Monday, April 28, 2008

Roller Coaster Creator

Can you design something that works? Harder than you think. 

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Sunday, April 27, 2008

Scam of the Century

The founder of the Weather Channel explains why the “Global Warming Scare” is the Scam of the Century. Something I’ve been saying for some time.

You won’t see this excellent interview on mainstream television.

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Epic Battle

UPDATE: Animals are smarter than you think. 

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Pope Joan

Was there a female pope?

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CO$ Sign Generator

Make your own sign here.

[ht: Dave Marron]

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Meet the Uno

Kind of a unibike except it has two tandem wheels. 

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Saturday, April 26, 2008

Gullibility Test

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CO$ Kids Speak

The children of top Scientologists were interviewed by Nightline and this article covers what they said. It’s really some nightmare stuff. Apparently the church gets around a lot of thinks like child labor and slavery by using the religious excuse, But in light of the recent arrests of the polygamy cult, the government needs to take a good hard look at these cults which have been engaged in illegal activities that are inexcusable. The first amendment should not protect cult leaders from abusing church member’s civil rights.

Of course, the church denies they do any of this, but too many people have said they’re lying. It needs to be investigated. 

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The Woman Who’s Beating the RIAA

The RIAA’s indiscriminate legal tactics against downloaders has caused many innocent people to get sued in court. One of them fought back and won. Now she is still fighting to take them down.

After being sued by the music industry for stealing songs and winning the case’s dismissal, Andersen is now taking the record industry to court. Her case is aimed at exposing investigative practices that are controversial and may be illegal, according to the lawsuit. One company hired by the record industry, she claims, snoops through people’s computers, uncovering private files and photos, even though it has no legal right to do so. A different industry-backed company uses tactics similar to those of debt collectors, pressuring people to pay thousands of dollars in settlements even before any wrongdoing is proven. In Andersen’s case, the industry’s Settlement Support Center said that unless she paid $4,000 to $5,000 immediately, it would “ruin her financially,” the suit alleges.

Andersen is going after the recording industry under conspiracy laws. She argues the Recording Industry Association of America, the industry’s trade group, and its affiliates worked together on a broad campaign to intimidate people into making financial payoffs. The defendants “secretly met and conspired” to develop a “litigation enterprise” with the ultimate goal of preserving the major record companies’ control over the music business. Andersen is requesting class action status for her case, seeking at least $5 million in compensation for the class.

It’s bad enough government is destroying our privacy. We can’t let corporations do it too. This is an important case. And an important step towards digital sovereignty.

In other music news, Phil Collins is retiring. 

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Friday, April 25, 2008

Bat Poster

Looks very cool. 

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