Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Stuff below the fold


Some news reports said that cellphones were banned during the Nazarene procession.
Actually, the real news was that the cellphone service in the area was cut. (Alqaeda uses cellphones to trigger bombs, because suicide bombers are hard to find nowadays).

Photosource Yugatech

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100 years ago someone made predictions for what the world would be like today...and got most of them right!

cellphones? check.
Two inches taller? Check.
Color photographs? Check...
etc.

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WTF headline of the day comes from the BBC:

Carbon emissions 'will defer Ice Age'

they are using the "wobbly earth theory" to say this.

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for Father Elijah fans: Two interviews with Michael O'Brien the novelist found HERE.

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Geek news headline of the day: Deep in the heart of Stuxnet

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The "give war a chance" story of the day: Kenyans (and Burundians and Ugandans and Ethiopians) fighting the war on terror... something rarely notice in the US papers.

and the heartwarming story of the day:Kenyans raised money to help Baby Farah.

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