reflect twists and turns of thousands of years of religious thought, according to an upcoming book.
"There is lots of interesting theology about angels, and in some ways we've kind of lost the knack for that," said John Cavadini, chair of theology at the University of Notre Dame.
Read More Here:
'Tis the season for winged humanoids to alight everywhere from store windows to Christmas tree tops to lingerie runways. But it wasn't always so.
Angels, at least the Christian variety, haven't always been flying people in diaphanous gowns. And their various forms—from disembodied minds to feathered guardians—reflect twists and turns of thousands of years of religious thought, according to an upcoming book.
"There is lots of interesting theology about angels, and in some ways we've kind of lost the knack for that," said John Cavadini, chair of theology at the University of Notre Dame.
Read More Here:
Monday, December 26, 2011
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Thursday, December 22, 2011
Pop Star's Single, 'Booty Wave', Most Likely Civilization's Downfall
If this wasn't so true, I'd be laughing my booty off.
Painless Dental Fillings: Plasma Toothbrush
"Scientists at the University of Missouri have invented a way to apply fillings that is completely painless.
It uses a new plasma brush that disinfects and cleans out cavities,
killing bacterias and forming a better bond for the fillings. And it does it in less than 30 seconds! According to the scientists,
"the chemical reactions involved with the plasma brush actually change
the surface of the tooth, which allows for a strong and robust bonding
with the filling material."
Click here to read the whole story (with video).
“Painless ” Plasma Brush Is Becoming Realistic In Dentistry, MU Engineers Say from MU News Bureau on Vimeo.
Click here to read the whole story (with video).
“Painless ” Plasma Brush Is Becoming Realistic In Dentistry, MU Engineers Say from MU News Bureau on Vimeo.
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Misfits Season Finale: your opinion?
Season Three has ended, dramatic and deadly, unexpected and bittersweet. What's your opinion?
Boy disciplined after waving gun-shaped pizza piece.
Boy disciplined after waving around pizza slice that resembled gun: As punishment for the incident Nicholas Taylor was given silent lunch for six days. He also spent time with the school resource officer learning about gun safety.
Terry Gilliam: 10 Lessons For Directors
Filmmaker Magazine has a fascinating interview with Terry Gilliam in which he relates 10 essential insights for directors. I was impressed by these insights and believe they apply to a wide range of creative processes. What do you think?
1. Growing up is for losers.
As a child, I always drew funny creatures, funny characters. But I think the trick is not to grow up, not to learn to be an adult. And if you can maintain the kind of imagination you all had when you were babies, you would all be wonderful filmmakers. But the world tries to make you grow up, to stop imagining, stop fantasizing, stop playing in your mind. And I’ve worked hard to not let the world educate me.
2. Film school is for fools.
Live and learn how to make films. I didn’t go to film school. I just watched movies in the cinemas. And probably my greater education was actually making films, so that’s all I would ever say: watch movies, get a camera, make a movie. And if you do it enough times, eventually you start learning how films are made.
read more after the break:
As a child, I always drew funny creatures, funny characters. But I think the trick is not to grow up, not to learn to be an adult. And if you can maintain the kind of imagination you all had when you were babies, you would all be wonderful filmmakers. But the world tries to make you grow up, to stop imagining, stop fantasizing, stop playing in your mind. And I’ve worked hard to not let the world educate me.
2. Film school is for fools.
Live and learn how to make films. I didn’t go to film school. I just watched movies in the cinemas. And probably my greater education was actually making films, so that’s all I would ever say: watch movies, get a camera, make a movie. And if you do it enough times, eventually you start learning how films are made.
read more after the break:
Monday, December 19, 2011
Fourth-degree criminal mischief for sleeping on own couch
Yes, that's right. Man charged with fourth-degree criminal mischief for sleeping on own couch.
"Tonawanda SWAT Team members descended on a Findlay Avenue home for a report of an armed gunman possibly holding his mother and girlfriend hostage.
But as police called for backup, and hostage negotiators repeatedly called for him to come outside, the reported gunman was sleeping soundly, he later told police.
"It was just a guy who had too much to drink," said Capt. Jonathan W. Scott. "We thought there was a hostage situation in there, and it turns out there wasn't."
But the tension quickly dissolved when the man walked out the front door, hands behind his head, and surrendered without incident to police at about 10:45 a.m.
He later said that -- as police tried to contact him by cellphone -- he was taking a nap.
"It turned out not to be a hostage situation," Scott said.
The man, who served in the Marine Corps, had rifles and swords in his room, though he did not use them in the incident. Police said the weapons did not appear to be connected to his military service.
Tonawanda police declined to name the man, and his age was unavailable, they said. He was charged with fourth-degree criminal mischief and taken to Erie County Medical Center for a mental examination.
No one was injured in the incident.
"He's a very nice young man," another neighbor said. "He's serving in Iraq. They're very nice people."
