Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Actual Video of a Violent Exploding Laptop Battery
The folks at PC Pitstop forced a lithium-ion battery into an unstable state - the same state that usually occurred with the Sony laptop battery explosions - and the explosions happened from there.
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Hilarious Video: Animals are Better than you!
Example: This is the Cheetah. It could move up to speeds of 76 kmh, If a Human raced a Cheetah, the Cheetah would beat you....and then it would probably eat you. A Cheetah is Better than you....
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President Bush - "I hear there's rumours on the uh... Internets"
In case you've ever wondered where the fun twist of the "Internet" to "Internets" originated from, here is the original source of inspiration for Stephen Colbert and countless other parodies. Good ol' George Dubya himself. I found it using The Google.
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Natural-born Painkiller Found in Human Saliva
Saliva from humans has yielded a natural painkiller up to six times more powerful than morphine, researchers say.
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Find a USPS mailbox in your area
Click on a state name or enter a zip code to see a list of US Postal Service collection stations (blue mailboxes) in that area. Every listing contains location information (most with maps) and scheduled pick-up times for that mailbox.
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Monday, November 13, 2006
Drug Use Destroying European Bank Notes!
The Institute for Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Research in Nuremberg found in 2003 that 90% of all Euro bank notes were contaminated with traces of cocaine. There have not yet been any reported cases of people overdosing by licking their money but many fear it is mearly a matter of time.
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10 Very Useful Mac OS X Utilities
A nice list of 10 useful Mac OS X Utilities, including short descriptions and links to download.
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Sir Elton John wants a ban on all organized religion . . .
Sir Elton John has said he would like to see all organised religion banned and accused it of trying to "turn hatred towards gay people". Organised religion lacked compassion and turned people into "hateful lemmings", he told the Observer. "I think religion has always tried to turn hatred towards gay people, religion promotes the hatred and spite."
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A dead man has been blamed for hundreds of speeding offences in Australia
Police in Sydney said 240 people were under investigation over the speeding scam, where hundreds of motorists blamed either the same dead man, or a person living in another state, for driving their cars at the time of the speeding offences.
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The world's most dangerous road
It seems perverse that one of the main roads out of one of the highest cities on Earth should actually climb as it leaves town.
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Apple fires 'smug little twit'
Apple has decided to dump its 'Mac Guy' advertisements because the character is a 'smug little twit'.
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