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Published Wednesday, May 21, 2014 @ 1:33 AM EDT
May 21 2014

"Pietá? Oh my God, I thought they said piñata!"

Laszlo Toth (Tóth László in Hungarian) (born 1940), is a Hungarian-born Australian geologist. He achieved worldwide notoriety when he vandalized Michelangelo's Pietà statue on May 21, 1972. Toth was not charged with any criminal offense after the incident. He was hospitalized in Italy for two years. On his release, he was immediately deported to Australia, where he apparently still resides. (Full Wikipedia article.)


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It's palidrome week
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Published Monday, April 14, 2014 @ 7:17 AM EDT
Apr 14 2014

Every date this week is the same backward:

4/12/14
4/13/14
4/14/14
4/15/14
4/16/14
4/17/14
4/18/14
4/19/14

You're welcome.


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Darth Tater...
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Published Tuesday, January 14, 2014 @ 8:30 AM EST
Jan 14 2014

...is apparently a girl.


Categories: Photo of the day, Star Wars, WTF?


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The Hamilton Beach BrewStation® 40-Cup Urn (Model 40514): a review
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Published Monday, December 30, 2013 @ 11:29 AM EST
Dec 30 2013

I swear there's a person at Hamilton Beach whose sole function is to review products before they're manufactured to make certain each contains at least one maddeningly stupid design flaw.

The last Brewmaster® I owned had the dispensing spout so close to the side of the coffeemaker that you could only use "regular" thin-walled coffee cups. Have an insulated cup or one with a slight lip? Watch the amazing Brewmaster® as the coffee pours down the outside walls of your cup!

When I saw this model in the store, I thought... aha! An aluminium pot with a hole in the side! How can you possibly screw this up?

Oh, Hamilton Beach, you adorable knuckleheads... I underestimated you.


At ten cups, the flow slows to a trickle. At six cups, it's below the spout opening. But don't tip the pot, because safety!


This coffee is what's left below the spout opening. It exists to remind you that perfection is a goal to be attempted, not achieved.

As the photos show, at the ten cup mark (60 ounces, using the six-ounce coffee cup standard), the coffee level reaches the top of the spout and the flow slows to a maddening trickle. At four cups (24 ounces), the coffee level drops below the spout. Since the instructions admonish the user not to tip the pot, this means you're waiting forever for the last six accessible cups, and throwing away the remaining four.

So, you may ask, why buy this sterling example of a badly-engineered consumer product and recommend it to others?

Well, it's cheap. It's well-made. It brews ok. It keeps the coffee hot. Its irritating behavior doesn't begin until the bottom of the pot, at which point you should be sufficiently caffeinated to deal with it without flying into a seething rage or collapsing, sobbing uncontrollably, into a fetal position on the kitchen floor.

If your household drinks a lot of coffee, it's more convenient than making several 10-12 cup pots.

And in some perverse way, the fact each Hamilton Beach coffeemaker I've ever owned has had some dumb design element is somewhat endearing.

I picture a decent, dedicated guy in Ohio somewhere working feverishly to come up with the Next Great Thing and, just like Wile E. Coyote, being crushed when the first manufacturing run from China comes in and he realizes he just designed a coffee pot capable of dispensing only 90% of what it produces.

And then some middle manager-type, like Lumbergh in Office Space, saunters over to his cubicle and says, "Ah. Yeah. So I guess we should probably go ahead and have a little talk. Hmm?"

Hey guy, it happens. Hang in there. I'm rooting for you.

Which is why I keep buying HB coffeemakers. It gives me something to anticipate in my advancing years. I used to say I hope I live to see my grandchildren. Now I say I hope I live to see HB produce the perfect coffeemaker.

Who knows? Perhaps when I buy my next unit in two years (the average HB coffeemaker lifespan; about a nickel a day, which isn't bad), they'll have a 16 cup unit with a programmable timer, a spout design that accommodates cups of all sizes, and a pot that fully empties.

And, just for old times' sake, a power cord that's only three inches long.


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Cleaning off the desktop
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Published Sunday, December 08, 2013 @ 10:01 AM EST
Dec 08 2013

It's surprising what pops up on Google...