"Tonawanda SWAT Team members descended on a Findlay Avenue home for a report of an armed gunman possibly holding his mother and girlfriend hostage.
But as police called for backup, and hostage negotiators repeatedly called for him to come outside, the reported gunman was sleeping soundly, he later told police.
"It was just a guy who had too much to drink," said Capt. Jonathan W. Scott. "We thought there was a hostage situation in there, and it turns out there wasn't."
But the tension quickly dissolved when the man walked out the front door, hands behind his head, and surrendered without incident to police at about 10:45 a.m.
He later said that -- as police tried to contact him by cellphone -- he was taking a nap.
"It turned out not to be a hostage situation," Scott said.
The man, who served in the Marine Corps, had rifles and swords in his room, though he did not use them in the incident. Police said the weapons did not appear to be connected to his military service.
Tonawanda police declined to name the man, and his age was unavailable, they said. He was charged with fourth-degree criminal mischief and taken to Erie County Medical Center for a mental examination.
No one was injured in the incident.
"He's a very nice young man," another neighbor said. "He's serving in Iraq. They're very nice people."
Sunday, December 18, 2011
Friday, December 16, 2011
cold remedy causes 2 deaths from brain-eating amoeba
I'll stick to Theraflu, pills, and whiskey.
U.S state issues health warning after neti pot is linked to two deaths. A sinus-flushing device used to relieve colds and allergies has been linked to a deadly brain-eating amoeba. It is thought the amoeba entered their brains when they used the devices.
U.S state issues health warning after neti pot is linked to two deaths. A sinus-flushing device used to relieve colds and allergies has been linked to a deadly brain-eating amoeba. It is thought the amoeba entered their brains when they used the devices.
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Light Sabre VS Taser: suprisingly effective.
"Police arrested a man who allegedly assaulted three people with a blue light saber at a Hayden Island Toys R Us Wednesday night.
Officers tried to arrest the man, but he kept swinging the light saber at them, Simpson said. One tried to use his Taser on the suspect but the device didn't work.
Another officer used a second Taser and made contact, but the man knocked one of the wires away with the light saber."
Officers tried to arrest the man, but he kept swinging the light saber at them, Simpson said. One tried to use his Taser on the suspect but the device didn't work.
Another officer used a second Taser and made contact, but the man knocked one of the wires away with the light saber."
This is what's wrong with the US legal system
Man Awarded $10M for Segway Accident
Ezzo's lawyer, Robert Adelman, says his client was riding the Segway blindfolded and without a helmet through an obstacle course set up by company workers when he fell off and injured his head.
Read the full story here
Ezzo's lawyer, Robert Adelman, says his client was riding the Segway blindfolded and without a helmet through an obstacle course set up by company workers when he fell off and injured his head.
Read the full story here
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Could Netflix Bring Firefly Back From The Dead?
Some interesting speculation regarding Firefly bieng brought back from the dead by Netflix. I for one would love to see this happen. Click the photo to read the article.
Read the speculative fiction article here.
Read the speculative fiction article here.
Ashton Kutcher canoodles w/ Ancient Disc Of Pure Evil
Now that Demi is out of the picture, Ashton is up to his old bachelor ways, out on the town with his arms wrapped around a glowing disc hewn in the fires of hell.
Ashton Kutcher Caught Canoodling With Ancient Disc Made Of Pure Evil
Ashton Kutcher Caught Canoodling With Ancient Disc Made Of Pure Evil
This defines the spirit of Christmas
If I weren't such a cynical, stoic sod..... well.... it's getting awfully dusty in here.
Good lord: talk about the food chain!
You will be amazed how this video ends. Talk about an amazing illustration of the theme, "There's always something bigger up the food chain..."
"Perfect Sense" Trailer Ewan McGregor, Eva Green (HD)
it's the end of the world..... and love is blind.
Denzel Washington Is "The Equalizer"
Denzel Washington is set to star in the film version of the classic 1980's TV series "The Equalizer".
Edward Woodward starred in the original CBS television series about Robert McCall, a former operative of a covert intelligence organisation who seeks redemption for his dark past via offering his services to those being persecuted and in need of help.
read the full story here
Edward Woodward starred in the original CBS television series about Robert McCall, a former operative of a covert intelligence organisation who seeks redemption for his dark past via offering his services to those being persecuted and in need of help.
read the full story here
has transformed into this
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Poltergeist video challenge: how??
In 2011, Captain Disillusion abruptly stopped production of a new episode and went on a long hiatus. The footage of that unfinished episode has now been recovered and is presented here.
Challenge: how was this poltergeist effect achieved without digital effects?
Challenge: how was this poltergeist effect achieved without digital effects?
Over-drawn $4.85? You now owe $229.10
With the help of his mother, Daniel Ganziano set up a savings account at a nearby TCF Bank. After he put money into the savings account from his job, Daniel Ganziano's balance eventually fell to $4.85 and with such a small amount, he ignored it.
