Saturday, December 13, 2003
Beautiful Woman Can Make A Man Stupid
HAMILTON, Ontario -- A beautiful woman can make a guy stupid, according to a recent study.
Researchers at McMaster University showed male students pictures of women, both attractive and not-so-attractive.
But after seeing a very attractive woman, the men were more likely to make dumb choices.
This would explain why men can never score well around hot women.
[Props to Ryan for the find]
Canada deems P2P downloading legal | CNET News.com
Downloading copyrighted music from peer-to-peer networks is legal in Canada, although uploading files is not, Canadian copyright regulators said in a ruling released Friday.
GOD BLESS CANADA!
In the same decision, the Copyright Board of Canada imposed a government fee of as much as $25 on iPod-like MP3 players, putting the devices in the same category as audio tapes and blank CDs. The money collected from levies on "recording mediums" goes into a fund to pay musicians and songwriters for revenues lost from consumers' personal copying. Manufacturers are responsible for paying the fees and often pass the cost on to consumers.
Hey - why didn't we think of that, oh corporate monguls that run the most powerful country in the whole entire world?
It's Beer Airways as backpackers lured to mile-high pub
Karaoke, dance-offs, beer and pizza at the in-flight pub will be among the attractions of the world's first low-cost, long-haul budget airline.
BackpackersXpress, the brainchild of Australian Glenn Millen, is set for a June launch, outfitting two chartered 747s with a pub, live entertainment and two enormous VB logos on the engine cowlings.
"We're configuring it for fun and one class," Mr Millen said. "Our cabin features are designed around the backpacking culture."
Geared towards the half-million predominantly young budget travellers who flock to Australia from the northern hemisphere every year, Backpackers-Xpress will offer open-ended return tickets from Manchester to Melbourne for $1290 starting in June 2004.
Mr Millen said the emphasis was on "education, fun, flexibility and value".
Yeah, where "value" is equal to "$1290."
School tosses rule out window to create gingerbread houses
No gingerbread house should have to endure a carrot-stick fence or a door made of celery.
It's just not the way gingerbread houses are done.
The kindergartners at O.C. Taylor Elementary School therefore had a sticky problem Friday. New state guidelines prohibit distribution of certain yummy snacks -- jelly bean Christmas lights among them -- by schools.
"Contraband candies," O.C. Taylor teacher Debbie Horn calls them.
These crazy public schools...
"Free Willy" killer whale star Keiko dies at 27 :
Keiko the killer whale, star of the 'Free Willy' movies, has died at 27 of pneumonia in a Norwegian fjord, ending campaigners' hopes of returning the people-loving mammal to life in the wild.
[You may remember the movie "Free Willy" which used Michael Jackson to create its theme track.]
...again, another symbolism of Jackson's career...
A.P.N.S.
This is what happens when the guys in your dorm get bored on a Friday night.
Click on the VIDEO to see a lovely prank on a fellow unsuspecting student.
(Awesome Pirate Ninja Society, if you're wondering.... and don't ask, if you are.)
Friday, December 12, 2003
Orders to kill adopted puppy leave Florida soldiers mourning:
It's against the rules for U.S. soldiers in Iraq to have pets, but the skinny black puppy that wandered up to the Florida National Guard soldiers at a base in northern Iraq wouldn't go away.
So the soldiers from Alpha Co. of the 2nd Battalion of the 124th Infantry Regiment adopted the mutt and named her Apache after their radio call sign.
But Army regulations finally caught up with Alpha Co. and Apache.
Family members said Wednesday that the soldiers were eventually forced to obey orders and have the dog killed.
First the gays...
...now the puppies.
Muncie, Indiana - TheStarPress.com
This is why we pay attention to headlines during lethal situations.
Barney Cam II: Barney Reloaded Released Today:
The original 'Barney Cam' was released last December and featured Barney, the President's Scottish Terrier, touring the White House to provide viewers with a dog's eye view of the holiday decorations.
And he said f*ck your tax dollars...
eSociety 3 is now available.
One of these days I'll get the damn thing up on time.
:)
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Thursday, December 11, 2003
Amazon.com: Toys & Games: Play-Doh George Foreman Grill.
Yup. Play-doh: Redefined.
Now we've got a legitimate excuse to eat the stuff. :)
Kucinich, date meet for breakfast in New Hampshire
For a Democrat, Dennis Kucinich's approach on a first date was rather conservative Thursday: He greeted her by shaking her hand.
"Nice to meet you," said Gina Marie Santore of New Jersey as the two met for the first time in the lobby of a [Hotel, Motel...] Holiday Inn. He wore a suit; she, a red sweater.
Kucinich said he was looking forward to eating breakfast with her. The two sat at a booth at the Kansas City Steakhouse restaurant.
The contest for a potential first lady for the Ohio congressman, who has been divorced twice, began at a forum in Manchester last month, when Kucinich was asked what his first lady would either do or be like.
...Politics?
Say 'cheese'
Vancouver — As the first female mayor of the northern B.C. town of Houston, Sharon Smith was proud of her accomplishments. So was her husband. So proud that he snapped photos of Her Worship wearing the chain of office - and nothing else.
Everything was fine until photos of a smiling Ms. Smith were allegedly copied from her home computer during a house party her kids threw, then circulated around the mill town of 4,300.
And she says her privacy has been violated?
No sex in the public office, woman!
Athletic Youth at Higher Risk of Sudden Death
Teens and young adults who regularly train and compete in sports are more than twice as likely to experience sudden death than non-athletes, according to a new study.
Power to the slackers!
