`A test of the national missile defense system failed Monday when an interceptor missile did not launch from its island base in the Pacific Ocean, the military said. It was the second failure in months for the experimental program.’
`A large black ball, originally designed by Swedish scientists for use on Mars, could be the latest weapon in the war against burglars.
The device, developed at the University of Uppsala, acts as a high-tech security guard capable of detecting an intruder thanks to either radar or infra-red sensors. Once alerted, it can summon help, sound an alarm or pursue the intruders, taking pictures.
It is capable of travelling at 20mph, somewhat faster than a human being. Even worse for intruders, the robot ball can still give chase over mud, snow and water.’
I want some robotic balls. 🙂
`Here it is! The new flamethrower at nearly full capacity! Bear in mind that this is with the use of an expansion chamber but with only 3/8 inch pipe. I am going to go up to 3/4 inch or possibly 1 inch pipe to see if I can get a little better performance. Eventually the entire perimeter of the roof will be lined with piping that will emit a dense ring of flames around the entire edge of the roof.’
`The Federal Election Commission next month will begin looking at tightening restrictions on political activities on the Internet, ROLL CALL reports Monday.
The FEC is planning to examine the question of how Internet activities, when coordinated with candidates’ campaigns, fit into the definition of ‘public communications.’
Dangerous territory, methinks.
`A man whose friends initially said he was killed by gunfire outside a Gary liquor store actually died after he donned what he thought was a bulletproof vest and asked a cohort to shoot him.
A friend then shot Daniel Wright with a .20-gauge shotgun, but it turned out the vest Wright had put on Thursday was a flak jacket not designed to stop a bullet.
Wright, 20, was mortally wounded in the shooting and died later at a Gary hospital after two of his friends drove him there.’
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`The unkind would call it the battle of the bitches – referring to the dogs, of course.
Britney Spears and Paris Hilton are now exchanging claw marks not over their fame, beauty or money – but about their pet chihuahuas.
Singer Britney says the hotel heiress’s pet Tinkerbell looks like a dog’s breakfast. Her own three pooches – Bit Bit, Lacy Loo and Lucky – are far better turned out, she claims.’
Obviously, they’re both retards.
`A Sydney Council has declared war on 4WDs by becoming the first in the state to “tax” owners – through a residential parking permit scheme. [..]
Subject to a public exhibition phase, 4WD owners in North Sydney will be forced to pay $88 for a residential parking permit – double the current amount of $44. If the same household applies for another permit for a second 4WD, it will cost $200, up from the current $100.’
Hooray. The fewer death-mobiles on the road the better.
`A cancer patient who hanged himself may not have received a letter from doctors saying he was clear of the illness, officials said Monday.
Colin Jackson, 43, underwent intense treatment after being diagnosed with testicular cancer last year. He was found hanging from a ledge in his apartment in Gillingham, southeast of London, on July 2.
Doctors sent Jackson a letter telling him the treatment was successful and he was free from the disease. But the local coroner’s office said he may not have received the letter because he had recently registered with a different family physician.’
Some guy as mapped out all the branches his life might have taken and the potential outcomes. Interesting. 🙂
`Olympic ski champion Bill Johnson was arrested for allegedly punching a sheriff’s deputy in the face during a traffic stop.
Johnson was stopped in his pickup truck by a Multnomah County sheriff’s deputy and a suburban Troutdale police officer on Friday afternoon. When the officers approached, Johnson pulled out his 1984 gold medal and taunted them by saying, “You don’t have one of these,” police said.
Johnson threw his keys at Deputy Jeff Cordes, reached out his window, grabbed the deputy’s shirt and punched him in the face, police said.’
`A Delaware County man who prosecutors say was killed by his father-in-law was called for jury duty in his alleged killer’s murder trial.’
‘Yes! The face of Lord Jesus naturally formed by clouds’
I don’t know if I believe the “never before seen” bit. I saw it just last week. Twice.
`A Hickory Middle School teacher showed poor judgment – and broke the law – when he punched a student in the face during a cafeteria argument, a juvenile-court judge ruled Thursday. He handed down a sentence of six months in jail and a $2,500 fine. [..]
“Teachers, like police officers, are generally expected to put up with things the rest of us wouldn’t put up with, and keep their cool,” Judge Larry D. Willis said. “Mr. Murphy lost his cool that day.”’
`This site is a pictorial tour through asylum architecture and history. Please enjoy the pictures, postcards, artifacts, and other interesting sectors of this page. [..]
The newest additions to the Abandoned Asylum archives are Foxboro State Hospital, Medfield State Hospital, and Rhode Island State Hospital. Now on display Danvers State Hospital.
Abandoned Asylum would like to welcome back the Pennhurst State School Page. Includes many current photographs, historic maps, postcards, and aerial photographs.’
`According to sources, while analyzing data the scientists came across something very strange and bizarre. A set of photos showed a tiny miniature Unidentified Flying Object. The IR camera failed to capture the same because apparently the UFO was using frictionless traction with anti-gravity lifting mechanisms. But the chemical-imaging camera picked it up.’
`Masturbating in class. A practice that for many years college students have considered an urban legend. “How do you do it without anyone seeing you?” How do you do it without anyone hearing you?” And most importantly, “What do you do with the, you know, stuff, when you are done?” Well, I am here to answer these questions and more for all of you horny scholars who have to walk back to your dorm with a huge boner because you have been staring at the girl in front of you’s thong for the last 50 minutes and don’t know how to unload the gun in class.’
`A Swedish woman said on Sunday that she had found a penis in a bottle of ketchup.
Viktoria Ed said she was lucky enough to discover the organ before putting the sauce on her bread rolls, unlike her husband Stefan and their children, Madeleine and Simon.
“It looked like a penis, of an adult if it’s human, and medium sized,” she said.’
Some guy has already made US$13,000 for threatening to eat a rabbit.
I don’t know whether to be pissed off or amazed. Or both.
I blame hippies, either way.
Good to see everyone is having fun in Iraq.
Not safe for work, unless you’re in the army I s’pose. 🙂
`A new high-powered laser developed by scientists at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories in Livermore, Calif. holds promise to improve upon so-called laser peening. [..]
“The laser runs 25 times faster than any other laser in the world,” says Hackel. “It has a peak power output of a billion watts for 20 nanoseconds. That’s the [power] output of a huge electrical power plant for a city neighborhood.”
Bringing such tremendous power onto a pinpoint piece of metal for just billionths of a second creates a huge microscopic shockwave — and pressures up to one million pounds per square inch, says Hackel.’
`A plan by a German zoo to test the sexual appetites of a group of suspected homosexual penguins has sparked outrage among gay and lesbian groups, who fear zookeepers might force them to turn straight.
“All sorts of gay and lesbian associations have been e-mailing and calling in to protest,” said a spokesman for the zoo in the northwestern city of Bremerhaven on Friday.’
`The United Nations agency responsible for the global fight against drugs has been forced to abandon its campaign to reduce Aids infection by giving clean needles to heroin addicts after threats by America to end its funding, The Observer can reveal. [..]
Drug experts believe that if the UN shelved its so-called ‘harm reduction’ strategy in favour of an outright war on drugs, it could contribute to a rise in the rate of infection with HIV/Aids through shared needles and unsafe sex, as well as increasing the number of addicts.’
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