The bank of course continued charging fees, the account became over-drawn as a result of those fees, and then came the "overdrawn" penalty fees, and before you can say "Shylock's Pound of Flesh", within 2 weeks Daniel owed $229.10 in overdraft penalties. The bank refused to close the account until the fees were paid. And to make it even more insidious, he can't get another bank account anywhere else until he pays off the first bank's extortion.
penalty Read the whole story here
The bank of course continued charging fees, the account became over-drawn as a result of those fees, and then came the "overdrawn" penalty fees, and before you can say "Shylock's Pound of Flesh", within 2 weeks Daniel owed $229.10 in overdraft penalties. The bank refused to close the account until the fees were paid. And to make it even more insidious, he can't get another bank account anywhere else until he pays off the first bank's extortion.
penalty Read the whole story here
Higgs boson: has the 'God Particle' been glimpsed?
The announcement was made at the Cern laboratory in Geneva. Scientists believe they may have pinned down the "God particle" at last. They did stress that the findings should are inconclusive and insisted they did not represent an official discovery, but admitted the results were "intriguing".
Read the full article here.
$154 million MQ-9 Predator B drone used to catch cow thieves
A North Dakota family has been caught stealing 6 cows via the use of a $154 million MQ-9 Predator B drone. It was "on loan" to local cops from the US military. The thieves: a North Dakota family named Brossart. Apparently they were so dangerous that the local sheriff needed a Predator drone to take them down. The Brossart's alleged crime? They wouldn't give back 3 cows and their calves that wandered onto their 3,000-acre farm this summer.
The Predator is the type used by the CIA to track down and assassinate terrorists and militants in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Now local police are using them to take down Americans in their own backyards.
Does this violate the Posse Comitatus Act (18 U.S.C. § 1385)? That's the United States federal law that was passed on June 18, 1878, after the end of Reconstruction. Its intent (in concert with the Insurrection Act of 1807) was to limit the powers of local governments and law enforcement agencies from using federal military personnel to enforce the laws of the land.
Here's the link to the story on the Predator Drone take-down of the cow thieves.
And here's a link to wikipedia re the Posse Comitatus Act.
Monkeys to test radiation at Fukushima
Well, I hear they work for peanuts. Wild monkeys have been enlisted by Japanese researchers to obtain detailed readings of radiation levels in forests near the troubled Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Plant. No word yet how the government plans to deal with the resulting army of mutated giant ape monsters.
read full story here.
Monday, December 12, 2011
Russian UFO or government drone?
Video footage shows an unidentified flying object hovering above protesters in Bolotnaya Square in Moscow. The ufo community is all abuzz. What do you think?
see the video and full story here
Oh, wait, it IS a russian police drone!!!! Not exactly the one pictured below, but obviously a similar type. See the real story here, ironically at the conspiracy website www.infowars.com
And you can buy one here!!
see the video and full story here
Oh, wait, it IS a russian police drone!!!! Not exactly the one pictured below, but obviously a similar type. See the real story here, ironically at the conspiracy website www.infowars.com
And you can buy one here!!
Friday, December 9, 2011
Furiousier and furiousier
"The "Fast & Furious" scandal is getting
messier and messier. New e-mails finally released late this past Friday
reveal that the Department of Justice personal viewed the then-secret
operation as a way to push for more gun control laws. Despite administration promises to the contrary, whistleblowers have endured "isolation, retaliation and transfer."
Meanwhile the operation's managers have done pretty well, some have even received promotions.
Thursday Attorney General Eric Holder
admitted that the operation was "wholly unacceptable," but he still
offers absolutely no explanation to explain why the program was
instituted."
Character is what you are in the dark.
A fascinating article that only reinforces that your Integrity is defined by what you do in private.
"Cooperative behaviour is generally associated with personal disadvantage. Scientists have therefore long been unable to explain why, despite this, altruism exists in nature. However, altruistic behaviour can be successful if organisms improve their reputation through unselfish behaviour and can benefit from it at a later stage: those who give receive; but those who refuse to lend support cannot expect help in an emergency. Solidarity is also the outcome of social evolution in humans. However, altruism can only enhance an individual’s reputation and prevail if the corresponding behaviour is known to others."
"Read the article here
"Cooperative behaviour is generally associated with personal disadvantage. Scientists have therefore long been unable to explain why, despite this, altruism exists in nature. However, altruistic behaviour can be successful if organisms improve their reputation through unselfish behaviour and can benefit from it at a later stage: those who give receive; but those who refuse to lend support cannot expect help in an emergency. Solidarity is also the outcome of social evolution in humans. However, altruism can only enhance an individual’s reputation and prevail if the corresponding behaviour is known to others."
"Read the article here
Thursday, December 8, 2011
13 - Official Trailer.
