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Sun March 21, 2010

Source	Fark Headline		Comments
		We all know that The Internet supports terrorism. Now it is actively trying to destroy the planet. Will no one save us from this diabolical scourge? (news.yahoo.com)	(12)
		Black holes now come in different shapes. EVERYBODY PANIC (technologyreview.com)	(27)
		Acupuncture may be useful in treating joint destruction, multi-organ failure, flesh-eating disease, and paralysis. And by "treating" I mean "causing" (news.bbc.co.uk)	(85)
(Pop Rox Nation)		Star Wars fans create cooler stuff than what Lucasfilm licensing can ever dream up (poproxnation.thekartel.com)	(41)
		"The only way we can see to build the next generation of X-ray lasers is by using diamond crystals." "If at first you don't succeed Mr. Kidd...? Try, try again, Mr. Wint" (abcnews.go.com)	(49)
		At some point in the last four years, Twittr grew an "e" (gigaom.com)	(41)
		You can now own a DVD player that will censor out sex, violence, and swearing from your movies. Still no cure for the suck (dailymail.co.uk)	(66)
		While(C.diff++) { printf("Everybody panic. And no .atm()");} (azcentral.com)	(131)
		Don't count Palm along with the dead and buried (reuters.com)	(55)
		Russian math whiz who solved Poincare Conjecture may not show up to accept $1 million Millennium award. Award presenter says there's nothing to sphere (nytimes.com)	(71)

Sat March 20, 2010

	For a small fee, Best Buy's own version of malware, The Geek Squad, will sync up 3-D glasses to your HDTV. And yes, people will still fall for this scam (consumerist.com)	(145)
	You know how the ancient Romans accidentally poisoned themselves by lining their plumbing with lead? Good thing we're not that stupid (sciencedaily.com)	(97)
	College Professor grades students by pwning others on World of Warcraft (videogames.yahoo.com)	(43)
(Some Guy)	Newly discovered planet CoRoT may or may not have water and has temperature swings from -23°C to 157°C. Back home we just call that Denver (esa.int)	(43)
	The usual religious protesters accost grand opening of Smithsonian exhibit on human evolution. Wait, scratch that; it was Greenpeace (usatoday.com)	(408)
(Some Guy)	New device measures how long you take an average shower and warns you with flashing lights when you're going too long. Modern Technology: Taking the fun out of life since 1856 (mnn.com)	(95)
	For one instant, physicists may have broken a law of nature, divided by zero (physorg.com)	(70)
	Frenchman wants to retire at sea, builds cruise ship in backyard (techeblog.com)	(24)
(Some Link)	Nintendo says they do not like developing "Mature" rated titles for their systems. Which is fine, given that gaming should be fun and enjoyable, which is why Mario and Zelda will always be better than Resident Evil or Call of Duty (digitalspy.com)	(157)
	Study finds yet another way you are an insensitive jerk (foxnews.com)	(35)
	Criticizing Apple's app store will result in your app getting pulled from Apple's app store. Think different wasn't a suggestion (kotaku.com)	(57)
	The case for iPad not beating iPhone's first 3-months of sales (bloomberg.com)	(45)
	The case for iPad beating iPhone's first 3-months of sales (pcworld.com)	(30)
	If you ever wanted to hear the sound of cells in the xylem and phloem of a tree popping, today is your lucky day (boingboing.net)	(9)
	Fark-ready headline of the day: Shark-bitten crocodile poop fossils found (wired.com)	(30)

