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Sun August 10, 2008
(New Scientist) Weird The US Climate Change Science Program, set up by Bush, concludes that human activity was responsible for the rapid warming of the 20th century (27)
(The Register) Amusing Amazing photo of US military's new cloaking device (64)
(*BLINK*) Weird 'Anime Eyes' now possible with special contact lenses. Wierd tag steps in just to piss off everyone who thinks they're Spiffy (83)
(Real Tech News) Spiffy Old and busted: exhaust enhancers to make your ten-year-old Honda sound badass. New hotness: the Lotus "Safe & Sound" system, so your hybrid can make sounds (64)
(CNN) Sad Sandstone arch collapses due to natural forces according to park's Chief of Interpretation. In related news, another career path presents itself for Liberal Arts majors (54)
(London Times) Weird Science close to unveiling invisible man as soon as they can find him (22)
(Boston Globe) Dumbass Old and busted: Running with scissors. New hotness: Throwing scissors in the operating room, thanks to Medical Rage (25)
(The Earth Times) Obvious Study by the Romero Institute of Gerontology finds most senior citizens own neither a cell phone or a computer (26)
(Daily Mail) Interesting Mollusk knows when you are about to become ill. Medical labs, worried that it might be the last snail in the coffin for them, have clammed up after calling it a 'shell game' designed to mussel in and steal their hard-earned squid (34)

Sat August 09, 2008
(The Register) Dumbass Security expert criticizes Google vulnerability to malicious redirection, Google counters that the observed behavior is a feature, not a flaw. Where have we heard that argument before? (12)
(C|Net) Spiffy Dell reached its goal of being carbon neutral a year earlier than expected (41)
(Boing Boing) Cool Gallery of 101 vintage computer ads (54)
(PCWorld) Amusing For another year, Microsoft leads in patch repor...what? Are you sure? Oh man, the fanboys aren't going to like that (50)
(Daily Mail) Cool This is what an ordinary day in Britain looks like. As seen from space (28)
(Product news) Followup That DNS fix? Not so much, actually (32)
(Guardian.com) Interesting School robots divide experts over teaching of phonics, search for Sarah Connor after class (33)
(Science Daily) Sad Newly-discovered monkey species already critically endangered, with 1100 left occupying 7 square miles. Kipungi (20)
(The Register) Stupid MIT students prove that subway RFID payment cards are insecure. Government responds with lawsuit to prevent students from telling anybody (56)
(This... is... NOTTINGHAM!) Hero Scientists work to genetically engineer animals that taste better. Suck it, PETA (58)
(USA Today) Dumbass I want a new drug. One that don't make me click (103)
(Daily Record (UK)) Interesting Save the planet: Eet Mor Kangaroo (30)
(The Sun) Ironic Popular fertility drug found to make women less fertile (22)
(News.com.au) Obvious Ecstasy helps us deal with drunks, say cops (101)

Fri August 08, 2008
(NPR) Cool What actually goes on at atheist summer camps (414)
(National Geographic) Obvious Due to climate change, rain is getting heavier, and Leon's getting lllaaarrrger (29)
(Science Daily) Ironic Study promoting physical activity to take place entirely within Second Life (19)
(Network World) Cool Get a load of the lunar lander model that Mythbusters will use to pown moon-hoax loonies (118)
(CNN) Strange EA doesn't rush and release a buggy Dark Knight game along with the movie, confusing the entire industry (107)
(PhysOrg.com) Interesting Scientists working on generating electricity using kites. Bonus: Project lead is named Wubbo (23)
(Jalopnik) Cool Transformers "concept car" revealed as the "Corvette Centennial Concept" (49)
(LA Times) Followup Eight new contenders for the 'Biggest Douche in the Universe' title have John Edwards looking nervous (51)
(SearchSecurity) Obvious Vista's security rendered completely useless. Wait... hasn't it always been? (62)
(News.com.au) Spiffy Scientists map 38,000-year-old mitochondrial DNA of a Neanderthal, but I bet the poor bastard still gets stuck with child-support payments (44)
(Wired) Cool Old and busted: Electric cars. New hotness: Electric planes (33)
(YouTube) Video World's roundest object created by a bunch of squares (33)