I recommend this film. If you're up for a tense psychological thriller, this will satisfy.
Documents: ATF used "Fast and Furious" to make the case for gun regulations
Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, is investigating Fast and Furious, as
well as the alleged use of the case to advance gun regulations. "There's
plenty of evidence showing that this administration planned to use the
tragedies of Fast and Furious as rationale to further their goals of a
long gun reporting requirement."
What? The DOJ giving guns to mexican cartels and thus creating a fiction of rampant unreported US guns flowing across the border? All to promote tighter gun regulations in the US? Why aren't people outraged about this?
read the full story here
What? The DOJ giving guns to mexican cartels and thus creating a fiction of rampant unreported US guns flowing across the border? All to promote tighter gun regulations in the US? Why aren't people outraged about this?
read the full story here
Lying 'has to do with your state of mind'...
I swear, if the press really sinks its teeth into the DOJ's "Fast and Furious" operation and its covert purpose to instigate tighter gun control laws in the US, this could end up being this Administration's Watergate.
This morning on Capitol Hill, Attorney General Eric Holder was asked whether he lied to Congress about the Fast & Furious gun-running scandal. His reply: "Laying has to do with your state of mind."
See the full story here by clicking here.
This morning on Capitol Hill, Attorney General Eric Holder was asked whether he lied to Congress about the Fast & Furious gun-running scandal. His reply: "Laying has to do with your state of mind."
See the full story here by clicking here.
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
The perfect home
The above-ground home is 2,000 square feet. But if you use the keypad entry to the basement, you’ll find 2,300 more square feet that was a former launch control center and has been converted with dining and entertainment space and two bedroom suites – complete with marble bathrooms. It has 10-foot tall ceilings, simulated daylight and an open floor plan.
see all REAL photos here!
Monday, December 5, 2011
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Friday, December 2, 2011
Skittles Touch: Cat
Be sure to put your finger on the skittle. Seriously. Lick the rainbow: taste the rainbow. But your finger on the skittle in the video and hold it there.
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Bondage Couple's Wooded Fantasy Busted By Cops
Secret meeting in woods, check. Bondage toys, check. Cover stories so spouse don't become suspicious, check. Privacy to insure no interruptions..... um, er....
....As the deputy “drew my Taser and turned it on,” the couple realized they had company."
Apparently what happens in k-y jellystone park doesn't stay in jellystone park. Perhaps they should have had new safe words like, "Hey boo-boo!" Or, "Picnic Basket". I wonder if the gentleman greeted the officers with a cordial, "Hello, Mr. Ranger, sir!" or "Hey there, Boo Boo!"
Read the full story here at the Smoking Gun
....As the deputy “drew my Taser and turned it on,” the couple realized they had company."
Apparently what happens in k-y jellystone park doesn't stay in jellystone park. Perhaps they should have had new safe words like, "Hey boo-boo!" Or, "Picnic Basket". I wonder if the gentleman greeted the officers with a cordial, "Hello, Mr. Ranger, sir!" or "Hey there, Boo Boo!"
Read the full story here at the Smoking Gun
Random legal musing...
Has anyone ever considered suing their local water company for shutting off services based on Riparian water rights?
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Monday, November 28, 2011
Carpe Nocturna: night people are smarter!
Morningness-eveningness and intelligence: early to bed, early to rise will likely make you anything but wise!
Roberts RD, Kyllonen PC.
Source
Department of Psychology, University of Sydney, Australia.
Abstract
Research examining various psychological correlates of circadian type (also known as diurnal preference) has been, over the years, quite expansive. A notable omission within this research program would appear a systematic exploration of the relation between intelligence and morningness-eveningness. The present study redressed this imbalance. 420 participants performed two self-report inventories assessing circadian type, as well as measures of intelligence from two psychometric batteries: CAM-IV and the ASVAB. The results indicate that, contrary to conventional folk wisdom, evening-types are more likely to have higher intelligence scores. This result is discussed in relation to current theories concerning the nature of human cognitive abilities.
Here's the abstract and link via US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health, pubmed.gov
Roberts RD, Kyllonen PC.
Source
Department of Psychology, University of Sydney, Australia.
Abstract
Research examining various psychological correlates of circadian type (also known as diurnal preference) has been, over the years, quite expansive. A notable omission within this research program would appear a systematic exploration of the relation between intelligence and morningness-eveningness. The present study redressed this imbalance. 420 participants performed two self-report inventories assessing circadian type, as well as measures of intelligence from two psychometric batteries: CAM-IV and the ASVAB. The results indicate that, contrary to conventional folk wisdom, evening-types are more likely to have higher intelligence scores. This result is discussed in relation to current theories concerning the nature of human cognitive abilities.
Here's the abstract and link via US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health, pubmed.gov
Robot Prison Guards: they're so cute!
Never has impersonal, automated evil been so cute!!
