In the news today

[samsonlonghair]

The Philippines are flooded as a result of tropical storm Ketsana. This is getting ugly.
Link (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8276347.stm)

[Ryllharu]

Wow. Being in the middle of the streets in floods like that is pretty foolish though. Manhole covers get pushed up by the water and then carried away, leaving one really deep hole, invisible from the surface of the rushing waters.

Best of luck to those still out there below the high ground.

[rockmanj]

From my former neighborhood: http://www.myfoxchicago.com/dpp/news/metro/video_derrion_albert Sorry to say, I'm not really shocked; just sad and angry about it.

[darkshadow]

Damn, that's just fucked up

[shinta|hikari]

Wow. Being in the middle of the streets in floods like that is pretty foolish though. Manhole covers get pushed up by the water and then carried away, leaving one really deep hole, invisible from the surface of the rushing waters.

Best of luck to those still out there below the high ground.

It isn't foolish. It is necessary. A lot of people were actually caught in transit by the sudden flood, and actually had to wade to safety. Other people simply cannot stay in their houses and needed to seek higher ground. My aunt's house was actually flooded up to the 3rd floor. She had to get out from the fire escape and use an air bed as a raft just to survive. Luckily, I live on high ground and was barely affected by the incredible flood.

[Marik]

From my former neighborhood: http://www.myfoxchicago.com/dpp/news/metro/video_derrion_albert Sorry to say, I'm not really shocked; just sad and angry about it.
The dude that hit him with the board is now in police custody according to this vid...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ADCeq2Vij0

[XanBcoo]

Crash scene overwhelmed by bees (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090928/ap_on_re_eu/eu_turkey_bee_attack)

It's a terrible day in Turkey for Nicholas Cage (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4MqTCIDKhU)

[rockmanj]

The dude that hit him with the board is now in police custody according to this vid...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ADCeq2Vij0



I hope all those guys end up locked up; although that isn't really getting to the root of the problem.

[Marik]

I hope all those guys end up locked up; although that isn't really getting to the root of the problem.
Four are behind bars and cops are looking for at least three others.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWlerHEXvOw

[6Zabuza9]

Not much of a decent News but Kanye did it again.
http://www.vibe.com/mt/2009/09/kanye-spazzes-out-again-at-commons-charity-concert/

He wasn't offered chicken lol.

[XanBcoo]

The rapper was allegedly upset over his not being offered food while in the dressing room backstage. After spotting a man-eating chicken, West blurted, "Why wasn't I offered chicken? You want me to perform for free, [and] everyone is eating... why am I not eating?"
Dammit, Little Rascals. You've ruined my parsing of the English language.

[Death BOO Z]

oh, Kanye, when will rappers learn to shut their traps?
he's going to be the butt of every joke (http://www.kanyestoleyourbike.com/) in the next few months...
(hey, if anyone made a 'imagonnaletyoufinish' joke about kfc, he'd be doubling the laughs right now)

edit: Kayne, Kenya. you english speakers with your crazy names.

[Buffalobiian]

Anti-WiFi paint (http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/151779)

Interesting idea, but as most comments have suggested, this should cause more trouble than good.

[Marik]

Yeah, its a cool idea on paper, but I wouldn't use it for the same reason as this guy.

"Yeah, why would I want this? My cell phone is my main phone. If my signal is blocked at home, my cell is useless."

[Kraco]

Although I don't even remember the last time some fool's cellphone would have started to ring in the middle of a movie but all in all it could be good for theaters and other such places. But hardly for homes when it would render your own phone useless. That's a pretty strong point unless you want your home to be a total bastion of peaceful silence and isolation (with no brainwashing waves from outer space).

Besides, in addition to being special paint (either specially made or requiring additions) if some Japanese institution or company owns the patent, it would be too expensive anyway for anybody other than government, companies, or st33v.

[Assertn]

The Philippines are flooded as a result of tropical storm Ketsana. This is getting ugly.
Link (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8276347.stm)

I have a friend that flew out there just before the storm hit. Sounds like it hit the coast where he's at pretty hard recently, but other than that he hasn't seen much of the devastation that has been covered by the news.

[Animeniax]

It's God's punishment for all the fat black and white guys who go to the Philippines to have sex with little Asian girls.

[Kraco]

It's God's punishment for all the fat black and white guys who go to the Philippines to have sex with little Asian girls.

Would be one sarcastic God. Considering those fat black and white guys just fly back home to their comfortable homes from Philippines left in ruins after the punishment.

[Animeniax]

Would be one sarcastic God. Considering those fat black and white guys just fly back home to their comfortable homes from Philippines left in ruins after the punishment.
Who said they were the ones being punished by the storm? They'll get their righteous punishment back in their own dens of iniquity. The purveyors of deviant sex in the Philippines get theirs.

[Death BOO Z]

Something about paint, and cellphones. and WiFi(?)



It's going to army usage. they're going to paint all the secret conferences rooms in that silly thing.
instead of reminding everyone to take out their battery ("no, I can't take out my battery, it's a mater of national security..." "we're all officers here, you twat!") they just throw that thing, and problem solved.

army people don't understand words and orders, and need someone else to set things as facts before they understand.

[samsonlonghair]

The Philippines get hit by another typhoon. At least four are dead.
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/46483000/gif/_46483898_philippines_typh_warn_466_v2.gif
Link (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8285721.stm)

[LaZie]

Tiger Woods richest athlete! (http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/news/story?id=4524640)
I found it interesting.

[Marik]

One-Handed Basketball Player Gets Division I Scholarship and Takes the Court (http://thehoopdoctors.com/online2/2009/10/one-handed-basketball-player-gets-division-i-scholarship-and-takes-the-court)

Nice to see him having success despite his disability.

[The Heretic Azazel]

REO Speedwagon and Styx are gonna play at my university next month. AND NIGHT RANGER. Holy shit do they even care what students listen to?

I guess most of them listen to pop garbage anyway, while my pleas to book Megadeth go ignored.

The new Megadeth album is so fucking awesome.

[Buffalobiian]

Somali pirates attack French military flagship (http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091007/wl_africa_afp/somaliapiracyshippingfrance_20091007151820)


NAIROBI (AFP) – Somali pirates attempted to storm the French navy's 18,000 tonne flagship in the Indian Ocean after mistaking it for a cargo vessel, the French military said on Wednesday.

Had a good laugh at this one.

[Kraco]

Sounds like the pirates should invest some of their collected ransom money into intelligence services. Trying to hijack the very ships that are there to hunt them down isn't the smartest of ideas... Well, of course it's good for the rest of the world they are stupid and get caught.

[Dark Dragon]

I prefer my criminals to be dumb and easy to catch.

Funny thing is the article mention that this actually happened quite a few times already.

[Assassin]

Obama wins Nobel Peace prize for being black and not in jail. (http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE59824J20091009)

[XanBcoo]

Fox News is gonna have a field day today.

I honestly cannot wait for the shit storm about to hit.

[Pandadice]

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Naked-Dancer-Police-Hunting-Serial-Flasher-In-Lake-Highlands-Dallas/Article/200910215402812?f=rss

lol, that made me laugh really hard.

[Death BOO Z]

"extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples."

effort? You get awards for effort?
I made an effort to run faster than Yusserien Bolt, I didn't manage, but I still think I deserve an award.

of course, the other contenders weren't so great themselves, but that's the peace nobel award, it's bullshit.

[Ryllharu]

Obama wins Nobel Peace prize for being black and not in jail. (http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE59824J20091009)
I voted for him and all, but seriously, wtf?

He was nominated for the Nobel 10 or 11 days after taking office, and in case anyone hasn't been keeping track, he hasn't accomplished jack shit yet.

- Health care reform: nothing concrete.
- Closing Gitmo: In progress
- Bagram Air Base: Still open for business!
- Education: No Child Left Behind is still in effect, so still fucked.
- Iraq: Still there.
- Afganistan: totally fucked unless we send more troops
- Fight against Al-Qaeda: Potentially about to cause an international incident with Pakistan
- Iran: Still hates us.
- Israel/Palestine: ...I'm not even going to touch this one.
- Corrupt Banks: A-OKAY!

If he gets even half of these accomplished, I've got no problem with it.

But if the reason he won this award is because he wasn't George W. Bush, then the award should go to every American who isn't George W. Bush, including Bush's wife and daughters.

The gracious thing would be a "We're not worthy!" and refuse the award, but he's already planning on donating the money to charity.

The Nobel Peace Prize just lost whatever credibility it had left.

[XanBcoo]

effort? You get awards for effort?
I made an effort to run faster than Yusserien Bolt, I didn't manage, but I still think I deserve an award.

of course, the other contenders weren't so great themselves, but that's the peace nobel award, it's bullshit.

