| REMINDER: tonight is the Perseid meteor shower, and it's a new moon. Grab a cold one and stay up late with your hunny bunny | (82) | ||
| Experiment confirms Nobel prize winner's theory that egg white is highly resistant to bacteria, and it is not necessary to refrigerate eggs (with link to time-lapse video) | (53) | ||
| (Believe or Not) | Monster 43-foot flying V guitar sets new Guinness World Record, and plays a note so deep it's inaudible to human ears | (33) | |
| How to lead a healthy lifestyle while at the same time drinking your face off | (58) | ||
| (Some Astronaut) | ♫ This is Rick and Dave to ground control ♫ We're stepping through the door ♫ And we're floating in a most peculiar way ♫ And we're gonna fix the space station today ♫ | (18) | |
| "Household chores are less predictable and repetitive, making them difficult to explain to a machine. One answer is to design robots that are flexible for specific tasks, such as looking for Sarah Connor..." | (8) | ||
| Trees that are eight million years old found in Hungary. Dick Clark fondly reminisces about planting them in the halcyon days of his boyhood (pic) | (33) | ||
| (The Memory Hole) | U.S. Army report on ESP in animals. Your dog knows you're thinking about getting him steak | (19) |
| Archaeologists determine that most of Ireland's ancient monuments were actually used for brewing beer | (13) | ||
| Amish businesses are now using green energy and modern technology. Because who knows more about electricity than the Amish? | (92) | ||
| Google fails at something | (36) | ||
| Quasars caught snacking on galaxies, let's hope none of them have sweet tooths | (15) | ||
| (mmoabc.com) | Jet Beetle with a Booster | (12) | |
| (Some Guy) | Will the last person to leave Second Life please turn off the lights? Thanks, the Mgt | (148) |
| SCO loses. Unwashed masses rejoice | (63) | ||
| U.S. Geological Survey scientists predicts massive earthquake in Southern California causing thousands of deaths and billions of dollars in damage. EVERYBODY PAN . . . Eh, what's the use | (40) | ||
| Space hotel to open for business in 2012. Three night stay for only $4 million. Book now before all the ocean-view rooms are taken | (41) | ||
| (PonderAbout.com) | What makes our moon unique amongst the solar system's other 150+ known moons? Let's just say that sometimes size does matter | (41) | |
| (Some Guy) | Apple fanboy builds iPhone from scratch, looks better than the real thing | (26) | |
| (Some Guy) | New Iron Man pic, versus its comic-book counterpart | (35) | |
| (Ars Technica) | BitTorrent protocol closed...and open, most likely ajar | (26) | |
| The Perseid Meteor Shower is upon us, expected to be the best show in years | (82) | ||
| "Many senior executives view virtual worlds as a waste of time." My level 47 elf mage takes umbrage with that comment | (34) | ||
| MySQL ends enterprise server source tarballs, purple monkey dishwasher mambos dogface to the banana patch | (56) | ||
| 8000 year old settlement found under English Channel. Suck it Atlantis | (45) | ||
| Possible shuttle foam strike worries NASA, maybe they should build a shuttle that can withstand the powerful force of foam | (215) | ||
| Aggie engineering at its finest: Rather than pay to fix his car's A/C, college grad uses duct tape and bungee cords to strap a window unit to his car (w/pics) | (80) | ||
| Scientists have found the loss of estrogen in older rats results in increased weight, blood glucose and blood pressure | (14) | ||
| (North Denver News) | You know what they say about men with large hands. They need plastic surgery to use their iphone | (43) | |
| All your lunar base are belong to us | (95) | ||
| (Some Guy) | According to immortality researchers, the first person to live to 1000 years old may be alive right now. Is it you? | (114) |
| Vista fix packs now official releases, SP1 expected to come later this year. Suck it, whiners, STFUGBTW, Vista FTW | (123) | ||
| (Some Guy) | HTML 5 is on the horizon and it promises some cool new functionality. How long will it take IE to catch up? See you next millenium | (48) | |
| "Halo 3" preorders have passed the one million mark. Suck it, n00bs | (86) | ||
| Vonage nearly done deploying patent workarounds | (19) | ||
| Mass grave of dinosaurs discovered. Pol Potstone and Rocky Stalin wanted for questioning | (28) | ||
| (Some Guy) | In 83 BC, give or take a few centuries, Comet Kiess swung by the sun and laid down a trail of dusty debris that has been drifting toward Earth's orbit ever since. On Sept. 1, 2007, the dusty trail and Earth will meet | (52) | |
| Google mistakes own blog for spam, deletes it | (13) | ||
| "The fact of the matter is that this is simply the Mac's time." Submitter cuts and pastes, grabs an aisle seat | (203) | ||
| Porn company Perfect 10 sues Microsoft | (108) | ||
| DUI defendant wins breathalyzer source code | (362) | ||
| BBC explores why women don't go into science and engineering. "No microscopes by the dishwasher" strangely absent | (246) | ||