South Korea is about to implement an army of robot prison guards.
Don't worry. Nothing can go wrong.... go wrong ...go wrong ...go wrong.....
Click here for the full story via the BBC News Service
South Korea is about to implement an army of robot prison guards.
Don't worry. Nothing can go wrong.... go wrong ...go wrong ...go wrong.....
Click here for the full story via the BBC News Service
Friday, November 25, 2011
Paradise Circus
It's unfortunate that when we feel a storm
We can roll ourselves over 'cause we're uncomfortable
Oh, well, the devil makes us sin
But we like it when we're spinning in his grip
Love is like a sin, my love
For the ones that feel it the most
Look at her with her eyes like a flame
She will love you like a fly and never love you again
We can roll ourselves over 'cause we're uncomfortable
Oh, well, the devil makes us sin
But we like it when we're spinning in his grip
Love is like a sin, my love
For the ones that feel it the most
Look at her with her eyes like a flame
She will love you like a fly and never love you again
Thursday, November 24, 2011
read e-mail on digitally enhanced contact lenses
"Researchers at the University of Washington and Finland's Aalto University have developed a prototype of a contact lens that would project digital images onto the retinas of its wearer. And, for the first time, they actually tested the lenses on live creatures - in this case, rabbits that underwent anesthesia. That may seem like it's out of left field, but researchers for years have been working on the idea that we should somehow overlay digital information on top of the real world. Lots of smartphone apps, including Wikitude, Spyglass and Golfscape – as well as some prototypes for "Terminator" glasses - are trying to do this."
full story here
full story here
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Web Site Tragedies
The latest of my Tech Republic articles: 10 Web Site Tragedies.
These ten websites represent some of the worst design tragedies on the Internet -- from sites of the well-known (J.K. Rowling and George E.R. Martin) to the obscure.
Prepare for web site pain.
Read my full article (with links) at Tech Republic
These ten websites represent some of the worst design tragedies on the Internet -- from sites of the well-known (J.K. Rowling and George E.R. Martin) to the obscure.
Prepare for web site pain.
Read my full article (with links) at Tech Republic
Hottest Batgirl Costume Almost Ever
Hottest Batgirl Costume Ever (with exception of Ms. Yvonne Craig of course).
boy shoots mom's attacker in face with BB gun
This article should be the new ad-copy for BB guns.
"BELLINGHAM, Wash. – A 10-year-old boy with a BB gun saved his mother’s life after she was attacked by a man renting a room at their home Tuesday. The homeowner, 46, told police that the 45-year-old man renting from her came home, allegedly kicked in her bedroom door, attacked the woman and started choking her. Then her son came to her rescue with his trust BB gun and shot the attacker in the face, driving him off."
You know secretly this is what every 10-year old boy was living for when he first saw a, "Red Ryder carbine-action, two hundred shot Range Model air rifle with a compass in the stock and a thing which tells time."
link to full story here
"BELLINGHAM, Wash. – A 10-year-old boy with a BB gun saved his mother’s life after she was attacked by a man renting a room at their home Tuesday. The homeowner, 46, told police that the 45-year-old man renting from her came home, allegedly kicked in her bedroom door, attacked the woman and started choking her. Then her son came to her rescue with his trust BB gun and shot the attacker in the face, driving him off."
You know secretly this is what every 10-year old boy was living for when he first saw a, "Red Ryder carbine-action, two hundred shot Range Model air rifle with a compass in the stock and a thing which tells time."
link to full story here
Portable Zombie Shelter
I don't know about you, but this isn't exactly my idea of a safe zombie shelter.
Link to full story from the Daily What
Link to full story from the Daily What
Space-saving Vertical Chess Game
Funny thing, I used to do this with a magnetic chess set with friends back in the 80's.
Link to article
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Sunday, November 20, 2011
Is that a USB key in your pocket or a dual-core computer?
Norwegian company FXI Technologies showed off an amazing USB stick-sized portable computer prototype on Friday, Nov. 18. Code-named Cotton Candy, the tiny PC enables what its inventor calls "any-screen computing": the ability to turn any TV, laptop, phone, tablet, or set-top box into a dumb terminal for its Android-powered operating system. Packed in its tiny body is a dual-core 1.2-GHz Samsung Exynos ARM CPU (the same processor as in the Galaxy S II), 802.11n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, HDMI-out and even a microSD card slot for memory.
FXI hasn't set pricing yet for the Cotton Candy, but expects it to cost considerably less than $200 per unit. That's not bad for a full-fledged computing device the size of a cigarette lighter.
Link to story
FXI hasn't set pricing yet for the Cotton Candy, but expects it to cost considerably less than $200 per unit. That's not bad for a full-fledged computing device the size of a cigarette lighter.