Thu August 07, 2008
(New Scientist) Obvious Neanderthal genome analysis reveals interesting fact: Since they lived in the time before alcohol, humans never banged them (37)
(Network World) Interesting Phishers are lazy: How it's easy to find their stolen data (10)
(Breitbart.com) Cool Anyone who has September 10th as the day the Earth becomes a huge black hole you better try collecting your prize this month before it happens (102)
(Engadget) Cool New mouse with built in heart monitor, which will undoubtedly be used to surf for porn, brings the term "beats per minute" to entirely new level (14)
(Wired) Interesting MIT researchers discover that we can cut fuel consumption by 50% in 25 years by doing sensible things, like inflating our tires (85)
(Kansas City) Followup Sprint/Nextel customers might soon be writing their checks to "Google Wireless." Assuming of course Sprint/Nextel customers actually start to pay their bills (38)
(Wired) Amusing Top ten things not to type in your Facebook status update. Submitter is: in his bunk with a bowl of Jell-o. Voting enabled, submit other ideas (462)
(BBC) Stupid Man with tattoos gets turned away from club, sets up Facebook group in protest. This is news? (210)
(Some Guy) Obvious Mexican scientists to lure 2,000 sharks to the coast with food to better understand why sharks come to the coast and associate food with humans (42)
(Live Science) Spiffy Scientists create world's thinnest balloon. World's thinnest party hat still in developmental stages (20)
(CBS News) Interesting Increase in foreclosures causes West Nile virus to become more potent. Whaaaa? (19)
(TechEBlog) Amusing What the duct tape wallet wants to be when it gets recycled (25)
(Some Guy) Scary Cancer might evolve to become contagious. EVERYBODY PANIC (152)
(BBC) Spiffy 25 year old Dutch schoolteacher finds a weird object in space. It's being called "Hanny's Voorwerp", but it's no voorwerp I've ever seen (I've seen four; two in real life). I think it looks like Trogdor (45)
(Discovery Channel) Amusing 25 of the dirtiest jobs in science. Yes, biology teacher in Kansas is on the list (44)
(MSNBC) Ironic France may levy tax on rich and fatty foods in order to avoid wave of American-style child obesity. GO USA (34)
(retrothing.com) Interesting A 1978 advertisement for General Electric's widescreen television and Enola Gay-sized VHS recorder. Although the unit is turned off, you can still see the shadows of several dozen orphans pressed hammering against the inside of the screen (37)
(YouTube) Cool Understanding the tenth dimension. Doc Emmett Brown, Kurt Vonnegut wanted for questioning (77)
(Pravda) PSA Massive explosion of one of Jupiter's largest moons will lead to nuclear winters on Earth (43)
(CNN) Interesting Dim economy drives women to donate eggs for profit. No penis (19)
(CNN) Weeners Newly discovered flaw in the Internet's core infrastructure permits hackers to force people to visit Web sites they didn't want to. Hey, what's up with that tag? I know nothing about it (28)

