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Kentucky Lawmaker Wants to Make Anonymous Internet Posting Illegal
2008-03-11 00:45:00 Kentucky Representative Tim Couch filed a bill this week to make anonymous posting online illegal. The bill would require anyone who contributes to a website to register their real name, address and e-mail address with that site. Their full name would be used anytime a comment is posted. If the bill becomes law, the website operator would have to pay if someone was allowed to post anonymously on More About: Internet , Make , Kentucky , Anonymous , Illegal
Daylight savings is found to waste energy
2008-03-08 20:03:00 March 5, 2008 For decades, conventional wisdom has held that daylight-saving time reduces energy use. Now a university study of a unique situation in Indiana has provided compelling evidence challenging that view. Daylight savings may actually waste energy. The Wall Street Journal is running a story on a study that unambiguously concludes that Daylight Saving Time not only doesn't save any More About: Energy , Daylight Savings , Waste , Savings
101 Year Old Man Runs 13 Mile Marathon & Stops for a Beer.
2008-03-07 19:44:00 Buster Martin is an unlikely candidate to set a marathon record. He drinks beer, smokes cigarettes and stays out late. And he's 101. But Martin expects to shatter, or at least ease past, the record next month when he runs London's marathon. And he is counting on having a beer at the finish line. "He smokes, drinks, stays out late, which is probably why he is still alive," said Charlie Mullins, More About: Beer , Marathon , Mile , Stops , Runs
Teen back from the dead!!
2008-03-05 12:43:00 A Florida teen says he still can't grasp that he was medically dead for several minutes. WTLV's Jeannie Blaylock reports. More About: Back , Dead
Living snowflakes: bacteria important to snow formation
2008-03-03 12:50:00 With winter still in effect, the enthusiasm with which one greets fresh snowfall has tended to diminish. Every snowflake may be unique and beautiful, but when millions of them are standing between you and your car, beauty can be ignored. Now a team of scientists has taken a closer look at the particulates that cause snow to form, and it seems that most of them are... alive. Ice formation in the More About: Living , Bacteria , Snow
The teenage girl who is allergic to WATER
2008-02-28 13:05:00 Teenager Ashleigh Morris can't go swimming, soak in a hot bath or enjoy a shower after a stressful day's work - she's allergic to water. Even sweating brings the 19-year-old out in a painful rash. Ashleigh, from Melbourne, Australia, is allergic to water of any temperature, a condition she's lived with since she was 14. She suffers from an extremely rare skin disorder called Aquagenic More About: Girl , Water , Teenage
11 Neighbors from Hell-Pictures
2008-02-26 13:01:00 Thank god for zoning laws, covenants and deed restrictions. 1. So that's where the bodies are buried. (Photo by DistortedSmile). The full-size image is even scarier. 2. Is it a pool or a baptistry? (Photo by Digital_Freak). 3. And you thought one gnome was one gnome too many. (Photo by Morgan).4. Who needs sod when you've got asphalt. (Photo by Eastrocker). 5 More About: Pictures , Hell , Neighbors
Can You Predict Happiness?
2008-02-24 15:12:00 If you think you can predict what you will like, think again. When people try to estimate how much they will enjoy a future experience, they are dependably wrong, according to research by Harvard psychologists — and the reason is something they call "attentional collapse." When we imagine future experiences, we tend to compare them with alternative experiences — experiences we've had in the past More About: Happiness , Predict
5 Things I Didn’t Know about Poop
2008-02-22 13:01:00 1. Bird poop is white because birds can’t pee. Their kidneys work like ours do, but instead of producing urine, birds excrete a white paste. The paste, along with what comes out of the intestines, unites and is excreted through the bird’s cloaca, a multi-purpose hole which means sewer in Latin. And, yes, by multi-purpose, I mean they even mate through it. 2. Many dogs eat poop. This I know More About: Poop , Things
Their Deepest, Darkest Discovery
2008-02-21 13:10:00 Scientist Create a Black That Erases Virtually All Light. Black is getting blacker. Researchers in New York reported this month that they have created a paper-thin material that absorbs 99.955 percent of the light that hits it, making it by far the darkest substance ever made -- about 30 times as dark as the government's current standard for blackest black. The material, made of hollow fibers, More About: Discovery
Man Proposes During NBA Halftime; Doesn't Go As Planned
2008-02-20 13:15:00 Wow, I feel really bad for this guy. At least someone handed him a beer on the way out..
