Odd & Other
Why You Should Carry a Digital Camera At All Times [Nature]
Last Tuesday, Lori Mehmen looked out her front door in Orchard, Iowa and this is what she saw. She had a digital camera handy, and somehow managed to take this photo before crapping her pants and taking cover. This, my friends, is why always having a camera nearby is helpful. Oh, and no one was […]
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Transformers 2 Gets a Name: Revenge of the Fallen [Movies]
Attention Tranformers fans: the sequel you’ll be bitching and moaning about on the internet after waiting in line to see the night it opens has just been named. It’ll be called “Transformers II: Revenge of the Fallen.”
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2009 Porsche 911 Adds XM, NavTraffic [2009 Porsche 911]
One tidbit we missed during our first read of today’s announcement of the 2009 Porsche 911: Not to be outdone by the likes of the Nissan Altima and Toyota Corolla, Porsche has decided to bite the…
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Stranded scuba divers stave off Komodo dragon (AP)
AP - A group of European scuba divers swept away in strong currents scrambled onto a remote Indonesian island only to face another threat: a Komodo dragon.
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HP Researchers Study Digg’s Front Page
Dr Wu and Dr Huberman, researchers at HP, studied the flow of stories on the Digg homepage to determine whether novelty or popularity were the most important factors. Their simulator determined that apparently Digg is doing the right thing. read more | digg story
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Popularity: 26% [?]
Is China’s Great Wall Visible from Space?
Though it stretches for some 4,500 miles, the ancient Chinese fortification is not as visible from orbit as modern desert roads.read more | digg story
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Racist Rednecks Attack Black News Crew While Taping Story
“She charged across the street, punched me, pulled me to the ground.”read more | digg story
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Top 10 Most Depressing Quotes from Orwell’s 1984
“We are not content with negative obedience, nor even with the most abject submission. When finally you surrender to us, it must be of your own free will. We do not destroy the heretic because he resists us; so long as he resists us we never destroy him. We convert him, we capture his inner […]
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