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Sun June 28, 2009

Source	Fark Headline		Comments
(Some Guy)		RIAA forced to settle lawsuit against defendant who didn't own a PC (p2pnet.net)	(30)
		Ever wanted to see an F-18 at full power ingesting a hunk of metal? Here you go (youtube.com)	(124)
		The next iPhone killer? the PSP... Playstation Phone (news.cnet.com)	(63)
		Scientists determine the only thing in the world more annoying than a screaming baby is a screaming baby monkey (news.yahoo.com)	(33)
		Time Warner once again wants to charge you for what you get free already (cnn.com)	(56)
(Some Guy)		Ham radio operators show their skills, and tell you why they'll be the only voices in a post-apocalyptic world (tricities.com)	(42)
		Three years ago, Netflix created a $1M prize for a better movie recommendation algorithm. Today, seven nerds have emerged from their moms' basements to claim that prize (wired.com)	(41)
		Australia's mandatory online content filter might make it illegal to play online games like Second Life or World of Warcraft. Remember the thin end of the wedge? Ah, the good old days (smh.com.au)	(34)
		NASA discovers lost tapes of the first moon landing (express.co.uk)	(247)
		Study shows from the soaring heights of the lesbian albatross pairs to the bi-curious blowholes of the cruising dolphins, nearly every type of animal engages in same-gender sexual behavior (contracostatimes.com)	(74)

Sat June 27, 2009

	Latest health risk from farmed fish? Mad cow disease (boston.com)	(23)
	Owls seen as solution to rat infestation in Laos. YA RLY (upi.com)	(24)
	Why your dog eats cat poop, likes to stick his head out the car window, chews your shoes and wants steak (examiner.com)	(45)
(Some Guy)	After conquering chess, scientists now invent robots that are unbeatable at rock, paper scissors (w/ vid) (robots.net)	(34)
	The best WWII era explanation of how a differential works you'll see all afternoon (youtube.com)	(63)
	The new Apple iPhone 3GS is so hot that.....its overheating (pcworld.com)	(84)
(Some Guy)	Are you a nerd and want to freak everyone out at your next Halloween party? (gekko.orconhosting.net.nz)	(40)
	World's largest vaccination program being planned this fall to fight swine flu by scientists who are apparently bored with giving us all autism with regular vaccines (redorbit.com)	(39)
	Meh: German scientists have managed to build a radio transmitter. Spiffy: To track butterflies (thelocal.de)	(22)
	Study finds smoking takes 15 years off the average smoker's life. Fortunately, they're all the years at the end (3news.co.nz)	(86)

Fri June 26, 2009

	Scientists unveil plans for world's largest telescope, so powerful that it can see back in time 6,000 years when the universe was created (timesonline.co.uk)	(74)
	Pigeons "make good art critics", presumably because all they ever do is shiat all over everything, just like real critics (dsc.discovery.com)	(16)
(Some Guy)	"We're not trying to ram a nuclear power plant down people's throats -- they're really big and won't fit" (thestarphoenix.com)	(17)
	Earliest two-wheeled vehicles found, dating back to 6,000 years ago, which begs the question: What does God need with a chariot? (dsc.discovery.com)	(44)
	In world of PCs, calculators, and relaxed public-school standards, parents increasingly send children to abacus school to sharpen their math skills (search.japantimes.co.jp)	(22)
	Everybody knows the Germans make good stuff. In this case, a stealth fighter, in 1944 (news.nationalgeographic.com)	(96)
	Scientists armed with a microscope and two worms manage to prove that your wife isn't the only one who just lies there during sex (newscientist.com)	(45)
	Swiss team unveils solar-powered plane, plan on testing starting tonight (hosted.ap.org)	(34)
	I have no idea what you're talking about, so here's a pigeon with a GPS module super glued to its head (newscientist.com)	(18)
	You know how people sometimes get in trouble for pointing a laser pointer at planes passing in the sky? Well, it turns out some aliens may have been pointing one at Earth (theaustralian.news.com.au)	(142)
(Some Can Man)	Things you can do with an empty can. Obvious: weed pipe. Not so obvious: awesome long-exposure pinhole camera (asu.cas.cz)	(98)
	New eye scanning security software means the contents of your screen are only visible to you. Anyone else sees scrambled gibberish, maybe a schooner (baltimoresun.com)	(45)
	Windows 7 pricing announced. Be the first on your block to crash your system (pc.ign.com)	(307)
	While it may be the most expensive heating system ever devised, it CAN perform 10 trillion calculations a second (networkworld.com)	(41)
(Some Guy)	You're doing WHAT with that array of capacitors? Cool... kind of useless, but still cool (intellectualventureslab.com)	(78)

