Out-of-control youth culture ruined by idle gaming? Or doting grandson who apparently learned all he needed to know about operating a vehicle at highways speeds from video games? You decide.
Folks in Arizona and New Mexico, who know from UFOs, were pretty sure that the monstrous bubble they saw hovering over the southwest was an advance scout for an alien invasion fleet. But NASA insisted that it was nothing more than a weather balloon.
It looks like a cigarette (right down to the glowing red tip) and delivers that nice dose of nocotine like a cigarette, but proponents say electronic cigarettes are a healthy and cost effective alternative to smoking. Ooh boy.
Beloved naturalist David Attenborough finds an old photo of a huge human-esque footprint found at 19,000 feet on Mt. Everest "very, very convincing" proof that the yeti exists, saying "Nobody goes up to 19,000 feet just to make a joke."
According to recently declassified information, many of the UFO sightings in the Nevada desert may be actually have been the A-12 Oxcart, a futuristic-looking spyplane.
Actual Mayans (who are still very much alive, thanks) are getting increasingly irritated by the 2012 end-of-the-world hype. Mayan elder Apolinario Chile Pixtun says, "I came back from England last year and, man, they had me fed up with this stuff."
A stunning, completely unanticipated revelation: once a year, sometime in mid-December, Google searches on the word "cookies" spike. Almost immediately afterwards, there's a spike in searches for the word "diet."
Never mind that a great number of talented techies are avid gamers or that they do their gaming on their own time. Employers are steering clear of online gaming enthusiasts.
Having your cell phone ring at an inappropriate time is always embarrassing -- but what if in the process you angered mutant superhero Wolverine, and he had James Bond backing him up?
Where Google Chrome security fails: the password I heard mention that the Chrome OS will have some sort of encryption available a la bitlocker. If it's possible to encrypt personal data using another password or key, then it may have potential for very secure data.... And Ubuntu has an 'encrypt home directory' option, perhaps google should follow suit.
- Dann
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NASA trots out tired old "weather balloon" excuse for latest UFO attack
Folks in Arizona and New Mexico, who know from UFOs, were pretty sure that the monstrous bubble they saw hovering over the southwest was an advance scout for an alien invasion fleet. But NASA insisted that it was nothing more than a weather balloon.