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Sun November 11, 2007
Time Interesting The government is coming out with more and more goofy airplanes lately.......meet the X-48B (11)
Independent Interesting Scientists clone a bunch of monkey embryos. Look forward to the cheap Shakespeare potential. "It was the best of times, it was the blurst of times." (13)
(squeak) Interesting Scientists create a fearless mouse simply by changing its sense of smell. With cute picture of a mouse named "Lunch" (6)
(McClatchy News) Dumbass Other countries want the US to give up control of the Internet Tubes it created. It's always funny when the mice vote to bell the cat (26)
Space Spiffy NASA's Next Great Observatory, the James Webb Space Telescope, gets a broadband upgrade with "SpaceWire" (6)
Daily Mail Obvious Women with an hour-glass figure have more brains than sacks of antlers. With pic of Nigella Lawson to prove the point (21)
Denver Channel Interesting Researches find a strain of antibiotic resistant bacteria that taunts the immune system into showing up, turns your while blood cells to goo, and laughs at you while eating your flesh. Your MRSA wants leukocytes (10)
YouTube Spiffy Worst. Video game. Ever (80)
Reuters Unlikely Mexico to create space agency. Or rather, their astronauts will sneak across the border to the US space agencies (33)
Independent Obvious Study finds physical effects of anger last seven days. By the way, Radiohead sucks, George Bush is America's first philosopher king, Firefox is for losers and soccer is a much finer game than American Armoured Wankball. See you in a week (302)
(Some Bio Geek) Interesting Women with wide hips have smarter babies. In related news: Wal-Mart sees sharp rise in demand for My Little String Theory and Bob the Biologist Gene Sequencing play sets (27)
Wired Cool Calling all photobloggers; meet EyeFi, the memory card which is going to change the way you do the blog thang (24)
The Register Cool Remembering the Commodore PET. One megahertz of 8-bit goodness (31)
(Some deckhead) Interesting New system developed by IBM can manage itself, heal itself, pass Voight-Kampff test (115)
Abc.net.au Interesting AIDS vaccine shown not to work, makes patients more susceptible to HIV. Fark needs a "you're doing it wrong" tag (73)
BBC Followup Asteroid that was going to kill us all next week identified as an EU probe on its way to scope out an asteroid near Jupiter. NOBODY PANIC (17)
Starpulse Cool Discovery Channel to air encore presentation of "Planet Earth" series beginning Sunday night. Freakin' sweet (35)
Guardian.com Cool Nasa told to solve 'UFO crash' X-File (24)
(Some Guy) Scary Women who binge drink have a raised risk of bladder rupture, sex with multiple partners (15)

Sat November 10, 2007
(Some Guy) Interesting Can a candle burn in zero gravity? Here comes the science (32)
(Some bellhop) Interesting Packard Bell announces new portable MP3 player, that they're still in business (26)
Telegraph Unlikely Sneezing into the crook of your elbow stops the cold virus spreading, says scientist. Still no cure for elbow cancer (30)
MSNBC Interesting Sun's long-lost twin, DeVito, found 200 light-years away (27)
(Gamespot) Amusing News Corp to revive game publishing division. Announced titles include "Dance Dance 9/11" and "Liberalkiller 2007" (24)
(Some Guy) Interesting Scientists claim to have discovered crater from mysterious 1908 Tunguska meteorite impact. Refuse to explain odd black oil seeping from their eyes (30)
The Straight Dope Strange A reminder that inside each of us resides a tangle of wet, floppy organic structures that ooze around largely as gravity dictates (12)
Winding Road Cool Hybrid or Diesel? Now you can have both in the same car. Thanks Mercedes (43)

Fri November 09, 2007
Yahoo Asinine Army spends $2.6 billion for helicopters that "aren't safe to fly on hot days" (40)
MSNBC Stupid With world peace finally attained, poverty and hunger eliminated, and all crime stamped out, it seems only appropriate that MSNBC reports the Top 5 Video Game Swords (70)
CBS New York Interesting MySpace becomes MyPhishing epidemic (40)
