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Sun July 19, 2009

Source	Fark Headline		Comments
		Nothing says "celebrate the 40th anniversary of the moon landing" like a clogged toilet on the space shuttle (google.com)	(119)
		New company sells "buyback" plans for your electronics: you pay for a plan and they promise to buy your gadget six months later at half price. Kinda like Craigslist, but stupid (boston.com)	(44)
		So hey, whatever happened with all that Y2K business anyway? (straightdope.com)	(80)
		10 gaming gadgets that will make us hurt ourselves (wired.com)	(33)
		"At age 78, some things about current society irritate me, such as the adulation of celebrities and inflation of heroism" - Michael Collins, the forgotten hero of Apollo 11 (guardian.co.uk)	(45)
		No-melt chocolate created by the Swiss (guardian.co.uk)	(28)
		HD-DVD is so dead that Toshiba is releasing a Blu ray player (gizmodo.com)	(106)
		Scientists and children whip out their big magnifying glasses to search for ant not seen for 55 years (upi.com)	(8)
		Do not try this yourself. I am an expert (youtube.com)	(78)

Sat July 18, 2009

	Oh my God, it looks like a huge (space.com)	(76)
	This stuff is far...far, far, far away (youtube.com)	(49)
	ABC News asks the most frightening question of the modern era: "Is a 'zombie' cell phone network coming?" EVERYBODY PANIC (abcnews.go.com)	(31)
	A car the blind can drive? It's more likely than you think. (Already in use in Maryland) (upi.com)	(38)
	Neil Armstrong: "We should go back to the moon and establish a base of operations for further space exploration." Buzz Aldrin: "F*ck all that, it's time for Mars, biatch" (telegraph.co.uk)	(102)
	If playing WoW on one screen just isn't enough, add four more (techeblog.com)	(78)
(Naked Scientists)	Very smart people talking about very complicated subjects. I feel smarter, yet infinitely stupider for having visited (thenakedscientists.com)	(46)
	New study on spam shows that 12% of the people on the net are complete blithering idiots, penis (consumerist.com)	(49)
	Worlds oldest puffin still puffin' aged 34 (news.bbc.co.uk)	(13)
(Some Guy)	Why the theories of creationism and evolution can exist side by side (belfasttelegraph.co.uk)	(301)
	"Buzz Aldrin was a firm Presbyterian Christian and had communion on the Moon. However it was kept secret from the public as Nasa was fighting a lawsuit by atheist Madalyn Murray O'Hair" (dailymail.co.uk)	(94)

Fri July 17, 2009

(Forces of geek)	Shiny metal ass bitten, Futurama slated for recast with lesser paid actors (forcesofgeek.com)	(196)
	There is no 1984 on your Kindle; there has never been any 1984 on your Kindle. Double-plus-ungood (pogue.blogs.nytimes.com)	(187)
	Scientists discover moths capable of jamming bat sonar. The bats didn't see that one coming (npr.org)	(18)
	NASA tells astronauts not to worry, those dings will buff right out (cnn.com)	(105)
	It just wouldn't be Friday if CNN didn't cover how we never landed on the moon (cnn.com)	(175)
	Microsoft-Yahoo search merger, which was on, then off, then on, then off, then on, then off, then on, then off, then on, then off is now on again. Bada-Bing, bye bye Bing (theregister.co.uk)	(63)
	"And verily did Bill Gates sayeth to the hurricane, 'Calm your ass down, hurricane' ...... and it was so" (usatoday.com)	(116)
	Veterinarians offer contact lenses for animals. Your dog wants 20/20 vision (breitbart.com)	(37)
	New drug offers radiation protection in event of a nuclear attack. As long as you're sitting in the refrigerator when you take it (upi.com)	(55)
	Men will soon be able to buy get-me-off-the-hook DNA paternity tests over the counter (thesun.co.uk)	(302)
(Some Guy)	Jellyfish invade beaches in Wales in what authorities call a spineless attack (newswales.co.uk)	(19)
	Recipient of world's first double hand transplant says he longs to feel wife's touch, breasts again (dailymail.co.uk)	(37)
	Alzheimer's gene may impair middle-aged memory, may also impair middle-aged memory (cnn.com)	(25)
	Q: Why do dogs bark so much. A: Steak (sciencedaily.com)	(20)

