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Sun January 20, 2008
(Internet Storm Center) Misc Early Saturday morning's WoW (and other games/websites) crash brought to you by a backbone outage. Players briefly forced to get a life (7)
(Times of India) Interesting Elephants with smaller tusks evolved to evade poachers, reduce orthodontic bills (10)
(Some Guy) Dumbass Alec Baldwin, professional scientist person, explains why the FDA was wrong to allow cloned beef. Still no cure for Alec Baldwin (38)
Independent Interesting Inside the coldest city on earth, and it's not Green Bay (91)
BBC Scary Just in case the greenhouse effect wasn't scary enough, scientists find evidence of volcanic eruption under Antarctic ice sheet (35)
(Machine Design) Interesting Those Toyota Tundra ads with the giant see-saws and the like? Completely real. Here comes the science (35)
The Register Interesting MacBook Air edges out the Commodore SX-64 in head to head comparison, but just barely (102)
(Science Daily) Obvious New study: "When people lack a sense of connection with other people, they are more likely to see their pets, gadgets or gods as human-like." (31)
(Some Guy) Amusing Hackers retaliate to Scientology's ordered removal of that Tom Cruise video from YouTube by attacking their website; Xenu heard cackling from his underground prison (536)
(Some Guy) Amusing After decades of research from the best minds in the world and constant testing, NASA is proud to unveil their latest creation: a giant vibrator (15)
(Some Guy) Silly Want to go cross-country skiing but don't want to work at it? There's always "doggie skijoring" (5)
Wired Scary MySpace quietly fixes bug that gave voyeurs access to teens' private photos. Oops (27)
Slashdot Obvious Scientists on the verge of perfecting computerized lip reading. What the HAL could go wrong? (19)
PCWorld Scary According to the CIA, hackers were able to break into and shut down electrical systems in several countries +++CARRIER LOST+++ (29)
Jalopnik Amusing First 2009 Corvette ZR1 sells at auction for $1 million, most ever spent for penile enhancement (44)
MTV Cool Iron Man coming to theaters this summer ... in the Hulk movie (53)

Sat January 19, 2008
New Scientist Spiffy Germans invent mind-reading cars which automatically stop at every beer hall and schnitzel stand (14)
New Scientist Interesting Massive blacks holes responsible for most disorder in universe, including Iraq and submitter's desk (17)
(Ars Technica) Interesting Photo IDs actually increase crime, identity theft, voter fraud (60)
(Some Guy) Cool 90 computers from the past w/ pics & original MSRP/advertisements. Remember the days when Sarah Purcell & Tomy Tutor had careers worth advertising? (31)
(ICR) Unlikely Why an evolutionary origin of life is impossible (514)
News.com.au PSA Australia's sperm banks are nearly drained. Anyone that can make a deposit are asked to please come (35)
Wired Interesting How Facebook exposed us all as freaks (34)
(Game Revolution) Unlikely Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo all claim console victory in 2007. Fark: Using the same data (74)
BBC Sad Medical plants might go extinct. No, not your favorite one, the other ones (19)
Fox News Obvious NASA might suffer a setback in getting back to the moon after finding a flaw in new rocket. This is obviously code for, "The warehouse lease for filming the fake moon landing might fall through" (43)
Wired Interesting Two artificial intelligence pioneers. Two bizarre suicides. What really happened? Obviously, humans from the future killed them before they could complete their research and thus ensure the Great Robot Revolution of 2023 (55)
Wall Street Journal Interesting Don’t worry about that guy about to operate on your gallbladder. He trained on a Wii (22)

Fri January 18, 2008
Gizmodo Spiffy Industrial robot modded to throw fireballs: 2800lb industrial robot gets fitted with a trebuchet release mechanism, bowling balls, watermelons, and pig entrails smash an RV (32)
(Some Guy) Amusing Top 10 most cliché college dorm posters of all time (171)
(Some Farkette) Cool First photos of the new "X-Files" movie. It's a streetlight (92)