Fascinating Fart Facts
2008-02-19 12:52:00 Wafting Through Great Moments of Wind A Hearty Honk On average, a man with a healthy diet lets out about a quart of gas every day, divided between 10 to 15 farts. (Mayor McCheese, on the other hand, can probably blow down White Castle with his sesame-seed buns.) Ladies, Please Women fart slightly less than men, approximately eight or nine times every day, but their gas is more concentrated. ( More About: Facts , Fart
9 (More) Useful Websites You Should Know About, But Probably Don't
2008-02-18 14:05:00 The following is a continuance of my previous article, Nine Websites You Should Know About, But Probably Don't. We decided that there were still some extremely useful websites that were left out, so I'm writing a continuation article to cover these sites.Genre:Instant Messaging.Why It's The Best: A one stop shop for all your instant messaging clients - Meebo allows you to sign into all of
Ten Longest Bridges In World
2008-02-17 19:43:00 Here is a list of the ten longest bridges in the world with pictures and descriptions. Those beautiful photos are showing to us that there are no borders and everything is reachable. 10. Seven Mile Bridge The Seven Mile Bridge, in the Florida Keys, runs over a channel between the Gulf of Mexico and the Florida Strait, connecting Key Vaca (the location of the city of Marathon, Florida) in the More About: World , Bridges , Longest
Sometimes You Get the Trees, Sometimes They Get You [PICS]
2008-02-14 13:08:00 The beauty of running are the things you pass by as you run along. You get to see things that you don’t notice as you drive by in a car. You may have run the same route 50 times but you find yourself seeing something different each time. I ran by a tree than had grown over a fence and it got me to thinking, there are probably some cool picture of things “swallowed” by trees. Here are some of the More About: Trees
Artificial Energy Islands Could Power The World
2008-02-12 12:53:00 Ocean waves are already being used as a source of renewable energy, but could differences in water temperatures in the sea be our next source of green power? A decade old idea to generate renewable electricity for the globe with offshore, floating ‘Energy Islands ’ could soon become a reality. The concept - creating artificial islands to collect wind, wave and solar power in the tropics - is More About: Power , World , The World
'Anonymous' takes anti-Scientology to the streets
2008-02-11 13:08:00 "Anonymous " now has a bunch of faces to go without its name. The loosely bound group of net activists who've got a beef with the Church of Scientology showed up Sunday at the church's largest Los Angeles' locations. The protests were part of a global day of demonstrations against Scientology. Hordes of masked, costumed (and mostly young) picketers showed up in Boston, New York, Toronto, the U.K. More About: Anti , Streets , The Streets
Police take advantage of a Drunk Girl
2008-02-11 01:10:00 Police take advantage of a Drunk Girl that came to a Police Station. For some reason they forgot that there are cameras in the building. More About: Police
The girl, 10, who could die from shock just by watching a scary film
2008-02-09 16:16:00 Like most children her age, Jennifer Lloyd loves watching her favorite shows on TV. But when a scary bit is about to happen the ten-year-old has to leave the room quickly - because the sudden shock could kill her. Jennifer is one of just six known sufferers of polyglandular Addison's disease, which causes her to become ill whenever she is surprised or shocked. The condition means she More About: Film , Shock , Girl , Scary , Watching
Amazing portrait of a 32,000 barbies, 200K cig boxes
2008-02-07 12:52:00 Artist and activist, Chris Jordan creates amazing images that portray America’s consumption. Chris’ hope is that his images will have a different effect than raw numbers alone. Since simple numbers no matter how large can be rather abstract it can be difficult to connect with ones impact. Whereas a visual representation of vast quantities can help make meaning of 106,000 aluminum cans, the number More About: Amazing , Portrait
10 accidental inventions that changed our world
2008-02-05 15:01:00 1. Penicillin Everybody knows the story – or at least, should – the brilliant yet notoriously absent-minded biologist Sir Alexander Fleming was researching a strain of bacteria called staphylococci. Upon returning from holiday one time in 1928, he noticed that one of the glass culture dishes he had accidentally left out had become contaminated with a fungus, and so threw it away. It wasn’t until More About: Inventions , World
Signal bars - What are they for?
