Bizarre
South African pigeon faster than broadband
Thu, 10/09/2009 - 10:27
An amusing piece on the BBC news website, which underlines the low upload speeds with ADSL.
4Gb of data on a USB drive attached to an 11 month-old pigeon arrived while the broadband upload was still lumbering along.
Quite funny, have a look at the comments of the folk who set the race up.
Tags: Kill two people - get free cosmetic surgery
Wed, 02/09/2009 - 15:57
You couldn't make this up!
If by any chance you're reading this on a future April 1st. and think you know that this is a wind-up - check the Times publication date.
Double murderer wins legal battle over cosmetic surgery on birthmark
Public opinion:
- You're not very nice - you killed two people
- You're not very bright - you got caught
- You have an embarrassing birthmark - tough luck mate
Governmental response:
- You killed two people - naughty but there are societal reasons
- You got caught - don't worry we'll look after you
- You have an embarrassing birthmark - no problem we run the NHS
It would seem that one of the few ways of jumping up the waiting lists for treatment would be homicide...is it me...or is this idiocy?
"Citrus Plot"...?
Mon, 27/04/2009 - 08:36
Sometimes I find the world baffling…is it just me?
Alien life 'may exist among us'
Mon, 16/02/2009 - 18:58
Another cracking story from this conference in Chicago…it just gets whackier.
Of course, like everyone else, I am thinking about “Men in Black”.
Jay: Cab drivers? Kay: Not as many as you'd think. ...
BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Alien life 'may exist among us'
Nail Clipping
Sat, 14/02/2009 - 06:45
Oh...please...is this big news?
Record nails broken in US car crash - An American woman who held the record for having the world's longest fingernails has them broken off in a car crash. [BBC world news]
