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There Are No Souls
2008-03-30 06:46:00 I am not concerned here with the radical claim that personal identity, free will, and consciousness do not exist. Regardless of its merit, this position is so intuitively outlandish that nobody but a philosopher could take it seriously, and so it is unlikely to have any real-world implications, dangerous or otherwise. Instead I am interested in ... More About: Observations , Souls
Mercedes Benz C63 AMG
2008-03-30 06:41:00 The Mercedes Benz C63 AMG is finally on sale, and let me tell you it has been worth the wait. Sp what makes this performance sedan worth all the wait, well the main thing is its power, a 6.2-litre V8 which has 600Nm of torque and a 0 ? 100kmh time of about 4.5 seconds. ... More About: Mercedes Benz , Mercedes-Benz
What Women Want
2008-03-30 06:37:00 A new study out of the University of Texas argues that beautiful women want it all when it comes to picking a mate. In fact, the more beautiful a woman is, the higher her standards. But, perhaps surprisingly, the study did not find that to be the case when it comes to men. It takes ... More About: Women , Study , Observations , What Women Want
Vasbyt 151km Cycle Race
2008-03-30 06:28:00 Yesterday was an interesting day for me. I competed in the Speke Vasbyt 151km Cycle Race for the first time. This was also the first time that I attempted a race of that distance - previous longest race was the Dome 2 Dome, which is 116km in length. I must admit that it was quite tought, ... More About: Sport
Ho-lee-sh!t !!!
2008-03-28 16:06:00 These two guys are just amazing! You have to watch this! More About: Video , Observations , Amazing , Circus
Rikki Rockett Arrested
2008-03-28 12:27:00 The drummer for everyone’s fave 80’s hair band, Poison , was arrested Monday on a rape warrant out of Mississippi as he got off a flight from New Zealand at LAX. 46-year-old Rikki Rock ett was busted by the Airport Division of the LAPD at the airport as he was going through customs. As the LA Daily News ... More About: Arrested , Observations
India vs South Africa - Sehwag Rules!
2008-03-28 12:21:00 After a really confident first innings by South Africa , India came out all guns blazing and seems to be having the upper hand at the moment. After a first innings score of 540 by South Africa , India replied by (at the time of writing) were at 443/1. Sehwag seems to be the man of the ... More About: Rules
Italian Girl
2008-03-28 05:03:00 A woman goes to Italy to attend a 2-week, company training session. Her husband drives her to the airport and wishes her to have a good trip. The wife answers : “Thank you honey, what would you like me to bring for you?” The husband laughs and says: “An Italian ... More About: Funny , Humor , Humour , Joke
Tiger Woods In Ireland
2008-03-28 05:01:00 Taking a break from the golf circuit nearby, Tiger Woods drove his new Mercedes SUV into an Irish gas station. An attendant greeted him in the typical Irish manner, unaware who this “Yank” golf celebrity was. “Top of the morning’ to ya!” the Irishman smiled, doffing his cap. As Tiger got out of the vehicle, two ... More About: Funny , Humor , Humour , Ireland
10 Thoughts On Life
2008-03-28 04:59:00 Number 10 - Life is sexually transmitted. Number 9 - Good health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die. Number 8 - Men have two emotions: Hungry and Horny. If you see him without an erection, make him a sandwich. Number 7 - Give a person a fish and you feed them for a day, teach ... More About: Funny , Humor , Humour , Joke
Rubik?s Cube Solved In 25 Moves
2008-03-27 05:19:00 A scrambled Rubik ’s cube can be solved in just 25 moves, regardless of the starting configuration. Tomas Rokicki, a Stanford-trained mathematician, has proven the new limit (down from 26 which was proved last year) using a neat piece of computer science. Rather than study individual moves, he’s used the symmetry of the cube to study ... More About: Observations , Proof , Cube , Moves
Richie Sambora Joins The Club
2008-03-27 05:12:00 Officially joining the illustrious celebrity mug shot club last night, Richie Sambora was arrested for DUI in Laguna Beach, Calif. Nice work man! Law enforcement sources say the 48-year-old Bon Jovi guitarist was pulled over by the Laguna Beach police just before 11:00 p.m. last night. Cops observed him driving erratically in a black Hummer and pulled ... More About: Arrested , Observations , Club , The Club
Pregnant Man Making Headlines
2008-03-27 05:10:00 I saw this article in the Telegraph and thought, “What an interesting scenario!” The article is about a woman who underwent hormone therapy and breast reduction to become a male. He’s lived as a man for several years and is married to a woman. His wife had severe endometriosis, which resulted in a hysterectomy and ... More About: Pregnant , Observations , Headlines
Saudi Arabia Bans Sale Of Red Roses
2008-03-26 05:28:00 The sale of red roses and red gifts has been banned by Saudi Arabia’s religious police in the run-up to Valentine’s Day, reports a local newspaper. Officials from the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice warned flower and gift shops to remove all red items, including roses and wrapping paper, from ... More About: Roses , Sale , Observations , Saudi Arabia
Vatican Updates Seven Deadly Sins
2008-03-26 05:24:00 In olden days, the deadly sins included lust, gluttony and greed. Now, the Catholic Church says pollution, mind-damaging drugs and genetic experiments are on its updated thou-shalt-not list. Also receiving fresh attention by the Vatican was social injustice, along the lines of the age-old maxim: “The rich get richer while the poor get poorer.” In ... More About: Updates , Sins , Observations , Update
World?s Fattest Man Leaves House
2008-03-26 05:21:00 A Mexican man who once weighed half a tonne has left his house for the first time in five years. Six people pushed Manuel Uribe?s wheel-equipped iron bed onto the street, as a mariachi band played and a crowd gathered to see the man ? thought to be the world?s heaviest ? who once weighed ... More About: House , World , Observations , Leaves