Yahoo Cool Da Vinci's "Last Supper" has coded 'soundtrack.' Hits include "Danger Zone" and "I Will Always Love You" (106)
(Some Spiffy Solar Guy) Spiffy If you live in Berkley, California your future just got a little sunnier. City will pay for and install a solar system for anyone that wants one. Farkin' hippies (52)
LA Times Interesting "Each century, only one of the highest-energy particles - sometimes called 'Oh-My-God' particles - strikes the atmosphere over any particular spot on Earth." Here comes the science (38)
(DailyTech) Cool Nissan develops color-changing paint for vehicles. Hopefully, it won't be made in China (30)
(Some Guy) Cool Cool article on how hard drives work (22)
(Some Virgin) Cool Coolest "Star Wars" background you'll see... until some smartass posts a better one in the thread (85)
The Sun Cool New high-tech helmet for fighter pilots allows them to see through their own aircraft "like something out of the Terminator." Kind of makes them look like him too (pic) (34)
Yahoo Unlikely Cool: Gateway creates all-in one PC to rival iMac (95)
(Some Lego Guy) Cool How to make a speaker out of a magnet, a cup, legos and wire (13)
(Some Guy) Interesting Symantec reports on spam trends for 2007 (19)
(the age) Interesting Your DSL may be getting faster (62)
LA Times Cool Scientists create a robotic body controlled by insects. What could possibly go wrong? (29)
(IEEE Spectrum) Spiffy Nanotube coating makes bones grow to implant, detects infection, triggers drug release, talks to doctor. Nanotubes - is there anything they can't do? (23)
(xbox.com) Sappy Halo 3 player invites girlfriend and fellow player to a secluded in-game location where he has spelt out "will you marry me" in weapons. She said (99)
Telegraph Obvious "We now give our children 25 different vaccines, in various combinations, before the age of 15 months. We are in danger of becoming dependent on immunization, rather than on our immune systems, for our future health" (99)
(needs an "awesome" tag) Cool Coolest pics you will see today: high-res 3-D panorama images that you can pan through via your mouse and make you feel like you are actually there (39)
YouTube Video Carl Sagan born this day in 1934. His "Pale Blue Dot" puts it all in perspective (43)
Yahoo Obvious Scientists reveal that good hygiene is healthy, also drinking makes you not thirsty and eating makes you not hungry (7)
ABC News Interesting Atari 2600 inducted into the Toy Hall Of Fame. Submitter remembers playing Duck Hunt and feels so old (104)
Yahoo Interesting XBOX 360 to give parents the control to have the system shut off after a certain number of hours. Finally you might be able to catch up to that 8 year old that’s been beating you at Halo 3 (30)
Yahoo Interesting Scientists trace many modern mammals' evolution back to India. Where is your Krishna now? (30)
(Metro.co.uk) Interesting Palm oil apparently more dangerous than being just something that gets your keyboard greasy (5)
(Some Guy) Video ABC coverage of a NY Jedi School (30)

Thu November 08, 2007
CNN Scary Hot liquid magma reportedly pushing up Yellowstone. Dr. Evil demanding ONE BIIIIIIIILLION DOLLARS (90)
Yahoo Scary TiVo announces plan to whore out you and your data to advertisers (41)
Reason Magazine Interesting Scientists report that men contribute more to global warming than women because they drive more often. Men worldwide nod and shrug, then simultaneously shudder at the thought of a world where women do all the driving (30)
The Register Interesting New NASA booster will put men into orbit, so long as they don't need to bring along any extra food, water or oxygen (28)
(Some Guy) Interesting EA donates original city-building game, SimCity, to ''One Laptop Per Child'' initiative. Resource gathering limited to sticks, rocks, mud, and land mines (63)
Slate Sad Remember when cheating at video games was harmless fun? Meet the racketeers, rapists and hustlers of today's online gaming (78)
Reuters Interesting Scientists decode whale sounds so they can fake out the alien space probe and leave the cast of "Star Trek 4" in the future where they belong (181)
