[News] News Thread - NO POLITICS or META-POLITICS

[Ornette]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8003799.stm

[THE Hal E. Burton 9000]

well, there's today's lesson kids, don't go and peddle file-sharing software if you happen to be in Sweden

[Guyver Spawn]

http://inexplicata.blogspot.com/2009/04/mexico-state-of-chihuahua-terrorized-by.html

Judging by the descriptions, this sounds like a Hoax.

[drinian]

http://inexplicata.blogspot.com/2009/04/mexico-state-of-chihuahua-terrorized-by.html

Judging by the descriptions, this sounds like a Hoax.

Man-Bat vs. Bat-Man sounds like a great idea for a movie.

[Guyver Spawn]

http://inexplicata.blogspot.com/2009/04/mexico-state-of-chihuahua-terrorized-by.html

Judging by the descriptions, this sounds like a Hoax.

Man-Bat vs. Bat-Man sounds like a great idea for a movie.

Case closed.

[Sachi]

I read this, face palmed and posted here. People can be such idiots and get worked up over the stupidest things.

[drinian]

I read this, face palmed and posted here. People can be such idiots and get worked up over the stupidest things.

MS Comic Sans is a scourge upon the earth.

[Mr. Tines]

Not news --
2007 -- http://commercial-archive.com/content/comic-sans-must-die
2005 -- http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000328.html
2002 -- http://web.archive.org/web/%2A/http://bancomicsans.com

Anyone have any priors?

[THE Hal E. Burton 9000]

Not news --

well, isn't THAT the problem with "news" today, eh?

[IrkenEvangelion]

Yay! iPod touch 2G now jailbroken!

http://www.ipodtouchfans.com/forums/showthread.php?t=155816

[THE Hal E. Burton 9000]

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/yahoolatestnews/stories/042209dnmetshootout.3b933b2.html

I think I may need to speed up my self-defense-based acquisitions

[Baz]

^ How is that news? Americans are killing each other all the time, but as soon as it's a Mexican pulling the trigger everyone goes batshit?

[IrkenEvangelion]

Of course, if it's someone else they're terrorists!

[NemZ]

^ How is that news? Americans are killing each other all the time, but as soon as it's a Mexican pulling the trigger everyone goes batshit?

If true, it could be evidence that the current Mexican cartel war is indeed spilling over into the US, which has all sorts of importance to immigration, law enforcement, and foreign aid/intervention policies.

[ZapX]

This is probably a good time to remind y'all that this is for funny and/or interesting news only. This kinda thing is a slippery slope so let's just cool it there, kthx.

[BEsERk EVA01]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8003799.stm

W00T! Go Pirate Bay, "fight the power!"

Apparently I heard it's not 100% settled. The founders said something about rejecting donations from fans and not paying the settlement....

In other news Mexico, USA, Canada and New Zealand have reported cases of a different strain of the swine flu infecting hundreds of people. 100 people have died, by the way!

[THE Hal E. Burton 9000]

In other news Mexico, USA, Canada and New Zealand have reported cases of a different strain of the swine flu infecting hundreds of people. 100 people have died, by the way!

yippie skippy, now I have to speed up the appropriations process for my personal disease prevention fund

[drinian]

In other news Mexico, USA, Canada and New Zealand have reported cases of a different strain of the swine flu infecting hundreds of people. 100 people have died, by the way!

I think xkcd's advice today is the best so far:

Bad flu epidemics can hit young adults hardest because they provoke their powerful immune systems into overreaction, so to stay healthy spend the next few weeks drunk and sleep-deprived to keep yours suppressed.

[THE Hal E. Burton 9000]

The point is, Shia LeBeouf, that greed, for lack of a better word, is good... again.

[THE Hal E. Burton 9000]

so apparently all of us voted for moot I assume?
http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1883644_1886141,00.html