Engineers in France are developing a car that runs on compressed air - News Article
Question is - will this mean the end to the free air pump at gas stations?
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from topgreetings.com
"Science fiction terms have become official language with the inclusion of Jedi, Klingon and Tardis in the latest edition of the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary." - News Article
Where no dictionary has gone before ...
"What's the similarity between a computer and an air conditioning unit? They both screw up when you open Windows(tm)"
from Christoph
This weekend, while talking on the phone to my 7 year old niece, I was giving her my email address. As I was spelling out the address, I told her that she needed to add the "at" symbol, to which she replied, "Oh, you mean a capital 2?"
Just thought you might get a kick out of the silly things children say. Thanks, Meredith - Clean Laffs
Here's a website that's just one tiny icon-sized picture in the middle of the screen - guimp.com
Despite the small size, the site "has four games including Pong and Space Invaders, five galleries, ... a musical keyboard, ... a search engine, and even a webcam. The website was put together by a designer who wanted to test the sharpness of his new computer screen.
Supposedly, the website has "attracted nearly 100,000 visitors in less than two weeks."
A website that went big by going small.
from Pembroke Manor U.C.C. flyer.
Customs agents at the Port of Houston found a large shipment of cell phones in January that were being sent out of the country to Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network. The port's U.S. Customs director, John Babb, said an estimated 1,000 phones were discovered in a cargo container during a routine check by a customs inspector using an X-ray machine...
... "I hate the capitalist Western infidels. All they think about is Earthly possessions and shallow technology... Hey, do I get free weekends with my cell plan?"
from Comedy on Tap
"Saying 'the Web is crucial' in today's political campaigns, California Assembly candidate Dan Dow has an official Web site: Dandow.com.
"But he's also registered the URLs JohnDutra.com, JohnDutra.net, and JohnDutra.org. And incumbent Assemblyman John Dutra Ñ Dan Dow's opponent in the upcoming election for California's 20th District Ñ is none too pleased that his name is being used against him in the campaign. - News Article.
"Interested voters happening by JohnDutra.com may expect to see platform positions from the candidate and his record as a state legislator Ñ in other words, key information about the Dutra campaign. Instead, the site, owned and operated by Dutra's opponent, slams him on all sorts of issues. 'Numerous people have told us they think it's funny and it shows that he's out of touch with the technology of the times,' said Dow, a Republican."
Talk about "Using his name against him."
Well, it happened again.
Two years and millions of dollars later, Florida upgraded it's voting system after the 2000 Election fiasco, replacing the infamous "butterfly ballot" with computerized voting machines. The results after it's first big test, the Democratic nomination for Governor, has been ... another fiasco. In a few of the counties, people were once again turned away at the polls due to inefficency and blunders.
"The computers are fine, it's the operator that's the problem."
CLEVELAND, Ohio (AP) -- Far from the final frontier, "Star Trek" fans gravitated to a political fund-raiser, drawn by the prospect of seeing no less than two Star Fleet captains. Tim Hagan, a Democrat running for governor against a Republican incumbent with the Taft family political lineage and 20 times as much money, isn't shy about using his Hollywood connection. Hagan's wife is actress Kate Mulgrew, who commands a loyal following from her days as Capt. Kathryn Janeway on "Star Trek: Voyager." News Article
"Where no politician has gone before.
NASA decided to send a shuttle into space with two monkeys and an astronaut. They trained them for months. Then when they thought they were ready, they placed all three in the shuttle and got ready to send them up into space.
As the moment came closer NASA's mission control center announced, "This is mission control to Monkey One. Initiate!"
At that the first monkey started typing like mad and suddenly the shuttle's engines ignited and the shuttle took off.
Two hours later NASA's mission control center announced, "This is mission control to Monkey Two. Initiate!"
At that the second monkey started typing like mad and suddenly the shuttle separated from the empty fuel tanks.
Another two hours later mission control announced, "This is mission control to the astronaut..."
At this the astronaut responded "I know, I know. Feed the monkeys and don't touch anything."
from "Clean Laffs"
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There are ten kinds of people in the world:
those who understand numbers in binary,
and those who don't.
based on a joke from Clean Laffs
Today's Useless Fact - What are crop circles, and how might they have been made?
Weird phenomena are often circular. First flying saucers, now crop circles -- those little green men have us going Ôround and around. No wonder believers seem a little dizzy.
Crop circles - sometimes they take other geometric patterns - - are most often associated with England. One day you have a perfectly normal wheat field. But overnight, some force has squished down part of the crop to form a circle, which is most vivid when seen from the air. A lack of footprints in the field suggests an unexplainable natural or supernatural phenomenon.
Not necessarily. Many have been exposed as hoaxes, created, for example, by a rope tied to a stake and pulled around in a circle, crushing the wheat. If the ground is dry, you can carefully walk into and out of the field without leaving prints.
Just remember: wherever you find a crop, you usually find manure
from Factmaster
Get this news article - "Use a Game Boy in Greece, go to jail"
"In Greece, playing a shoot-'em up video game could land you in jail. The government there has banned all electronic games across the country, including those that run on home computers, on Game Boy-style portable consoles, and on mobile phones. Thousands of tourists in Greece are unknowingly facing heavy fines or long terms in prison for owning mobile phones or portable video games."
Talk about government being a joke.
Addition: One Webcomic's View
"Russia's space agency has scrapped plans by 'N Sync singer Lance Bass to join an October space mission after the U.S. pop star failed to meet payment deadlines, a spokesman for the agency said today." - News Article
Looks like his dreams and his cash flow were "Out of Sync."
Get this bit of news - Earth's Magnetic Pole may change sides within a millenium or two.
There are those who would argue it's not the magnetic field, it's the whole planet that's flipped.
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Bonus Joke:
Now THIS I can relate to - Climbing Mount E-Mail
A joke on us that's not very funny.
No escape in either virtual reality or RL .
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A recording just for telemarketers ...
"You have reached the CPX-2000 Voice Blackmail System. Your voice patterns are now being digitally encoded and stored for later use. Once this is done, our computers will be able to use the sound of YOUR voice for literally thousands of illegal and immoral purposes. There is no charge for this initial consultation. However our staff of professional extortionists will contact you in the near future to further explain the benefits of our service, and to arrange for your schedule of payment. Remember to speak clearly at the sound of the tone. Thank you."
from "Uniqueusername"
'NSync singer Lance Bass is undergoing Soyuz 5 training and familiarization tour at Johnson Space Center in Houston. Bass hopes to clinch a deal with the Russians soon and fly to the station in two months. He is in Houston training with two other members of the crew...
... "Houston: We have a premodonna"...
from Comedy on Tap