BBC Cool European probe aims for Mercury. Had planned to go for Lead, but China beat them to it (14)
Daily Mail Hero In order to keep up with high demand for his free mustache rides, scientist clones himself (with pic of sweet mustache) (113)
(Al Dente Blog) Interesting A compound found in beer inhibits enzymes that cause cancer. And even if it doesn't, it will still help you forget you have cancer (17)
(News Daily) Strange Mexican doctors treat prostate cancer by shooting near-boiling heat through your butt. What could possibly go wrong? (33)
(ScienceDaily) Interesting Scientists to present world's smallest trophy on Super Bowl Sunday, claim its even tinier than Bill Belichick's sense of ethics (21)
(Magnifying Glass) Interesting Scientists try to alter fire ants chemistry to incite a civil war and wipe out the colony. Here come the Sci-Ants (53)
Slashdot Strange NASA attempting to create MMORPG. Trying to get funding, but another group is camping 'The Budgeting Director' a rare, named spawn (91)
(University of Washington) Cool Researchers create contact lenses with working circuits, paving the way for head-up displays for everyday life (42)
(Some Guy) Hero Sorry RIAA, MPAA, and MediaDefender, but ultimately, the pirates can't be stopped (155)
London Times Dumbass Yahoo backs OpenID, which lets users log onto different Web sites using the same details. Because Microsoft Passport was such a resounding success (12)
Live Science Interesting Scientists discover that humans have internal "kinship detectors" to prevent incest ... say that it works really well unless your sibling is hot (28)
New Scientist Cool Astronauts will soon be able to enjoy a nice screw in space to keep their liquids flowing (10)
(Computer and Video Games) Interesting Bioshock nominated for a record breaking 12 awards at the Interactive Achievement awards, including best story development, best overall game and most like System Shock 2 (104)
USA Today Misc Gaming industry sales grew by 43% in 2007. Sales figures for Cheetos, Mt. Dew close behind (58)
Yahoo Sappy Brain surgery lets woman listen to music. After hearing what music is like today, woman requests surgical reversal (30)
(zzt) Obvious Due to rising mortality rates related to Taser use, local police departments consider switching to the Dell XPS M1530 (17)
The Sun Interesting One in five people have tried to seduce people using social networking sites. How YOU doin'? (33)
(Pauls Funky Stuff) Amusing Imagine spending $9,000 at Radio Shack for 16 Mbytes. This was 1989 my friend (68)

Thu January 17, 2008
(Some Guy) Cool Lightsaber lamps, 'nuff said (14)
(Some Guy) Interesting Will the new media destroy Hollywood? Television not expected to last much beyond the year 2040 (34)
Kotaku Interesting Porn Star Jenna Haze is a hardcore gamer. You know, when she's not taking three c*cks in her ass (78)
Wired Spiffy Most awesome/mysterious technology so far in 2008: A&W's new prefab bottled root beer floats (28)
MSNBC Amusing Why some men refuse prostate cancer screenings. "Not a big fan of UFIA" surprisingly not on the list (19)
InfoWorld Unlikely Microsoft patents technology that lets your employer wirelessly determine when you're aroused (8)
CNN Spiffy Taking a cue from used textbook companies, new tech startup will pay you $40 for iPod that you dropped $300 on last year (17)
ABC News Amusing ABC News learns the art of troll headline writing: "If You Love to Hate Google, Read This" (15)
(Some Guy) Cool Intensive therapy helps OCD sufferers. Intensive therapy helps OCD sufferers. Intensive therapy helps OCD sufferers. Intensive therapy helps OCD sufferers. Intensive therapy helps OCD sufferers (23)
(Some Cloned Guy) Scary Scientists make human clone, exactly 1/8th original size (57)
(Some Guy) Cool Geneticists have extended lifespans of yeast 10 fold, they think it could be possible to extend human lifespans to a hundred and eleventy years-old but that it could cause severe growth deficits and a tendency to boogler (25)
(Some Guy) Interesting Microsoft "opens" their Office Binary Formats (11)