Wed August 06, 2008
(Some Guy) Interesting Google launches free music search in China. Surprisingly, the classic hit, "All Of Your Human Rights Are Being Violated By Your Tyrannical Communist Government" doesn't make the list (10)
(Guardian.com) Unlikely Stupidest question of the week: "Should videogaming be made an Olympic sport?" (55)
(YouTube) Video "Aw yeah, I'm about to drop some particle physics in da club. The LHC is supa-dupa fly, y'know what I'm sayin?" (30)
(Minneapolis Star Tribune) Sad Mayo Clinic says early indicators of Alzheimer's are more common than previously thought. Also finds that early indicators of Alzheimer's are more common than previously thought (20)
(Tech Digest) Cool Old & busted: homemade Batman's tumbler. New hotness: homemade A-team van...and it's for hire (64)
(Phone News) Interesting The FCC's recent ruling against Comcast may have also won an unintended victory: Wireless carriers may now be prohibited from disabling phone features such as Bluetooth or phone-as-modem (32)
(Gizmodo) Obvious This just in: Macs are more expensive than PC's (214)
(AP) Scary CDC says average ER wait time nearly an hour. Subby wants to know where it is that low (275)
(AP) Amusing Mummy fetuses in King Tut's tomb may be his children, or simply snacks (74)
(CrunchGear) Cool Man builds Batman's Tumbler in his garage. With pic (44)
(Pure Music Group) Amusing From the PT Barnum files: Acoustic system phase correctors for the audiophile in your life (114)
(New Scientist) Cool If you thought giant viruses that blur the line between life and non-life were cool wait till you check this out: those viruses can get infected... by other viruses. Looks like it is viruses all the way down (37)
(MSNBC) Amusing Amateur astronomer finds Space Ghost. Brak, Thorak, Moltar still missing (57)
(EITB24) Interesting Britain unveils new map to help battle for Arctic territories (22)
(Herald-Leader) Unlikely Asteroid mining "X" seminar features discussions on mining in space, challenges in losing one's virginity before age 40 (162)
(Huffington Post) Stupid Have an iPhone? Have $1000? The obvious thing to do is buy an app that does nothing but show a red gem on the screen (56)
(Newsday) Asinine Cablevision is the latest company to block those awful kiddie-porn infested newsgroups such as alt.religion.christianity (56)
(FQXi) Cool Why will the Large Hadron Collider will be shut down before it even starts running? Backwards time ripples from the future (117)
(The Register) PSA "SCIENCE QUALITY WARNING: The chance that we are following this correctly is roughly equivalent to that of a man with no arms throwing a handful of jelly through a falling doughnut at 50 yards without touching the sides" (36)
(Mark's Technology News) Interesting Nissan unveils electric vehicle for 2010 which will have twice the power of current models. Clearly, the money hasn't been spent on aesthetics (48)
(TechEBlog) Cool It's called "kiting," and it could be part of the solution to our energy needs (64)
(BBC) Sappy Yawning is known to be contagious in humans but now scientists have shown that pet dogs can catch a yawn, too. With video of a yawning human, then a yawning dog. You're yawning right now, aren't you? (32)
(Some Guy) Video Experience the Tail Cam of a A380 (42)
(Rocky Mountain News) Cool Colorado's total potential for solar power generation could send 223 people back to the future (39)
(chronicle.com) Obvious How our modern culture keeps students away from science: "We just don't challenge kids with hard stuff like trig anymore, preferring that they have self-esteem, which qualifies them to have just gotten laid off by Starbucks" (188)
(Some Dubai) Cool The Emirates Airbus A380 from the inside. If you have to ask how much a ticket costs, you'll never, ever fly on this plane (54)

Tue August 05, 2008
(Some Guy) Scary First look at Marvel Comics' adaptation of Stephen King's "The Stand." Don't fear the reaper (148)
(Valleywag) Sappy Google employee uses Google Street View to propose (21)
(New Scientist) Dumbass Scientists -- the same ones claiming global warming is happening -- claim they've found 700-degree water coming from a vent in the ocean. Yeah, so, uh, why doesn't it boil? (141)
(Some Researcher) Obvious You can add a 7 day workweek to the list of things that would help you lose weight that you're totally unwilling to do (26)
(Some Guy) Interesting 1 IN 4 SOLDIERS IN WAR ZONES FOUND TO HAVE SUFFERED HEARING LOSS. 'Obvious' TAG SURRENDERS (19)
(Ars Technica) Followup The stuff NASA found on Mars that was a sign of life, then not a sign of life, then a chemical that excludes the possibility of life is actually something else, but they're not sure what (31)
(UGO) Cool Exclusive new details on next Grand Theft Auto game: CHINATOWN WARS (67)
(RedditAll) Amusing What better way to let CERN know we trust them and their large hadron collider than by sending them a wrecking bar so Gordan Freeman can save us all when it goes kablooey? (75)
(National Weather Service) Amusing Ever wonder why some clouds aren't white? Maybe an MS Paint graphic from a government agency will clear things up for you (scroll to bottom) (69)
(Topless Robot) Amusing The Ten Stupidest Things in Dungeons and Dragons. (Only Ten?) (171)
(Science Daily) Interesting Low testosterone makes you fat, says skinny scientist (38)
(EcoGeek) Cool IPhone 3G goes solar-powered with new case. Charge of $29.99 for sunlight quickly added to monthly bill (17)
(Tor Books) Interesting The Fermi Paradox: If aliens do indeed exist, where are they? Science fiction writers may have the answer (241)
(Daily Mail) Unlikely New pill may make Britons stop binge drinking. The pill is called unlikelyadone and is made by Magical Faery Pharmaceuticals in Imaginationland (77)
(BBC) Interesting They warned us this would happen: Korean scientists clone booger (43)
(Silicon Alley Insider) Unlikely Steve Jobs comes thiiiis close to confessing that Microsoft made MobileMe for him (26)
(London Times) Stupid Latest dumb fad to hit Los Angeles: "anti-social networking." Involves using services like Slydial to only give the "illusion" that you want to stay in touch with someone. Yes, they even created a service for this (35)
(AP) Interesting Doctors asked to stop screening patients over 75 for prostate cancer, as poking an old man's anus is liable to do more harm than good (33)
(Reuters) Obvious Mars lander discovers the red planet would kill us if it had the chance (50)
(Some Malware Detector) Strange It's not news, it's CNN. No, wait, it's actually malware spam (13)
(TechEBlog) Cool Company unveils world's first multi-touch, 3D hologram system (38)
(Gizmodo) Interesting From the "Life Imitates Star Trek" Files: the Air Force wants a holodeck (38)

