Physics Misconceptions: Don’t worry, it’s not rocket science. Mostly.
Bigelow launches its second inflatable space module: This is definitely rocket science.
Did you know Chef Boyardee was a real guy?
According to Grand Ayatollah Sistani, playing chess and “black gammon” (backgammon) are forbidden for a Muslim. For what I can gather, this is because they were used for gambling. However, horse racing is OK.
Thanks to hawkeye* reader Allen for letting me know about this story:
The Indian government, not unexpectedly, has decided to arrest the teenage surgeon and his parents on multiple, assorted charges. (I’m wondering where the “concealing evidence” charge comes in, seeing as they made a videotape of the operation for all the world to see.)
While the cops managed to nab the parents, the aspiring surgeon was apparently too quick and wily. If the kid’s smart, he’ll go to northeast India to start his own coin-melting operation. And he’ll videotape it so he can get into the Guiness Book of World Records as the youngest person to head up a coin-melting ring.
Deadspin article from today: Who’s the Next Steroid User to Murder Their Family?
Just a smidgeon too lowbrow, even for me.
Thanks to my co-worker Greg for sharing this Opera widget: Chess+.
It’s a neat little program, not bug-free (you should see how people whine about a free product not being perfect). Being Javascript-based, it’s not especially strong objectively (maybe 1100?), but certainly not bad.
I’ve thought about creating a chess program from time to time; just never really seem to get around to doing it.
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2008 US President: Andre Marrou
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Company Whose Strategy Clearly Has Nothing to Do With Getting Listed First in the Phone Book and Has a Non-Ugly Website: AAAAA Rent-A-Space
Lose the pancake batter, Paris. You look better without it.
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One guy claimed that the one rupee coin (about 2.5 US cents) was worth 35 rupees to him before the cops busted him for coin-melting.
One sentence recap: Chris Benoit killed his wife and 7-year-old son over the weekend, then killed himself.
I find it very strange that some people seem to think that killing his son was more heinous than killing his wife. Isn’t it the same crime?
unless Albert Einstein has his own comic book, which would be a very sorry thing, indeed
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One feature of humanity’s improved knowledge of chemistry and biology is the ability to create edible substances which technically count as food, but probably shouldn’t.
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