Thu July 16, 2009

	Scientists figure out why weiner dogs have short legs. Still no cure for cancer (timesonline.co.uk)	(91)
(Some Guy)	"New WiFi hat will make you king of the geeks." And I don't think anyone's gonna argue with that statement (dvice.com)	(30)
	NASA: Um, yeah about the original moon landing tapes. We sorta, "lost" those. But look, we DO have these "newly restored" videos (foxnews.com)	(455)
(Some Guy)	Old and busted: sexual harrassment. New hotness: textual harrassment (law.com)	(84)
(Some Guy)	The best reason to avoid goat penis while in Vietnam you'll see all day (thanhniennews.com)	(89)
	Facebook found to be in breach of Canadian privacy laws, even though company argues Dougie should have just put that picture of him and moose behind his privacy settings (cbc.ca)	(26)
	Millions of objects in the asteroid belt may actually be icy bodies that moved there from the Kuiper Belt and ruined the neighborhood with their loud music and parties (newscientist.com)	(20)
	Boston Craigslist killer needs to hire Virginia Craigslist killer's defense attorney (myfoxdc.com)	(34)
	LF6M DPS for KOOP25. PST with achiev. no retnubs (cracked.com)	(133)
	Six private yachts transited the Northwest Passage last summer, which is six more ships than crossed it from 1851 to Amunson's three year trip in 1903-1906. Scary tag is for the next 150 years (ft.com)	(259)
	Element 112 officially named Copernicium (Cp), which means we need to rework the Elements Song again (news.bbc.co.uk)	(94)
	Within a year, most news sites will be charging for Web content. Which its subscribers can enjoy anytime, whether at home or riding their flying unicorn to their $100-an-hour job at the green energy plant (guardian.co.uk)	(97)
	When is a science exam not a science exam? When it's a nanny state science exam (news.bbc.co.uk)	(65)
(Some Guy)	Angry comic book fan demands answers to why Black Glove knows Bruce Wayne is dead in a new issue, because he really shouldn't. "Who does D.C. think there writing for 5 yr. olds" (comicbookmovie.com)	(164)
(Some Guy)	Why we need to launch a cyberattack against Florida (scienceblogs.com)	(16)
	Why is the space shuttle launched from the only state with its own Fark tag? Article says not for political reasons. Unlikely tag begs to differ (scientificamerican.com)	(235)
	Scientists admit they're wrong about global warming, even though they risk being lynched by the kind of climate change zealots who make atheists look positively rational by comparison (blogs.usatoday.com)	(263)
	Sony's entire 1976 lineup in one photo (gizmodo.com)	(27)
(Some Guy)	Apple demands that they stop being featured in Microsoft's bangbus ads (macrumors.com)	(198)
	Mobile phones, which caused cancer, then didn't cause cancer, then caused cancer, then didn't cause cancer, then caused cancer, then caused cancer, then didn't cause cancer, now cause cancer. EVERYBODY PANIC (upi.com)	(70)
	Old and busted: Count your blessings. New hotness: Count your Benjamins (sciencedaily.com)	(6)
	Everybody should have a car horn audible from nine miles away (techeblog.com)	(52)
(paidcontent)	Comcast launches new broadband video service for its subscribers, now with comcastic number of unskippable video ads inserted (paidcontent.org)	(128)
	If you're looking for a group of people to make a perfect scientific sample, then there's nun better (thelocal.de)	(10)

Wed July 15, 2009

	Scientists discover satellites took photos of tsunami in 2004. Fat lot of good it does now (pic) (uk.reuters.com)	(37)
	GO (nasa.gov)	(146)
	New iTunes update kills Palm Pre synching (engadget.com)	(132)
(SpaceVidCast)	Will the 5th time be the charm for STS-127? Endeavour attempts to foil the weather again at 6:03pm EDT. LGT HD stream (spacevidcast.com)	(164)
(Rocket Science)	Spider that looks like an ant to avoid being eaten by spiders so that it itself can eat spiders recently discovered. Wait, what? (scienceblogs.com)	(33)
	Nerd scientists finally confirm what nerds have known all along: Nerds live longer than jocks. Nerds (timesonline.co.uk)	(92)
	If a mac phone also lie with windows, as he lieth with a unix derivative, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be wiped by Gutmann; their blood shall be upon them (gizmodo.com)	(71)