It's U.S. Patent #7,249,057 B2, issued July 24, 2007: "Product Information Supplying Method, Product Information Acquiring Method, Product Information Registering Method And Recording Medium," and the description is equally enlightening:

"There is provided a product information supply method for supplying a user who desires to purchase a product with proper information about a related product that could be bought in combination with the product, so that the user is assisted in purchasing products. Registration of combination information to be supplied to the user is made with a database managed by a service provider server by a person who has bought the above product by means of a registration page so that a lot of combination information is accumulated in the database. The registered information includes not only information specifying a combinable product but also information about the effects of the combination and the ways of using products in combination. The database is searched in response to inquiry information from the user who makes reference to a page of products. Thus, corresponding combination information is extracted from the database and is sent to the user."

I'm no expert in intellectual property law, but- this is something patentable? A database of related products, with the added twist of returning information on "effects of the combination and the ways of using products in combination." You mean like peanut butter and jelly? Gin and tonic? Water and Alka-Seltzer tablets?

Even more puzzling is the reference to one of my old DEC Professional DCL Dialogue columns. It deals with referrals and recommendations for computer hardware and software, but its relevance to this patent eludes me. You can read the column here.

Other stuff that passed across the desktop this week:

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Categories: Cleaning off the desktop, Computers, Holidays, Miscellany, Star Trek, Technology, WTF?


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A high probability of stupidity
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Published Monday, November 18, 2013 @ 12:22 PM EST
Nov 18 2013

I was watching a report on the Weather Channel this morning. The anchor was displaying the front pages of newspapers in communities hit by yesterday's storms. One banner headline read, "Storm Strafes City." The anchor said, "I looked up the word 'strafe,' because I didn't know what it meant. It means to attack something with machine guns or cannons from low-flying airplanes."

I guess that it goes without saying that if you don't know the definition of "strafe," you probably don't know what "metaphor" means, either.

How can someone attend college for four years, obtain a degree in atmospheric science or meteorology, and not know what strafe means?


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Sigh
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Published Sunday, October 27, 2013 @ 9:39 AM EDT
Oct 27 2013

Unfortunately, stupidity is infinite.


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Is this a trick question?
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Published Sunday, October 06, 2013 @ 3:01 PM EDT
Oct 06 2013


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Recursive plunge of the day
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Published Saturday, September 07, 2013 @ 6:15 PM EDT
Sep 07 2013

"On August 15, a resident from the 6300 Block of Crestview Drive found a chameleon in his front yard. If any resident has lost a chameleon, please call the South Park Police Department..."
-Park News, September 6, 2013

-Ring.-
South Park Police.
Hi, I'm calling about that lost chameleon.
Yes, sir. Can you describe it?
Excuse me?
Can you describe it? You know, like what color is it?"


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Hump day miscellany...
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Published Wednesday, August 21, 2013 @ 12:00 AM EDT
Aug 21 2013

I clean off my computer desktop. Into your eyes.


Apparently this drug gives you a stuporous, frozen expression and the ability to see pharmaceutical company mascots.


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Twisting words
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Published Thursday, August 15, 2013 @ 3:13 AM EDT
Aug 15 2013


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Pop quiz of the day
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Published Sunday, August 11, 2013 @ 9:24 AM EDT
Aug 11 2013

Name the national animal of Scotland.

Nope. Not even close.


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Simple math
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Published Saturday, August 03, 2013 @ 7:36 AM EDT
Aug 03 2013

The Big Mac was introduced in 1968. It cost 45 cents.
The federal minimum wage was $1.60 an hour.
Excluding taxes, a McDonald's worker could buy 3.5 Big Macs for one hour of work.

The price varies by location, but today a Big Mac is about $3.99.
The federal minimum wage is $7.25 an hour.
One hour of work now equals only 1.8 Big Macs.

Now do you see the problem?


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And I am mildly amused...
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Published Thursday, August 01, 2013 @ 5:37 AM EDT
Aug 01 2013


Categories: Photo of the day, WTF?


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Oh, AccuWeather...
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Published Tuesday, July 23, 2013 @ 10:34 AM EDT
Jul 23 2013

How would we survive without you?


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This is a test
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Published Friday, July 19, 2013 @ 10:58 AM EDT
Jul 19 2013

demaenianumification

Don't ask.