Kotaku Amusing Giant candy-licking GTA billboard sure to be a hit with parents and nuns (106)
(Some Guy) Followup Remember the Dell Dude? He's now waiting tables at Tortilla Flats (pic) (195)
(Some Guy) Obvious Future PC laptops may allow you to switch between multiple OSs to play games and check email. If only there was a fruit company that got into computers (81)
(Some Guy) Obvious The founder of The Weather Channel claims that global warming is the biggest scam in history. He obviously forgets the staged moon landings (523)
Yahoo Amusing Studies show that having a good time at work is beneficial. Fark is here to help (48)
Google Spiffy New research proves that massive dose of caffeine helps premature babies breathe; massive dose of alcohol still the best way to help premature dads breed (7)
BBC Interesting Good news for commitment phobe males as scientists find women with sexy walks are least likely to be ovulating (129)
Seattle Times Hero Retired AT&T worker blows the whistle on the NSA's illegal wiretapping in AT&T network closets "They were sweeping up everything, vacuum-cleaner-style." You youngsters can get off his Constitution (347)
Guardian.com Interesting The British will see your spork, America, and raise you the knork (53)
News.com.au Strange New study shows lesbians and bisexual women less healthy than their heterosexual counterparts. It's because they don't eat meat (55)
Valleywag Interesting Social networking site Digg close to a $300 million sale (41)
Yahoo Misc Target pulls Manhunt 2 from shelves (39)
(Some Guy) Ironic Researchers say anti-bacterial gels, sprays, and soaps may lead to asthma, allergies, and perhaps even mental illness after discovering that a certain amount of infection helps people to thrive (52)
Reuters Strange Glaciers melting, polar bears drowning, gas prices shooting up, and now global warming is responsible for... nosebleeds. Too busy tilting head back to panic (14)

Wed November 07, 2007
LA Times Interesting Jay Leno's garage full of classic gas-guzzlers is greener than Al Gore's house full of smug (30)
(Some Guy) Interesting Study states that OTC drugs may cut Parkinson's disease risk but some think the science is shaky (6)
(A Krell Expanded FARKER) Interesting Music from the 1950s classic "Forbidden Planet" turns out to have been recorded by Cassini orbiting Saturn in 2007 thus debunking NASA once again. Another hoax discovered by right wing blogs (40)
The Register Obvious Program found that could automate online jihad, crash computers, lose records, stop naval vessels, infect other computers. Bill Gates seen fleeing the country (11)
(TGDaily) Interesting Nanotube-based body armor doesn't just stop bullets, it deflects them. "Woah" (38)
(Some Egghead Science Journal) Interesting Global warming could be caused by bacteria, not man. Al Gore's next film: "An Inconvenient Bacilli" (50)
(Gamespot) Obvious Atari may have run out of quarters. Again (28)
MSNBC Asinine Microsoft adds feature to the Xbox 360 that limits the amount of playing time, which is a brilliant strategy considering this time of year is usually a slow one for the video game industry (60)
(Some Guy) Sad DC Comics to kill off Bruce Wayne in summer 2008 (first story). Robin to finally get the Bat-keys (84)
(Some Guy) Interesting Scientist develops robot to beat the crap out of him to try and figure out if machines care if they cause people pain. Look at your computer and ask yourself the same question (17)
Slashdot Asinine Nintendo: Four-year console cycle is a thing of the past. Translation: We want to sell you a new underpowered console every other year (51)
Network World Ironic Amazon's 50,000 virtual searchers did nothing but get in the way of professionals trying to find Fossett's plane (12)
(Some Guy) Florida Florida to change the way science is taught in schools. I see where this is going (53)
CNN Unlikely New computer program can find that fine line between stupid and clever (40)
Guardian.com Interesting How babelfish almost caused a diplomatic incident. In other news, In other news, which employs from now on Babelfish? (52)
