I was planning to post this as soon as I read the headline:
“Spanish doctors cut 60-kilo tumor from woman“
I mean, a 132 pound tumor is, well, large. Heck, my wife weighs about that (or possibly less. Make that probably less – in fact, definitely less. I hope she doesn’t read this). But when I read the whole thing, it mentions the world record tumor.
The record tumor weighed 302 pounds. That is larger than most little league teams……. They removed the tumor from the operating room on a separate stretcher!
The San Diego NCAA Tournament Arena was evacuated when a bomb sniffing dog indicated a hit on a
hot dog cart. A suspicious package was being examined by a robot. This comes on the heels of
several warnings about terrorist chatter reaching pre 9/11 levels.
"In a directive issued today (Friday), obtained by ABC News, the FBI says a posting on an extremist message board "advocated suicide attacks against sporting events as a cost-effective means of killing thousands of Americans."
Update: The suspicious package was determined to be harmless, so I guess the bomb-sniffing dog WAS just hungry this time, thankfully. Thanks to Gateway Pundit for the reciprocal link. Welcome to Blue Crab Boulevard. Feel free to look around.
Although I’m sure Glenn Reynolds will be all for it!
A scientist has developed a new technique for nano-assembly that essentially folds DNA strands like origami. This is a big step forward in nanotechnology, which should greatly reduce the cost of assembling many things.
So what’s the first thing he assembled?
Billions of smiley faces. Yes, those hideous little grinning yellow dots. Fifty BILLION of them at once…….
The article does not disclose whether WalMart financed the research……..
Ransomware. A new trojan program can infect your computer and encrypt your files. It will then demand you pay a $300 “ransom” to get the password to decrypt the files. There is good news, however. A security firm has discovered the password. It masquerades as a file on your hard drive.
The password is: C:/Program Files/Microsoft Visual Studio/VC98
If this information has been useful to you, feel free to send $300 to me! Small bills, no consecutive serial numbers, please………
I really don’t think I would ever want an Xbox 360 at that price. A high school junior just missed getting one of the game systems. His parents made him a deal that they would buy him one if he recited 10,790 digits of pi to set a new record. He only made it to 8,784.
Only?
I have trouble with my own phone number! And I have a degree in math!
Of the impending collapse of civilization.
A man in Lodi, California is suing himself after causing damage to his personal vehicle while driving a city dump truck. Yes, he drove a city dump truck into his own car, then filed a claim with the city. When that was denied, his wife filed another claim.
I weep for us all……
Ok, those Japanese are just getting out of hand now. First it was the robot health care aide, now it’s a robot carp. Yes, a CARP. You know – a giant goldfish! It is patterned after a koi, the highly prized decorative fish that so many Japanese (and Americans, too) keep as pets. The goal is to use it to monitor fisheries and possibly oil platforms.
Word is they actually taste better than real carp.
In case someone asks you for change: The is no such thing as a $1 Billion bill! A man was recently arrested with at least 250 phony $1,000,000,000 bills. A portrait of Grover Cleveland was on the bills.
The US has never issued a bill of that denomination. But the bills were apparently of very good quality…..
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