Archive for February, 2005

Sunday, February 13, 2005

 

Police charge woman over pork chop assault

`A man is in hospital after being hit in the head with a frozen pork chop in Queensland’s south-west.

A woman has been charged with assault.

Police say the 45-year-old man was helping his son move out of a block of units in the south-western Queensland town of Roma when he was attacked with a frozen pork chop. [..]

Police allege a woman aged in her 30s used a frozen chop to hit the man.

He has been taken to hospital requiring stitches.’


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Project Blinkenlights: Arcade Games

`Tetris ist one of the most popular computer games of the last 20 years. Since its invention in 1985 it has found its way on almost any computer system and game console in one form or the other. With Arcade you can play Tetris with your mobile phone – on a playground 3370 m2 in size.

Whoever stands in front of Bibliothčque nationale de France can connect himself with the building by dialing +33 (1) 44 24 73 50. The current show will be interrupted and the text “TETRIS” announces that the game can begin.’


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First Grader Punished for Bag of Dirt

`After finding the bag much like the one disposable utensils come in, Michaela says she decided to make her friend a bag of goodies, “They said what did you make this out of. and what did you tell them. I said out of dirt. And what else. I made it with rocks, clover and dirt.” [..]

Her mom, Michele, says after Michaela put the mixture into the bag, she tied the top with a purple ponytail holder and gave it to her friend saying,”here’s a bag of dirt.”

After recess was over the student gave the bag of dirt to their teacher.

Michele says after meeting with the teacher and principal, she was told that the bag of dirt, “looked like a bag of weed.”‘


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Saturday, February 12, 2005

 

Universal Problem Solver


Parents protest radio ID tags for students

`The only grade school in this rural town is requiring students to wear radio frequency identification badges that can track their every move. Some parents are outraged, fearing it will rob their children of privacy.

The badges introduced at Brittan Elementary School on January 18 rely on the same radio frequency and scanner technology that companies use to track livestock and product inventory.’


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Ice Wall

The Alaskan Alpine Club builds an ice wall. With lots of pictures.

I want one. 🙂


Iraq Camp Bucca Mud Wrestling Pictures

`Deanna Allen stripped and got stripped of a stripe while fighting for your freedom to enjoy these pictures so have at ’em!’


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Iran Vows ‘Burning Hell’ for Any Aggressor

`Iran, facing mounting U.S. pressure over its nuclear program, promised Thursday a “burning hell” for any aggressor as tens of thousands marched to mark the 26th anniversary of its Islamic revolution. [..]

“The whole Iranian nation is united against any threat or attack. If the invaders reach Iran, the country will turn into a burning hell for them,” he added, as the crowd, braving heavy snow, chanted “Death to America!” and “Death to Israel!.”‘


Crusader accused of setting up prostitution encounters

`Brian Bates, 34, who is known as the “Video Vigilante,” was arrested and spent a night in jail before he was released Wednesday. [..]

Capt. Jeffrey Becker said Bates paid the prostitutes.

“Initially he started paying $40 each time,” Becker said. “He later came back and said he would give $60 for good footage.”

Police said Bates was making the tapes to sell to media outlets. He has a Web site that displays some of his video footage and is a regular guest on Maury Povich’s television talk show.’


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Bush press pal quits

‘A conservative ringer who was given a press pass to the White House and lobbed softball questions at President Bush quit yesterday after left-leaning Internet bloggers discovered possible ties to gay prostitution. [..]

Gannon began covering the White House two years ago for an obscure Republican Web site (Talon-News.com). He was known for his friendly questions, including asking Bush at last month’s news conference how he could work with Democrats “who seem to have divorced themselves from reality.” [..]

He came under lefty scrutiny after revelations that the administration was paying conservative pundits to talk up Bush’s proposals. By examining Internet records, online sleuths at DailyKos.com figured out that his real name was Jim Guckert and he owned various Web sites, including HotMilitaryStud.com, MilitaryEscorts.com and MilitaryEscortsM4M.com.’

a lot more of Gannon here.


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Siblings’ fight over pot pie results in stabbing

`An Isabella County prosecutor says the 12-year-old boy is charged with assault with a dangerous weapon after stabbing his sister. He says when the 13-year-old girl refused to give up the microwavable pie, her brother drew a nine-inch folding knife.

The alleged attack took place Monday at their home in Mount Pleasant. Their mother apparently broke up the fight and called police.’


My Creepy Valentine

`Sometimes it’s the expression on a face. Maybe it’s the off-kilter sentiment expressed in the wording. Maybe it’s just a monkey.

These are genuine valentines that no one with half a brain would send on February 14.’


Biker ‘Safe Sex’

‘A pair of motorcyclists were caught with their pants down – but their helmets still on – along a quiet Brooklyn street.

Robert Wallendorf, 45, and his fiance Demetra Decolvenaere, 46, were spotted by a cop having sex in the median of a Shore Parkway service road, police said. [..]

[She saw] Wallendorf and Decolvenaere in the median “with their buttocks exposed and their helmets still on, having sex,” said a police source.’


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Squirrel driving me nuts

`Where does a squirrel hide his nuts — all 2,000 of them? In the engine of David Bowler’s car, explaining why it kept conking out. [..]

The 18-month-old car had been losing power and mechanics in Fareham, Hants, found the squirrel was using the air filter as a larder. [..]