Fri March 19, 2010

	Mosquitos to be genetically altered to CURE malaria, not cause it. Ironic tag opens door for spiffy tag in this case (cnn.com)	(136)
(Planetary.org)	Not news: International Space Station imaged from the ground. Fark: In the X-Ban spectrum (w/pic) (planetary.org)	(28)
	This is what a solar panel with down syndrome looks like (fastcompany.com)	(59)
	Viacom: YouTube is stealing our copyrighted content. YouTube: We took down your videos. Viacom: It's up again, you're violating our copyright. YouTube: Well Viacom, why do YOU keep putting it up again? (news.cnet.com)	(41)
	A cheap, portable wound-healing device. It's a $3 vacuum pump (technologyreview.com)	(33)
	Spitzer comes across black holes, takes pics (jpl.nasa.gov)	(23)
(Boeing)	Boeing completes design of massive shipboard super laser capable of shooting down ballistic missiles, repelling sharks (boeing.mediaroom.com)	(59)
	Puberty shown to bring about desmartification in adolescent females. Like, really (scientificamerican.com)	(15)
(Aggrogate)	The One Ring included in a $10 collector's edition of a third-string MMO. Why didn't Sauron think of that? (aggrogate.com)	(35)
	A new branch may soon be added to the US military. The USCybercom (news.bbc.co.uk)	(27)
	Average Teenager Sends 3,146 Text Messages Each Month. Nope, its not the Onion (abcnews.go.com)	(49)
	Five ways you probably wouldn't die in a vacuum, and one way you probably would. 1. Exploding eyeballs, probably wouldn't happen, but it would be fun to watch (io9.com)	(32)
	You can keep your jetpack. I have a rocketship... and for $200k, so can you (blogs.discovermagazine.com)	(15)
	The one simple rule for texting etiquette: Don't be a dick. Note: Applies to every other public interaction (slate.com)	(34)
	Need to store data, but also enjoy getting frisked by airport security? Some guy made a gun-shaped thumb drive just for you (techland.com)	(16)
	The Chinese have become addicted to Google like the rest of us, and will mourn the loss of the "tool of the U.S. to implement its Internet hegemony" (washingtonpost.com)	(28)
(The Kartel)	Here's one way to trick me into going to a museum (thekartel.com)	(14)
	It's been a long wait, but the X-ray spectacles are almost here (gammasquad.uproxx.com)	(15)
(TK421)	It's like basements everywhere cried out and were suddenly emptied (starwarsinconcert.com)	(67)
	Why you damned dirty apes are wrong (guardian.co.uk)	(88)
	GM is developing an augmented reality (AR) windshield display that will highlight traffic signs, road markings, and even the building entered into your GPS in a heads up display (popsci.com)	(65)
	Ten moments that should have ended Wolverine's career but, sadly, did not (io9.com)	(117)
	Abe Vigoda, you are no longer the only immortal amorphous mound of squish (green.yahoo.com)	(31)
(Some Guy)	If you live in the northern tier of US states, there is a chance of seeing Northern Lights tonight and tomorrow night (swpc.noaa.gov)	(101)

Thu March 18, 2010

(Sega Nerds)	There's only one way to settle the Aliens vs Predator war - DANCE OFF (seganerds.thekartel.com)	(21)
	In a desperate attempt to boost sales, Image copies Marvel's Avenger's promotional images for their own line. But, it involves Invincible, Image's one good title (io9.com)	(29)
(Overclockers.net)	Ever wonder what five years of smoking near your computer does to it? Wonder no more (56k warning) (overclock.net)	(128)
	Cash-strapped homeowners unable to refinance mortgage because shakes Magic 8-Ball their home is built out of 17,000 old tires. Wait, what? (online.wsj.com)	(16)
	Scientists are one step closer to emulating Frodo's ring (foxnews.com)	(30)
	Google's public statement on the Viacom v Youtube lawsuit. I don't think I have ever cheered for a lawyer before, but GO Ms Levine GO (news.cnet.com)	(50)
	Yale is consistently ranked among the top law schools because of its ... (c) impressive collection of Supreme Court bobbleheads. (w/ pic of what a Supreme Court bobblehead might look like) (nytimes.com)	(9)
	"Super friends" Google, Intel, and Sony to join forces on a set-top box that will stream your Super Friends episodes from the internet to TV screens (technology.timesonline.co.uk)	(32)
	Man builds Xbox 360 laptop, soon to be kicked off Xbox live for illegal modification (engadget.com)	(60)
	If you receive an e-mail from the Crosby & Higgins Law Firm, informing you that you've been sued in the attached lawsuit, just ignore it. Unless you want a computer virus (blogs.wsj.com)	(38)
	NASA produced Space Shuttle mission posters made to look like popular movie posters. They are real, and they are spectacular (gizmodo.com)	(64)
	What's next, Campbell's Cream of Mushroom soup with morels and pink sea salt? Food manufacturers are exploring new ingredients to attract increasingly sophisticated American palates (online.wsj.com)	(57)
(PopMatters)	Real world fashion designer finds "Project Runway" Wii game lame-o: "The life has been sucked out of me. I came in with all this energy and now I'm just sad." (popmatters.com)	(30)
	Buying razor blades has become an exercise in choosing which overly-complicated and way-too-expensive system is right for you. And it's as annoying as razor burn (online.wsj.com)	(215)
	Scientists create a quantum state in the largest object yet - by a factor of billions (news.bbc.co.uk)	(64)
(Some Guy)	Like old Soviet military objects? How does an 8-engined floating boat carrying 6 cruise missiles sound? (englishrussia.com)	(83)
	Don't call it a comeback. The Commodore 64's been here for years (gizmodo.com)	(105)
	Behold the horror that is the Steve Jobs cheese head. Good luck trying to get to sleep tonight (gizmodo.com)	(91)
	The oldest trees on the planet (wired.com)	(50)
	This is a custom homemade Bill Paxton pinball machine, and yes, it is as awesome as it sounds (youtube.com)	(47)
	Four million-year-old shark attack reconstructed. Shark still looks fake (msnbc.msn.com)	(23)
	YouTube uploads 24 hours of video every minute. That's a LOT of "Final Countdown" covers (news.com.au)	(25)