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/10/09/world/AP-EU-Norway-Nobel-Peace-Myths.html?_r=1


Myth: The prize is awarded to recognize efforts for peace, human rights and democracy only after they have proven successful.

More often, the prize is awarded to encourage those who receive it to see the effort through, sometimes at critical moments.

Doesn't make it any less weird, it's just not unprecedented.

[Xelbair]

The Nobel Peace Prize just lost whatever credibility it had left.

100% agreed - Nobel Prize in my opinion is one of greatest achievements that someone could win. Now it just lost its value, especially peace one.

[Assassin]

Guess its not that hard to buy a norwegian politician

[The Heretic Azazel]

I can't help but think of the people who worked their entire lives to bring a positive change to the world, so Obama can get it after accomplishing nothing in under a year.

[Buffalobiian]

Husband kills gun-advocate wife in US (http://www.iinet.net.au/customers/news/articles/873961.html)

What irony.

[XanBcoo]

That's about as ironic as Steve Irwin dying from a wild animal attack. The "I" word you're looking for is "inevitable".

[Buffalobiian]

Blind 7-Year-Old Boy Sees With His Ears (http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/aheadofthecurve/blind-year-boy-sees-ears/Story?id=8776553&page=1)

Human Echolocation? That's pretty unbelievable. I always thought our hearing was pretty dud compared to animals.

[6Zabuza9]

Blind 7-Year-Old Boy Sees With His Ears (http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/aheadofthecurve/blind-year-boy-sees-ears/Story?id=8776553&page=1)

Human Echolocation? That's pretty unbelievable. I always thought our hearing was pretty dud compared to animals.

There's a similar guy who uses echolocation with clicking sounds from his mouth:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLziFMF4DHA
HOwever it was odd seeing him playing a NDS in a little scene lol.

[XanBcoo]

There's a similar guy who uses echolocation with clicking sounds from his mouth:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLziFMF4DHA
HOwever it was odd seeing him playing a NDS in a little scene lol.
I was just about to link to that, Zabuza. Everyone should watch that documentary. It's really great and seems really unbelievable at first, but then when his abilities are put to the test you find out they fall in a much more realistic range. That's from about 8:02 onward in Part 2.

And yeah, that story about the DS is probably bullshit.

[Penner]

This is awesome in so many ways (http://www.thrfeed.com/2009/10/family-guy-corn-maze-pic.html#more)

[Assertn]

This is awesome in so many ways (http://www.thrfeed.com/2009/10/family-guy-corn-maze-pic.html#more)
I count two ways.

They should at least set up like, a live feed, or video demo of people walking through it or something. The article is lacking. Is the exit the same as the entrance?

[samsonlonghair]

It's not much of a maze if no one's getting lost.

[XanBcoo]

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125522141307378387.html?mod=djemalertNEWS

Obama finally gets around to ending "Don't Ask, Don't Tell". He's out to earn that peace prize after the fact. Good on him.

[samsonlonghair]

He hasn't ended it. He hasn't even taken the first step towards ending that backwards policy. He just promised he'd do something about it. A promise from a politician does little to help the homosexuals forced into the closet in order to serve in the armed forces.

[XanBcoo]

Making it a priority and making a public announcement that he wants to end it is taking the first step. Making it salient is the best thing he can do right now, and his promise to make good on his campaign promises is better than ignoring the issue altogether.

He's the president, not a dictator. I don't know the process behind ending the policy, but he can't just change things willy nilly on a whim.

[Animeniax]

If I was president my first act would be to declare myself dictator and rule with an iron fist.

[Buffalobiian]

If I was president my first act would be to declare myself dictator and rule with an iron fist.
Mr. Animeniax, what do you know about the separation of powers?

[Animeniax]

Mr. Animeniax, what do you know about the separation of powers?
I know I'll separate you from your life if you question my omnipotence. Bow before me! Oh yeah, official language would be Japanese, and everyone is required to be within 5% of their ideal weight for their body type and size, or you get sent to the slave mines to assist you with compliance.

[Dark Dragon]

It'll hurt our economy if 80% of the population is working in the slave mines.

[The Heretic Azazel]

I know I'll separate you from your life if you question my omnipotence. Bow before me! Oh yeah, official language would be Japanese, and everyone is required to be within 5% of their ideal weight for their body type and size, or you get sent to the slave mines to assist you with compliance.

A bunch of fattys tryiung to haul coal from one end of the mine to another won't do you much good. I personally can't go an hour without a cruller.

[Animeniax]

It'll hurt our economy if 80% of the population is working in the slave mines.
The other 20% will be so productive that the loss of the productivity of the 80% will be negligible. Plus since 80% of the population is in the slave mines, we won't need that much output to support the well-to-do 20%. Those who meet mandated guidelines for body/weight/height will be released from the mines anyway.


A bunch of fattys tryiung to haul coal from one end of the mine to another won't do you much good. I personally can't go an hour without a cruller.
That's mostly the point, as they are sent there to shape up or die. Plus the slave mines will produce all the textiles and products that are currently made by China. It's win-win for my administration.

[Kraco]

Alright. Unless I can read from a reputable news source that Animeniax is the new dictator of the USA, let's keep this thread a bit more free of that fantasy. This is supposed to be about discussing real news.

[The Heretic Azazel]

I want to play a game. (http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/oct/09/indonesian-earthquake-survivor-saws-leg)

In the spirit of Saw VI coming to theaters near you, 18-year-old kid saws off his own leg.

So hardcore.

[Kraco]

I don't really want to imagine what it would feel like to try to amputate your own leg with a hoe and a trowel only to find out you can't cut through the bone. If nothing else, that dude had real nerves of steel.

[masamuneehs]

well, i don't live there, but since The Governator went and signed OVER 400 NEW BILLS INTO LAW TODAY, I figured it should at least give us a glimpse of what's going on in part of America.

Over 400 bills signed into law by Gov. Schwarzenegger (http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-bills13-2009oct13,0,7119166.story)

I really like some of the laws. Lower the prison population. The DUI car breathalizer pilot (that one is obscure though). Stricter handgun ammo sales documentation. Quite interested what "and others" means for the paparazzi crime law. Also, how is "celebrity" defined?

But, hell, even if I DID live in Cali, I don't think I could get through more than a handful of these actual laws to figure out what the hell they might mean...

[Buffalobiian]

My ex-ISP's finally started their court case with AFACT over copyright infringement responsibilities.

Media release (http://www.iinet.net.au/press/releases/081009_film_studios_contractual_relationships.pdf)
Daily update (http://www.iinet.net.au/copyrightcase)

Too bad they charge so much compared to my current company which is too small to try anything with AFACT.

[Buffalobiian]

well, i don't live there, but since The Governator went and signed OVER 400 NEW BILLS INTO LAW TODAY, I figured it should at least give us a glimpse of what's going on in part of America.

Over 400 bills signed into law by Gov. Schwarzenegger (http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-bills13-2009oct13,0,7119166.story)

I really like some of the laws. Lower the prison population. The DUI car breathalizer pilot (that one is obscure though). Stricter handgun ammo sales documentation. Quite interested what "and others" means for the paparazzi crime law. Also, how is "celebrity" defined?

But, hell, even if I DID live in Cali, I don't think I could get through more than a handful of these actual laws to figure out what the hell they might mean...

Governor calls out to wife: Arnold Schwarzenegger is upset with Maria Shriver for apparently violating a law he signed. (http://www.yahoo.com/s/1146183)

What I'm more surprised about is that the law was only passed in 2008. It's been around for much longer here. The fine is also much higher. I guess I should be happy we value safety?

[Sapphire]

well, i don't live there, but since The Governator went and signed OVER 400 NEW BILLS INTO LAW TODAY, I figured it should at least give us a glimpse of what's going on in part of America.

Over 400 bills signed into law by Gov. Schwarzenegger (http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-bills13-2009oct13,0,7119166.story)

I really like some of the laws. Lower the prison population. The DUI car breathalizer pilot (that one is obscure though). Stricter handgun ammo sales documentation. Quite interested what "and others" means for the paparazzi crime law. Also, how is "celebrity" defined?

But, hell, even if I DID live in Cali, I don't think I could get through more than a handful of these actual laws to figure out what the hell they might mean...WOW WOW WOW as if California didn't have enough laws? It's physically impossible to remember every law in existence but it sure is GREAT that California decided to tighten the belt of freedom a little more. The last time I checked Califonia was backrupt, shouldn't he be focusing on that a little more? Half of this stuff is in response to failed plans of the government beforehand, with Arnold flamboyantly spending his way into even nicer debt (or higher taxes).

[rockmanj]

Governor calls out to wife: Arnold Schwarzenegger is upset with Maria Shriver for apparently violating a law he signed. (http://www.yahoo.com/s/1146183)

What I'm more surprised about is that the law was only passed in 2008. It's been around for much longer here. The fine is also much higher. I guess I should be happy we value safety?