Computerworld Dumbass Somebody spilled beer on 850 servers again (22)
ABC News Scary China to build space station to study how lead toys affect children in low gravity (101)
Reuters Amusing Scientists clean home of Hanoi turtle. First, they move the smallest turtle from the stack to peg 3, then the next largest to peg 2 dot dot dot (22)
Yahoo Obvious Researches conclude that looking someone in the eyes makes you more attractive to them; looking at their breasts still more fun, however (441)
Network World Interesting Ten burning questions about Microsoft Office 2007 (62)
BBC Interesting Dinosaurs "breathed like penguins," danced, surfed, and otherwise took full advantage of young children's influence over parents' wallets (19)
(Some Guy) Interesting People who talk to apes may actually be talking to themselves (59)
Yahoo Interesting Facebook reveals how it’s going to turn your profile into an advertising vehicle (15)
(Bloomberg) Unlikely Deadly staph germs may be cured by old, $1-a-day antibiotics (28)
(Some Guy) Video Remember the scientists who built twin Tesla Coils to play the "Mario Bros" theme? Well, these guys decided to do the same thing... in their backyard. Hold my beer, I want to try something (32)
(Technovelgy) Interesting Not News: Robot set to do automated tasks. News: This task is writing with a pen. Fark: Writing out the entire Bible "by hand" (34)
SMH Cool Good: superspeed USB 3.0 is coming. Bad: in 2009 (63)

Tue November 06, 2007
ABC News Strange New exhibit celebrates the life of the "Orgasm Doctor" who believed that energy from orgasms could be collected and used to cure disease (33)
(Some Tarheel) Silly Duke professor getting nationwide attention for his analysis of the scientific and social evolution of toothpicks (19)
Yahoo Scary "Windows Live emerges from beta." Does any product from Microsoft ever really emerge from the beta stage? (30)
Live Science Spiffy The top 10 bad things that are good for you. Beer isn't the only thing you are going to like on this list (56)
(Some Guy) Dumbass Unclear on the Concept Department: Global warming is especially hard for the poor because they can't afford their heating bills (207)
(Bad Astronomy) Cool Astronomers find solar system much like ours. Oil is $100 a barrel there, too (163)
Valleywag Unlikely Why Apple will be bigger than Google (125)
Network World Obvious Symbian CEO pisses on Google's "Android" as just "another Linux platform" (23)
Space Obvious NASA to prepare for new spate of "shuttle explodes" jokes on Fark in December (10)
Network World Cool Researchers look to get rid of chip-debugging problems once and for all (3)
(Inc.com) Unlikely A wireless plan that has no early termination charges, no bizarre overage fees and no aggrandizing claims about coverage? This could be your new wireless carrier and every carrier -- by law (49)
MSNBC Cool Old and busted: Tooth Fairy gives you 25¢ for baby tooth. New hotness: Parents freeze them for future stem-cell harvesting (5)
The Sun Interesting T a k i n g t w o i b r u p o f e n t a b l e t s d a i l y m a y s t o p t h e o n s e t o f p a r k i n s o n ' s d i s e a s e (30)
(Some non-Grinch) Asinine The perfect gift for the desk of everyone you hate, as long as that desk is far away: USB Drumming Santa, with annoying clip of sound. Bonus: It's from China, so lead fortified (13)
(Some Guy) Spiffy Hell hath frozen over as Microsoft plans to ship an open-source Visual Studio 2008 with Linux support by the end of November (21)
BBC Interesting Gene links breastfeeding to high IQ, a trend which inexplicably reverses as males age (14)
(MAGENTA) Silly German telecom giant T-Mobile patents the color magenta in all things telecom-related, digital media and anything to do with the Internet (145)
New Scientist Cool Giggling robot passes Turing Test with toddlers. Well, that's a start (19)
(GG) Amusing You act as if you've never seen a 120-mph electric golf buggy before (64)
Wired Sad Kill -9 wife (261)
(Boing Boing) Cool The ultimate must-have Christmas shopping list item -- a combination video-game cabinet and kegerator (36)
