Mike the Usurper wrote:
] ] Some scientists now believe they may have finally
] ] discovered its root. We're all essentially mind readers,
] ] they say
]
] Cool.

The flipside of this, is that if you can anticipate when a person will mirror, you can control them.

RE: Scientists Say Everyone Can Read Minds

] anting do a Star Wars model, and also wanting to do
] something never been done before (to my knowledge), I
] decided to make Han Solo frozen in carbonite. Life size.
] It took about 10,000 bricks, almost all dark gray, and
] about three months of on and off building. I built the
] sculpture so it can break down easily into smaller parts,
] thus making it mobile. Because, like most people, I like
] to take large sculptures of people frozen in carbonite
] with me whenever I travel.

Nathan Sawaya | The Art of the Brick%u2122 | Han Solo in Carbonite

] To make fire from a can of coke and a chocolate bar is
] actually quite easy, and you don't need any tools.

Tracker Trail - Fire - Can of Coke and a chocolate bar

A sad robot song to sing.

db danny bot DANNYBOT danny bot db

] INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana (AP) -- Eat your way to the bottom
] of almost any bag of popcorn and there they are: the
] rock-hard, jaw-rattling unpopped kernels known as old
] maids.
]
] It's long been known that popcorn kernels must have a
] precise moisture level in their starchy center -- about
] 15 percent -- to explode. But Purdue University
] researchers found the key to a kernel's explosive success
] lies in the composition of its hull.
]
] Unpopped kernels, it turns out, have leaky hulls that
] prevent the moisture pressure buildup needed for them to
] pop and lack the optimal hull structure that allows most
] kernels to explode.

Finally! The mystery is solved! I, for one, can die happy.

CNN.com - Scientists solve unpopped popcorn - Apr 21, 2005

] And now we reach the end of the path. Adobe's competitors
] now aren't Quark or Viewpoint (formerly Metacreations and
] other names before that). Their competitors are Apple and
] Microsoft. While they strive to release software that
] works on both platforms, they're being eaten at the top
] by Apple's professional video tools and the bottom by
] Microsoft's and Apple's home layout and photo tools.

This was a historical summary of Adobe versus Macromedia I was looking for yesterday.

ExtraBITS

Decius wrote:
] ] Initially, police will place six cameras in the Cleveland
] ] Park area of east Nashville and also downtown in the
] ] tourist-heavy Second Avenue and Broadway district.
] ]
] ] If the system works out, the department plans to buy more
] ] cameras and build a more expansive network throughout the
] ] city.
]
] There were planning to record audio as well, but apparently
] they couldn't defend that politically. Soon everywhere you go
] outside the police will be watching you. Better be carefull
] about loitering in a parking lot. Especially if you look like
] you might be young or not sufficiently white or otherwise
] undesirable. I wonder if they'll start following people from
] bars back to their cars and radio dispatch to pull them over?
]
] This isn't going on in Nashville because it is particularly
] needed in Nashville. Its going on in Nashville because people
] in Nashville aren't willing to resist it.

It sort of sounds like inviting the cops to come hangout with you every where you go. Don"t the cops need probable cause for stalking someone?

RE: Nashville Police to install city wide video surveillance system.

Vile wrote:
] Come on out to Coffee Blue on Saturday, April 23 for a great
] acoustic show by two outlaw rock and rollers from the shitty
] Jersey Shore. Patrick Veil of the Sniperz and Lonnie
] Rutledge, formerly of Sunshine Flipside, will each perform
] acoustic sets beginning at 9 PM. Admission is Free, but be
] sure to order drinks and snacks and tip the bartender well.
] All ages. Free hookers.

Free hookers are legal even.

RE: Patrick Veil and Lonnie Rutledge to Perform at Coffee Blue, 4/23/04

I received this in my email today...
I thought it might be spam, but it doesn't appear to be:

JUST A REMINDER...

In 28 days, cell phone numbers are being released to telemarketing companies and you will start to receive sales calls. You will be charged for these calls.

Call this number from your cell phone 888/382-1222 or register on-line at www.donotcall.gov.

It is the national DO NOT CALL list. It only takes a minute of your time.

It blocks your number for 5 years. Please pass this on to everyone you know who may be interested."

U Nevermind: http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_cell_phone_directory.htm

Do not call

] What's nerdier then Nintendo? How about Acapella
] Nintendo?
]

Fucking awesome.

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