Thu June 25, 2009

	All those frogs being born with missing or deformed limbs that raised fears about pollution and UV rays? Yeah, about that (news.bbc.co.uk)	(155)
	Sports drinks used by professional athletes not as effective as chocolate milk. Amateurs can now milk their way to a pro state (guardian.co.uk)	(49)
	Telescope finds space blobs are pubescent galaxies, is promptly arrested in sting operation (news.yahoo.com)	(15)
	$20 says the designer of this robot is a tentacle porn fanatic (quite SFW) (youtube.com)	(37)
	Solar power plant in space set to beam down energy from the heavens. It's like giving God a magnifying glass at noon (hardware.slashdot.org)	(79)
	It turns out most every technology "is like crack" (networkworld.com)	(27)
	Fish in acidic waters grow biggers ears. In other news, fish have ears (news.yahoo.com)	(16)
	E3- Best Wii games aren't available yet. Looks like you'll have to keep playing with yourself (gametrailers.com)	(91)
	And the winner of today's "What could possibly go wrong?" sweepstakes is: Robots with a taste for animal flesh (newscientist.com)	(43)
	A skeptic's guide to critical thinking, the Baloney Detection Kit, by Michael Shermer of Skeptic Magazine (boingboing.net)	(138)
	Going grey might help your anatomy (thestar.com)	(33)
	From the "Like it really matters department;" you're an orangutan, not a chimpanzee or gorilla (abc2news.com)	(84)
	Kid builds roller coaster in backyard, calls it Exscream (techeblog.com)	(84)
	Parents unaware of the concepts of a "web browser" and "parental controls", furious at new iPhone application which might allow their precious snowflakes to see pictures of naked bodies (dailymail.co.uk)	(82)
(Some Stop Motion Guy)	Possibly the coolest calender you will see today, at least until its farked (uniqlo.com)	(35)
(Some Guy)	Here's a new invention to avoid getting your foot stabbed in the dark by a british electrical plug. No really (thelondonpaper.com)	(50)
	Hackers messing around with others websites now have romantic name: 'hacktivists'. Eventually they will be recognized for what they are: 'asshativists' (wbbm780.com)	(54)
	I'm extiiiiinct / I'm EXTIIIIIINCT / Suck my DIIIIICK / I'M EXTIIIIIINCT (news.bbc.co.uk)	(210)
	World's oldest musical instrument found: a vulture-bone flute, which plays "I'm Bringing Home a Baby Bumblebee." (news.bbc.co.uk)	(40)

Wed June 24, 2009

(Some Guy)	PayPal survey reveals the reason why the majority of people abandon their online shopping carts is when they find out about the rip-off shipping charges during checkout (newswire.ca)	(141)
	In an attempt to add more realism to the game, the titular character of Max Payne 3 will be a bald security guard with a beer belly. No, really (g4tv.com)	(71)
(Some Guy)	When architects critique video game levels (architectsjournal.co.uk)	(66)
	New notebook was tested in a unsafe enclosure in the SF zoo (gizmodo.com)	(60)
	Text messaging leads to stabbing. Finally (indystar.com)	(143)
	AT&T furiously demands rights to sell the Palm Pre, arguing that wireless exclusivity deals are anti-consumer and anti-competitive (news.cnet.com)	(88)
(Carlos Labs)	Ever wondered what would happen if a nuclear weapon detonated in your, or someone else's, city? Well, wonder no more (carloslabs.com)	(163)
	BZZZZZT (about 3 hours ago from tub) (ca.tech.yahoo.com)	(183)
	British scientists one step closer to powering your flux capacitor (dailymail.co.uk)	(39)
	Women look away from defective babies more than men...meaning that they are either insensitive, or that men like trainwrecks more than women (news.yahoo.com)	(80)