(iF Magazine) Interesting The guy that plays fish-boy Abe in the upcoming "Hellboy 2: The Golden Army" says sequel will have more action, babes and other weird sh** (59)
USA Today Spiffy Scientist map pools of invisible matter. Right over there. Well, its invisible. Trust me, it is there (22)
(Ars Technica) Scary The head of National Intel says he wants "the ability to read all the information crossing the Internet in the United States." You know, in case Perez Hilton is Al-Qaeda or Tera Patrick has a secret message in her hoo-ha (341)
(Some Guy) Amusing Eight websites that jumped the shark. They didn't get over it (77)
(Some Guy) Interesting Webpage depicts a hydrogen atom, to scale, with the electron being 1 pixel in size. It's 11 miles wide (99)
(Ars Technica) Obvious More and more colleges and ISP's will filter copyrighted content from their networks, just like they filtered out all the spam and viruses (83)
Live Science Obvious Scientists prove that humans crave violence just like they crave sex. However, GTA sales had already proved this (32)
(Shack News) Sad Super Smash Bros. Brawl delayed once again. Nintendo cites the need to tweak play mechanics, emulate Duke Nukem Forever developers (76)
(Circleid.com) Dumbass A judge in North Dakota has just ruled that requesting a zone transfer from a public DNS server is criminal activity within the meaning of the ND Computer Crimes Law (44)
(Some Guy) Obvious Mac users more open minded, full of themselves (174)
(British Medical Journal) Interesting Should surgeons turn their heads when they sneeze during an operation? (40)
Washington Post Interesting Genetic mutations boost risk of developing prostate cancer, super powers (7)
Guardian.com Interesting So rarely is the question asked: "Should we be eating insects?" (33)
(Some NASA Guy) Interesting A cutting-edge laboratory has opened in Alabama. Its mission: to combat maladies ranging from asthma to malaria to stroke using data from NASA satellites. Why are space scientists being consulted about an earthbound disease? (10)
The Register Obvious Scientists officially discover that the perfect female legs are slightly longer than average and attached to Kylie Minogue (122)
Network World Followup No wonder kids can't stand clowns: The 'Net is a roiling cauldron of grownup clown hatred (72)
USA Today Spiffy Bisexuality isn't just a phase. Dear diary, JACKPOT (598)
News.com.au Interesting New species of tree discovered that is so big it can be seen from space (44)
Wired Cool Researchers are developing a new ultrarealistic synthetic skin they hope will be wrapped around next-generation prosthetic arms. Data unavailable for comment (17)
(Miami New Times) Florida A new kind of superhero: How one man with an illegal phone jammer keeps Miami bookstores quiet (95)
Gizmodo Scary Hello Kitty Contact Lenses. Do I need to say more? (50)
Sci Fi Sad Sci-fi channel's new president promises to expand original programming... So the next time they make a movie about a python thats been bit by dracula that terrorizes a small town they'll film the sequel at the same time (92)

Wed January 16, 2008
(Ars Technica) Amusing Court rules that Amazon can't offer free shipping in France. Instead of following the ruling, Amazon chooses to ship free and pay the daily fine (57)
(Some Guy) Interesting Some apocalyptic scenarios and how to survive them, including peak oil, bee colony collapse, supervolcanoes, genetic engineering disasters, bird flu, drought, telomere erosion, and Earth wobble (46)
Reuters Interesting Most antidepressants don't work. That's depressing (63)
Daily Mail Strange The perfect gift for everyone who enjoys watching water boil or paint dry: the glass toaster, which lets you watch your bread turn brown. Get 'em while they're hot (28)
(TG Daily) Amusing Microsoft to release new version of Windows next year. Working name is "Windows Notvista" (92)
Abc.net.au Cool Scientists use carbon nanotubes to create the blackest black ever. Goths and Emos everywhere rejoice (52)
UPI Obvious Study shows 70% reduction in heavy metal in the air in the U.K. since 1980. Judas Priest, Iron Maiden bow their heads in a moment of silence (130)
MSNBC Asinine U.S. to spend $338,000 to study disease that doesn't exist (52)