The rodent had grabbed the nuts — weighing 3.5lbs — from a garden bird feeder.

It crawled up the intake pipe when the car was parked in David’s garage.’


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US still has 110 nuclear weapons in UK

`The 110 tactical nuclear bombs kept at the East Anglian base – the home of American F-15 strike jets – are among as many as 480 such weapons the US still deploys in Europe, says the Natural Resources Defence Council (NRDC), a private arms control and environmental group. [..]

The weapons are all free-fall, or “gravity” bombs. “The fact that the United States has some 480 nuclear weapons still stationed in Europe will come as a surprise to a lot of Europeans,” said Mr Kristensen.

He added: “The big question is: ‘Why are they still there more than a decade after the cold war ended?’ Neither the United States nor Nato has been able to articulate a credible mission for the weapons.”‘


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group hug // anonymous online confessions

`I honestly can’t understand why all women aren’t lesbians. There’s simply no excuse for why women are attracted to hairy, sweaty, stinky, men.

And yet I’m a straight male but I want a strong man to fuck me in the ass, lick my asshole and suck my cock and my balls, and I want to do the same thing to him.

Straight, though.’


Friday, February 11, 2005

 

Hapland 1.0


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Chuck the Car-chasing turkey run over

`A wild turkey who lived life in the fast lane near this eastern Iowa town has died doing what he did best — chasing cars.

The turkey, called Chuck by some and Jake by others, showed up more than a year ago and starting harassing drivers by standing in the road with his feathers ruffled. [..]

[Some woman] said Chuck apparently didn’t want to bite the hand that fed him. He’d stand aside for farm tractors.’


Give A Towel

`I am 23 years old, I am in a wheelchair. Alot of the time I can’t use a public bathroom.; If the space and the bar are on the right side. I can’t lift my control, and slide my butt over. Plus there is no easy place to put my control.; So most of the time I have to lay a towel across my lap and aim as best as possible. When I am at work all day or at a bar for awhile I use the towel alot. I hate carrying around a pee soaked towel all day. I sometimes throw it away. I am working on this site so people can donate money for my towels. I will also get a p.o. box soon.’


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Thursday, February 10, 2005

 

Frigate on the rocks

`The navy’s newest $500 million warship was driven backwards on to Christmas Island after crew error caused computers to take control of the frigate.

A series of errors prompted the computer system to over-ride manual commands and the ship’s company had to stand by and watch as HMAS Ballarat backed on to the rocky shoreline.’

Well, atleast we’ve got some good submarines. Can’t run them aground if they don’t work in the first place. 🙂


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`Trusted Computing’ Frequently Asked Questions

Bad news for everyone.

Except Microsoft, Intel, IBM, HP and AMD. And governments keen on censorship.


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Anti-Hydrogen Production Under Laser Control

`Anti-hydrogen production under laser control has been achieved in an experiment conducted at the CERN lab in Geneva. Cold anti-hydrogen (Hbar) atoms are the antimatter counterparts of hydrogen atoms. Previously antihydrogen was formed when positrons cooled antiprotons within the carefully designed electric and magnetic fields of a nested Penning trap. That the anti-atoms had formed at all was verified, but they’re not yet cold enough to be held in place.’


PostSecret

People reveal their secrets by writing them on a postcard and sending them here..

`When I was young I drilled a hole in my closet wall and peed in it because I was mad at my parents. The closet smelled for years. I blamed our cat.’


iPod Shuffle RAID

`So, what do you do when you and some friends are all getting iPod Shuffles? You make a RAID array out of them, of course! Follow along as we explore new depths of geekery… [..]

So, here we have our iPod Shuffles, all the top of the line 1Gb models. I’m sure that normal folks would probably take these home, install iTunes 4.7.1 from the CD in the box, and happily start putting music on the little things, but I had other plans for them…’


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Wednesday, February 9, 2005

 

Google Image Quiz

A bunch of images are displayed, you have to guess what Google search term they came from.


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Fireman use snowballs to quench flames

`Romanian firefighters managed to put out a fire in an apartment by throwing snowballs through the window.

They used snowballs because they could not got their fire engines close enough to the building in Sibiu.’


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999 caller wanted cooking advice

`A caller dialled 999 to ask Gwent Police if it was safe to put a chicken in the oven overnight.

It was one of many petty queries that has led to an increase of 33% in emergency calls in three years.

Senior officers are now urging people to think carefully before dialling 999 and to use alternative numbers if it is not urgent.’


RIAA sues the dead

`Death is no obstacle to feeling the long arm of the Recording Industry Ass. of America.

Lawyers representing several record companies have filed suit against an 83 year-old woman who died in December, claiming that she made more than 700 songs available on the internet. [..]

Gertrude Walton, who lived in Beckley, West Virginia hated computers, too, her daughter adds. An RIAA spokesperson said that it would try and dismiss the case.

However the RIAA’s embarrassment doesn’t end there. Chianumba said that she had sent a copy of her mother’s death certificate to record company lawyers in response to an initial warning letter, over a week before the suit was filed.’


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Bishop joins sexy carnival

`A catholic bishop has caused controversy in Brazil by parading with a samba school at the Sao Paulo carnival. [..]

He told Agora newspaper: “I really liked to parade. It was wonderful. I have been a bishop for 40 years and have always been among the people.” [..]

Like its counterpart at Rio de Janeiro, the Sao Paulo Carnival features semi-naked women and mock orgies.’