That "swift action" quote kind of scares me. Like he's going to go Commando on her ass as soon as she gets home or something.

[Penner]

he's going to go Commando on her ass as soon as she gets home or something.

Aww yeah :D

[Animeniax]

This is national domestic abuse awareness month, so Arnold had better be cautious of upsetting the feminist voting population with comments like that.

[itadakimasu]

The dow jones is currently above 10,000... i don't really care though because I own no stocks !

anyhow... teenage kid set on fire. The people who set him on fire reportedly called him a snitch before throwing rubbing alcohol on him and lighting him on fire..... as far as i'm concerned, everyday people aren't "snitches". If somebody steals something from you and you report it to the police that isn't snitching in my book... snitching to me is when people give up other people to the police for no reason, or to try to get a lesser penalty for their own crimes.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/10/13/florida.teen.burned/index.html

I think they should all get attempted murder.

[Munsu]

Who likes hot air balloons? I know this 6yo does:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33330516/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts?GT1=43001

[itadakimasu]

the balloon touched down with nobody inside : (


Scientist testing methods of suspending animation...including government funding from DARPA to try to apply his theories on the battlefield. Pretty interesting. I wonder what the maximum duration is. I think the longest in the story is 6 hours.


http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/10/09/cheating.death.suspended.animation/index.html

And when it goes bad, we get the zombie apocolypse

[Marik]

the balloon touched down with nobody inside : (
They finally found him at home.

"Apparently the boy’s been there the whole time. He’s been hiding in cardboard box in the attic above the garage," Sheriff Jim Alderden said.

[Death BOO Z]

so anti climatic...

he should have at least been saved by a pack of wild wolves.

[XanBcoo]

The whole thing is a hoax anyway. Watch the news coverage of after they found the kid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wI6UONWCq7A

Aside from the atrocious acting on behalf of the mom and dad, the kid flat out says "we did it for the show"

To what he's referring, I have no idea, but this family has been involved in reality tv before (Wife Swap). Fuck the little shit, I'd have been happier if he'd really fallen out of that balloon.

[Sapphire]

OH I know that family. They were on Wife Swap twice. The husband is a mysogynistic ass.

LINX:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVQ5mTjDWMA&feature=player_profilepage

[Marik]

The whole thing is a hoax anyway. Watch the news coverage of after they found the kid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wI6UONWCq7A

Aside from the atrocious acting on behalf of the mom and dad, the kid flat out says "we did it for the show".

Man, that's lame. They should be arrested for pulling this crap.

[XanBcoo]

That interview is pretty priceless:

Kid: "You guys said...we did this for the show"
Dad: "Ehhh"
*faaaart*
Mom: "No...?"

[itadakimasu]

Man, that's lame. They should be arrested for pulling this crap.

+1

I wonder how much money they cost everybody all and all w\ emergency responders and everything... and how much time they wasted for people to create facebook groups to save baloon boy.

[Animeniax]

I agree, they should bill the parents for this waste. But then the parents should bill the local government for providing the emergency response teams with this training opportunity. I'm sure they could use the occasional practice.

[itadakimasu]

http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Missile-Launcher-dragon-javelin-rocket,news-4880.html

I looked up comal county and it's a little south of austin texas...

The story doesn't say it was loaded or not.

[Assertn]

+1

I wonder how much money they cost everybody all and all w\ emergency responders and everything... and how much time they wasted for people to create facebook groups to save baloon boy.
Oh god, won't someone please think of the facebook groups??

[Kraco]

http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Missile-Launcher-dragon-javelin-rocket,news-4880.html

I looked up comal county and it's a little south of austin texas...

The story doesn't say it was loaded or not.

At least over here the yellow tape ring denotes training munitions. I'd expect that tube to be such as well. Probably some foolish recruit got bored of hauling it around and got rid of it...

[Buffalobiian]

CCTV footage of pram hit by train released
(http://www.iinet.net.au/customers/news/articles/876261.html)

I'm guessing platforms slope down to drain water.

[Sapphire]

That interview is pretty priceless:

Kid: "You guys said...we did this for the show"
Dad: "Ehhh"
*faaaart*
Mom: "No...?"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KHwhQUxUvc&feature=sub

They're still on TV for adjacent things what

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUR-qQwqw7c&feature=player_profilepage# = First WS show they were on

[Buffalobiian]

Autistic Boy Saves Teacher (http://m.www.yahoo.com/_ylt=Auu8BTJk_9BBchlZcR.MQTKbvZx4;_ylc=X3oDMTU1cml kdWM4BF9TAzIwMjM1MzgwNzUEX3MDMjE0MjU4ODc4NwRhAzA5M TAxNiBuZXdzIHNjb3V0IHRlYWNoZXIgSVYEY3BvcwMyBGcDaWQ tMTM2NzgEaW50bAN1cwRpdGMDMARsdHh0A0FjdGNoYW5nZWRoa XNsaWZlBHBrZ3YDMTIEcG9zAzMEc2VjA3RkLWZlYXQEc2xrA21 vcmUEc2xwb3MDRgR0ZXN0AzcwMQ--/SIG=135fiauet/**http%3A//cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/%3Frn=3906861%26cl=16112954%26ch=4226720%26src=new s)

"Tell me not to cry."
"Not t- Don't cry." :o

[Pandadice]

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113791908&sc=fb&cc=fp

was this already posted? i dunno.. i thought it was interesting.

[samsonlonghair]

Man, that's lame. They should be arrested for pulling this crap.
Funny you should mention that.
It might just happen. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8312912.stm)

[Buffalobiian]

Five Technologies That Could Change Everything (http://finance.yahoo.com/career-work/article/107987/five-technologies-that-could-change-everything)

Orbiting solar panels without Orbital Elevators?

Glad there's a Gundam watcher amongst scientists who isn't a blind fanatic. Or is it because Orbital Elevators are copyrighted by Sunrise? Either way, if it means the power bill goes down, I'm in.

[Kraco]

(The low-powered beams are considered safe.) A ground receiving station a mile in diameter could deliver about 1,000 megawatts -- enough to power on average about one million U.S. homes.

A receiving station a mile in diameter is one huge thing, though. But I guess if microwave to electricity conversion is cheap and the equipment durable, building such a grand receiver would be no problem, unlike building that big a solar plant.

[Buffalobiian]

We've got plenty of space in outback Australia. Feel free to put up a few hundred of these or something....is what I'd like to say. (Always wanted to try this :p)

I imagine it'd be more complicated though. Aboriginal Rights management might be one such issue.

[The Heretic Azazel]

Speaking of Australia

http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21498,26194663-2761,00.html?from=public_rss

At first glance this is just a marijuana article. However, Buff, if this is your neck of the woods you have a responsibility to stop it. No matter what charge you have, the police will not be required to prove grounds of suspicion in court. "Also, police will be given unprecedented powers to frisk people for drugs and weapons." This Premier Colin Barnett and his cronies in the Australian government sound like very dangerous people, they are threatening democracy and will be promptly taking all your rights away if the bill passes. Not to mention anyone who thinks weed is that dangerous in the first place has a vendetta. I bet he was raped as a child. By the Doobie Brothers.

[Pandadice]

thats just ridiculous...

[Buffalobiian]

Western Australia's about as far away as you can get from me.

[Buffalobiian]

World's fattest man 'wanted to break record' (http://www.iinet.net.au/customers/news/articles/878444.html)

Because being the world's fattest man is just so cool.

[Kraco]

You'd think the man would have the right to die happily if he can do so unassisted. And obviously he indeed can by eating that much. I don't understand at all they need to build a special ambulance for that whale so that they can force him to go through some surgery he doesn't even want.

The UK is a strange country after all.

[Pandadice]

i don't think there's anything wrong with the man psychologically.. I mean, I'm sure he didn't set out to break the record when he was in fit condition. When you get so out of shape, there's not much you can do. and he took the opportunity to go the extra yard to break a record. I respect the guys decision.

though when it's costing taxpayers 175k a year, i can see why they'd try to force help on him..

[Sapphire]

Ugh, I can only think about how rotted and decaying his flesh probably is. So sad.

[IFHTT]

Yeah, there's a lot of glory in being a gluttonous slob. Before long, some other rotund bastard will eat a few more pizzas than he did, break his record, nullify the little bit of meaning he brought to his miserable life, and he and his legacy will disappear into obscurity just like the majority of us. Good game, Fatty Mcgee. I'm sure your parents are extremely proud of you and smiling up at your fatass from hell.

I love hateful ranting. I don't really hold anything against this guy. More power to him. Afterall, There's obviously no-one else heroic enough to step up to the (dinner)plate(kekeke) and risk life(arterial blockage) and limb(diabetes) to show the world what it takes to become a 1:1 scale replica of Jabba the Hut. God speed, Fatty Mcgee.

