Wednesday, June 11, 2008
The 8-Bit Girls of NES
A hilarious look into the girls of NES video games, everything from Jessica Rabbit to Miss Pacman. Oggle the 8-bit girls of NES.
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Spore PC System Requirements
Yikes Yikes Yikes! Damn pixel shaders stand between me and paradise!WINDOWS XP - 2.0 GHz P4 processor or equivalent - 512 MB RAM - A 128 MB Video Card, with support for Pixel Shader 2.0 - At least 6 GB of hard drive space.WINDOWS VISTA - 2.0 GHz P4 processor or equivalent - 768 MB RAM - A 128 MB Video Card, with support for Pixel Shader 2.0 - At least 6 GB of hard drive spaceYikes Yikes Yikes!
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Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
China Lists Do’s and Don’ts for Olympics-Bound Foreigners
The Beijing Organizing Committee has pulled together some eclectic advice for foreigners wishing to attend Olympic events. Do not bring any printed materials critical of China. Do not plan on holding any rallies or demonstrations in China. Do not think that you are guaranteed an entry visa even if you hold tickets to an Olympic event.
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Monday, June 2, 2008
"Douchebag" Blog Post Costs Senior her Student Council Seat
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has ruled against a high school student who used some interesting language to describe her school officials on her personal blog, saying that the school did not violate her First Amendment rights by punishing her for calling school officials "douchebags."
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And You Didn't Even Know Bears Could Type!
A parody of an ad about online predators. From Somethingawful.com, not sure of the original link on the site for this picture.
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OiNK Pre-Releasers Accused of Defrauding Music Industry
Following revelations on Friday that police had begun to arrest ex-OiNK users, we are now in a position to add further details. The police are arresting people allegedly involved in the pre-release uploading of music albums, accusing them of ‘Conspiracy to Defraud the Music Industry’.
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How Many Sex Partners Have You Really Had?
Interesting 2006 article on the different methods men and women use to estimate the number of sexual partners they've had...and why they tend to yield incorrect results.
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3-Alarm Fire breaks out on Universal Studios
UNIVERSAL CITY -- A Los Angeles fire official says Huge fire burning on the back lot as Universal Studios lot.
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Barack Obama Wins the Popular Vote!
Contrary to what hillary clinton would like us to believe, more people have voted for Barack Obama than any other candidate in the history of presidential primaries - not her.More importantly, however, delegates, not popular vote, is what decides a Democratic Presidential Nominee...no matter what Hillary and her sychophants say.
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Japan's Detergent Suicide Epidemic
Japan is facing an alarming new trend: Websites that explain simple ways to commit suicide with household chemicals have led to several deaths and emergency room nightmares.
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NYT Public Editor Blasts Op-Ed That Tied Obama To Islam
Under “Muslim law as it is universally understood,” Luttwak wrote, Obama was born a Muslim, and his “conversion” to Christianity was an act of apostasy, a capital offense and the worst of all crimes that a Muslim can commit. I interviewed five Islamic scholars. All of them said that Luttwak’s interpretation of Islamic law was wrong.
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US accused of holding terror suspects on prison ships
The United States is operating "floating prisons" to house those arrested in its war on terror, according to human rights lawyers, who claim there has been an attempt to conceal the numbers and whereabouts of detainees.
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150 Funniest Resume Mistakes, Bloopers and Blunders Ever
People write the strangest things on their resumes, sometimes downright hysterical. Why should only recruiting managers get to laugh at these? The Top 10 are at the bottom. Enjoy!
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CERN video: How The Grid will revolutionize computing
CERN has taken a big gamble on grid technology, and is pushing the technology forward to solve a huge data storage and analysis challenge when the Large Hadron Collider fires up this summer and thousands of scientists worldwide will be clamoring for the data
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8 Ways to Sell Your Body Parts & Fluids For Cash
Somehow a stimulus check just doesn’t seem stimulating enough to jumpstart my flatlining bank account.... So instead I’m looking to make the most (money) using what I’ve got at my fingertips.
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Once Jesus Got Famous He Changed, Man
You wouldn't think a guy with the last name "of Nazareth" would be so quick to forget where he came from.
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3,000-Year-Old Egyptian City Unearthed in Sinai
Archaeologists exploring an old military road in the Sinai have unearthed 3,000-year-old remains from an ancient fortified city, the largest yet found in Egypt.
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Longer Life Has Complications for Down Syndrome People
Researchers are trying to untangle the connection between Down syndrome and the early onset of Alzheimer’s disease. There is the hope, too, that the research could have broader implications....is there something there that we may actually learn about that may actually prevent Alzheimer’s disease in other people?
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Big Ben sculpture marks recycling
A 6m (20ft) high sculpture of Big Ben made from Coca-Cola cans has been unveiled in London's South Bank to inspire more people to recycle.
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Beautiful Close-Ups of Butterflies. [PICS]
Nice mix of photos. The intricate coloring & shadings & the delicacy of some of the butterfly wings are pretty amazing.
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31 Summer Trips That Won't Break Your Budget
Here are 31 options — from river rafting in eastern Oregon to biking in the White Mountains of New Hampshire — for a great summer vacation. Not one involves the terrifying conversion of dollars into euros, many can be enjoyed without ever getting on a plane, and the road trips are ones that actually justify filling up your tank.
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The World's Hardest-Working Countries
If you thought you worked long hours, consider 39-year-old Lee from South Korea. A civil servant at the ministry of agriculture and fisheries, Lee gets up at 5:30 a.m. every day, gets dressed and makes a two-hour commute into Seoul to start work at 8:30 a.m. After sitting at a computer for most of the day, Lee typically gets out the door at 9 p.m.
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£6,000 Thrown From Plane To Indonesia's poorest
Money fell from the sky in Indonesia today... and into the waiting arms of the country's poorest residents.
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How bin Laden got away in Afghanistan
A day-by-day account from 2002 of how Osama bin Laden eluded the world's most powerful military machine - despite being right in the cross hairs in the mountains of Tora Bora.
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