Wed March 17, 2010

	Pregnacy is the fountain of youth. Raising the little tykes, however, is the fountain of old (jpost.com)	(27)
	Scientists establish leech as a model for study of reproductive behavior, a psychological profile of your stoned-off-his-ass roommate (sciencedaily.com)	(14)
	Cure for breast cancer found. Still no cure for canc, er... um, Duke sucks? (w/ photo of medically relevant sideboob) (express.co.uk)	(153)
	Scientists give up that whole curing cancer thing to tackle a more pressing question: Why is Miley Cyrus so damn popular? (scientificamerican.com)	(36)
	Ancient ruins long thought to be an early Jewish temple have now been identified as a Muslim palace. Oopsie (salon.com)	(35)
	The sage grouse is facing extinction. Congressman Jacob Chaffetz of Utah (R-d) "The only place the sage grouse belongs is on the menu of a French bistro" (nytimes.com)	(44)
	Hard-hitting CNN front page news: "How to be cool on Foursquare." Spoiler Alert: tip #1 isn't "uninstall Foursquare" (scitech.blogs.cnn.com)	(41)
	How to build your own fusion reactor for around $1000. Just try to remember the very flammable gas and voltages high enough to instantly kill you (discovermagazine.com)	(46)
	Scotland hopes to become the "Saudi Arabia of wave and tidal power," and here are the 4 machines they're counting on to make it happen (blogs.discovermagazine.com)	(31)
	And it should have wheels and, and a knife with fire coming out (theregister.co.uk)	(14)
	V-8 Mustang tops in fuel economy, runs on tears of hybrid owners (dailyfinance.com)	(168)
	MIT building self-assembling computer chips to find Sarah Connor (news.cnet.com)	(18)
(AMC)	Hollywood always gets the future wrong, which is why you're not getting a jet pack or a Nexus-6 basic pleasure model that looks like a young Daryl Hannah (blogs.amctv.com)	(45)
	Not news: Former employee sues company for firing her after she got sick. EVERYBODY PANIC: Employee worked for drug company, claims she was infected by an HIV-like virus created in their lab (popsci.com)	(57)
	25 things you can remote control with your iPhone (gizmodo.com)	(49)
	It turns out Jupiter's Giant Red Spot is really a very complicated, very cold storm (wired.com)	(39)
	Male gamers are idiots. Here comes the science (news.yahoo.com)	(144)
	Hello, this is Phil. We found your lost vehicle. You had crashed it in a different place than you thought. But it's still on the Moon (sciencedaily.com)	(102)
	You should read this article about giving away your privacy and beer drinking habits on the internet -- Drew (nytimes.com)	(79)
	DivX releases new software for HD video. In other news, DivX still hasn't gone the way of Circuit City (news.yahoo.com)	(61)