| (Some Guy) | 360's sales plunge 60 percent in light of ridiculous failure rate. What was that about the PS3 sucking? | (237) | |
| Fatter people mean fatter corpses, which means morgues are spending more money on industrial cattle-hauling equipment to move your lifeless ass from Point A to Point B and eventually someone's gonna get hurt | (18) | ||
| Thermal expert takes apart an Xbox 360 to find out what about it sucks. If you guessed everything, come forward and collect your prize | (82) | ||
| Step 1: Patent video compression. Step 2: Get it accepted as a standard. Step 3: Sue everyone who uses it. Step 4: Prof... wait, not so fast Qualcomm | (25) |
| (wral.com) | Are you a mosquito magnet? Here comes the science | (53) | |
| This week's excuse for "the obesity epidemic": diet foods. Everybody pork rinds | (34) | ||
| Study finds twist in human evolution. Chubby Checker unavailable for comment | (386) | ||
| Amazon to open DRM-free MP3 store where the first downloaders get their song for free, then pricing increases based on demand. What could go wrong? | (65) | ||
| (Some Hobbit) | The power of The Googles proves that Frodo spent too much time wandering and not enough time saving Middle Earth | (125) | |
| In the future, street lights may be designed to be eco-conscious. Will still look like UFOs, though | (12) | ||
| In the unlikely event of being expelled into outer space without a spacesuit: here is what will happen | (52) | ||
| Rare Tortoiseshell cat found in San Diego (w/pic) | (290) | ||
| (Some Guy) | What does NOAA do when you try to make sure their data-gathering sites comply with NOAA’s own rules and find most do not? Why, hide the list of locations of course. Silly question | (151) | |
| (Some Endrocine Soceity) | Watching Letterman and Leno cause you to get fat. If you watch Letterman, odds of overeating is slightly higher than Leno's. Here comes the science | (18) | |
| J.J. Abrams casts actual Russian as Pavel Chekov for "Star Trek XI." Wait till he finds out actual Russians don't really say "wessels" | (93) | ||
| Scientist working on geothermal energy by boiling water on rocks three miles underground and using the steam to power a turbine. Only downfall seems to be the crab people | (29) | ||
| Scientists discover largest ball of hot gas in universe, which was apparently disappointed not to get job hosting "The View" | (10) | ||
| Researchers discover tool to do what Fark photoshoppers have been doing for years | (20) | ||
| (EFF) | Universal Music Group claims that stamping some words on a CD means that it belongs to them forever. We're pretty sure they licked it too | (61) | |
| A modern day Book of Revelations | (16) | ||
| The earthship: a great solution to get yourself off the power grid and be fully sustainable -- if you don't mind living in a reclaimed gravel pit | (26) | ||
| (Some Scientist) | Why won't Al Gore debate his detractors? | (127) | |
| Researchers find spammers' Achilles Heel | (29) | ||
| (Malden Observer) | Ever wonder where the extra uranium for the Manhattan Project went? It was dumped in the ocean of course. Your lobstah wants a lead apron | (138) | |
| How far could cyber war go? | (26) | ||
| Apple unveils redesigned iMac. "I'm an elitist wannabe" sticker still an optional extra | (273) | ||
| (Some Guy) | New United States Air Force software will take over flight controls of jets and prevent crashes despite the best efforts of the monkey behind the stick | (32) | |
| (Some Guy) | "The rise of widespread nutritional deficiencies in the western world correlates almost perfectly with the introduction of the microwave oven. This is no coincidence" | (70) | |
| Foot-and-mouth may have started in a lab been spread by human contact. Randall Flagg unavailable for comment | (29) |
| Six new species found that Noah saved from the flood | (16) | ||
| (Some Banana) | How to fix your scratched CDs/DVDs with a banana. Yes, this actually works | (69) | |
| (Some Guy) | Internet addicts being sent to reboot camp | (10) | |
| (Some Guy) | So long, and thanks for all the fish | (183) | |
| New study finds U.S. residents will spend more time on the Internet than reading papers for first time. Some guy swilling beer in Kentucky believed to be somewhat responsible | (6) | ||
| An international team of astronomers has discovered a giant planet orbiting another star. Approximately 70 percent bigger than Jupiter, it is the largest known "gas giant," narrowly beating previous title holder Bill O'Reilly | (23) | ||
| Man builds "plugin" which allows furries in "Second Life" to simulate sex | (42) | ||
| (iF Magazine) | World of Warcraft The Movie Coming | (83) | |
| (FMQB) | Webcast royalty bill talks lose steam in Congress. Internet radio countdown to extinction clock starts ticking once again | (15) | |
| (Some Guy) | ABC's "Masters of Science Fiction" pulls in half the viewing audience of usual "America's Funniest Home Videos" rerun | (88) | |
| (Some Guy) | Shuttle Endeavour like new after upgrades, equipped with a new cockpit, modern satellite navigation gear, mini bar, advanced main engine sensors and diaper changing station | (34) | |