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Wheeeeeeeeee!
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Published Friday, July 19, 2013 @ 7:10 AM EDT
Jul 19 2013

World's slowest-moving drop caught on camera at last
(h/t Joseph Nebus)


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Journamalism
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Published Saturday, July 13, 2013 @ 6:59 AM EDT
Jul 13 2013

Kelly Nantel, a spokeswoman for the NTSB, said the intern was a student volunteering his time who answered phones but was supposed to pass on questions to official media representatives at the agency. She declined to say if the intern was fired, but the NTSB said in its statement that "appropriate actions will be taken to ensure that such a serious error is not repeated."

I'm sorry, but you can't blame this on the NTSB. My guess is someone at the station called the intern, read the names, and the intern rolled his or her eyes, said "yeah, right," and hung up.


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No relation
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Published Tuesday, July 09, 2013 @ 7:53 AM EDT
Jul 09 2013

I think.


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Hard times
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Published Sunday, July 07, 2013 @ 8:02 AM EDT
Jul 07 2013

batcar

Batman has apparently downsized, lacks collision insurance, and works the early morning shift at a 7-Eleven south of Pittsburgh.


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Confused cats and founding superheroes
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Published Wednesday, July 03, 2013 @ 12:40 AM EDT
Jul 03 2013


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Good job?
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Published Wednesday, June 19, 2013 @ 11:52 AM EDT
Jun 19 2013

That phrase wasn't my first choice.


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An incredible simulation!
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Published Tuesday, June 18, 2013 @ 6:22 AM EDT
Jun 18 2013

While getting a dish of Breyers ice cream last night, I noticed something odd... the package didn't say "ice cream."

Instead, in the lower right hand corner was the title "Frozen Dairy Dessert."

I visited the Breyers web site. The front page makes several references to ice cream, but no mention of frozen dairy dessert.

I eventually found what I was seeking, about halfway down the FAQ page:

Frozen Dairy Dessert products are made with many of the same high-quality ingredients that are commonly found in Ice Cream– like fresh milk, cream and sugar– and offer a great taste and even smoother texture. According to the FDA, in order for a product to be labeled ice cream, it needs to meet two key requirements:

· Not less than 10% dairy fat
· A percentage of overrun that results in a finished product weighing more than 4.5 pounds per gallon

Anything that does not meet both of those requirements is not considered ice cream.

5) Why did Breyers make the change to Frozen Dairy Dessert?

Our consumers are at the center of every recipe decision we make. We work hard to understand what people want most and work to give them the best possible product experience. People have told us they have various flavor or texture preferences. For example, some tell us that they want a smoother texture, which is what we’re able to deliver with our Frozen Dairy Dessert products.

Yeah, in addition to milk, cream, and sugar, I'd like five different types of gums and stabilizing agents.

And don't forget the corn syrup. Yum.

(New York Times article, "Ice Cream's Identity Crisis": "You might ask what the difference is between ice cream and a frozen dairy dessert, and I might answer that it is the same as the difference between a slice of American cheese and a slice of Kraft Singles American Pasteurized Prepared Cheese Product.")

And there's this, and also this:


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Signs of the Apocalypse, #908: WTF?
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Published Tuesday, June 04, 2013 @ 10:37 PM EDT
Jun 04 2013

Ack.
(Story here.)

In related news, the Holocaust Museum announced plans for a "Hogan's Heroes" display.


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Serious physical injury or property losing.
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Published Saturday, June 01, 2013 @ 10:45 AM EDT
Jun 01 2013

Nerd outfitter extraordinaire ThinkGeek is unsurpassed when it comes to clever advertising and customer communications:

Good, indeed. ">

Which makes me wonder if the instructions for their R/C Quadcopter is the just the manufacturer's twisted Chinese to English translation, or a literary parody unequalled in the annals of mail-order retail sales:

No habla gibberish

Wouldn't it be wonderful if the Chinese instructions were badly translated from English?

All kidding aside, you have to marvel that technology has progressed to the point where you can buy a four-channel, radio controlled flying device with an integrated, microprocessor-controlled six-axis electronic gyroscope for under $25.

But I still don't have my jetpack.