Tue March 16, 2010

	Microsoft drops that old, outdated "cut and paste" functionality. It's not like anyone uses it any more (engadget.com)	(155)
	Humans could regrow body parts like some amphibians. This is good news for John Bobbitt (telegraph.co.uk)	(31)
	"When Will We Land on Mars?" Wernher von Braun thought maybe 1986 (books.google.com)	(78)
	Traffic on Facebook has surpassed the amount of traffic on Google. Am I going to die? (ft.com)	(50)
(Some Guy)	Al Gore helpfully explains that weather is not climate, except when it is. And climate change is not global warming, unless it's getting warmer. Otherwise, you should be very afraid of weather. Got all that? (businessandmedia.org)	(378)
	London to Beijing on high speed rail (abcnews.go.com)	(53)
(HiRise)	Nothing to see here, just the latest badass photo of an avalanche. On Mars (hirise.lpl.arizona.edu)	(36)
(Some Tinfoil Hat Wearing Guy)	"Parachute some bears into areas bin Laden might be" is actually not the craziest suggestion left by members of the public at the Defense Department's website (military.com)	(88)
	While you were all complaining about HCR, some smarty just created artifical photosynthesis (dailykos.com)	(80)
(Some Artist)	Jack Kirby's estate is suing Marvel Comics. Again. This time, for rights to all his creations, including Nick Fury and the Fantastic Four (digitalspy.co.uk)	(57)
(Some Guy)	YourData from MySpace is ForSale (readwriteweb.com)	(21)
	This personal rocket copter runs on hydrogen peroxide and awesomeness (gammasquad.uproxx.com)	(25)
	The trail of bacteria you leave behind can finger you for a crime (npr.org)	(12)
	Your mama is so fat she exceeds the Chandrasekhar limit (physorg.com)	(51)
	Wait, the Silver Surfer is causing runaway Toyotas? (jalopnik.com)	(26)
	Skydiver to jump at 120,000 feet and be the first human to break Mach 1 in free fall. And it's all sponsored by Red Bull (nytimes.com)	(96)
	How robots think: an introduction. Yes there's math, and it's the hard stuff with no numbers only letters (arstechnica.com)	(33)
	Never tell a madman with a silly mustache you risked the Third Reich on the security of cloud computing (networkworld.com)	(10)
	The top 10 things that videogames have taught us about the future (denofgeek.com)	(169)
(Cape Cod Times)	Residents ponder future of wind power after two wind turbines are damaged . . . by wind (capecodonline.com)	(31)
	Ringtones help cure hangovers. In other news, ringtones help aggravate hangovers (thesun.co.uk)	(3)
	Finally, Subby has something in common with Twitter (theregister.co.uk)	(16)
	Facebook is looking for their next "killer game". Something iconic, something like a farming mermaid aquarium Sim type of thing (news.bbc.co.uk)	(47)
	Ugg boots aren't only the fashion equivalent of a train wreck, they're bad for your health, too. Here comes the science (telegraph.co.uk)	(292)
	Soldier wounded by RPG learns to lick his blindness (guardian.co.uk)	(82)

Mon March 15, 2010

	Apple iPad orders drop sharply over the weekend, should pick up about 28 days from now (brainstormtech.blogs.fortune.cnn.com)	(216)
	While you weren't paying attention, the EPA reported the air is getting cleaner (hotair.com)	(52)
	While NASA astronauts are working on their hitchhiking skills, India just upped its space program budget $1.25-billion (space.com)	(57)
	Your dog wants you to get an iphone (arstechnica.com)	(19)
	FCC's new broadband plan will make the Internet faster and cheaper and more ubiquitous, make your children sit up straight, and get the crabgrass out of your lawn (npr.org)	(40)
(Canada Free Press)	Richard Dawkins gets PWND, picks up his tinfoil hat and runs away crying (canadafreepress.com)	(621)
	Climate scientists, geology conspire to counter another global warming denier talking point (newscientist.com)	(182)
(Some Guy)	It looks like you can break out your "Save the Honeybees" bumper stickers and t-shirts again (mnn.com)	(49)
(Some Guy)	They can put a man on the moon, but scientists still can't explain earthquake lights, how the universe started, and Naga fireballs (mnn.com)	(317)
	25years.com (edition.cnn.com)	(23)
	Not satisfied with ID cards, pictures, fingerprints, retinal scans, body imagers and RF chips, the government is considering shoving something up your nose to verify your identity. All right, now they're just f*cking with us (silicon.com)	(31)
	Well, I guess they aren't necessarily green apples (wired.com)	(27)
(Some Guy)	For 50 years we've been trying to help ET phone home. Researchers now considering leaving a voicemail (failuremag.com)	(16)
(Some Guy)	The weakest link in computer security is you. This is a repeat from every year since the start of computer security (computerworlduk.com)	(78)
	Enjoy Fark while you can, for these are The Good Old Days of The Internet™ (cracked.com)	(109)
	The true story behind the edge only brownie pan. Suck it gooey center (indystar.com)	(69)
(Some Guy)	Can you build a fusion reactor for $20 million? (hplusmagazine.com)	(56)
	Ten damn-near perfect cars (wired.com)	(169)
(Business Insider)	Cause of Toyota acceleration problems determined: it is apparently correlated with the amount of grey hair you have on your head (businessinsider.com)	(190)
	Yet another way found the universe plans to kill us all: a passing star swings through the Oort cloud to bombard us with comets. EVERYBODY PANIC... in 1.5 million years (technologyreview.com)	(51)