[Buffalobiian]

Chinese 'cat-girl' baffles doctors (http://www.iinet.net.au/customers/news/articles/879022.html)

It's kind of cool, but I'd obviously pass on it if you offered.

[Animeniax]

http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/burger-king-selling-a-windows-7-whopper-in-japan/

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2009/10/22ng560734059.jpg

[itadakimasu]

Wow....

That's an epic hamburger.

[darkshadow]

You can actually make a burger like that here at burger king, you can keep adding stuff on a burger :P.

[samsonlonghair]

Who says there are no good jobs available?
Marijuana critic (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8319950.stm)

[Kraco]

What a ridiculous burger. Your arteries and heart will curse you for eating such a thing.

[itadakimasu]

Who says there are no good jobs available?
Marijuana critic (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8319950.stm)
Sweet.

I'm not too optimistic about the recent news of Obama not wanting to waste federal money and time hassling people who are involved w\ medical marijuana where it is legal @ the state level... but it a little refreshing to see it in the news.

But then you have all of these hard liners who are against any form of marijuana legalization and they refuse to budge at all on their stance, or to listen to the opposing argument and facts.

Legalization and Regulation is simply a win win for everybody. Treat it like alcohol, allow home use and use in specified, licenced restaurants or cafes. Tax dollars will fall from the sky...The word recession will fade from our memories !

[LaZie]

What a ridiculous burger. Your arteries and heart will curse you for eating such a thing.
I think this will be more effective.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9N4Y1DpTxs

[Buffalobiian]

I think this will be more effective.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9N4Y1DpTxs

Hah, the Dr. Pepper comment got her good.

I'm totally with the Lawyer on this one.

[Marik]

Wow....

That's an epic hamburger.
Indeed, dude.

There's a video of CheapyD and CampingKev from Cheap Ass Gamer trying it. Look at all the grease and stuff dripping off of it while he tries to eat it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRZ4qjrqB0U

[Animeniax]

Indeed, dude.

There's a video of CheapyD and CampingKev from Cheap Ass Gamer trying it. Look at all the grease and stuff dripping off of it while he tries to eat it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRZ4qjrqB0U
Oh man that's awesome, thanks for posting it.

[Pandadice]

Police: People Watched Gang Rape Of Teen And Did Nothing To Help (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/27/police-people-watched-gan_n_334975.html)

[XanBcoo]

I've heard that people are less likely to help out someone in trouble when they're in a group of people. Everyone starts to assume that someone else will eventually jump in to help, or are afraid to stand up and say it's wrong.

Still, that's no excuse for any of them. And some of them actually joined in. Holy shit, that's ruined my day.

[rockmanj]

I've heard that people are less likely to help out someone in trouble when they're in a group of people. Everyone starts to assume that someone else will eventually jump in to help, or are afraid to stand up and say it's wrong.

Still, that's no excuse for any of them. And some of them actually joined in. Holy shit, that's ruined my day.

Yea, its actually been studied a lot in psychology: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bystander_effect

and

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diffusion_of_responsibility

[masamuneehs]

http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/burger-king-selling-a-windows-7-whopper-in-japan/

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2009/10/22ng560734059.jpg first time i have been on this site in a while and, man, guess what i had for dinner? or, more like, guess what i had for dinner, and have four patties sitting in the fridge for misc use the next couple days? fucking even just the three patties and fries was nearly heart stopping.

[rockmanj]

That has to be a joke!

[Cal_kashi]

Now YOU can have American style heart attack with Japanese efficiency.

[Animeniax]

That has to be a joke!
No, it's real. Check for the youtube video posted on the previous page where some guy records himself eating one of these monstrosities.

This burger is something I hate about Japan. They go overboard with the uniqueness/camp thing and make silly stuff like this.

Previously McDonalds in Japan had a burger with 4 patties and it was a best-seller. There were lines around the block at its introduction to the menu. Give it another 10-15 years of western influence and Japan will have the same obesity problems that China is currently experiencing.

[Kraco]

Give it another 10-15 years of western influence and Japan will have the same obesity problems that China is currently experiencing.

I think their situations are vastly different. China's situation is majorly affected by socioeconomical factors combined with the one child policy. Rapid economic growth, desire to reach Western living standards (in good and bad) and only one child to spoil and you get end results like the obesity problem. Japan, however, has long been rich and westernized so I doubt it would suddenly turn obese now. If it does, the problem is larger than just hamburgers.

[Death BOO Z]

well, they've got their own brand of problems, not so different from china, with diminishing young population and even less young people to support the non-urban areas of japan. pension pays are sky-rocketting, so does basic foods prices, and the other westren-like shits that happen all around the world (more lower participant rates in elections, less political vigor, more nihilistic life style)

things are pretty much shit.

[Pandadice]

well, they've got their own brand of problems, not so different from china, with diminishing young population and even less young people to support the non-urban areas of japan. pension pays are sky-rocketting, so does basic foods prices, and the other westren-like shits that happen all around the world (more lower participant rates in elections, less political vigor, more nihilistic life style)

things are pretty much shit.

yeah seriously. Japan is super messed up socially atm.

super high suicide rates, a real youth-prostitution problem, and a high NEET population.. things aren't looking good...

[Buffalobiian]

Naked man flees lover's furious husband (http://www.iinet.net.au/customers/news/articles/925305.html)


Rock star Phil Judd stalked three girls (http://www.iinet.net.au/customers/news/articles/925418.html)


"I find all u ... girls beautiful and very special. I am not a pervert ... I am an aesthete ... I was a popstar once." ~yeah, that makes things a WHOLE lot less creepy.

[rockmanj]

Naked man flees lover's furious husband (http://www.iinet.net.au/customers/news/articles/925305.html)


Rock star Phil Judd stalked three girls (http://www.iinet.net.au/customers/news/articles/925418.html)


"I find all u ... girls beautiful and very special. I am not a pervert ... I am an aesthete ... I was a popstar once." ~yeah, that makes things a WHOLE lot less creepy.


Ewww, that is the creepiest thing I have read this month!

[itadakimasu]

I was watching Dateline last night about that girl who had been kidnapped for 18 years, and had 2 babies by her kidnapper....

Anyhow.... it was pretty disturbing. They actually sentenced this guy to life in prison in the late 70's I think it was... He got married while in jail and managed to get sympathy w\ his new wife w\ the parole board and he was paroled after just 11 years in jail.

He'd been given 50 years for kidnap and rape, and a life sentence for other crimes including other rapes, etc and his testimony about watching children at schools and what not.

It was very disturbing though, that they had this sick guy locked up on a life sentence but then decided to parole him? and sure enough, he instantly went back to kidnap, rape, and probably murder too.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091103/ap_en_ce/eu_switzerland_polanski

Do the swiss let people make bail offers? I guess most criminals don't have millions of dollars to spare to do that...

I'd like to think that what people did in the past should stay in the past if they've taken responsibility for their actions and been punished...

Is there a statute of limitations on child molestation?

[samsonlonghair]

Transsexual Jesus Sparks Protests. link (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/glasgow_and_west/8342056.stm)
These protests were actually pretty tame. I imagine the crowds would have been a lot angrier in more conservative areas.

[XanBcoo]

Because Jesus' message was all about hating people different from you.

I agree, though. It did seem pretty tame.

[rockmanj]

Because Jesus' message was all about hating people different from you.

.

Not that I'm for or against Jesus, but there are people out there that would agree with that statement.

[itadakimasu]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091105/ap_en_mu/eu_germany_mtv_europe_awards_u2

"outrage over wall erected to obscure the view of a free U2 concert to commemorate the tearing down of the berlin wall"

I love stories like this.

[Kraco]

The music network MTV, which organized Thursday's concert, said it worked with the local promoter, the city and Berlin police to install a temporary fence "around the site to ensure the safety and security of the Socialist republic at the event as well as residents and the communist party offices in the area."

Yes, sounds about right.

[Buffalobiian]

Army: 12 die, 31 wounded in Fort Hood shooting (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_fort_hood_shooting)

[samsonlonghair]

Full. Metal. Jacket.

[Animeniax]

A psychiatrist goes psycho? Whodathought? Poor bastard survived it though. He'll get pleasant treatment from his army buddies while he recuperates from his gunshot wounds.

What always amazes me is when people in the military (or their family members) protest being sent to war. Guess what, buddy? You signed up to be a pawn. Don't complain when you're sacrificed to the opponent's knight so bishop can take knight.

[Kraco]

There're lots of people in any military that only want to protect their own country, not travel half the world away to fight in some dubious war of dim prospects.

Obviously this man wasn't willing to protect anything but generally speaking.

