politics
Why am I scared of State involvement in anything?
Of all the crap the U.S. Government spends money on, the National Endowment of the Arts is probably one of the least offensive. When someone comes around and calls for eliminating funding for it, they come across often as either petty or too easily offended. Two main complaints rear their Read more…
we're all goinna die
BBC reports B-movie horror plot
By way of Weird Universe we find a BBC story that’s straight out of an Eli Roth movie. In the story, two illegal immigrants reached a so-called “safe house” in Kent: Little did they know that their deliberate vanishing which they thought would lead them into a safer life in Read more…
intellectual property
Old Media kills self by autoerotic asphyxiation
So the AP still doesn’t “get” fair use. Or they don’t want to get it. According to Tom Curley, AP’s chief executive: The company’s position was that even minimal use of a news article online required a licensing agreement with the news organization that produced it. … He specifically cited Read more…
internet
Blog posting randomness
The world is now safe for Nazi garden gnomes. (via) Apparently opposition to Obamacare by Democrats is racist. CNN’s Rick Sanchez is no sellout, but he is an asshat. We all know that the MSM never runs with a non-story with little or no info. That’s what the internet does.
science
The fools laughed at my army of cannibal robots
I bet you thought I was kidding. I bet you thought such things would never see any practical use. I bet you believe them when they say that their mission is not to build “futuristic robots” to “feed on the human population” Will you feel that way when they start Read more…
video
The world needs more exploding watermelons
This found via Weird Universe. Don’t try this at home. Leave this to the professionals. Get those melons before they get you!
speculation
Your next iPhone will eat you
Two completely unrelated stories that should not worry us at all: Apparently a few years ago Japanese researchers developed a fuel cell that runs on blood. . . [via Steve] Then we have the UK researchers who’ve created a robot that eats “vermin” and powers itself by “digesting” the meat. Read more…