Wednesday, December 10, 2003
Music Choice Broadband Music Service to Launch With Napster Partnership
When one of the over 500,000 songs available in Napster's library plays on any of the 40 MUSIC CHOICE Broadband channels, a 'download now' button will be displayed on the Music Choice streaming music player. Listeners can choose to either buy the track or the album on which the track appears or subscribe to Napster and enjoy unlimited listening to Napster's growing catalog of over 500,000 songs. Listeners of the new MUSIC CHOICE Broadband service will have direct access to Napster, where they can search the largest online catalog available, listen to 30-second music clips, watch music videos, access Billboard chart information and community features and send music to friends at no charge.
Finally, people getting smart about convergence.
Tuesday, December 09, 2003
Microsoft to retire Windows 98
Microsoft will retire several of its products next week, including Windows 98 and SQL Server 7, to comply with a court order related to its dispute with Sun Microsystems over Java. In a posting to Microsoft’s developer Web site, the company lists several older products that are being phased out and that will no longer be available to customers as of Dec. 15.
Wow... It's like 3.1 all over again... (sniff, sniff)
Flying pig dies in pen
A baby pig which survived being picked up by a hawk in New Zealand has been found dead in a pen at her new home.
Two months ago the piglet, named Crackle, was grazing in the Kaingaroa Forest in the Bay of Plenty when a hawk swooped, plucked her up and dumped her alongside the road.
Well, we're all f*cked now!
Three indicted in nightclub fire
Justice sucks.
A grand jury indicted three people Tuesday on charges of involuntary manslaughter in the Rhode Island nightclub fire that killed 100 people in February.
Indicted on 200 counts each of involuntary manslaughter -- two for each death -- were brothers Jeffrey and Michael Derderian, owners of The Station, and Dan Biechele, tour manager for the band Great White who lit the pyrotechnic display that started the February 20 blaze.
Windows' Notepad rallies for a new name
"C'mon now! Let's be fair here!" Notepad pleaded. "You've got all these obvious connections between program and extension, but then there's me: .txt. I mean, What the hell? Where is the similarity in that? Just look at it for a moment.... Notepad....txt. Just one damn t in common! Even .wvx gets more prestige than that! It's time this injustice stopped. I think it is only fair that I be known as .ntpd from this day forward." Then, as an afterthought, Notepad added, "Oh, and Word should become .wrd."
'Bachelor' Firestone, Schefft Break Up:
NEW YORK - Reality has set in for yet another reality TV couple, as Andrew Firestone and Jen Schefft from 'The Bachelor' have broken up.
The heir to the Firestone tire and wine fortune proposed to Schefft, a petite Marcia Brady look-alike, in May on the ABC dating show.
Reports show that the break up stemed from an earlier argument where Firestone "blew up" at Schefft.
Outkast On The 'Outs' Again With Rosa Parks
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled yesterday that Civil rights icon Rosa Parks can sue Outkast and its record producers for illegally using her name as the title of their hit 1998 song of the Aquemini album. The court effectively reactivated Ms. Park's suit against Andre "Andre 3000" Benjamin and Antoine "Big Boi" Patton along with LaFace Records, Arista Records and BMG Entertainment.
Which is great and all, but isn't that like so 5 years ago?
We're really not sure if these kids are serious, but it's certainly my laugh of the afternoon.
Icy Hot Stuntaz!!:
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[Props to Mike for the find]
Monday, December 08, 2003
Hold tight!
eSociety will be up late Tuesday.
(Hey gimme a break, it's getting close to finals week.)
BREAKING NEWS
LOS ANGELES -- Ozzy Osbourne was seriously injured Monday in an accident on the grounds of his estate in England and underwent emergency surgery, a spokeswoman said.
The 55-year-old rock star was riding a "quad bike," or all-terrain vehicle, on his Buckinghamshire property when the accident occurred, according to publicist Cindy Guagenti.
His injuries were not considered to be life-threatening, she said.
Being a dumbass, drugged-up musician with your own TV show: It's more dangerous than we all thought.
Osbourne's only words following the accident, as usual, were mumbled as a series of incoherent, incomplete and totally senseless expletives.
Silver mining in Lincoln ... one quarter at a time
The sad story of a family in Lincoln, NE who spent 19 months picking up spare change in random places.
19 months.
And they totaled...
$26.26.
Star-Telegram.com
ATLANTA - A man who slapped a bumper sticker referring to terrorism and war on the side of a plane caused a four-hour delay for a flight filled with holiday travelers.
The man pasted the sticker on the door as a practical joke while boarding an Atlanta-to-San Francisco flight Sunday, AirTran Airways spokesman Tad Hutcheson said.
A ground crew worker noticed the sticker after all passengers were on board. The captain was notified by radio and decided not to take off. All 162 people on the plane had to get off and go through a second security screening.
This, of course, falls second in line to the traditional air-prank of placing a bin Laden bobblehead in the cockpit window.
Dead goose falls on school playground
Children playing at Park Elementary School had their after-lunch routine interrupted when a dead goose dropped onto the soccer field north of the school.
As children were playing outside Thursday, a teacher reported hearing a loud pop and seeing a 7- to 8-pound goose fall.
(They were shot.)
Now stop, think, and imagine this happening.
Yeah - it is kind of funny.
What would you have done when you were 6-10 years old?
hehehe...
Bomb found in tourist's pants:
TERRIFIED backpackers dobbed in a roommate when they discovered he was hiding a package of plastic explosives down his pants.
He was armed with a 20cm-long Powergel stick - the weapon of destruction also known as C4, which is favoured by some Northern Ireland paramilitary death squads and Thai suicide scooter-bombers.
He had tried to impress the mainly international travellers at the hostel by pulling the explosive stick out and saying: 'Look at what I've got, mate - it's a stick of bloody Powergel.'
Imagine the marketing potentials for deodorant...
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