(KTVU) Unlikely And now a report from Mister Probably Didn't Understand What the Scientist Was Actually Saying But Filed A Report Anyway: SETI appears to have picked up a signal from another civiliaztion somewhere out in deep space (128)
(Walrus) Interesting "... people are going to look back on the addiction science of the beginning of the twenty-first century, and they’re going to see that nine-tenths of it was done on rats, and they’re just going to laugh and laugh." (23)
(Bad Astronomy) Interesting Asteroid: "I'd hit it." Earth: "Fail." (43)
Slate Stupid RIAA seizes control of AT&T, makes immediate hard right turn off a cliff (39)
AP Scary Computer Scientist warns of a Flash attack that could allow an attacker take control of your router and re-direct it to a private DNS server. Anyone running MingCo's Merciless 3.0 or lower urged to upgrade immediately (38)
Sky News Obvious New research shows that clowns scare the fark out of kids: "We found that clowns are universally disliked by children," says Dr. Romero (165)
(Some Sore Guy) Cool The world's best rubber-band gun, firing 40 rounds a second from 24 revolving barrels with a maximum range of 22 feet. Every office should have one. Or twenty (23)
Wired Stupid GM's self dubbed "Moon Shot" for the hybrid market almost gets better coefficient of drag numbers backwards than forwards (244)
PCWorld Interesting Security firm offering $20,000 prize money to first person finding new holes in Microsoft Windows (19)
UPI Obvious Researchers find that body weight is influenced by over 6,000 genes. Yes, your genes DO make you look fat (18)
(physorg.com) Interesting Scientists discover that Jesus may have ridden on a giant rat instead of a dinosaur (27)
AP Cool MySQL acquired for $1B. Sun is there (49)
UPI Cool Researchers find that common algae can produce 278 times more oil per acre over corn. Step 1) Skim pool. Step 2) Bring to Chevron. Step 3) Profit (59)
The Register Spiffy NASA releases "Touch the Invisible Sky", a braille and embossed book of images for the blind and visually-impared. In other news, submitter hastily files similar patent in partnership with Hugh Heffner (20)
(BizWeek) Unlikely Toshiba VP breaks down in tears over their HD-DVD woes, causing an instant sales spike in New Hampshire (114)
(APOD) Cool Awesome picture reveals God's Rorshach test for the first time (38)
Sign On San Diego Interesting Marine officials unveil the Infantry Immersion Trainer, a high-tech prototype simulator with hologram projectors and full-scale sets built to look like urban Iraq. “We want to make sure that we are shooting the right people” (18)
Pravda Interesting Silicon nanowires give new life to lithium batteries, flat-chested women (11)
Network World Scary Europe fostering 8-year plan to mix unmanned aircraft with commercial aviation traffic (13)
London Times Unlikely Bill Gates = Ceiling Cat (76)
(Some Guy) Interesting Why the coming solar cycle could devastate our power grids, satellites, GPS, and any number of devices which depend on communication or directional satellites (46)

Tue January 15, 2008
CNN Interesting U.S. births rise in part because illegal immigrants are having the babies American women won't have (320)
Slashdot Cool MySpace to allow you to block your girlfriend from joining and discovering your other girlfriends (36)
MSNBC Stupid With gas prices over $4.00 per gallon, now is the perfect time to release a new 380 horsepower, 5.7-liter HEMI V8 (139)
The Register Silly Dutch GPS units employ technology borrowed from GTA:The Netherlands (16)
(Some Guy) Stupid Coming soon to ESPN - nerds playing video games (63)
CNN Interesting FDA approves cloned meat for human consumption (280)
CNN Interesting FDA approves cloned meat for human consumption (70)
(Some Guy) Misc AT&T to replace 17,000 telco cabinet batteries in neighborhoods all over the U.S. Get used to those orange cones in the road, my friends (48)
(Steve Speaks) Cool Official Macworld 2008 Steve Jobs keynote discussion thread. LGT live update feed, starting at 9am PST (408)
New Scientist Interesting Fossils show that dinosaurs had teen sex, older siblings who didn't wear underwear (27)