| (Capcom) | With an entire mall at his disposal, Frank didn't go for the women's lingerie. Instead he decided to kill Zombies. (Sponsored Link) | (126) | |
| Sousaphone Hero not selling well despite two dozen public-domain marches, 27 customizable fat-guy avatars, and 135 player co-op marching band mode | (36) | ||
| (Some Poor Guy) | In its lastest attempt to control everything, Google will start to pay users for confirming business information. Google monopoly trifecta in play | (14) | |
| Only about 40 percent of space shuttles launch on time. NASA proud to have better record than American Airlines | (63) | ||
| (The Oil Drum) | Mythbusters: Ethanol and foreign-oil displacement | (132) | |
| (Mental Floss) | What would you do with 66,000 business cards? If your first thought was "Menger Sponge," you get a gold star | (22) | |
| Microsoft cuts prices for X-Box 360. Still includes random stop working forever feature | (93) | ||
| Turns out Google may just be your garden-variety monopoly after all | (176) | ||
| Scientists have determined that adult binge drinkers prefer beer. Sweet, lovable, nutritious, wonderful, life-giving beer | (25) | ||
| (Register-Guard) | Special email service helps mentally disabled communicate. Of course, we've all heard of AOL by now | (30) | |
| (Physorg) | Corollary to the McDonald's label test: Adults enjoy food more when the wine served has a fancy label | (25) | |
| Three-million-year-old fossil to tour U.S. -- and for once it's not Keith Richards | (13) | ||
| Coffee may slow decline of memory in women. Men doomed to forget their anniversary every year regardless of their coffee intake | (49) | ||
| Long ago, a Mario anime was made, and Farkers unanimously exclaimed "wtf?" | (15) | ||
| Fungus sex is a threat to frogs. You heard it here first | (9) | ||
| Scientists, who have apparently never watched "the X-Files," successfully revive microbes which have been frozen in the Antarctic ice for the last eight million years | (18) | ||
| Attention underage California farkers: You can now buy any video game you want, no matter how bloody | (31) | ||
| Scientists reveal secret of levitation - Can a brother get a "Holodeck" now? | (28) |
| (Some Guy) | Suspicious similarities between Blizzard's Lich King and EA's Witch King. Sauron called, he wants his outfit back | (55) | |
| Worst video game sequels in history. Halo 2 strangely absent | (114) | ||
| Inside the mysterious disorder of "sleep eating," in which the sleepwalker is driven to eat buttered cigarettes, salt sandwiches, Brillo pads--but never vegetables | (12) | ||
| Scientist: Galaxies to enter into four-way, massive cameras everywhere prepare for Big Bang | (23) | ||
| New flashlight to emit series of disorienting and nausea-inducing images. Device will be available to anybody except Courtney Love, because you can't cross the streams | (17) | ||
| (Tech Digest) | An internet campaign is underway to replace Tom as everyone's first MySpace friend. We're surprised he hasn't already hopped it to Facebook like the rest of us | (14) | |
| How to disable the RFID chip in your passport - Stop... Hammertime | (59) | ||
| (kgw.com) | Male fish gives birth at Oregon aquarium | (75) | |
| Actual headline: "Digital technology is everywhere". Insert Ric Romero joke here | (74) | ||
| RIAA collection agency SoundExchange discovering there are restrictions placed on where and how they can spend their money. Subby playing them DRM version of 'Cry Me a River' | (32) | ||
| How crack cocaine works | (110) | ||
| Zoo sets up Facebook page to find new partner for black-necked swan whose mate was killed by a fox. Go on - have a gander | (29) | ||
| Researchers find breast implants increase suicide risk. Or maybe suicidal types are more likely to go for implants. These researchers don't really get the whole correlation ≠ causation thing | (154) | ||
| Newspaper outs "Fake Steve Jobs," who takes it like a man-god | (11) | ||
| (Some Guy) | "Cockroach-2000 reporting for search and rescue duty, sir" | (11) | |
| (Grand Rapids Press) | Nissan to begin offering a car that will decelerate itself if it senses that a crash is imminent | (39) | |
| Waiting to have elective surgery is not that extreme, unless it's surgery to remove a pencil stuck in your head 55 years ago | (53) | ||
| "From the user's point of view, they wouldn't know if it was IPv6 or V8 juice. They just want their MTV" | (20) | ||
| Curing ADHD in children may be as simple as removing their tonsils | (79) | ||
| (CEO Smack) | Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales says he refuses to bow to Chinese officials like Google and Yahoo - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - [Edit] | (49) | |
| Terrorists could exploit security flaws in SCADA systems and gain control of oil refineries and power stations. You may panic… now | (13) | ||
| Technology used in filming Harry Potter movies being reused to help British military spy planes locate bad guys | (16) |