Link to story
The Grey Trailer 2
The Grey is an upcoming action-drama film directed by Joe Carnahan and starring Liam Neeson. It follows a number of men stranded in Alaska after a plane crash, and forced to survive using little more than their wits as a group of wolves come after them. The film will release on January 27, 2012.
Saturday, November 19, 2011
Sound and image: Matrix No. 5
It's amazing how A: music can entirely change a scene without any editing, and B: how some music fits so well with a scene without any editing. For your consideration, The infamous lobby shootout from the Matrix, as synced up to Lou Bega's "hit" Mambo No. 5.
Friday, November 18, 2011
Shock and AHW: they won't hear it coming.
Imagine a hypersonic ground-based missile capable of flying faster than Mach 5 +, capable of hitting any target on Earth within 1 hour. Now stop imagining. We have it. Thursday the Pentagon tested a missile that does just that. The "Advanced Hypersonic Weapon," or AHW, was launched from Hawaii at 1130 GMT and flew over the Pacific "at hypersonic speed" before surprising the hell out of a target on the Kwajalein atoll in the Marshall Islands.
read about it here
read about it here
Why I’m ignorant, and so are you.
People are ignorant. I often am. The problem is, most people wear their ignorance proudly, like a fine cloak held tight against the wind of reason. They wrap themselves in opinions and beliefs without actually thinking about why. In our culture of instant information, media sound bites, and Internet viral marketing, we have too much data flooding in. Rather than truly explore a subject, people take short cuts in their thinking, and rely on emotion, “reliable sources”, and dogma to guide their conclusions.
People choose ignorance over thinking because it’s
easier.
Love's Gospel
You practice gospel with thy kisses. Your lips a chalice holy and your language a sacred language of tongues. But are your scriptures the same as mine?
Eden may be tasted with faith and shared prayers in a passion play. Heaven is together, always at one. But behind every eternal promise is a fruit ripened with knowledge and reason. Taste and you doubt. Doubt and you Fall. Fall and you never rise up again.
Eden may be tasted with faith and shared prayers in a passion play. Heaven is together, always at one. But behind every eternal promise is a fruit ripened with knowledge and reason. Taste and you doubt. Doubt and you Fall. Fall and you never rise up again.
Thursday, November 17, 2011
A high school teacher, a retired cop, and a porn empire walk into a bar...
First rule of a porn website empire: don't host it on your school-provided work computer.
Second rule of a porn website empire: don't host it on your school-provided work computer.
While one must applaud her work ethic and entrepreneurial spirit, one does have to wonder about her IQ.
Click for the sordid tale of a small home business gone "bust". With SFW photos.
Second rule of a porn website empire: don't host it on your school-provided work computer.
While one must applaud her work ethic and entrepreneurial spirit, one does have to wonder about her IQ.
Click for the sordid tale of a small home business gone "bust". With SFW photos.
WTF video: Gordon Ramsay
If you're a Gordon Ramsay fan.... I dare you to listen to this video with your eyes shut, and not laugh out loud at least once.
Update on Weird Chinese Photos
Update: this "official" explanation has been released by the Chinese for those weird constructions in the desert.
click here for the cover-up, er, I mean the official story.
click here for the cover-up, er, I mean the official story.
Pilot locks self in toilet, causes mid-air terror scare
Pilot locks self in toilet and sends passenger 'with Middle Eastern accent' to bang on cockpit door for help - comedy ensues. click here for the full story
Jane Austin Murdered?
I love a good literary theory. Did Shakespeare write his own plays? (yes) Was Van Gogh murdered? (possibly) Just what happened to Edgar Allen Poe in his last days? (wild debauchery and drinking).
The latest novel theory comes from
Crime writer Lindsay Ashford who believes Jane Austen 'died from arsenic poisoning'... he bases hos claim on reading of author's letters.
Click here to read the full story.
The latest novel theory comes from
Crime writer Lindsay Ashford who believes Jane Austen 'died from arsenic poisoning'... he bases hos claim on reading of author's letters.
Click here to read the full story.
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Thoughts on Living Forever
Thoughts on aging research, highlanders, and living longer
Are we programmed to "die"? Of course we are. Think of our DNA as a spool of tape: there are little "caps" or leaders
called telomeres. These "tick
down" as you age, and when they expire, you age.
Are you prepared for the Zombie Apocalypse?
Are you prepared for the Zombie Apocalypse? Do you have 3 weeks worth of food and water? Hammer and nails to secure your dwelling? A P95 Full Face Respirator Breathing Mask? 10 gallons of bleach and disinfectant? A dozen heavy-rubber gloves? Rubber boots and 10 sets disposable cover-alls for when you have to go out to scavenge food? A firearm with at least 200 rounds of ammunition? 3 flashlights w/batteries? A CB radio and emergency radio? A well-stocked first aid kit? 20 cartons of cigarettes and at least 10 gallons of good booze? 10 battery-operated motion detectors for establishing a security parameter? A big bag of marbles to drop in the path of a zombie horde chasing after you? A pretty but emotionally distant companion who can be sacrificed if needed to zombies for your own escape? And most importantly, a Crovel? If you don't have these, I dare say you're unprepared.
