"A BOY can reportedly only communicate by 'chirping' - after living his life in a virtual aviary. ... the boy's 31-year-old mum did not talk him and treated him like a bird, forcing him to learn avian language." http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article857046.ece
"We're having a problem sending email out of the department." "What's the problem?" I asked. "We can't send mail more than 500 miles," the chairman explained. I choked on my latte. "Come again?" "We can't send mail farther than 500 miles from here," he repeated. "A little bit more, actually. Call it 520 miles. But no farther."
Excerpt from the Del.icio.us Bookmarks Firefox Add-On Software License
"You may not ... use the Delicious Software to operate nuclear facilities, life support, or other mission critical application where human life or property may be at stake." More
"Prince Rupert's Drops are a glass curiosity created by dripping hot molten glass into cold water. The drops will disintegrate explosively if the tail end is even slightly damaged." More on why this happens more
Ancient "Devil Frog" May Have Eaten Baby Dinosaurs
"Scientists on Monday announced the discovery in northwestern Madagascar of a bulky amphibian dubbed the "devil frog" that lived 65 million to 70 million years ago and was so nasty it may have eaten newborn dinosaurs." More
Could dinosaurs have evolved to an extent where they developed technology to leave the earth before the great extinction? Is it possible that 65 million years is long enough for all traces of this advanced dinosaur society to be erased from the Earth? More: http://www.overcomingbias.com/2008/02/dinos-on-the-mo.html
"A "plastic soup" of waste floating in the Pacific Ocean is growing at an alarming rate and now covers an area twice the size of the continental United States, scientists have said." More
"... these mountains are far too distant to be observed from Marseille. However, on occasion, atmospheric conditions permit objects typically too far away to be easily observed to come into clear view." More: http://epod.usra.edu/archive/epodviewer.php3?oid=404000
102. I will design my ship's tactical systems so that I do not have to personally direct every single shot fired.
103. I will put surge suppressors in the circuitry of my ship, so that a shot striking some distant portion does not cause a control panel on the bridge to explode.
104. I will design my ships so that command and control functions cannot be hot-wired from a wall panel in the recreation bay.
Comcast remotes don't come with a skip ahead button. That makes it difficult to skip commercials on your Comcast DVR. Here are instructions for programming your own 30 second commercial skip button on your silver Comcast remote.
Important note: Once the button has been programmed it is permanent, so pick a button you don't use or need. I recommend using the Help button for the 30 second skip function.
Follow these steps:
Hit the Cable button - It will blink.
Press and hold the Setup button until the cable button blinks twice.
Enter 994 - The Cable button will blink twice.
Hit setup. (do not hold)
Enter 00173 on your keypad.
Hit any button that you don't use. (like Help or a button close to your 8 second rewind / instant replay button)