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Sun February 03, 2008
PCWorld Sad Between Microsoft's purchase of Yahoo, and the official dropping of Netscape Navigator by AOL, February 2008 will go down as the month the original internet died (33)
News.com.au Spiffy Australian cancer specialist goes mythbusting, determines that coffee, water bottles, mobile phones, tampons, dental fillings, breast implants, and deodorants do not cause cancer (15)
(Some Guy) Interesting In a new cosmological model, dark energy and dark matter are simply different manifestations of the same thing: a dark fluid (35)
(Some Guy) Interesting When the world's most powerful particle accelerator starts up later this year, it may reveal the existence and shape of alternate dimensions. Liberate tutame (30)
(Some Guy With no Hat) Interesting Not news: Researchers develop new kind of radio. News: It can fit on a grain of sand. FARK: First broadcast they received? "The Safety Dance" (27)
BBC Cool A BBC film crew has captured footage of a rare ugly-ass frog waving, wrestling and courting for the first time. Frog went a courtin' and the BBC did film uh-huh (10)
(citris-uc.org) PSA They are testing GPS enabled cell phones for traffic monitoring. Without a tinfoil hat, there is a lot more they can monitor (15)
Wall Street Journal Stupid Bush Administration kills "clean coal" initiative because state-of-the-art prototype plant would cost $1.8 billion -- about the cost of one week of "success in Iraq." Won't someone please think about the oxymorons? (73)
BBC Obvious FDA blames Pfizer's anti-smoking drug for causing suicidal thoughts among aspiring quitters. Obviously nobody at the FDA has ever tried to quit smoking (104)
Discover Interesting Scientists discover famous "six degrees of separation" theory between people is wrong. You can quit sending Christmas cards to Kevin Bacon now (119)
CTV Sick WHO reports Tamiflu-resistant flu in U.S., Canada. Flu virus develops an eminence front (37)
(Some hairy dude) Interesting Noted primatologist Jane Goodall believes in Bigfoot. Also used to be a PILF (58)
(Scripps News) Interesting ScyFix has developed a device that treats diseases such as glaucoma and macular degeneration by shooting electric currents into the eye. They've blinded me with science (10)

Sat February 02, 2008
Network World Followup Yahoo to Microsoft: Not on the first date, big fella (22)
I Heart Chaos Cool The age old question of Superman vs. a Jedi... finally answered (120)
CBC Stupid Sensitive government data exposed on Limewire. Oops (24)
Gizmodo Spiffy A home made 38 million candlepower flashlight (36)
(saxsax) Strange Skeletal systems of popular cartoon characters (30)
I Heart Chaos Spiffy Did you know there are unused icons on your desktop? Did you know there are unused icons on your deskto-- *biatchslap* (96)
(WWdN) Wheaton "Then we'd go back to arguing about stuff that really mattered, like which Captain was better." (65)
(Cohasset Mariner) Cool Ghost hunting technology has advanced from "we're ready to believe you" to "we have sophisticated instruments that can prove your town hall is haunted" (63)
(Need Geek Help) Cool Tech help please. I know it' early, I know it's Saturday. This is about photovoltaic solar technologies comparatively. Have some coffee and muse at the DIT over there--> (74)
(Some Guy) Cool Man buys Macbook Air, takes it apart and posts pictures (79)
(InformationWeek) Strange Microsoft launches webcomic featuring superhero software developers "who are unexpectedly thrown together to chase down a rogue computer virus" (28)
Telegraph Weird Inventor of Nintendo's "Brain Training" refuses game's profits even though he's entitled to them. "Everyone in my family is mad at me but I tell them that if they want money, go out and earn it" (39)
(arstechnica.com) Interesting The United States is facing a crisis in broadband internet connectivity. EVERYBODY PANIC (104)
IGN Cool I lied to myself that it was over. I was still alive. My loved ones were still dead. It wasn't over (36)
LA Times Obvious Beer, Benadryl and Ambien just don't mix. Well, not more than once (22)

Fri February 01, 2008
The Sun Interesting New blimp fitted with spa, terraces and a bar will take passengers on around-the-world cruises at 105mph. Skeptics think it's full of hot air (pic) (40)
BBC Interesting 20*xy = 0z, where z = cooties (18)
CNN Interesting Blizzard costs China over $7.5 billion dollars, or enough for 50 million epic flying mounts (20)
(Some Guy) Interesting Dot-com pioneers: Where they are now (21)
Computerworld Interesting The original internal project name was, of all things, "Internet." But that was considered too frivolous (18)