2008-02-04 19:10:00 There's an icon in the corner of every mobile phone's screen that we are all familiar with. But do we really know what those signal bars mean? That question was raised for me by this blogger, who also links to an interesting discussion thread on the matter here. Various people pitch in, some with knowledge of working in the handset or network operator industry. They give a suite of reasons More About: Bars , Signal
When Plants & Rocks Go Bad...
2008-02-04 18:50:00 I think there may be a bit of jealousy on the plants part here. (pun intended) More About: Plants , Rocks
New Solar Collector So Efficient It Works At Night
2008-02-02 19:45:00 The most expensive, carefully designed, and complicated solar panels in the world operate at about 40% efficiency. That means that, for every bit of sunlight that hits the panel, only 40% of it is turned into electricity. Scientists think that this is just about as good as silicon panels can do and are now looking at ways to make it cheaper, instead of making them more efficient. But suddenly, More About: Solar , Night , Works , Collector , Efficient
12 Things I Learned By 42 That I Wish I Knew At 22
2008-02-01 17:11:00 1. Stay in school. Don’t quit. Sure you’re bored now, but wait until you’re in a dead end job that you can’t stand but you’re afraid to lose. Getting finished with your degree will open up many more opportunities than you realize. I always wanted to go to law school, but without that sheepskin, I didn’t have a chance of even being considered. The lesson learned here is finish what you start by More About: Things , Learned
BREAK THE SILENCE!!
2008-01-31 19:46:00 From time to time I get emails from readers asking me to spread the word on their website or interesting find. Today's story is on the more serious side, and I usually keep in on the brighter side here, but with keeping with my promise I will gladly spread the word! Drop me a line at CuriousRead [at] gmail.com if you have came across an interesting site you'd like to share... Please tell your More About: Break , Silence
From today, feel free to download another 25 million songs - legally
2008-01-28 12:59:00 After a decade fighting to stop illegal file-sharing, the music industry will give fans today what they have always wanted: an unlimited supply of free and legal songs. With CD sales in free fall and legal downloads yet to fill the gap, the music industry has reluctantly embraced the file-sharing technology that threatened to destroy it. Qtrax, a digital service announced today, promises a More About: Songs , Download , Free , Today , Million
"Anonymous" Calling War On Scientology!
2008-01-26 01:15:00 This is some scary Matrix like shit! A group calling themselves "Anonymous " has declared war against Scientology and created this creepy video announcing their campaign. Here they are, in their own words: "Hello, Scientology. We are Anonymous. Over the years, we have been watching you. Your campaigns of misinformation; suppression of dissent; your litigious nature, all of these things have More About: Calling
Worlds first WEED ATM opening 24/7 in Los Angeles on Monday
2008-01-25 12:50:00 Well for all you stoners out there it’s finally here! Your dream come true! The world’s first weed ATM! Well actually, AVM’s: Anytime-Vending-Machines. This AVM is available 24/7, is fully secured in it’s own room, has two dispensaries, and full-time security for your protection. You must have a doctor’s consultation and prescription to use the machine. Once you do, go to the AVM, get you More About: Los Angeles , Opening , Worlds , Weed , Monday
The 10% of the brain myth
More articles from this author:2008-01-24 17:19:00 The media seems to be repeating the idea that we use just 10% of our brains and taking it as a given. Scientists have tried for years to change this misconception and they have clearly stated that there is no scientific evidence to suggest that we use only 10% of our brains. In fact it is very hard to say what using just 10% of your brain means. It could mean that you could cut 90% of your More About: Brain , Myth , The Brain 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
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