Tue July 14, 2009

	ProTip #134. "The lavatory is not your personal conference room." (abcnews.go.com)	(38)
(Some Ghoul)	Final installment of "Fallout 3" DLC becomes available August 3, ensuring you will not go outside and play at all this summer (shacknews.com)	(204)
	Scientists have trained a monkey to move a robot using only his mind. The only practical use for this is...you guessed it....monkey controlled helper robots (news.sky.com)	(39)
	State Department employee: "Can we use Firefox instead of IE?" Bureaucrat: "It costs too much to switch." Employee: "Uh..." (boingboing.net)	(206)
(Some Guy)	Italian financial police use Google Earth to catch tax cheats (italymag.co.uk)	(18)
	Scientists announce discovery of 400 million year old penis, say it was the hardest thing they've ever done (dsc.discovery.com)	(72)
	Why recycling plastics is bad for the environment (physorg.com)	(75)
	10 weird ways to distribute music. Armpit farting not listed (wired.com)	(32)
	AP sues online news aggregator and wins (wired.com)	(72)
(Inquisitr)	You're in the middle of a bank robbery, do you a) call the cops, or b) post about it on Twitter? (inquisitr.com)	(70)
(Some Skeptic)	Remember that story about monkeys on a calorie restricted diet living longer than other monkeys? Turns out it's only true if you ignore the actual number of deaths (junkfoodscience.blogspot.com)	(91)
	Smaller breasts? More muscles? Less midriff? No guns? Pants? Tomb Raider Reboot in the Works (wired.com)	(109)
	Three Reasons Why U.S. Cyber Security Sucks (wired.com)	(39)
	Hundred-million-dollar ad campaign? Bing. Raised brand awareness? Bing. People still like Google better? BING (businessinsider.com)	(100)
	Scientists at Stark Industries discover two light beams became out of phase with one another create a "repulsive force," hope to find some innovative, handy use for the technology (livescience.com)	(61)
	What kind of a company would consider 250 Twitter followers a job qualification? Welcome to Best Buy (networkworld.com)	(19)
	If you want more privacy on the internet, you should tell people who you are (theregister.co.uk)	(21)
(Some Guy)	"The infants consumed significantly more and sucked more frequently when drinking the alcohol-flavored milk compared with the unaltered milk." Your baby wants a white russian (ncbirofl.com)	(25)
	Girl with two hearts reaches age 16; is eager to test for her TARDIS license (news.bbc.co.uk)	(42)
	Slime mold displays surprising degree of intelligence, ponders 2012 presidential bid (discovermagazine.com)	(103)
(Some Volvo Guy)	Confirmation of a new Porsche station wagon* comes from a video game. *Eye bleach is included in the convenience package, $6,565 (autoblog.com)	(87)

Mon July 13, 2009

	Facebook employees offered $100 million for their shares. To put this in perspective, Fark makes more in profit than Facebook (bloomberg.com)	(93)
	Trucker tries his luck on his Truckin' Luck boardgame. Bacon Approved (azcentral.com)	(23)
	The Mars rover devours the budget and threatens other space missions. This is what you can expect when you have Chrysler make a rover (nature.com)	(50)
	Toshiba introduces world's fastest GSM smartphone. Still no cure for AT&T's network (theinquirer.net)	(36)
	Six. Six cores in my AMD processor. Ah ah ah ah (theinquirer.net)	(117)
	NASA already planning 2016 de-orbit of International Space Station, making room for the 100 million $100 bills they will just shoot into space to replace it (washingtonpost.com)	(149)
(SpaceX)	Today's second chance at rocket failure brought to you by SpaceX. Their Falcon 1 (25% success rate) launches today. Webcast begins at 6:40pm EDT. LGT stream (spacex.com)	(184)
(Science Blog)	How your cat manipulates you into celebrating Caturday (scienceblog.com)	(168)
	Despite Microsoft's resounding success with Vista, 60% of companies plan to skip Windows 7 (tech.yahoo.com)	(182)
	'Whistling deer' blamed for mountain rescue false alarms (news.bbc.co.uk)	(59)
(SpaceVidCast)	From the lets-try-this-again Department: Attempt 5 of the launch of Endeavour on STS-127 today at 6:51pm EDT. LGT to HD stream (spacevidcast.com)	(106)
	Hackers who commandeer your computer are bad enough. Now scientists worry that someday, they'll try to take over your brain (cnn.com)	(257)
(Some Guy)	You might have never seen an ant this upclose (gigapan.org)	(49)
(Bad Moon Rising)	If Robert MacNamara died 46 years ago instead of last week, we would have had THIS baby up in space. Suck it CCCP (deepcold.com)	(69)
	Skinbook is a new social networking site for nudists who pelt like they couldn't bare Facebook. Offers them the chance not to hide, but rather slough off the husk of oppression along with their coats. Epidermis (metro.co.uk)	(43)