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Brilliant
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Published Saturday, June 01, 2013 @ 12:40 AM EDT
Jun 01 2013

Brilliant


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Or maybe platypi?
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Published Thursday, May 30, 2013 @ 10:22 AM EDT
May 30 2013

Platipi.


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Uneasy lies the head...
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Published Wednesday, May 29, 2013 @ 4:44 AM EDT
May 29 2013

Wow.

I just had the most bizarre, vivid dream of my life. Seriously.

Sufficiently vivid to send me catapulting out of bed to the keyboard- wide awake, 100% alert, and without an intervening stop at the bathroom and coffeemaker- and sufficiently bizarre that I really can't write about it in detail.

It involves a trip to a Los Angeles barber shop, a dead celebrity, hospital waiting rooms, appearing on a television show, cab rides, botched airline reservations- a sequence of events as lucid as any I've experienced in real life, but that are, upon reflection, a spectacular collection of somnambular non-sequiturs.

I usually don't have dreams of such preternatural quality. I also don't subscribe to the belief that dreams have any deep meaning. Still, when you're wide awake at four a.m., asking yourself "Where the hell did that come from?", you find yourself replaying the previous day's events in your memory, looking for potential triggers.

Right before going to bed, we watched the last episode of the second season of The West Wing, in which a major character dies. Although the dream wasn't about that character or actor, it did involve a deceased performer I greatly admired. Los Angeles? That's where the series was filmed and the celebrity lived. Barber shop? I need a haircut and have been trying to work out the logistics of getting to the barber within the next week. Hospital waiting rooms- clearing out some old files yesterday, I encountered the discharge instructions from my inpatient treatment for pneumonia last year. Appearing on television and cab rides- the last time I was in New York, I stopped by ABC World News Now in the middle of the night, and when leaving the city to go to my next stop, a business trip to Germany, my cabbie nearly got into a fistfight with a driver who cut him off. During that trip to Germany, Jimmy Doohan- the actor who played Scotty on Star Trek- passed away. Not the celebrity in my dream, but another dead performer. Botched airline reservations- checked the balance information on an airline-branded credit card account yesterday.

I guess there is a loose thread connecting the events in my dream; the weirdness comes from my subconscious mind shoehorning them into a narrative that makes about as much sense as the script to Star Trek: Into Darkness.

Oh well. It's 5 am and I'm up. I'll get a head start on the day.

Maybe I can squeeze in that haircut.


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The party of the first part...
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Published Monday, May 06, 2013 @ 1:54 PM EDT
May 06 2013

I never paid much attention to the insurance policy on my cell phone. But recent events make me wonder whether I'm adequately covered:

This insurance does not apply to loss or damage caused directly or indirectly by any of the following:
a. Governmental Authority Seizure or destruction of property by order of governmental authority.
b. Nuclear Hazard Nuclear reaction or radiation , or radioactive contamination, however caused. If physical loss or damage by fire ensues, we will pay only for such ensuing loss or damage.

What's the difference between a nuclear holocaust that melts your phone instead of causing it to burst into flame? And who's going to be around to process the claim?

c. War
(1) War, including undeclared or civil war;
(2) Warlike action by a military force; or
(3) Insurrection, rebellion, revolution, usurped power or action taken by governmental authority in hindering or defending against any of these.

Technically, the United States hasn't been in a declared war since World War II, so this is a bit fuzzy. Who, precisely, determines what's a "warlike action by a military force?" As for "insurrection," etc., does that mean if someone steps on my phone at a Tea Party or ACLU rally that I'm out of luck?

Then there's this:

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO POLICYHOLDERS-
TERRORISM RISK INSURANCE ACT OF 2002
 
You are hereby notified that, under the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002, as amended, we must make terrorism coverage available if your policy covers commercial property. However, the actual coverage provided by your policy for acts of terrorism, as is true for all coverages, is limited by the terms, conditions, exclusions, limits, other provision of your policy, any endorsements to the policy and generally applicable rules of law. Any terrorism coverage provided by this policy may be partially reimbursed by the United States Government under a formula established by Federal Law. If applicable, under this formula, the United States Government will pay 85% of covered terrorism losses exceeding a statutorily established deductible paid by insurers until such time as insured losses reach the $100 billion cap that limits U.S. Government reimbursement as well as insurers' liability for losses. If that occurs, your coverage may be reduced. You will not be required to pay a premium for terrorism coverage at this time. If a premium is going to be charged for terrorism coverage, we will provide you with advance notification of what that premium will be.