Reuters Interesting Third major undersea intenet/telecom cable in Middle East cut. Coincidence or have terrorists expanded their war against the civilized world? EVERYBODY PAN ... (connection timeout) (102)
Slashdot Cool Your PC may disappear from your desk by 2033 and become a part of your body. Which part is up to you (49)
Google Cool Creationists rejoice as two new missing links are established in the crocodile family (156)
Canada.com Unlikely Canada considering technology that overrides control of your car's gas pedal if you speed. Submitter and his '93 Mercury Villager unconcerned (43)
(w.n.d.) Interesting Discovery backs theory that oil is not a fossil fuel, but instead is produced by the abiotic synthesis of hydrocarbons in the mantle of the earth, providing Earth with a never ending supply of pollution and green house gases (90)
(Some Guy) Weird An 84-year old Ukranian man reading pig spleens is more accurate than the National Weather Service (16)
(Some Guy) Interesting Physicist calculates trajectory of tiger. Plans next to split it, releasing vast amounts of nuclear tiger energy (28)
(Chocolate Balls) Amusing "We appreciate that marketing chocolates is a matter of great commercial sensitivity and hope that we have not inadvertently hit a delicate spot by drawing attention to the fact that these sweets looked and felt like testes" (52)
The Register Interesting The Army may play with an EM-50 Urban Assault Vehicle, but the Navy gets to play with a mach nine sled (13)
The Register Scary C-130 Gunship upgraded from machine gun to laser. Go get the popcorn (68)
The Register Cool If you always wondered what a rail gun looks like when firing a slug at Mach 7, look no further (58)
(Some Guy) Interesting Modern sci-fi authors consider what their predecessors got right and wrong about the 21st century. Still no progress on time travel (45)
(NASA) Cool 50 years ago, the First Explorer was launched into space. With cool take off pic of what happens when you stuff a metal tube full of highly explosive liquid fuel (9)
New Scientist Cool New space telescope design could see alien planets, location of Nostromo (19)
The Register Obvious For the six of you who still use it: latest versions of RealPlayer deemed to be ... buffering ... buffering ... badware (29)
Guardian.com Interesting Brits want to outlaw artificial food / drink colors. How the hell are you supposed to tell the difference between grape and punch Kool-Aid? (27)
BBC Interesting Scientists find sugary drinks responsible for surge in reported cases of gout, dropsy, cheeky Cockney boy chimneysweeps (64)
BBC Spiffy The coolest footage of Arctic wolves you'll see today (16)
BBC Cool An ugly ass 'bizarre' new species of mammal has been discovered in the mountains of Tanzania, scientists report (with pic) (44)
Wired Interesting Ten sci-fi techs we could build if they weren't so damn expensive (64)
This Is Local London Obvious Scientists say "safe lifting" advice -- consisting of bending your knees and keeping your back straight -- does nothing to prevent back injuries. There's also still no cure for cancer (32)
(Some Guy) Cool The dry headline, "NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter HiRISE Imagery Release 30 January 2008," masks some really farking cool pics (9)

Thu January 31, 2008
Telegraph Interesting "Spider" discovered on surface of Mercury. Shane MacGowan discovered face down in the Venus Bar & Grill (18)
(Some Guy) Spiffy Senior citizen centers and retirement homes are using Nintendo Wii consoles to allow their elderly residents the chance to virtually experience the thrill of golfing, bowling and plowing through farmer’s markets all over again (94)
SFGate Interesting Café owner says he'll revolutionize breakfast with his organic pancake batter in a can. Yeah, get back to us when you come up with a bacon dispenser (19)
Discovery Interesting The origin of the common housecat has been traced to the Middle East. i can haz cheezburqa? (132)
(Some Guy) Cool Looking straight down at NASA's Space Shuttle Atlantis -- from 525 feet (160 meters) above the ground (157)
MSNBC Spiffy New "X-Men" reality show to star Reese Witherspoon (27)
(Some Guy) Misc Apple TV software delayed. This is a terrible blow to all five people who have Apple TV software (27)
Wired Cool If you could be a convincing lonelychemist15, some nerds at Abbott Laboratories would like to have a word with you (4)
Washington Post Spiffy Biggest breakthrough in obstetrics in years: Epsom salts (11)
(Some Guy) Interesting Females in charge: "Once the female fish gave the sign, the new alpha fish became almost immediately more aggressive and its testes swelled to double their size" (12)
