http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/03/19/weaster219.xml

I've heard of the Christos in the Philipines who have themselves beaten and crucified (briefly) on Easter before, but the article has some interesting stuff on the government's preparation for it.  They've sent out warnings encouraging people to get tetnus shots, and the ( Read more... )

http://www.1funny.com/endworld.shtml

End Of Ze World.

Missiles and Kangaroos.

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=you+can%27t+do+that+on+television+1979&search_type=

The original opening sequences to "You Can't Do That on Television"!

Includes one from 1979, one from when Nick picked it up in 1981, and the final version.

Man, I probably haven't seen that show since I was 7.  The animation looks like a bit like Monty

LOL ( Read more... )

http://gizmodo.com/368651/new-video-of-bigdog-quadruped-robot-is-so-stunning-its-spooky

This thing is really weird looking.  It's a highly agile quadraped robot.  It walks like a dog, can navigate snow and rubble and catch itself when it starts to fall.  It really moves like an animal.

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http://flickr.com/photos/lomokev/549081458/

Man arrested in England under the Anti Terrorism Act of 2000, for having a suspicious beard and wearing combat shorts on public transportation.

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This started as a rare private post.  I rarely do those, and they're nearly all private solely because they're composed when I'm too drunk to trust a post to even friends-only post status.

This is an exception.

Under normal circumstances, I never pray unless extremely drunk.  And I don't think I've ever independently prayed for a political leader.  ( Read more... )

collateral misinformation March 8
When someone alters a Wikipedia article to win a specific argument, anyone who reads the false article before the "error" is corrected suffers from collateral misinformation.
I changed the scientific classification of ( Read more... )