[Animeniax]

There're lots of people in any military that only want to protect their own country, not travel half the world away to fight in some dubious war of dim prospects.

Obviously this man wasn't willing to protect anything but generally speaking.
Yes but with the increasingly globalized world, often you will have to go abroad to protect your home country.

Such is the case with the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. We must eradicate Joe Qaeda where he roots if we're to be safe from his people in our own lands.

[Ryllharu]

Yes but with the increasingly globalized world, often you will have to go abroad to protect your home country.

Such is the case with the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. We must eradicate Joe Qaeda where he roots if we're to be safe from his people in our own lands.
It definitely beats Wars by Proxy, which the Afgans and the Iraqis both know all too well. Sending matériel to supply another country may work in the short term, and look really good for those politicians back home on paper, "We're not endangering our boys [and girls], and we're providing aid to foreign country to defend their own freedom!"

But in the end, as the America learned the hard (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taliban#Relations_with_the_United_States) way (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saddam_Hussein) a number (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicaragua#Sandinistas_and_the_Contras) of times, that kind of behavior really just breeds warlords and corruption. If you want something, legitimate or otherwise, you have to own up to the responsibility and risk your own people.

...and if we (the citizens and the soldiers) don't like where they (the politicians) are sending our men, we can always kick their asses out of office or openly revolt.

[Marik]

How investigators tracked down a Modern Warfare 2 cyber pirate (http://venturebeat.com/2009/11/06/how-investigators-tracked-down-a-modern-warfare-2-cyber-thief/)

[Pandadice]

daang. thats some grade A sleuthing on the detectives part.

[Buffalobiian]

How investigators tracked down a Modern Warfare 2 cyber pirate (http://venturebeat.com/2009/11/06/how-investigators-tracked-down-a-modern-warfare-2-cyber-thief/)

HA! Another guy gets taken down thanks to his social-networking sites.

[Kraco]

Apparently he had needed those sites in order to get in contact with people offering him needed services, like the hologram guy. Still, his measures to shield himself from investigations were so insufficient that I doubt he really believed anybody would seriously try to track him down.

[Pandadice]

dang, how did I ignore the entire conversation voer the fort hood shooting? someone told me about it today and I was like "whoa, I didn't hear anything about that", and then I came here and read all this and I was like "why don't I remember reading any of this...? >.<"

[The Heretic Azazel]

http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/05/secret-acta-global-trade-talks-spur-civil-libertarians-outrage/?icid=main|aimzones|dl3|link6|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dai lyfinance.com%2F2009%2F11%2F05%2Fsecret-acta-global-trade-talks-spur-civil-libertarians-outrage%2F

This allegedly means cracking down on digital internet piracy and being banned from your ISP if you are caught downloading pirated content, and obviously gives the government free reign over your privacy. France passed similar legislation a month and a half ago.

I feel like I'm in that episode of South Park that tried to encourage voting, when the candidates to choose from were a douche and a turd sammich.

[Kraco]

I'm glad the EU shot it down clearly enough when the French dictator tried to make it a European practice. EU rarely does anything good but sometimes it happens. Doesn't mean our own government wouldn't implement it, though. We have such fools in the cabinet that you can't help but wonder how they manage to tie their shoestrings.

I guess Obama is settling for only one term with actions like this.

[Pandadice]

lol, that Sam guy loves to use "draconian" in his sentences, doesn't he O_o. at first I thought it was cool when I read it 'cause I've never just seen someone casually drop it in a sentence like that.. but the second time it seems a bit much <.<.. maybe I just don't read enough.

[rockmanj]

http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/05/secret-acta-global-trade-talks-spur-civil-libertarians-outrage/?icid=main|aimzones|dl3|link6|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dai lyfinance.com%2F2009%2F11%2F05%2Fsecret-acta-global-trade-talks-spur-civil-libertarians-outrage%2F

This allegedly means cracking down on digital internet piracy and being banned from your ISP if you are caught downloading pirated content, and obviously gives the government free reign over your privacy. France passed similar legislation a month and a half ago.

I feel like I'm in that episode of South Park that tried to encourage voting, when the candidates to choose from were a douche and a turd sammich.


I've been keeping up with this; its really shady. and the worst part is that its being endorsed by multiple governments. However, I really don't see anyway for them to enforce it besides deep packet inspection by ISPs I suppose.

[Ryllharu]

However, I really don't see anyway for them to enforce it besides deep packet inspection by ISPs I suppose.
Which the ISPs can't afford to do, and can't enforce anyway without all their customers getting absolutely fed up with terribly degraded service from having to inspect every packet.

Just another case of politicians legislating from their campaign funds (Big Content in this case) and passing laws without know one single fact about the topic and feasibility of their proposals. Or without considering the consequences of a broadly-written bill they passed as a knee-jerk reaction to some current event that caused some form of vocal minority outrage.

In other words, business as usual.

I'm hoping the ISPs have our backs on this one (kills their bottom line), because no one else is allowed to even read the damn thing.

[itadakimasu]

http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Xbox-XBL-Ban-Modded-Consoles,news-5092.html#BOM_comments

1million xbox live users banned.

I'm not sure what exactly is being banned, the xbox live account, or the xbox console itself.

[Animeniax]

http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Xbox-XBL-Ban-Modded-Consoles,news-5092.html#BOM_comments

1million xbox live users banned.

I'm not sure what exactly is being banned, the xbox live account, or the xbox console itself.
The box network ID or some such is also banned. I heard from a guy he had to buy a brand new xbox because they banned his machine because it was modded and he was playing pirated games. He also lost $400 worth of xbox live time.

[darkshadow]

They ban the Console ID.

[Marik]

Teen Kidnapped at Gunpoint, Forced to Buy PS3 (http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2009/nov/13/naples-teen-kidnapping-playstation-3/?3)

Well, it only does everything.

----

Man Steals 100 Copies of Modern Warfare 2 From GameStop (http://www.wpxi.com/news/21604730/detail.html)

[Nadouku]

Talk about dumb criminals, and on top of that, he let his victim go. I guess he was really satisfied with his new PlayStation 3 that's about to be taken away from him.

[Buffalobiian]

Crazed Twilight fans 'slice open necks'
(http://www.iinet.net.au/customers/news/articles/971425.html)

[Kraco]

Crazed Twilight fans 'slice open necks'
(http://www.iinet.net.au/customers/news/articles/971425.html)

This is why I never ended up watching the movie, despite being a vampire fiction fan. Any movie that screams teen angst commercialization that forcefully can't be worth watching for somebody older than a teen anymore.

[XanBcoo]

Hopefully a couple hundred of them will slice in just the right place.

Nothing of value will be lost.

[Penner]

With his money i'd probably hire a whole bunch of bodyguards to keep the crazies away from me, sure it might be annoying not being able to walk around without them but i'd still prefer the bodyguards over the lunatics that scratch open their necks and and want me to suck their blood...

[Pandadice]

Man Steals 100 Copies of Modern Warfare 2 From GameStop (http://www.wpxi.com/news/21604730/detail.html)

i don't get what he's gonna do with 100 copies. I guess try to sell them, but I'd imagine that'd get him caught fairly easily. Though I can see how going through all of that for just 1 personal copy would seem pretty stupid.. but then, 1 copy wouldn't be grand larceny. I mean, 1 copy would be petty larceny, yet that 7k is gonna get him some time...

[Buffalobiian]

Jellyfish swarm northward in warming world (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/climate_09_jellyfish_menace)

Anyone else tried jellyfish? It's surprisingly "crunchy".

[samsonlonghair]

Flipping the bird just cost this guy a quarter mil (http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/11/16/titans.adams/index.html).

[Buffalobiian]

Flipping the bird just cost this guy a quarter mil (http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/11/16/titans.adams/index.html).

lol. Love that photo, such a genuine smile.

[Psyke]

Anyone else tried jellyfish? It's surprisingly "crunchy".

It's a confirmed entry for cold dish appetizer in almost all banquets here. :D

[Pandadice]

http://www.thelocal.se/23266/20091114/

"15-year-old 'babyface' arrested for serial rape"

[samsonlonghair]

After parents take away his XBOX, teenager calls 911. (http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/northnorthwest/chi-buffalogrove-blotter-nzone-1nov18,0,7218475.story)

[Buffalobiian]

'Fat for cosmetics' murder suspects arrested in Peru (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8369674.stm)

My local news channel said that one guy confessed that this shit's been happening for 30 years.

Must you really kill for fat? Come down to Australia or go over to USA. Fat is the byproduct of our life style. Take all you want.

[XanBcoo]

Man awakes from 23 year long coma, conscious entire time (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1230092/Rom-Houben-Patient-trapped-23-year-coma-conscious-along.html#ixzz0Xe0nSvOZ)

The guy lay there...doing nothing. 23 years.