Discovery Interesting Next generation of smart cars will be able to predict crashes, removing from you any need to drive responsibly (13)
Network World Interesting Gartner's top 10 IT predictions for 2008 and beyond: open source, Apple computers, green technology and three-dimensional printers (33)
Discovery Silly How to stay online, even in your sleep; TotalFark subscription not required, but for god's sake don't tell Drew (6)
YouTube Spiffy Affordable jet pack on sale soon. Do Not Sell list includes Iran, Dave Matthews, and Rosie O'Donnell (19)
(TechSpot) Ironic Users warned not to doctor Vista with third party apps. Microsoft says improving Windows violates both EULA and Laws of Nature (37)
(NY Times) PSA The FCC wireless auction has not met its reserve price of $4.6 billion.. still no word on if they will accept PayPal (8)
Jalopnik Cool The Ford Escape plug-in hybrid that is currently being evaluated in Southern California is capable of 120 mpg (with cool plug-in neon light thingee pic) (24)
(Brickshelf.com) Cool If you woke up this morning wondering where all the awesome was being held today, allow me to point you in the right direction: Lego Predator (33)
(Electronic House) Dumbass How to spend tens of thousands of dollars on solar panels for your home so you can save $80 a month on electric bill (125)
Guardian.com Cool EA has officially announced Battlefield Heroes, the first title in the company's new Play 4 Free initiative which will offer downloadable PC titles for free. And they might not suck (38)
The Register Interesting SAS launch fingerprint scheme across Sweden, and you really don't want to argue with the SAS (13)
AFP Amusing Egypt asks internet users to stop downloading music and movies after an undersea cable received damage. Yeah, that oughta work really well (7)
(Panda's Thumb) Cool Intelligently designed contest: To win, determine which of six DNA sequences are intelligently designed (by humans) and which evolved. Difficulty: show your work (157)
Globe and Mail Interesting Fake sites and such besmirching your good reputation on the Web? This guy can re-virginize you (6)
(Some Asstronaut) Interesting NASA reveals Mercury is shrinking. Uranus is bigger than ever (13)
Pravda Cool Russian designer invents flying rug for civil and military use (30)
CBC Strange Last week's research: Global warming reduces hurricanes. This week: Warmer sea temperatures increase hurricanes (48)
London Times Spiffy The top twenty-five cars you can buy today, according to that plonker Jeremy Clarkson (42)
Telegraph Interesting Lesbian couples may soon no longer need a turkey baster and a friend who's a "good dancer" to donate sperm (43)
Guardian.com Spiffy The South's hopes of landing their first moon mission crushed when Huntsville's Saturn V rocket is renovated, evicting the raccoon and opossum crew (30)
Stuff Cool Inventor and saxophone player has come up with a device that he claims boils water instantly using sonic waves. Expect to hear of his mysterious death shortly (31)
SeattlePI Amusing In what is quite possibly the most profitable advertising ever done, Seattle computer store places sign in window that says "We remove Vista" (50)
Pravda Interesting Vegetarians are perverts of nature who slowly kill themselves, scientists say(NSFW pic) (537)
Yahoo Obvious "White nose sydrome" kills bats. Amy Winehouse must be stopped (10)
(ens-newswire.com) Scary Drinking from plastic containers exposed to hot liquids reduces male fertility, but your soy latte stole your man card already (22)
(Some Guy) Misc Secret identity of new Captain America revealed. It's not Peter Parker (62)
TechnologyReview Cool Nerds find a way to make cheap hydrogen (26)
MSNBC Obvious Bad radiator could delay shuttle launch. MacGuyver suggests an egg may help (17)
BBC Stupid People over 50 increasingly at risk for STDs because they shun condom use, preferring instead to rely on the onions worn on their belts (23)

Wed January 30, 2008
(RCR News) Hero Largest class-action lawsuit in history filed against Verizon Wireless, demanding refund of Early Termination Fees. Can you pay me now? (45)
Yahoo Interesting UN states that climate change could cost up to $20 trillion over two decades, or about $400 in pre-2000 dollars (18)
London Times Asinine 6,000 year-old rock paintings defaced by graffitti vandals: UN peacekeeping troops (18)
Gizmodo Interesting News: Coming this fall to AT&T - A phone with a touch screen, 3G data speeds, HTML web browser, GPS and voice navigation. Fark: Made by Garmin (29)
Network World Unlikely ICANN finally tells "domain name tasters" to go eat shiat (16)