Mon August 04, 2008
(Engadget) Asinine Nissan making an "eco-friendly" gas pedal that pushes back if you drive too fast. It's like reverse cruise control. Cruise control that can cause you rear end the car in front of you (74)
(Daily Mail) Interesting GTA pulled from shelves after teen kills taxi driver "to see if it was as easy as in the game" (331)
(BBC) Interesting Who knew "Big Brother" could be so eerily beautiful? (25)
(SMH) Interesting Could the Phoenix lander have found a big fat pile of steaming crap? (51)
(Live Science) Interesting Soon to be a show on FOX: Are you smarter than a worm? (21)
(Some Guy) Sad Two breast-implant companies report the biggest drop in breast augmentation surgery in recent mammary (49)
(Metro) Interesting "Evolution suggests humans should be good at dodging dangerous projectiles but we are actually very bad at it. Our judgment is skewed by experience of slow-paced everyday situations, which cause the brain to react sluggishly" (69)
(Reuters) Scary French oysters are being decimated by a herpes virus. Sales of tiny oyster condoms skyrocket (25)
(Discover) Cool Phil, the bad astronomer, blogger and fellow Farker is now president of the James Randi Educational Foundation. Congratulations (155)
(Some Survivalist) Cool For those times when you descend from your persistant state of panic: The Global Disease Alert map (21)
(DailyWTF) Amusing Best traffic enforcement camera photo you'll see all day (49)
(Reuters) Stupid "Grand Theft Auto" sales halted after murder in Bangkok. Jack Thompson seen translating his BS into Thai (37)
(Silicon Alley Insider) Interesting CEO of failed search startup Cuil: "The fact that it works at all is a kind of a miracle" (53)
(The Sun) Amusing Global warming is real, and existed back in 1730 (53)
(BBC) Dumbass "The Earth is, more or less, a disc," he states. "It is around 24,900 miles in diameter." And the BBC is more than happy to give them publicity (597)
(Daily Mail) Silly Apple is planning to release an iPhone nano for Christmas, which will come with a free iPen and iMagnifying-Glass [citation required] (31)
(Scientific American) PSA Most people have to be drunk to put up with top 40 music (184)
(Gizmodo) Stupid AT&T all but confirms iPhone exclusivity extended until 2010 (35)
(News Tribune) Followup How genome-tracking technology ultimately led anthrax investigators directly to Bruce Ivins (13)
(Sky News) Silly Users of tween social networking site Bebo have been given the opportunity to send a message into outer space. ZOMG HAV U RLY GOT A GRN HED (12)
(Wired) Spiffy San Francisco's world-famous cable cars: 135 years old and still going strong. Enjoy this behind-the-scenes photo gallery of a true 19th century marvel (32)
(Daily Mail) Interesting Subjects of British nanny state shocked, SHOCKED, to find that health officials want to put fluoride in the drinking water to halt tooth decay (183)
(The Sun) Sad An elephant may never forget, but you might have to forget about elephants surviving past 2020 (143)

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