Humor
- At some point BP is just making this too easy
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I have nothing against BP. BP was our biggest advertiser last year. I think BP is generally one oil company that generally cares about the future of energy and reasonable use of the planet's resources. But it must be at the VP level and down that pe ...
Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Jun 16 2010 - 4:10pm
- I? Robot?
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I? Robot? Okay, so I got the logicman handle for being a bit like Mr. Spock. But I am not a robot. I used to get called professor at school because I was so absent-minded. But I am not an absent-minded robot. So why does Google News offer me this advice? ...
Blog Post - Patrick Lockerby - Jun 16 2010 - 11:08pm
- A Glossary of Alternative Reality #1
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A Glossary of Alternative Reality #1 If you analyse deliberate disinformation deeply- and manage to retain your sanity- you tend to observe some fascinating nuances and psychological tricks. A bonus in such analyses is the discovery of things which- expr ...
Blog Post - Patrick Lockerby - Jun 17 2010 - 7:47pm
- Interlude 5: Cynical Webtoons plus one Optimistic
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This interlude's theme is 'cynicism'. Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal covers prehistoric skeptics: and modern-day realism: while Surviving the World looks deeply at the joy in academia: and the use of substance abuse in science: ...
Blog Post - Alex "Sandy" Antunes - Jun 18 2010 - 4:19pm
- A Message From Ni... Ghana.
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A Message From Nigeria Ghana.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From the office of the Manager; BARCLAYS BANK GHANA. Attn: [insert name from recently purchased list of 10,000,000 email addresses], According ...
Blog Post - Patrick Lockerby - Jun 18 2010 - 5:23pm
- Chomskybot v Baseballbot
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Chomskybot v Baseballbot The unsleeping Chomskybot stands ready to write a paragraph on linguistics at any time, just for you. ...
Blog Post - Patrick Lockerby - Jul 14 2010 - 12:00pm
- Water Bomb Terror Threat
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Water Bomb Terror Threat I just had to share this: The H 2 O-bomb has been developed by the radical New Age group, The Axis of Aquarius. http://www.newsbiscuit.com/2010/04/20/new-age-terrorists-develop-homeopathic-bomb/ ...
Blog Post - Patrick Lockerby - Jul 16 2010 - 1:17pm
- Kid Science Fun: Security Gunk
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I was relaxing out back, watching fireflies flash, when a buddy, dad to boy and girl 11 year old twins, called to catch up with news and relate a funny (still unfinished) story. Growing crankier by the weekend with trespassers holding court on the porch s ...
Article - Anonymous - Jul 19 2010 - 12:21am
- Food for thought
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A witty scientist friend of mine asked me," What can an atom and a void can do with us?" I replied, "Atomic world lies far below and since we cannot see the atoms, their movements, atoms and void have escaped you and me ...
Blog Post - Payal Joshi - Jul 20 2010 - 8:54am
- How South Park Gets It Wrong
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While passively watching an episode of South Park, 1 my spidey sense tingled- something was amiss, and it wasn't the barely surviving buttons on Cartman's pants. I grabbed the remote from the huz and rewound to the spot that caught my eye 2- a yo ...
Blog Post - Becky Jungbauer - Jul 21 2010 - 10:02pm