Tue June 23, 2009

	When your business model relies on "people (that) have more money than brains," it's best not to state that in an interview (tech.yahoo.com)	(62)
	Guy uses new "find my iPhone" feature to track, recover lost/stolen iPhone in hilarious fashion (businessinsider.com)	(92)
	Scientists discover that the meaty outer shell of unborn babies is a much richer source of stem cells than the crunchy insides (ctv.ca)	(51)
	Whale watching is worth billions. Unfortunately, so does the industry that's killing off all the whales. You guys see where this is going, right? ROBOT WHALE FIGHT (news.bbc.co.uk)	(51)
(Broadcasting and Cable)	SyFy is giving away free Wyfy in a stunt that makes you hope the channel will DyFy (broadcastingcable.com)	(126)
	Japan unveils emotive robot. First pic shows "Disgust". They're doing it wrong (telegraph.co.uk)	(83)
	In their never-ending attempt to prevent us from stacking our elderly up like cordwood, Boston Scientific invents some heart doohickey that will keep people alive long after they serve any useful purpose (marketwatch.com)	(48)
	Sea turtle that lost flippers to shark attack fitted with artificial flippers so it can be attacked by shark again (mdn.mainichi.jp)	(20)
	Indian CEO says most US tech grads are unemployable, have unintelligible accents, smell like beef stew (news.slashdot.org)	(120)
	Tough times in Tron (wired.com)	(59)
	News: New Doctor Who Matt Smith's first appearance as the Doctor will be in a special this November featuring all eleven Doctors. Fark: Even the dead ones (telegraph.co.uk)	(127)
	You got bacteria and you got a magnet, if bacteria is hungry it will eat a rabbit. Magnet made of metal, bacteria made of MEAT (gizmodo.com)	(72)
	The invention of agriculture was "he worst mistake in human history", according to an academic who has clearly never heard of Beer (telegraph.co.uk)	(198)
	NASA to stream live footage of the alien moonbase at 8:20pm EST tonight (cnn.com)	(47)

Mon June 22, 2009

	7 man-made substances that laugh in the face of physics (cracked.com)	(112)
	Scientists find that eating pine nuts may temporarily destroy your sense of taste. Possibly sheds new light on why Scary Movie sequels make $50 million in their first week (consumerist.com)	(45)
	New analysis of human genome shows we fit into three distinct groups, though we're all pretty much just wankers (washingtonpost.com)	(45)
	Coolest picture of a volcano eruption you'll see today (earthobservatory.nasa.gov)	(32)
	Maybe now's not a great time to spend $95 million on a new printing press (businessinsider.com)	(29)
	Work starts on New Mexico spaceport (news.bbc.co.uk)	(44)
	You gonna get...a genetic advantage? (newsweek.com)	(102)
	New study shows great white sharks hunt prey like Hannibal Lecter. Still not as scary as their singing, though (hosted.ap.org)	(32)
	Paleoclimatologists discover that modern glaciers "are capable of undergoing periods of rapid shrinkage". Well, it does get awfully cold up there (physorg.com)	(36)
	NASA farked. Rocket scientists finally slip up and forget to shop out the wires. Where's your moon landing now? (antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov)	(40)
(Spiteful Critic)	Betting on the Zune is like betting on a three-legged horse with an erection, but I've got a thing for the underdog (spitefulcritic.com)	(153)