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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070522/ap_en_tv/people_paula_abdul You know, Heinlein enlightened us by pointing out that the funniest of jokes are those that are made at the expense of someone else. This is why we enjoy reading flame wars, watching bloopers on TV, and watching the drama unfold on Jerry Springer. It’s is also why this Paula Abdul incident is truly hilarious!!
Microsoft takes on the free world and 101 patents Microsoft may infringe. MS needs to start making some serious changes in the way that they build, promote, sell, and update their software. Maybe it's time to reconstruct our IP laws in this country. That's all I'm going to say about that, though. I'd much rather discuss the crazy look on
via Yahoo! News From the page: “A recent study at the University of Minnesota suggests that ceiling height affects problem-solving skills and behavior by priming concepts that encourage certain kinds of brain processing. “Priming means a concept gets activated in a person’s head,” researcher Joan Meyers-Levy told LiveScience. “When people are in a room with a high ceiling, they activate
ABC News: College Kids Using Hallucinogenic Drug Bought Right off the Store It's an article talking about salvia, a plant that originates from Mexico. It is a hallucinogenic that has somehow “fallen through the legislative cracks and into the hands of college kids”… it's also a popular landscaping and gardening plant. So now everyone's up in arms about how this
http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/the_madness_and_majesty_of_pink_floyd From the page: “They owed Barrett something — in a way, everything — and if they failed to honor him that night at Live 8, before the world, they could never meaningfully attempt it again. That’s because they knew Pink Floyd would not exist past this night, and perhaps they sensed that in the much-too-near future, neither would Barrett,
http://www.nwfdailynews.com/article/2277 From the page: “The concept of keeping your thoughts private could be profoundly altered in the future” What horrible monsters we humans could become if we never allowed each other to make mistakes.
Slashdot God gave rock and roll to everyone, but he gave metal to the gifted! *headbang*
http://www.gearlive.com/index.php/news/article/worlds-thinnest-dvd-discs-04211420/ Let’s give it up for nanoimprint technology! Welcome back, floppy!
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,21031911-5003402,00.html FAST-growing weeds had evolved over a few generations to adapt to climate change, which could signal the start of an “evolution explosion” in response to global warming, US scientists said today.
via Engadget A 3D mouse for $189
http://www.zeropaid.com/news/8175/RIAA+sues+AllofMP3+for+$1.65+trillion The RIAA is seeking $150,000 for each of the 11 million songs AllofMP3 allegedly pirated.
via Engadget From the page: Posing as a flip-phone wannabe, this handheld germ-eliminating light reportedly eradicates “99.99-percent of E-Coli, staphylococcus, salmonella, and germs that cause the flu and the common cold.”
http://www.digitimes.com/photogallery/ShowPhoto.asp?ID=1648 Samsung claims world’s slimmest mobile LCD screen
http://news.sawf.org/Health/28140.aspx Memories are held in our brains because certain proteins serve as anchors, holding other proteins in place to strengthen synapses, which are connections between nerve cells.
The American Civil Liberties Union is mad as hell. President Bush signed the Military Commissions Act of 2006 into law and the ACLU called the new law one of the worst civil liberties measures ever enacted in American history. “With his signature, President Bush enacts a law that is both unconstitutional and un-American. This president will be remembered as the