Click here for The Crovel: Ultimate Survival Tool
Click here for Product website
Click here for The Crovel: Ultimate Survival Tool
Click here for Product website
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
WTF video of the week: Parasite Doctor Suzune
Suzune: Genesis X Evolution is the latest adaptation of the erotic manga, "Kisei Jui Suzune." It's about a sexy doctor who battles evil parasites that cause their hosts to go insane with sexual desire and ... You've already clicked the video, haven't you?
Monday, November 14, 2011
Divorcing Couple Ordered by Judge to Swap Facebook Passwords
"Most divorces require spouses to part with some of their property..... but Judge Kenneth Shluger ordered that the attorneys for Stephen and
Courtney Gallion exchange “their client’s Facebook and dating website
passwords.”
Click here for the full story:
Click here for the full story:
Frank Miller Is Apparently Saner Than I Thought
Says Frank (The Dark Knight) Miller, "..... “Occupy” is nothing but a pack of
louts, thieves, and rapists, an unruly mob, fed by Woodstock-era nostalgia and
putrid false righteousness. These clowns can do nothing but harm America.
Read the full article here!
“Occupy” is
nothing short of a clumsy, poorly-expressed attempt at anarchy, to the extent
that the “movement” – HAH! Some “movement”, except if the word “bowel” is
attached - is anything more than an ugly fashion statement by a bunch of
iPhone, iPad wielding spoiled brats who should stop getting in the way of working
people and find jobs for themselves."
Read the full article here!
China is building some weird-damned stuff in the desert.
This is weird, mysterious, and ominous. China is building very strange, extremely large structures in remote deserts that appear to be some HARP-like structures and very large targeting sites with destroyed cars and tanks around them. Check it out. Weird stuff. Where's Scully and Mulder when we need them?
click here to see for yourself.
click here to see for yourself.
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Saturday, November 12, 2011
The meaning of life. So true. So very, damnably true.
Friday, November 11, 2011
I have a Dexter Theory
Dexter question for those who watched last Sunday's episode. No spoilers here, just a theory posed as a question. Does Professor Geller really exist? Or might Travis have murdered him a few years back, and now Geller only exists in the mind of Travis, the way Dexter's father and brother appear to him? Consider, we've never seen Geller interact with ANYONE except Travis. And we know from last Sunday's episode that Travis is an exceptional artist (according to his sister). Is it possible Travis killed Geller years ago, and Geller now exists only as Travis' own Dark Passenger?
You shouldn't think of her as a woman. That would be a mistake.
This is the new teaser for Steven Soderbergh's HAYWIRE. It features an AMAZING cast! It's a straight-up action film from Soderbergh and looks simply incredible.
Thursday, November 10, 2011
If this isn't an emergency, what is?
Man arrested for calling 911 five times to report his iphone was broken.
Link to story
Link to story
The Big Tits Dragon: Hot Spring Zombies vs Strippers 5.avi
WTF video of the YEAR!! Words fail me. NSFW. Seriously. NOT SAFE FOR WORK PLACE, NOT SAFE FOR SANITY, AND NOT SAFE FOR ANY VIEWING AGE. View at your own risk.
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
No Cain Do.
Evidently, asking a stranger out to dinner is harassment. Good bye romance, good bye common sense. (politico.com)
click here to read the story
click here to read the story
Cool website alert (and it's for a pretty cool web series!)
This website is for the new web series, DANGER 5.
Check out the retro coolness of the website for the new web series, Danger 5.
Click here for the website!
Danger 5 Trailer
Danger 5 Trailer:
Check out the retro coolness of the website for the new web series, Danger 5.
Click here for the website!
Danger 5 Trailer
Danger 5 Trailer:
Threesome goes wrong: East Naples man accused of attacking wife and other woman
A sexual threesome turned violent Sunday, resulting in an East Naples man's arrest — accused of punching his wife, swinging a big-screen television at her and whipping her with a belt.
Jorge Daniel Silva, 22, of the 6400 block of College Park Circle, faces a felony battery charge after Collier deputies say he became enraged before a planned threesome with his wife and another woman Sunday afternoon.
Silva's wife told deputies that the three of them began kissing when Silva "freaked out" and started hitting her. The two women then ran into a bedroom and locked themselves inside, but Silva broke through the door, the report said.
As his wife curled up to avoid being hit, Silva punched her and "swung the TV at her like a bat," the report said. After hitting his wife with the television twice, Silva dropped it on her, then grabbed another television and threw it at her, deputies said. The second woman told deputies she tried to break up the fight but Silva would punch her in response.
Silva's wife was covered with blood when deputies arrived, her face was swollen and she appeared to have a broken nose, the report said.