Windows 7 Likely Modular
2008-03-26 05:03:00 When Windows 7 launches sometime after the start of 2010, the desktop OS will be Microsoft ’s most ‘modular’ operating system to date. That’s not necessarily a good thing, of course; Windows Vista is a sprawling, complex OS. From Microsoft’s perspective, though, there are many possible benefits. The OS’s developers can add/remove functionality module by module. ... More About: Observations , Windows 7
The Arthur C. Clarke Gamma Ray Burst
2008-03-26 05:01:00 Larry Sessions, a columnist for Earth & Sky, has suggested in his blog that the gamma-ray event whose radiation reached us a few hours before Arthur C. Clarke died, and which occurred 7.5 billion years ago, be named the Clarke Event. The outburst, which produced enough visible light to render it a naked-eye object across ... More About: Observations , Burst , Gamma Ray
Tax For South Africans Explained
2008-03-25 09:21:00 Let’s put tax cuts in terms everyone can understand. Suppose that every day, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten comes to R100. If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go something like this: The first four men (the poorest) would pay nothing. The fifth would pay R1. The ... More About: Funny , Humor , Humour , Joke , South Africa
The Multiverse
2008-03-25 05:28:00 The notion that there are universes beyond our own ? the idea that we are but one member of a vast collection of universes called the multiverse ? is highly speculative, but both exciting and humbling. It’s also an idea that suggests a radically new, but inherently risky approach to certain scientific problems. An essential working ... More About: Science , Observations
The End of Windows XP
2008-03-25 05:21:00 Although many Windows users intend to hold onto their copies of XP until it is pried from their cold, dead fingers, Microsoft fully intends to phase out the OS in favor of Vista. If you’re unwilling to move to one of the alternatives, and really don’t like Vista, the least you can do is be ... More About: Windows X , Observations , Windows Xp
Australian Citizenship Test
2008-03-19 07:51:00 Since so many South Africans (and a lot of my friends) seem to be leaving the country (or thinking of leaving) to emigrate to Australia , I thought it wise to inform you guys of the official Immigration / Citizenship Test you’ll have to pass in order to get into Oz: 1. Do you understand the meaning, ... More About: Funny , Humor , Humour , Joke
Compassionate Home Leave
2008-03-19 07:41:00 A British Army colonel was reviewing the troops. One man he passed sported an enormous erection. “Sergeant-Major!” the colonel shouted. “Give this man 30 days compassionate home leave.” “Yessir,” the Sgt. Major replied. A few months later the same thing occurred with the same man. “Sergeant-Major! Give this man another 30 days compassionate home leave,” the Colonel barked. A few ... More About: Funny , Humor , Humour , Joke , Home
Nookie Statistics
2008-03-19 07:39:00 10% of the women had sex within the first hour of their first date. 20% of the men had sex in a non-traditional place. 36% of the women favour nudity. 45% of the women prefer dark men with blue eyes. 46% of the women experienced anal sex. 70% of the women prefer sex in the morning. 80% of the men have ... More About: Funny , Humor , Humour , Office , Joke
Software Engineers And Light Bulbs
2008-03-19 07:36:00 How many software engineers does it take to change a light bulb? 1) None. real computer geeks prefer LEDs. 2) None. It’s a hardware problem! 3) Just one. But the house falls down. 4) Two. One resigns halfway through the project. 5) 10. One to change the bulb and one to explain binary. 6) Is this a dynamically allocated light bulb? More About: Software , Light , Engineers , Bulbs
We Have No Souls
2008-03-19 07:30:00 The Depressing, Dangerous Hypothesis: We Have No Souls . This year’s Edge question makes me wonder: Which ideas pose a greater potential danger? False ones or true ones? Illusions or the lack thereof? As a believer in and lover of science, I certainly hope that the truth will set us free, and save us, but sometimes ... More About: Religion , Observations
Secret Name
2008-03-19 07:21:00 It’s been reported that Barack Obama ’s Secret Service name is ?Renegade’, and Hillary Clinton’s Secret Service name is ?Evergreen’. Meanwhile, John McCain’s Secret Service name is ?Enlarged Prostate’. - Conan O’Brien More About: Funny , Humor , Humour , Joke
Did This Remind You?
2008-03-19 07:19:00 You seem to have a good imagination. Try this: Pretend there are two dice on your computer keyboard. Got the picture? Good. Now, pick up one of them and imagine you see the spots. What number is it? Did the number remind you of your first sexual experience? No, probably not. Now put down that dice and pick up the other one and ... More About: Funny , Humor , Humour , Joke
Ancient Temple Unearthed
2008-03-19 07:17:00 Interesting newsbit on News24: Yemen - A team of German archaeologists has discovered an ancient temple dating back to 7th century BC, the German Archaeological Institute (DAI) said on Tuesday. The discovery was made during excavation works in the ancient Sabaean town of Sirwah, at the central province of Marib, the DAI said in a statement. ... More About: Temple , Observations , Ancient , Unearthed
May 2nd Also A Holiday?
More articles from this author:2008-03-19 07:16:00 This just in at News24: Government has agreed to a union request that Friday May 2 be declared another public holiday. According to a letter sent by vice-president Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka to leaders of political parties, the law specified that workers were entitled to 12 paying holiday days. “This year, it so happened that two of ... More About: Holiday , Observations 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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