Oh, what the hell. The cellular network will have collapsed, anyway.

Have a great Monday.


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Journalism: not what it used to be.
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Published Friday, April 19, 2013 @ 12:07 PM EDT
Apr 19 2013

"Something is happening. I don't know what. But I smell smoke. And dogs are barking."
-Live report on CNN


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Bunny hugger
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Published Thursday, March 28, 2013 @ 12:11 AM EDT
Mar 28 2013

'Tis the season...


Categories: Holidays, Photo of the day, WTF?


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You will be assimilated. More or less.
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Published Wednesday, March 27, 2013 @ 12:13 AM EDT
Mar 27 2013

This will really make my Linked In profile stand out.


Categories: KGB, Linked In, Photo of the day, Star Trek, WTF?


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Know your limitations
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Published Tuesday, March 26, 2013 @ 12:14 AM EDT
Mar 26 2013

(THE GIST) Multi-billionaire software pioneer, philanthropist, and current No. 2 on Forbes Magazine's "World's Richest People" List Bill Gates is putting some of his considerable largess to the task of making sex more enjoyable by funding the creation of a next generation condom.

Gates is offering $100,000 in grant money for ideas that will make condoms- already effective at preventing STDs- less effective at preventing male orgasm.

(He's not doing it himself because Windows showed he wasn't really very good at designing friendly or satisfying user interfaces.)


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Sorry.
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Published Sunday, March 24, 2013 @ 12:21 AM EDT
Mar 24 2013

Couldn't resist.


Categories: Animals, Cats, Photo of the day, The Beatles, WTF?


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Cruel and unusual
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Published Friday, March 15, 2013 @ 8:47 AM EDT
Mar 15 2013

I'd prefer waterboarding or fingernail removal.


Categories: Dogs, Photo of the day, WTF?


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Something in the air
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Published Saturday, February 16, 2013 @ 12:32 PM EST
Feb 16 2013

In related news, reports are surfacing that the largest crater resulting from the Russian meteorite strike contained a spaceship, and that a childless, middle-aged couple rescued a toddler wrapped in red and blue blankets...


Categories: Observations, Science, Superman, Technology, WTF?


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Gravity is a mistake
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Published Thursday, February 14, 2013 @ 8:14 AM EST
Feb 14 2013

The Centrifuge Brain Project


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Cutting edge
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Published Friday, February 08, 2013 @ 5:03 AM EST
Feb 08 2013


Categories: Snrk, TSA, WTF?


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Unintended consequences
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Published Thursday, February 07, 2013 @ 6:19 AM EST
Feb 07 2013

When you allow females in combat...


Categories: T-shirt of the day, WTF?


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Check back tomorrow.
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Published Sunday, February 03, 2013 @ 6:59 AM EST
Feb 03 2013


Categories: Cartoons, Time Travel, WTF?


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Mixed loyalties
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Published Thursday, January 31, 2013 @ 1:56 PM EST
Jan 31 2013


Categories: Animals, WTF?


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Mysterious ways, indeed,,,
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Published Sunday, January 20, 2013 @ 5:54 AM EST
Jan 20 2013


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Just saying...
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Published Wednesday, January 16, 2013 @ 8:24 AM EST
Jan 16 2013

News Headline: "Walmart promises to hire 100,000 veterans."
News Headline: "Bill would give homeless veterans unclaimed clothing from airports."

A lot of thought has gone into honoring our veterans.

Now they will have secondhand clothing to wear when they start their underpaid jobs with no benefits.

-Zay N. Smith, Quick Takes


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"Open the pod bay doors, Hal." "F*** you, Dave."
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Published Saturday, January 12, 2013 @ 10:16 PM EST
Jan 12 2013

ABC News


Categories: Computers, IBM, Technology, WTF?