Silva told deputies two stories -- that his wife attacked him after she kissed the other woman, and that he became jealous when the two women started kissing and wouldn't allow him to join. He also told deputies he broke down the door because he thought the two women were having sex without him.
All three appeared to be under the influence of alcohol, the report said. Silva remained in custody Monday afternoon.
- source
Jorge Daniel Silva, 22, of the 6400 block of College Park Circle, faces a felony battery charge after Collier deputies say he became enraged before a planned threesome with his wife and another woman Sunday afternoon.
Silva's wife told deputies that the three of them began kissing when Silva "freaked out" and started hitting her. The two women then ran into a bedroom and locked themselves inside, but Silva broke through the door, the report said.
As his wife curled up to avoid being hit, Silva punched her and "swung the TV at her like a bat," the report said. After hitting his wife with the television twice, Silva dropped it on her, then grabbed another television and threw it at her, deputies said. The second woman told deputies she tried to break up the fight but Silva would punch her in response.
Silva's wife was covered with blood when deputies arrived, her face was swollen and she appeared to have a broken nose, the report said.
Silva told deputies two stories -- that his wife attacked him after she kissed the other woman, and that he became jealous when the two women started kissing and wouldn't allow him to join. He also told deputies he broke down the door because he thought the two women were having sex without him.
All three appeared to be under the influence of alcohol, the report said. Silva remained in custody Monday afternoon.
- source
Who's watching the watchmen?
New privacy fears as police could track your GPS without a warrant
The U.S. Supreme Court is considering whether police use of GPS devices to track criminal suspects requires a judge's advance approval.
The case being argued Tuesday could have implications for other high-tech surveillance techniques in the digital age.
The Obama administration is appealing a ruling that threw out the drug conspiracy conviction of Antoine Jones of Washington because FBI agents and local police installed a GPS device on Jones' car and collected travel information without a search warrant.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2059001/New-privacy-fears-police-track-GPS-warrant.html#ixzz1d8G93c38
The U.S. Supreme Court is considering whether police use of GPS devices to track criminal suspects requires a judge's advance approval.
The case being argued Tuesday could have implications for other high-tech surveillance techniques in the digital age.
The Obama administration is appealing a ruling that threw out the drug conspiracy conviction of Antoine Jones of Washington because FBI agents and local police installed a GPS device on Jones' car and collected travel information without a search warrant.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2059001/New-privacy-fears-police-track-GPS-warrant.html#ixzz1d8G93c38
Monday, November 7, 2011
zombies
Zombie questions
1st: most zombie films presuppose a massive incident of zombie activity literally overnight and globally. This all but rules out any realistic pandemic / virus model except the following possibilities: global bio-terrorism of co-ordinated virus releases, or magic. Can you think of any other explanations for a global zombie plague occurring everywhere at the same time?
2nd: Infection vectors are greatly ignored in the zombie genre. If it is a virus passed through bites, and supposedly highly infectious, shouldn't ALL zombie bodily fluids be considered infectious? Would you want to grapple or hack on an infectious Ebola victim? What about mosquitos transmitting the virus? Or the virus being airborne from the zombie's "breathing", like a contagious flu? Zombies moan, ergo they breathe. How might realistic infection vectors affect your zombie response tactics?
I'd like to postulate 4 types of zombie infection for the above questions.
1. Super virus such as 28 days later: highly infectious super-rabies.
2. Weaponized Cordyceps. (http://youtu.be/XuKjBIBBAL8 ) A fungal spore infection responsible for wiping out entire insect colonies by infecting victims and turning them into violent zombies until the fungus "spores" and covers entire regions with microscopic spores that continue to infect individuals. Look up zombie ants to be afraid. Cordyceps: attack of the killer fungi - Planet Earth Attenborough BBC wildlife
3. A supernatural / paranormal type of event that creates true "walking dead".
4. As Bw says, a latent "gene" or inherent condition in people triggered by non-traditional causes (the movie Pontypool is a good example: it's a meme wherein people are becoming zombies as their brains overload with too much information and a "God Virus" meme is triggered to reduce the over-crowded population. pontypool trailer: http://youtu.be/1PZkXgk4hZM
Assuming zombies "eat" the flesh and or brains of their victims, how do they process the meat? Do the zombies swell up like ticks and burst? Do they eliminate the waste as in zombie poop? Do they purge?
Another subject: how do zombies detect suitable prey, i.e. YOU? Do they "smell" you? Do they "detect" your electro neural activity? Do they hear or see you? I recently saw an interesting theory, that zombies detect prey by touch! They're drawn to the body heat of suitable victims: that's why they walk with hands outstretched and bump into each other and walk in groups: they don't eat each other because they're "room temperature" but go all zombie-postal when feeling the body heat of a living person. http://youtu.be/HCSxQXY406g
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