That's longer than I have been alive. I cannot wrap my head around that.

[Animeniax]

Sadly many of us who do not suffer from such conditions continue to spend our lives in a persistent vegetative state. I know I personally spent about 10+ hours this weekend playing CoD:MW2. There should be some kind of help for people like me.

[XanBcoo]

Best case scenario is that if you play it so much and for so long, and you end up in a 20 year coma, you can have it memorized and "play" it for decades without interruption.

Honestly though, I can't imagine spending even a week completely trapped in my own head without any sensory stimuli.

[Animeniax]

Maybe the nurses were all hot, so he had that to think about. Of course, they probably don't visit the coma ward more than a couple times a day. Those nurse-less intervals would be long indeed.

[samsonlonghair]

Wow. Trapped in your own head for more than twenty years. That would drive anyone insane. I hope this guy is receiving counseling now.

[Kraco]

He will be trapped in the internets for the next two decades, to catch up.

[Buffalobiian]

Interestingly, he used the word frustration instead of despair. I would have thought the latter to be more dominant, but that might also suggest he had it in him to believe he may one day "wake up".

[XanBcoo]

I wonder how long it took him to accept his situation. 2 years? 5 years? 10 years?


He will be trapped in the internets for the next two decades, to catch up.
Christ, imagine the culture shock. The internet didn't even properly exist before his accident.

In other, more positive* news:

Large Hadron Collider makes first collisions (http://press.web.cern.ch/press/PressReleases/Releases2009/PR17.09E.html)

Geneva, 23 November 2009. Today the LHC circulated two beams simultaneously for the first time, allowing the operators to test the synchronization of the beams and giving the experiments their first chance to look for proton-proton collisions. With just one bunch of particles circulating in each direction, the beams can be made to cross in up to two places in the ring.



*proton pun

[Buffalobiian]

Discontent Seeps Into Japan's Anime Studios (http://randomc.animeblogger.net/2009/11/23/more-on-the-anime-industrys-turmoils/)

It's kind of depressing. I have to wonder if international distributors like Madman or Funimation simply buy the distribution rights, or if they pay the Japanese studios royalty on their sales. Then again, the issue highlighted here was domestic DVD sales, which isn't something we can do anything about..

The issue isn't necessarily limited to anime workers neither. Japan's high cost of living is a killer. Same with house prices in Australia.

[darkshadow]

And people wondered how queen's blade could get such a good cast of VA's lolol.

Though seriously, I think most of us knew the anime industry was a pretty harsh one to work in, this should really change.

[The Heretic Azazel]

Students too fat to graduate (http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/23/students-may-not-be-allowed-to-graduate-because-theyre-obese/?icid=main|aim|dl3|link4|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.walletpo p.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F11%2F23%2Fstudents-may-not-be-allowed-to-graduate-because-theyre-obese%2F)

Wow...

[XanBcoo]

Man awakes from 23 year long coma, conscious entire time (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1230092/Rom-Houben-Patient-trapped-23-year-coma-conscious-along.html#ixzz0Xe0nSvOZ)

The guy lay there...doing nothing. 23 years.

That's longer than I have been alive. I cannot wrap my head around that.

Welp! Nevermind. Turns out this story is almost completely bullshit. I feel dumb for buying into it so easily because in hindsight it was pretty sensationalist.

All the testimony coming from this guy was received using facilitated communication: http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2009/11/really_this_guy_is_conscious.php

His parents also treated him as if he were conscious, so they spent those 23 years looking after him at home, talking to him, and taking him out socially. So even if he were conscious and aware, he certainly wasn't doing nothing. Most likely scenario seems to be that he's been taking a 23 year-long nap, and now his helpers are either intentionally or unintentionally making everything up.

[Buffalobiian]

That's the first time I've heard of facilitated communication. I so don't buy that.

[6Zabuza9]

Guy eats evidence while being searched.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=fbe_1258867094

Lol he looked so happy when he ate it without the cops noticing.

[Animeniax]

Cop on the right looks like a dumb rookie. He'll probably get reprimanded for shoddy police work for letting the crook eat the evidence.

[Buffalobiian]

Guy eats evidence while being searched.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=fbe_1258867094

Lol he looked so happy when he ate it without the cops noticing.

This belongs in the funny vids thread buddy. :D

[samsonlonghair]

That's pretty damn funny. I hope he gets away with it because he ate the note.

[Animeniax]

That's pretty damn funny. I hope he gets away with it because he ate the note.
You can't be serious. This dirtbag is a bank robber. He probably robs/burglarizes other businesses/homes too. He should be shot dead and his body thrown in a ditch.

[Buffalobiian]

You can't be serious. This dirtbag is a suspected bank robber. He probably robs/burglarizes other businesses/homes too. He should be shot dead and his body thrown in a ditch.

Innocent until proven guilty.

[Animeniax]

Innocent until proven guilty.
Guilty until proven innocent would help clean up the streets. Considering you live in a place founded by penal colonists, you might consider towing a harder line.

[Buffalobiian]

Guilty until proven innocent would help clean up the streets. Considering you live in a place founded by penal colonists, you might consider towing a harder line.

Would you like to extend that line of thinking into science, and say that phenomena should be deemed true and existent until disproved?

Guilty until proven innocent increases the likelihood that crooks are caught, but at the price that a significant number of innocent people will also be wronged and needlessly suffer.

I could hit my head on some wall on the way home and blame some poor guy nearby for attacking me. Under "guilty until proven innocent", if he can't prove he didn't hit me, he'd be in for some trouble.

[Ryllharu]

Look, there's obviously evidence that he ate the note (raising suspicion against him) because we saw the recording from the cruiser. So I highly doubt that justice was not correctly served in this case.

But that doesn't make it any less awesome. It was a very slick and clever move, since they didn't even notice.

[Assertn]

The article says they found bags of money in his car, and the money got tagged by the ink grenade things that bankers usually slip into the bags as well. Plus the gun he had with him was found under the drivers seat. Why would a note be the only piece of evidence for a bank robbery?

[Animeniax]

Would you like to extend that line of thinking into science, and say that phenomena should be deemed true and existent until disproved?

Guilty until proven innocent increases the likelihood that crooks are caught, but at the price that a significant number of innocent people will also be wronged and needlessly suffer.

I could hit my head on some wall on the way home and blame some poor guy nearby for attacking me. Under "guilty until proven innocent", if he can't prove he didn't hit me, he'd be in for some trouble.
Sure why not extend it into every other non-related topic as well.

[Buffalobiian]

Sure why not extend it into every other non-related topic as well.

Like what?

"Guilty until proven innocent" is simply the thought of "Something (accusation) is right until proven wrong" put into a legal context. It is much harder to prove definitively that something is definitely incorrect in general, as opposed to prove with near certainty that something is likely to exist.

Not to mention the practicalities in a real life setting. Police go around making accusations while lawyers and the defendant have to scour around for evidence proving their innocence?

The idea is stupid to begin with.

[The Heretic Azazel]

Don't pay him any mind, he'd rather everyone driving a nice car in a bad neighborhood get raped with a police baton. Just as a precaution.

I hope my generation dies out before all our rights are taken.

[Animeniax]

Nice cars in poor neighborhoods and poor cars in nice neighborhoods will get pulled over for sure when I'm in my police cruiser. Nothing like a nice "howdy do" to discourage people from whatever illegal/immoral business they have planned on the other side of the tracks. People may complain about it and get all politically correct about it, but profiling works.

I hope this world hasn't fallen into complete anarchy until my generation has past.

[rockmanj]

People may complain about it and get all politically correct about it, but profiling works.

I hope this world hasn't fallen into complete anarchy until my generation has past.


It has advantages and disadvantages, and its hard to agree with the fact that using heuristics is a natural and often useful tool for humans. That being said, is it worth it to the harassed to have a measure of safety in exchange for a wrong accusation? Case in point: Last week, A restaurant owner in my neighborhood (who is from India) called in a robbery to the police. When the police arrived, they arrested him! And they detained him until he could pay bail. I have also been stopped twice and asked for I.D. while walking home from work ( I live and work in this same neighborhood).

I know that sometimes, people that look like him or me commit crimes, but then again, a lot of different types of people do bad things, and honestly both of those cases seem like incompetence on the police's part. Maybe our police should be better selected or something, because random profiling seems a lot like rolling the dice.

[Animeniax]

It has advantages and disadvantages, and its hard to disagree with the fact that using heuristics is a natural and often useful tool for humans. That being said, is it worth it to the harassed to have a measure of safety in exchange for a wrong accusation? Case in point: Last week, A restaurant owner in my neighborhood (who is from India) called in a robbery to the police. When the police arrived, they arrested him! And they detained him until he could pay bail. I have also been stopped twice and asked for I.D. while walking home from work ( I live and work in this same neighborhood).