(Some Guy) Interesting China names top 10 Internet events of 2007. Fark redesign fails to make list; apparently they got over it (52)
(Some Guy) Interesting Telekinetic monkey in North Carolina uses its mind to make Japanese robot walk (21)
AP Interesting Massive new study on cholesterol drugs show that Zetia doesn't work and Vytorin actually makes things dramatically worse. On the bright side, this may mean an end to all those annoying commercials (61)
BBC Spiffy Scientists develop genetically-engineered "super carrot" with extra calcium to help prevent brittle bones. In other news, sightings of giant were-rabbit increasing (28)
(Some Guy) Interesting "Life Expectancy of yeast extended to 800 in yeast years." What? (13)
Reuters Scary MRSA is being transmitted by gay sex. Quick, someone get Fred Phelps on the phone (319)
Wired Spiffy Jan. 15, 2001: The "free encyclopedia that anyone can edit" is invented by Thomas Edison and Malcolm Jamal-Warner. Happy 15th Birthday, Wikipedia (187)
Daily Mail Obvious Survey find average person tells 88,000 lies over their lifetime, or an average of four every day. Of course you submitted this with a better headline, and it was a really good one (88)
YouTube Silly World memory champion explains how he expertly memorizes a series of random words with the help of Dame Judi Dench smeared in marmalade. In other news, they have competitions for memory (19)
Kotaku Interesting Used game sales hurting video game industry. Thankfully, no other products are sold as "used" or our economy would collapse (82)
Yahoo Interesting In fourteen hundred and ninety-two, Columbus' junk was turning blue (92)
Jalopnik Cool Speed Racer's Mach 5 caught live at the Detroit Auto Show (36)

Mon January 14, 2008
Wired Dumbass L337 H4x0r cr4cks m0d3l'5 mysp4c3 4cc0unt. H1lt0n n0t 4mus3d (30)
Yahoo Interesting According to astronomers, the universe is playing out like a Quentin Tarantino movie. So the universe is actually boring and dull but gets a pass for doing something good once 14 years ago (190)
Slashdot Unlikely Apple is killing Linux in desktop computing (129)
(Some Tiny Guy) Interesting Get out your glasses, here are the winners of the Bizarre/Beautiful Micrograph Contest (15)
IndyStar Obvious MySpace is doing more to stop online predators by developing age verification service, blocking access to Congress (9)
Computerworld Obvious A "Hacker Safe" sign on your website does nothing but make you look stupid when hackers manage to break in (32)
Network World Stupid Microsoft can take its MediaCart and shove it up aisle two (35)
Daily Mail Interesting Robot servants will do all the housework within ten years, say scientists who still haven't perfected the flying car (28)
Breitbart.com Weird Phone headset lets you 'talk' thru your ear. Fark's been letting you talk thru your butt for years (18)
(Science Daily) Cool Twelve ways to live greener in 2008. Bonus: All on one page (71)
Network World Strange Microsoft response to strange Xbox radio signal: It could be anything (36)
IGN Cool Get out your Rush mix tape, IGN Retro has launched (22)
MSNBC Interesting Einstein had it right: Scientists find proof of gravity's bending of light (37)
London Times Spiffy Sick of getting whupped by your book readin' buddies on Scrabulous? Good news. It's being shut down for copyright violation (26)
Discovery Misc Mars does well against asteroid; will now try for high score on Space Invaders (9)
Reuters Spiffy New Cray is Britain's fastest Supercomputer and also fastest depreciating asset (29)
(The Berkshire Eagle) Followup Hobbit fans: It was almost Bingo Baggins (26)
Sun Sentinel Spiffy ♫ They see us rollin', they hatin' ♫ Chihuahuas with contraptions for ridin' dirty ♫ (19)
BBC Obvious Scientists build graphical reconstruction of British dinosaur, complete with yellow snaggle teeth (10)
Independent Sad Put your head between your legs and kiss your ice goodbye (45)
Washington Post Spiffy Right around noon today, if all goes as planned, a spacecraft called Messenger will swoop past the planet Mercury and begin two days of unprecedented paparazzi activity (29)



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