January 2008
Here’s a hint: Don’t run a nuclear plant on Microsoft Windows
While attending a lecture by a naturopath at my institution I had the opportunity to ask the following question: given the extreme scientific implausibility of homeopathy, and the overall negative clinical evidence, why do you continue to prescribe homeopathic remedies? The answer, as much as my question, exposed a core difference between scientific and sectarian health care providers. She said,...
Bush Bandaríkjaforseti mun leita eftir 70 milljara dollara neyðarfjárveitingu, jafnvirði nærri 4500 milljarða króna, frá Bandaríkjaþingi vegna stríðsins gegn hryðjuverkum á fjárhagsárinu 2009.
Popstjarnan Faizal Tahir frá Malasíu hefur verið dæmdur í sex ára skilorðsbundið fangelsi
fyrir að rífa sig úr skyrtunni í sjónvarpsþætti. Tahir kom fram á tónleikum á sjónvarpsstöðinni 8TV, og í hita leiksins reif hann af sér skyrtuna svo stórt, rautt Supermann-S kom í ljós á bringunni á honum. Þetta vakti ekki lukku hjá […]
I’m sorry, when I hear the words “bionic eye” I do not think of a contact lens on steroids. I think of the Six Million Dollar Man and Steve Austin’s robotic eye that can zoom in on the bad guy or a license plate or maybe even look down a girl’s shirt from 2 blocks feet away.
So yes, this new bionic eye that’s in the news is a bit of a misnomer but so what? It sure got my attention. It also...
Recently released photos of the surface of Mars (taken by the NASA robot Spirit) apparently showing a human-like figure, turns out to have just been a rock.
This evening, Splongcat of project chanology revealed IP adresses, which were hacked through prolexic Anti-DDoS services. Appareantly PROLEXIC security is no match for Anonymous hackers, who claim that the company is “amateuristic and unable of basic networking at best.”Splongcat comments: We did it for lulz
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Understanding the mysterious dark matter in our universe is paramount to cosmologists. Dark matter and dark energy makes up the vast majority of mass in the observable universe. It influences galaxy rotation, galactic clusters and even holds the answer to our universe’s fate. So, it is unsurprising to hear about some outlandish physics behind the possible structure of this concealed mass....
Understanding the mysterious dark matter in our universe is paramount to cosmologists. Dark matter and dark energy makes up the vast majority of mass in the observable universe. It influences galaxy rotation, galactic clusters and even holds the answer to our universe’s fate. So, it is unsurprising to hear about some outlandish physics behind the possible structure of this concealed mass....
Hugsanlega verður hann dýrkeyptur í kosningabaráttu eiginkonunnar blundurinn sem Bill Clinton tók sér í hátíðarguðsþjónustu baptista í Haarlem á degi Martins Luthers Kings í gær. New York Post birti myndband af því þegar Clinton tekst ekki að halda sér vakandi undir ræðu þar sem blökkumannaleiðtogans var minnst. Fyrirsögnin var BILL HAS A ‘DREAM’ með tilvísun […]
Lögreglan á Akureyri í samvinnu lagði hald á nokkurt magn fíkniefna í þremur málum um helgina og naut stuðnings sérsveitarinnar á Akureyri. Fram kemur í tilkynningu að lagt hafi verið hald á tæplega 250 grömm af hassi auk lítilræðis af kókaíni og sterum.
This little Metacafe video shows how to make a “Magic Fireball” — a lighter-fluid-soaked rag-ball that’s bound tight with thread — that you can roll around in your hand without getting burned (because the hot part of the flame is on top and you hold it by the bottom). Unless, of course, you screw up and burn yourself horribly.
Update: Speaking of burning yourself...
(18 votes - 7 comments - 132 views) Jesus Camp is a movie about the “Kids On Fire School of Ministry,” a pentecostal summer camp located just outside Devils Lake, North Dakota and run by Becky Fischer and her ministry, Kids in Ministry International. The film focuses on three children who attended the camp in the summer of 2005—Levi, Rachael, and Tory (Victoria). The film cuts...
Brick, you may have the head of a Fraggle, the orange-face of next generation Al Jolson inspired kabuki offensiveness, yellow spandex underwear that burns the eyebrows off butterflies, and chin stubble that looks like you had an accident at the Bosco Chocolate Syrup factory, but deep down, I’m sure you’re really a good guy. And by good guy, I mean please don’t snap my spine like...