Eclectic junk from the four corners of the ‘Net. And pictures too!
This is an excellent exploit of basic physics.
Because oil floats on water, despite the massive heat (163 degrees Celsius) the goldfish simply stay away from the surface and all is well. They eat the crumbs of croquettes and other fried foods that fall to the bottom, and can live in there for 5-10 years as they happily clean away, ignorant to the fact that certain death awaits any potential escapees.
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Deep-fry diving for goldfish in Japan
You just know that this can’t be a good thing…
Forget what Microsoft says about Vista being the most secure version of Windows yet. More to the point, what do the hackers think of it. In a nutshell, they think it’s an improvement, but at the end of the day, it’s just like everything else they dissect—that is, breakable. "Not all bugs are being detected by Vista," pointed out famed hacker H.D. Moore. "Look at how a hacker gets access to the driver: Right now I’m working on Microsoft’s automated process to get Metasploit-certified. It [only] costs $500.
This is a handy list of topics that you may or may not want to bring up the next time you meet someone that is a firm believer in the ‘good book (no, not ‘Godel, Escher, Bach‘ although that is a fine read, I’m talking about The Holy Bible)
The following is not meant to be an all-inclusive list, nor is it meant to characterize the views of all creationists. But there are certainly some, if not most, who can be so characterized. The main objects of my satire, for so it is intended, are the young-Earth, biblical-literalist types, although other generations of creationists may detect some of their views skewered here also.
I particularly enjoyed this bit:
Ribs…human ribs, that is, present a real problem. I’ve been told, on good authority (by creationists, whose scientific authority is the Bible, and what could be more authoritative?), that men have one less rib than women, because one of Adam’s ribs was removed to mold into Eve. My creationist informant has generally become confused upon being asked if that means one less pair of ribs, or just one rib missing from one side. Then my instructor in human origins becomes red in the face and defensive, if not to say hostile, when asked if he has ever actually counted ribs on male and female human skeletons, living or deceased. None that I’ve met have ever actually tried this simplest of scientific experiments, which could go a long way toward proving a testable prediction of creationism. (For members of the Republic of Texas Militia: men have exactly the same number of ribs as women.)
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Oh yeah, I built one of my own, I figure if anyone reads it they might get back here and might click on the donation button on the right.
How many times have you said "Wow, I could use a warning sign right about now!"? If you’re like me it’s an almost daily event. Well despair no more blog readers, the ‘Net has the answer to your problems once again.
Simply click on a link below and choose your sign background, logo, and witty safety minded phrase and just as Bob’s your uncle you have a nice little graphic that you can print out and get into all sorts of trouble with. Go have a blast but don’t blame me if some people can’t take a joke and over react.
Who would have ever known that the venerable Waffle House used a sophisticated code system to encode orders. Does the NSA know about this?!?
Let me give you an example. If I were to order three scrambled eggs, dry wheat toast, and hash browns, the waitress would face the grill and yell out loud – "Mark: Triple scrambled dry wheat plate."
The cook would then quickly take a large dinner plate, turn it sideways, and place a tub of jelly upside down at the six o’clock position.
A little more info on WH from Wikipedia.
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EXCLUSIVE – Waffle House grill cook cheat sheet on Flickr – Photo Sharing!