(b.h.l.) Sappy The most beautiful example of light pollution you'll see today (47)
(So Good) Interesting You Double Dipped the Chip??? New Clemson study analyzes the levels of bacteria caused by double dipping (145)
(The Devil Incarnate) Stupid Microsoft publishes official tips for speeding up Vista, including pearls of wisdom like "Check your computer's speed", "Turn off visual effects", and "Add more memory" (60)
News.com.au Interesting Chinese scientists have found way to control weather, guarantee they will "stop the rain" for Olympics opening ceremony. Creedence Clearwater Revival unavailable for comment (77)
Reuters Spiffy The hype: AIDS is a US epidemic and we're not doing enough to fight it. The reality: Less than 1 percent of people in the US are HIV-positive (92)
Valleywag Asinine Amazon.com, Facebook join grandparents in pressuring bride to make babies (15)
London Times Amusing The top ten most useless inventions of the 19th and 20th century. Including a device to wake someone up by dropping bricks on their head (27)
Discover Interesting 20 things you didn't know about science fiction (70)
Sign On San Diego Spiffy Emerging short range wireless technologies could internet-enable your entire home. Your dog wants a registered IP address (20)
(Some Guy) Asinine Europe set to ban patio heaters in bid to save the planet (31)
AFP Silly Hamunaptra found in Egypt; Rick O'Connell unrolls his guns and calls for Evie (29)
Yahoo Interesting Internet access in the Middle East is out, delaying the video uploads of finger-wagging bearded fat guys impotently threatening the West (24)
Network World Cool Court fines telemarketer $180,000 for making 46 million irritating calls (17)
Guardian.com Cool New wind turbine design may help Britain meet its renewable energy targets and dry the entire country's washing all at the same time (28)
(Some Guy) Interesting Æ, Ø and Å, three letters the world can't understand. The Internet is killing the Danish language (257)
Marketwatch Interesting Bidding on the C Block of the wireless spectrum is on pace to allow Google to beam cool apps right into our brains (14)
(Some Guy) Spiffy It's a tiny vacuum cleaner for the brain: A new treatment for stroke victims promises to suction out clogged arteries, leaving cranium fresh as a spring meadow (20)
(Some Bird Brain) Interesting In an effort to seduce the females, male hummingbirds sing out of their butts since their voice boxes are too small (35)
MSNBC Interesting Twenty-five percent of iPhones are "missing in action," having either been unlocked for use on non-AT&T networks or are being used as centerpieces in Apple fanboy shrines (31)
(Bloomberg) Stupid Anti-plagarism software finds 63,000 plagarized and duplicated medical research studies. In other news, anti-plagarism software finds 63,000 plagarized and duplicated medical research studies (26)
The Sun Cool Scientists finally develop a personal jetpack for the general public, although you only have 75 seconds of airtime before splashdown (52)
Slate Obvious "Yahoo is asking where I met my spouse, and Bank of America wants the details of the honeymoon" (25)
(Some Sewer Rat) Followup Trenchless sewer rehabilitation system invented by an Englishman, who got the idea while rolling a pair of tube socks into an inside-out ball before putting them away (25)
Discovery Cool I can make a hat, a broach, a pterodactyl, a Mach 20 paper airplane (31)
BBC Interesting Rather than being the shy retiring creatures we always assumed, it turns out chameleons are nature's attention whores (8)
(Some Guy) Interesting Has Microsoft finally given up on Vista? (120)
(Some Guy) Sad Scientists discover what's burning up fragile coral reefs: Tourists' sunscreen (32)
CNN Spiffy Ten things you probably didn't know you could do with baking soda (56)
Independent Spiffy Scientists accidentally discover a way to reverse loss of memory. Here comes the... uh... ummm... oh yeah, science (10)

Tue January 29, 2008
(Gamespot.com) Stupid Anyone offended by "Hot Coffee" content in GTA can now arrange payment for the horrific pain and suffering caused by pixelated boobies (43)
(io9.com) Interesting Researchers claim to have invented cure for autism. But the truly frightening thing is that they claim to have developed a way to turn people autistic (75)
MSNBC Scary Doctors and nurses get confused by drug names sometimes. In other news, "sometimes" was equal to 176,409 in 2006 (22)
Wired Video We don't need no water let the barium chloride burn. Burn barium chloride. Burn (24)
AP Obvious Research shows that Asteroids pose greater danger. Fans of Defender and Missile Command unavailable for comment (28)