(Five.tv) Asinine Bad: Sony still churning out PS3s. Worse: Sales are still sucking quite badly. Fark: So badly, next year's masterplan is to repackage and relaunch the PS 2 (134)
Yahoo Interesting Scientists discover how to switch hunger on and off in mice. Your dog wants a steak dimmer (15)
Wired Cool The coolest tossed-out junk reincarnated as stop-motion Animal Bots you'll see today (4)
News.com.au Weird Genetically engineered super mouse stuns scientists (with mouse chin-up goodness) (28)

Mon November 05, 2007
Slate Spiffy The original version of "Super Mario Bros 2" -- shelved at the time for being too difficult and "too Japanese" for American gamers -- will be made available for play online with the Wii (60)
Daily Mail Interesting Dogs may give you cancer. Here comes the science (20)
Yahoo Amusing PCs are not big in Japan (50)
Daily Mail Amusing 150,000 women sign up for Facebook network in which they discuss the stupid stuff they've done while drunk and post their photos. And the photos are magnificent(and slightly NSFW) (178)
(Mother Jones) Obvious Why ethanol's dot-corn bubble is going to pop (41)
(Star News) Scary Google Earth lets Israel's enemies see its sensitive military targets in detail as small as two meters. Hamas, PLO mutter something about bullseying womp rats in their T-16 back home (184)
(Some Guy) Spiffy Writers strike could lead to "Battlestar Galactica," "The 4400," "Psych," and "The Closer" on network TV (150)
(Some Guy) Cool Scientists discover "Space Tornado." Interstellar trailer parks put on alert. (pic) (8)
UPI Interesting A U.S. study suggests violent volcanic eruptions in India might have killed the dinosaurs 65 million years ago, not a meteor impact. Either way, Jesus wept (18)
Space Interesting Black holes launch powerful cosmic winds, astronomers to begin searching for interstellar Taco Bells (4)
Wired Interesting How "Halo 3" makes you realize suicide bombing is a legitimate tactic. Cue the outrage in 3... 2... 1... BOOM (181)
MSNBC Stupid Alltel's way of remembering how to change its phones' clocks: "Spring forward, fall on face" (20)
Network World Interesting Who knew? Free public wifi is alive and well in Miami Beach (2)
SFGate Cool Clapton's "Layla" to join "What hath god wraught?" and "Video Killed the Radio Star" as technology trivia answers (15)
(Science Daily) Interesting Part of the universe has gone missing. EVERYONE PANIC (120)
Network World Interesting Deconstructing the PC revolution (4)
(Engadget) Amusing Get your axes ready: "South Park" to take on "Guitar Hero" this Wednesday (72)
Lifehacker Interesting Ten ways to fight distraction and mental fatigue. If you're on Fark, this probably applies to you (10)
BBC Cool Sontarans returning for Season 4 of "Doctor Who" (16)
Live Science Cool Want to see the insides of a 53-million-year-old fossilized spider in 3D? Of course you do (9)
Gizmodo Interesting Google announces new software platform for cellphones. All your phone belong to us (17)
(Engadget) Cool Greetings, starfighter. You have been recruited by the Star League to defend the frontier against Zuur and the Kodan Armada (36)
Yahoo Interesting Comet explodes so brightly that it can be seen with the naked eye (13)
BBC Interesting Onions cut risk of heart disease, according to area scientist (17)
Network World Obvious Storage company EqualLogic asks: Who needs a $120 million IPO when Dell will buy you for $1.4 billion? (6)
Live Science Followup Whatever happened to Fuel Cells? (53)
(Some Guy) Obvious Yahoo launches Kickstart, a social networking site for college students and grads that is not like Facebook in any way, shape or form, uh uh, no way, no siree bob (52)
Slashdot Asinine U.S. seeks warrantless snooping on emails in hopes to learn the secret behind enlarging their P3N15 and fixing the deficit by engaging in a business deal with a Nigerian prince (13)
The Register Misc Breakthrough that could put millions of snowy-shouldered people out of their misery (13)
(The Age) Scary Girls only just into puberty are copying sexual acts they see in Internet pornography, believing they must be normal (132)



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