I know that sometimes, people that look like him or me commit crimes, but then again, a lot of different types of people do bad things, and honestly both of those cases seem like incompetence on the police's part. Maybe our police should be better selected or something, because random profiling seems a lot like rolling the dice.

Well you are in Korea and those people are nuts so what do you expect?





Just kidding, I know you're probably talking about your old neighborhood in Chicago. I corrected your statement to say "hard to disagree with heuristics as a natural and useful tool for humans," as I imagine that's what you meant to say.

Profiling is like any sort of discrimination: sometimes you're right and sometimes you're wrong. Look at it like you're at the grocery store buying fruit. You make your selection based on the color of the fruit, the texture, firmness, and other traits. Sometimes you select the ripest most delicious fruit, other times the insides are rotted and flavorless. Can't win 'em all, but you have to make a selection or buy them all.

[itadakimasu]

http://www.tomsguide.com/us/snoop-dogg-tomtom-gps-navigation,news-5227.html

From tomshardware.com, one of my favorite news spots. Snoop Dogg does voice over for Tom Tom GPS.

Pretty good idea IMO. I don't have a gps so, it wouldn't effect me.

[Assertn]

http://prthatrocks.com/pressrel/anendlesssporadic_pr.htm

My friends seem to be getting some sweet press from their new album...
(well ok, it's a PR, but still... I didn't even realize they sold 40k copies of their EP)

[itadakimasu]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1234430/Mystery-spiral-blue-light-display-hovers-Norway.html

I just picked a site, i'm sure this is covered on hundreds, thousands of other sites.

Have you guys seen this? I saw it on the new yesterday... No idea what it is..

[Kraco]

It was a failed Russian missile test, according to Russian news sources.

[XanBcoo]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1234430/Mystery-spiral-blue-light-display-hovers-Norway.html

I just picked a site, i'm sure this is covered on hundreds, thousands of other sites.

Have you guys seen this? I saw it on the new yesterday... No idea what it is..
Holy shit, that's insane. Video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EE5UQ0IXVVU

I'm intensely interested to find out what could specifically cause something like that.

Edit: Well there's one thing:
http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/1280/uzumaki.th.jpg (http://img187.imageshack.us/i/uzumaki.jpg/)

[6Zabuza9]

Staring at breasts makes men live longer lol

http://www.themedguru.com/20091206/newsfeature/stare-boobs-longer-life-study-86131320.html

[Pandadice]

Japanese man marries a Love Plus character (http://www.boingboing.net/2009/11/24/footage-from-the-fir.html)

can't wait for this to become the norm ^^

[itadakimasu]

Holy shit, that's insane. Video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EE5UQ0IXVVU

I'm intensely interested to find out what could specifically cause something like that.

Edit: Well there's one thing:
http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/1280/uzumaki.th.jpg (http://img187.imageshack.us/i/uzumaki.jpg/)


I go along with questioning the probability of a failed missile making a perfect spiral like that. it just seems too perfectly aligned.

[Buffalobiian]

I go along with questioning the probability of a failed missile making a perfect spiral like that. it just seems too perfectly aligned.

Too right. The only logical explanation is a mass hypnotizing device.

"Incoming!"
"What the hell is th-"
All your base are belong to us.

[samsonlonghair]

I bet the spiral was made by a high-power projector, not a missile.

[itadakimasu]

http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-10416372-261.html

Man arrested behind the leak of Xmen Origins : Wolverine.

I'd think it could be embarrassing to be referred to in court as aki skillygilly.

[masamuneehs]

if you ever wondered how US government works

House Passes Bills on Last Day of Sessions (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/17/us/politics/17cong.html)

the difference in coverage stuff like this gets is also startling. the liberal media is touting it as "well, Obama has only had 11 months to get stuff done, and the House needed to pass these bills before the end of the year", while on the other side you see the focus on all the hidden spending, the riders tacked on to the bills.

It's pretty awful, I think, because it's not like anyone could actually vote against these bills to the extent that they wouldn't pass. The fact that they couldn't get budgets done earlier makes it seem, to me, that they were looking for something like this all along, so that they could reward all their lobbyists and special interests while telling the people "I HAD to pass this bill, otherwise the whole country would be fucked".

[Pandadice]

4 year old robs house, drinks beer, and wears dress (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34465839/ns/us_news-weird_news/)

lol.

[Xelbair]

I heard from my weapon-maniac friend that some missile make the spirals like that to slow down because they can't maneuver well with that speed. Also this Russian missile utilizes random trajectory to avoid the anti air fire.

[The Heretic Azazel]

4 year old robs house, drinks beer, and wears dress (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34465839/ns/us_news-weird_news/)

lol.

I wanna party with that kid.

[Death BOO Z]

21 years old mother? means she decided it was a good Idea to have a baby when she was 16?
a father in jail?
crazy enough to to do that kind of shit?

we're going to hear about that kid in the future, no doubt.

[samsonlonghair]

That's one high class family.

[Penner]

Actress Brittany Murphy is dead (http://www.tmz.com/2009/12/20/brittany-murphy-dies-cardiac-arrest/)

[XanBcoo]

How many more will 2009 claim before the new year arrives?

It's crunch-time, Death. Show us what you've got.

[Uchiha Barles]

As far as I've seen, she was such a sweet girl. I'm actually a little sad about that. Drugs are bad, mmmkay?

[Sapphire]

How many more will 2009 claim before the new year arrives?

It's crunch-time, Death. Show us what you've got.
Don't tempt him!

[The Heretic Azazel]

I'd necrophile with her.

[Marik]

Wow, that's really unexpected. R.I.P.

----

Clerk Shot During GameStop Robbery (http://www.wftv.com/news/22026307/detail.html)

He followed all his demands and still got shot.

[Buffalobiian]

He shot someone in the leg for a Wii (and not a PS3 or 360)?

For the amount of risk he's taking, he's certainly not getting the equivalent benefits.

[Marik]

He was probably getting it for his kid(s).

[Sapphire]

The remaining Jackson family seems to be releasing a realityshow/documentary...

http://www.hulu.com/watch/116587/the-jacksons-a-family-dynasty-pilot

[Buffalobiian]

NSFW-ish

Girl updates facebook instead of 000 (911) (http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2009/09/10/facebook-the-new-911/)

[Sapphire]

WOW.. Only the knowledge that they were 10 and 12 keeps me from hoping that their parents bitch slapped them when they got home. But then again isn't it the parents fault for not ingraining in them certain automatic responses during an emergency? Or maybe they didn't take their situation that seiously? Someone should have told them about giant underground rats.

Also... DO NOT BATHE AND TWITTER PEOPLE!!!!! (Yelling in general not at you guys)

[Ryllharu]

Isn't that idiot girls in the stormdrain updating facebook story from September?

[Buffalobiian]

Isn't that idiot girls in the stormdrain updating facebook story from September?

Yeah, that's what the date says on Sankaku. I found it today and don't remember seeing it, so decided to posted.

I know I was taught to memorise the emergency services phone number, my name, address and home phone number since forever.

Even to this day, I still have the habit of memorising my own phone number (home or mobile). At first I was surprised that some of my friends didn't know their own number (mainly mobile). When they reasoned that they never have to ring it anyway, I understood where they were coming from, but still found it kind of strange.

[Ryllharu]

I was afraid for Australia that it had happened again!

[Buffalobiian]

Dog mauled to death in Vic woman's home (http://www.iinet.net.au/customers/news/articles/987974.html)

"Fluffy" must have stuck it's nose too deep into the dealings of the canine underworld.

[Sapphire]

China Executes Mentally Ill British Man Lured Into Smuggling Heroin (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z81z94y98RI&feature=sub)

[samsonlonghair]

If it's true that he didn't even know what was in his suitcase then he was a fool. I feel sorry for the poor loon.

[Marik]

Long arm of law reaches into World of Warcraft (http://kokomoperspective.com/news/local_news/article_15a0a546-f574-11de-ab22-001cc4c03286.html)

lol. they even posted his armory.

[Pandadice]

"guess what? you can. I just did"

rofl xD

[Pandadice]

Music file-sharer 'Oink' cleared of fraud (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/tees/8461879.stm)

[Psyke]

Taiwan man dies after watching 'Avatar' (http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20100119/tap-entertainment-film-health-avatar-tai-beb1011.html)

[Kraco]

Taiwan man dies after watching 'Avatar' (http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20100119/tap-entertainment-film-health-avatar-tai-beb1011.html)

It was a good film but dying of excitement is clearly gross exaggeration.

[itadakimasu]

I'm going to go see it in 3d soon to see what I missed out on... Pray for me.

[Buffalobiian]

Jamie Olivier's tears in 'fat city' (http://www.iinet.net.au/customers/news/articles/1001604.html)

That's some passion there man.