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It's not polite to stare
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Published Saturday, January 12, 2013 @ 8:06 AM EST
Jan 12 2013

It's also probably not safe. Scrape the gray matter off the wall behind you, go back out to the kitchen, and get yourself another cup of coffee. Then go check out Reddit. I hear there's some good stuff over there.


Categories: Animals, Cats, Photo of the day, WTF?


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Realization
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Published Friday, January 11, 2013 @ 9:05 AM EST
Jan 11 2013


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Meet the New Year, same as the old year...
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Published Tuesday, January 01, 2013 @ 3:01 AM EST
Jan 01 2013

KGB Report welcomes you to 2013: May this arbitrary, transient point in your solipsistic sense of the space-time continuum delineate the initiation of a series of random events which trend in a manner which you perceive to be favorable.


Categories: Barack Obama, Cartoons, Elections, History, Holidays, Mass shootings, New Years, Photo of the day, Politics, Second Amendment, The Big Bang Theory, U.S. Constitution, WTF?


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Getting ready
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Published Monday, December 31, 2012 @ 12:00 AM EST
Dec 31 2012

2013 is the first year since 1987 that contains four different numbers.

You're welcome.


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Sigh.
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Published Sunday, December 16, 2012 @ 12:10 AM EST
Dec 16 2012

Hey, t-shirt person.

If the "loving" god who demands your worship isn't bright enough to correctly interpret the establishment clause of the United States Constitution, and is so petty and vindictive as to turn his back and allow the slaughter of 20 innocent babies, then I have no use for either of you.

If you don't think teachers should be unionized but they should be armed, cancel basic cable.
-@LOLGOP

If more guns made things safer America would have the lowest murder rate on Earth.
 
The NRA reminds you their right to shoot more clay pigeons without reloading is just a bit more important than your life.
 
Welcome to America, where some of you will have an easier time buying an assault rifle than marrying who you love.
-John Fugelsang

Once, millions of Americans correctly argued the Constitution gave them the right to own other human beings, too. We changed.
-Jason Cochran

If the reason to have a thing is to protect yourself against people with the same thing, maybe that thing is a bad thing.
-@TheTweetofGod

It took two minutes, between 9:36am to 9:38am to kill 26 children and their teachers. How many hunters encounter 26 deer in two minutes?
-Roland Scahill

Too many conservatives refuse to regulate assault rifles, but they're fine with regulating the female reproductive organs. Because liberty.
-Bob Cesca

Sorry, but prayers and giving your kids hugs fix nothing; only having the balls to stand up to our insane selfish gun culture will.
-Bill Maher


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12/12/12 12:12:12.12, or the end of the world as we know it.
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Published Tuesday, December 11, 2012 @ 5:16 AM EST
Dec 11 2012

Forget 12/21. The end of the world as we know it may begin today at 7:12 pm Eastern Standard Time.

That's when December 12, 2012, 12:12:12 arrives in American Samoa on the International Date Line.

Those with a less than altruistic streak are hoping the world's computer systems will implode in the great cascading failure Y2K was supposed to have been.

Enhancing the absurdity of the situation is the knowledge the potential disruption will be due not to obscure defects in the design of mind-numbingly complex hardware and software. Blame for the collapse can instead be squarely pinned to the banal bleatings of billions of blithering idiots.

They will be simultaneously e-mailing, posting, tweeting and blogging in a frenetic attempt to have their pointless communications endowed with that rarest of time stamps, 12/12/12 12:12:12. The load to computer and communications systems could be overwhelming.

While the chaos could proceed in an orderly, domino-like fashion as the earth spins through each time zone, it's more likely the most notable disturbance in the Force will be felt tomorrow morning at 7:12:12 am Eastern Standard Time.

That corresponds to 12/12/12 12:12:12 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). All systems containing intrinsic timekeeping functions are synchronized to UTC and display local time as an offset from the UTC base time. Nerds know this, and to make certain their messages are precisely timestamped, they'll post using the non-offset UTC, the planet's "official" time.

To paraphrase Padmé Amidala:

So this is how civilization dies... with your crazy Aunt Betty posting a cat picture to her Timeline.

(Thanks to Dave Dustin, whose musings on Twitter reminded me of the 12/12 business)


Categories: 12/12/12 12:12:12, Dave Dustin, Signs of the Apocalypse, WTF?


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