Abc.net.au Interesting Eating healthy causes stress while eating junkfood eases stress. Here comes the science (93)
(Tech Digest) Weird Radio-controlled sperm taps could replace vasectomies, cause embarrassing, comedic situations when switching TV channels (24)
London Times Cool Absolutely positively the shiniest PC ever: $6 million, and yours is probably faster (62)
(University of Iowa) Interesting Researchers are studying the "Blissful Ignorance Effect." Ron Paul supporters unavailable for comment (81)
(Some MIT Guy) Spiffy MIT nerds build their own Segway, and post DIY instructions on the web. And it's exactly as cool looking as you'd expect (38)
Wired Followup Remember that 17 gigs of private photos taken from MySpace? Turns out they're not that interesting. "If you want porn, then download porn, idiots" (29)
Network World Cool Mystery of speeding star unraveled (16)
Slashdot Misc Did you know that if you flash your headlights at an oncoming Snopes.com, it will leave adware in your computer? (28)
BBSpot Amusing Top 11 ways geeks would prepare for an apocalyptic asteroid impact (66)
(Some Guy) Cool First road test of the Tesla Roadster, the 0-60 mph in four seconds demon spawn of a Lotus and an electric golf buggy (50)
ABC News Followup Remember that Darth Vader-esque infrared helmet that could treat Alzheimer's? Yeah, maybe not so much (31)
Yahoo Cool Scientists launch first ever census of Antarctic marine life, which is kinda stupid since the surveys will get all wet and disintegrate (8)
(Some Guy) Scary At least one environmental group advocates healing the Earth by making humans extinct. No word on why they still have members (63)
CSMonitor Interesting The new problem of "photonapped" images online. 1950s computer unavailable for comment (32)
The Register Interesting According to scientists, age 44 is the most depressing year of your life. Sorry to tell all you 43-year-old farkers that it's going to get worse (60)
(AlleyInsider) Dumbass Google's next big thing: Tiny newspaper barcodes. Anyone remember that miserable dot-com bubble disaster CueCat? (55)
BBC Obvious A person's preference for being a "lark" or a "night-owl" is largely determined by genes, a study suggests. If you sleep in your jeans, you are probably a night-owl (32)
I-Mockery Amusing I-Mockery takes a look at "Tattoo Assassins" - one of the most insane fighting games ever created in which you could kill your opponent with anything from a DeLorean to explosive diarrhea (includes video of 60 fatalities) (38)
Gizmodo Cool Scientist create 4100 lumen flashlight. If you use it for ghost stories, it will actually turn you into a ghost (39)
BBC Unlikely Scientists hope the cure for criminal behavior in youths is more fish oil in their diet (48)
(Bad Astronomy) Wheaton Oh, frak and feldergarb I was wrong, and Wil was right (28)
(American Radio Relay League) Interesting 500 kHz radio distance record set (51)
(Kim Possible) Misc Naked mole rats are immune to pain. This earth shattering scientific breakthrough has literally tens of applications...like cross breeding for pain resistant hairy mole rats (36)
PCWorld Unlikely Possible videos and pictures of Windows 7 surface, showing off such innovative features as "Floodlight" and "Chronological Apparatus" (77)
BBC Misc Scottish researchers successfully tag and ID crab population. Submitter's no scientist, but she's pretty sure there's a shampoo that would clear that right up (50)

Mon January 28, 2008
(All Africa) Obvious Uganda turns to lizard blood for AIDS cure, curing cancer next (81)
Yahoo Obvious Study shows nuclear plant workers have higher risk of cancer. In other news, firefighters have higher risk of getting burned, racecar drivers get into crashes, and working with Drew might get you drunk (17)
AP Interesting New flu vaccine may not need needles at all, still will only protect you from last years' strain (21)
CTV Sad New research shows that women with larger breasts at age 20 have a higher risk of getting Type 2 Diabetus(slightly Not safe for work picture) (57)
C|Net Dumbass BusinessWeek doesn't want any more web traffic, so stop linking to them (27)
(Some guy) Spiffy The coolest panoramic picture you'll see today: the cockpit of the Airbus A380 (69)
Kotaku Obvious How wrong is Cooper Lawrence? Even Jack Thompson is ok with "Mass Effect." Yes, the same Jack Thompson who thought "Bible Tales" was too violent (49)
Space Cool Large asteroid comes to within an Earth moon's distance to hitting Earth tomorrow. Another comes within 16,000 miles of smacking into Mars on Wednesday. Good times (47)
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