I wish I could (to an extent) cry over my job.

I can honestly don't "care" too much if they don't listen as long as I've done my part. That's also partly due to my strong emphasis on individual rights.

[Carnage]

Bible Black Live Action? (http://www.japanator.com/bible-black-in-live-action-we-hear-it-s-coming--13233.phtml) (may be NSFW)

If this is true...

[Buffalobiian]

Link's broken

[Marik]

Link's broken

http://www.japanator.com/bible-black-in-live-action-we-hear-it-s-coming--13233.phtml

Hopefully they get some decent looking women. The ones in the live action K-ON were ugly as sin.

[Buffalobiian]

http://www.japanator.com/bible-black-in-live-action-we-hear-it-s-coming--13233.phtml

Hopefully they get some decent looking women. The ones in the live action K-ON were ugly as sin.

lol. If it's by the same company that usually does all these live action H vids (clannad, code geass etc), they usually are.

Decent looking women + porn don't usually go together.

That's why they hentai industry flourishes ;)

Thanks for the link btw.

I took out the http://> thing in my browser using the first link, but for some reason it got me to a wiki page about Hyper Text Transfer Protocol instead.

edit: ah..no ":".... /facepalm self.

---------------------------

edit2:

Drunk actors send play into chaos (http://www.iinet.net.au/customers/news/articles/1005533.html)

hehe, well done.

[Psyke]

Italian teen stabs father in PlayStation row (http://sg.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20100126/tod-odd-us-italy-stabbing-a929486.html)

[Buffalobiian]

Italian teen stabs father in PlayStation row (http://sg.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20100126/tod-odd-us-italy-stabbing-a929486.html)

"Mario is obsessed. He's forever playing on his PlayStation, and we bought him FIFA 2009 because we didn't want him playing violent games," his mother told Il Corriere.

Oh the irony.

[Psyke]

[I]Oh the irony.

Imagine what GTA will do to him.

[XanBcoo]

Australia has officially lost it:

Austalian government bans small breasts in porn (http://www.inquisitr.com/59472/millions-of-extra-sites-to-be-censorsed-as-australian-gov-bans-small-breasts-female-ejaculation/)

Under the guise of preventing child pornography. What the fuck, Australia? That makes no sense whatsoever. You've been weird about porn lately, but this is completely backwards and insane.

From a feminist perspective it's also completely degrading. It's just going to reinforce the "ideal form" that women have shoved down their throats in the media.

[Sapphire]

http://www.japanator.com/bible-black-in-live-action-we-hear-it-s-coming--13233.phtml

Hopefully they get some decent looking women. The ones in the live action K-ON were ugly as sin.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPJCIc-wgKU&feature=player_embedded I found that from the link, and a comment is "The is the G Rated version of the Porn Parody of Clannad. Basically, it's the first episode, but with mindless sex without, but the scenes they copy are almost perfect... in mimicry. The acting is horrible. This company (Total Media Agency) have also done Haruhi, Higurashi, and most recently K-On."

I just find it funny that They nammed it Clonnad LOL

[Death BOO Z]

I just love it whenever the government gets into filth censorship.
I always think of a group of old men politicians and high nose feminist organizations personal going through a porn filming set, checking out the actors and saying "think about the children!"

[Buffalobiian]

Australia has officially lost it:

Austalian government bans small breasts in porn (http://www.inquisitr.com/59472/millions-of-extra-sites-to-be-censorsed-as-australian-gov-bans-small-breasts-female-ejaculation/)

Something in me just died a little.

Sapphi's invitation to America may be seriously considered after all.

----------------

In other news, there's less than 1 week until the verdict comes out for the iinet vs AFACT case.

http://www.itnews.com.au/News/165792,iinet-vs-the-film-industry-judgement-day-preview.aspx

[XanBcoo]

An Arizona principal was suspended for writing a sarcastic letter to parents that was never meant to be read by anyone:

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/moms/6848562.html

The entire letter is hilarious: http://www.azcentral.com/kpnx/pdf/litchfield-letter.pdf

The math we do is really easy...

...If your child is one of the mediocre few that excels at this, please congratulate them with a warm handshake or perhaps a halfhearted high-five, since finishing this homework is the equivalent of a 20-year old wanting to be congratulated for knowing how to tie his shoes.

[Buffalobiian]

The entire letter is hilarious

Hah, it was indeed.

iinet vs AFACT: iiNet wins. Case dismissed. AFACT to pay. (http://www.itnews.com.au/News/166348,iinet-wins-film-industrys-case-torn-to-shreds.aspx)

Good to know at least something was done right down here. Censorship and gaming fronts have been a mess here lately.

[Death BOO Z]

An Arizona principal was suspended for writing a sarcastic letter to parents that was never meant to be read by anyone:

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/moms/6848562.html

The entire letter is hilarious: http://www.azcentral.com/kpnx/pdf/litchfield-letter.pdf

if this was a highschool letter, I would have thought that it was completely hilarious, but in 2nd grade, this somehow seems a bit overboard. kids in that, age regardless of how smart they are, or how easy the task is, need some positive reinforcement.

of course, the 2nd part is still offthechains funny. I wonder why pennants allergy is so common over there, I've never met anyone with that allergy, and yet I hear that entire cafeterias are closing down to accommodate to their needs.
"imitate a masochist...."

[Animeniax]

For any politically interested types:
http://ccinsider.comedycentral.com/2010/02/05/jon-stewart-on-the-oreilly-factor-complete-and-unedited/?xrs=synd_facebook

[XanBcoo]

That's awesome. I actually watched the interviews as they aired because I heard about it beforehand. The 3rd segment was fine, but the first two were O'Reilly shouting "AHA GOTCHA" and then cutting away every time he nitpicked at one of Jon's points.

I'm impressed that Fox put up the entire interview uncut like they said they would. God knows they're not a bastion of journalistic integrity.

And despite O'Reilly's childishness, I think the two of them consistently produce good interviews with each other. It's good to watch Jon calmly and hilariously deflect every insult Bill throws at him.

[XanBcoo]

Sarah Palin upset at Family Guy (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8519570.stm)


Former US vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin has criticised TV show Family Guy for "mocking" her son who has Down's syndrome.

Palin said on Facebook that an episode in which a character with Down's said she was daughter of the ex-governor of Alaska was "a kick in the teeth".

Funny how she can go on and on about the liberal media forcing its political correctness on everyone, and then turn around and do this.

Attention whore.

[Ryllharu]

She should really be thanking them. At least where I am, pretty much everyone had forgotten about her. It got her name back into random Monday morning office banter and the news after she got all offended. Before this was, "Oh, she's going to be on Fox News now....yawn," a month or two ago.

[rockmanj]

http://www.examiner.com/x-13907-DC-GLBT-Arts-Examiner~y2010m2d19-Down-syndrome-actress-slams-Sarah-Palin

To add to that, the actress that portrayed the character didn't approve of Palin's complaining; and fyi, she actually has Down Syndrome.

[samsonlonghair]

Seth Macfarlane was on real time with Bill Maher talking about this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TA_FlpnYNaI

[Marik]

Police Seek Woman Who Seduced Teen via PlayStation Home (http://www.koco.com/news/22590435/detail.html) <-- Has a video of the story.

Also on NewsOn6 (http://www.newson6.com/Global/story.asp?S=11998245) & Kotaku (http://kotaku.com/5476653/police-seek-woman-who-seduced-teen-via-playstation-home)

[samsonlonghair]

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/comment/9/2010/02/ad62b9aaf816a60cbd3d6c5674ed459a/340x.jpg
That bitch is UUUGLEEE! That poor kid should have had better taste than this. I would pat that kid on the shoulder if he had hit it with a pretty woman, but that gorilla is not someone you should bring home to mom. The worst part of this is the embarrassment for the boy. All of that kid's friends are going to know he slept with an ugly woman. I sure hope she can cook.

[The Heretic Azazel]

I have here the text of Joe Stack's suicide note, the man who flew his plane into an IRS building in Texas. Normally his actions could be dismissed as lunacy but he was so eloquent I can't help but wonder when this will happen next, and also wonder why no one has gone to these lengths yet. It's a bit of a long read but it magnificently reflects the deep rooted problems in the U.S. government and the people it has made bitter, poor and vengeful.

http://weareaustin.com/content/fulltext/?cid=51341

[Animeniax]

I passed by the building today that he flew the plane into and there are still slack-jawed yokels visiting the area and taking pictures. It's like people are making family outings to see the blowed up building. They're jamming up traffic and there are even police cars blocking off certain lanes to keep traffic flowing what with all the rubberneckers and gawkers. People are dumb.

[The Heretic Azazel]

You live in Texas and you're just now realizing that?