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Photo of the Day: Inquisitiveness: "By Key GROSS. ...
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
"Easy being green, it is not."
"Easy being green, it is not.": "I'll confess right here that I grew up a Star Trek fan and if you let me, could bore you with an endless stream of Trek trivia that would make you squirm with embarrassment. Hell, it would make me squirm with embarrassment, but it's my gift and my curse, I guess. That said, I did enjoy the Star Wars films. Well the first two, anyway. Especially The Empire Strikes Back, which is one of the best science fiction action adventures ever filmed. (Really though, have there been that many?) Anyway, I was invited to be a part of Star Wars, Visions, a truly wonderful collection of Star Wars images created by a wide variety...
BlackSheep - A Tool to Detect Firesheep
BlackSheep - A Tool to Detect Firesheep: "UPDATE: see the requirements for the extension at the end of the postUPDATE: an new version is availableUPDATE: BlackSheep for Linux is available hereUPDATE: If you use FileVault on MacOSX, you might be prompted for a password. See this thread for more information.You've probably all heard of Firesheep by now, a Firefox add-on which lets anyone hijack a user's session to various popular web applications when they're using an open wireless network. While sniffing/stealing session credentials is nothing new, Firesheep exposes this capability to the masses by automating the process so that absolutely no...
The Placebo Effect Not Just On Drugs
The Placebo Effect Not Just On Drugs: "dvdme writes 'It seems the placebo effect isn't just valid on drugs. It's also a fact on elevators, offices and traffic lights. An article by Greg Ross says: 'In most elevators installed since the early 1990s, the 'close door' button has no effect. Otis Elevator engineers confirmed the fact to the Wall Street Journal in 2003. Similarly, many office thermostats are dummies, designed to give workers the illusion of control. 'You just get tired of dealing with them and you screw in a cheap thermostat,' said Illinois HVAC specialist Richard Dawson. 'Guess what? They quit calling you.' In 2004 the New York Times...
Chart Of The Day
Chart Of The Day: "Canadian Kamel Makhloufi has designed a pair of arresting graphs:Each pixel represents a death: U.S. soldiers blue, Iraqi troops green, enemies grey, and civilians orange. ...
Nicaraguan Invasion? Blame Google Maps
Nicaraguan Invasion? Blame Google Maps: "An embarrassing error on Google Maps has been blamed for Nicaragua’s accidental invasion of Costa Rica. Last week, Nicaraguan troops crossed the border, took down a Costa Rican flag and defiantly raised their own flag on Costa Rican turf.But the troops’ commander, Eden Pastora, told a Costa Rican newspaper, La Nacion, that his invasion was not his fault, because Google Maps mistakenly said the territory belonged to Nicaragua. Government officials in Nicaragua have also blamed a “bug in Google” for the error.Now, the Organization of American States and UN Security Council are being called in to mediate...
Men: Your Laptop Is Probably Cooking Your Testicles [Warnings]
Men: Your Laptop Is Probably Cooking Your Testicles [Warnings]: " Ever wonder just how hot your balls get under your laptop? 'Within 10 or 15 minutes their scrotal temperature is already above what we consider safe,' says one doctor. Turns out that cooking your testicles is also bad for reproducing. More » ...
Kinect Injury: Kid Gets Elbow To The Face
Kinect Injury: Kid Gets Elbow To The Face: "We predicted a spate of Kinect injuries, and our prediction is coming true! In the Youtube clip below, a dad playing Kinect with his son throws out an elbow and clocks the youngster right in the face. Owwwww.Enjoy the Kinect Injury Mayhem: ...
