European woman ‘arrived in New Zealand before Captain Cook’
5th August 2008
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Royal Marine attacked woman for calling him ‘baldy’
5th August 2008
I’m tellin’ ya, don’t mess with Marines. Just don’t.
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Scientists clone five puppies from dead pet for £25,000
5th August 2008
Makes you wonder what they would do for £50,000.
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Jewel gang foiled as shoppers take getaway car keys
5th August 2008
If everyone enforces the law, the laws get enforced.
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Injected Vitamin C Kills Cancer
5th August 2008
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Bullet resistant bras for German police
5th August 2008
Sure, why not? Although this will reinforce a lot of stereotypes about Germans….
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Baby’s life saved by dialysis machine made in consultant’s garage
4th August 2008
I don’t care where he was born or where he lives, this guy has the soul of an American.
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Professional regional dialects?
4th August 2008
I think that the funniest thing I ever heard was the Speaker of the House of Representatives (Jim Wright, I believe) adjourn the House “siny dye”.
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DEAD WHITE GUYS TO THE RESCUE
4th August 2008
Tim Blair is on the case.
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The 50 Hottest Women Sword Fighters
3rd August 2008
Just in case you were wondering. I know I was.
No mention of Summer Glau, though, so it’s seriously deficient.
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Sunk Cost Bias: How It Hinders Your Life and 4 Ways to Overcome It
3rd August 2008
Invaluable advice.
The concept of “sunk cost” and the need to eliminate it from decision-making is one of the most difficult, yet most necessary, concepts that accountants must learn.
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Italian soldiers are facing the embarrassment of being beaten up daily by a 77-year-old Japanese grandmother.
3rd August 2008
Yeah, well, they are Italians.
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Google Book Search: It’s All About the Index
3rd August 2008
And that is the most valuable thing. Information that is not indexed might as well not exist.
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World Government Plan: Aliens to Police USA
3rd August 2008
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Folding Plica concept phone makes our eyes widen
3rd August 2008
This looks very, very interesting.
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Cruiser-Top Cameras Make Police Work a Snap
2nd August 2008
Quick Checks for Violators Improve Officers’ Efficiency but Worry ACLU
Really — seems like anything that makes it easier to catch crooks worries the ACLU.
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Dash’s amazing new GPS gizmo guides you around traffic.
1st August 2008
As you traverse your favored metropolis, the Dash Express anonymously transmits information about its location and speed to a central server. Every other Dash driver does the same. Using this data, Dash can paint a stunningly accurate picture of traffic patterns. Have you ever been stuck in a jam and wished there were some way to look two miles ahead to see whether things are still ugly? Dash essentially does that for you.
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Blonde-haired women earn less than brunettes
1st August 2008
Just in case you were wondering. I know I was.
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Never Too Late
31st July 2008
Brian May, guitarist for rock band Queen, completes Ph.D. thesis following 30-year hiatus
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Ridemaster Pro is world’s most advanced rocking horse
31st July 2008
Just in case you were wondering. I know I was.
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FireWire 1600 and 3200 approved by IEEE
31st July 2008
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GDP: A few pictures are worth a book
31st July 2008
Megan McArdle gives us some very interesting graphs about who’s producing and who’s not.
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Mary Rose ‘sank because Spanish crew did not understand orders’
31st July 2008
Forensic examination of the crew’s skulls, which were found next the 16th century wreck in The Solent, has revealed that Henry VIII’s flagship was mainly crewed by foreign sailors, thought to be either mercenaries or Spanish prisoners of war.
More info here.
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Annals of polemicism
31st July 2008
Megan McArdle fisks a bunch of lefty professors at Chicago whose undies are in a wad over possibly being associated with such a heinous figure as Nobel Laureate Milton Friedman.
Translated, “when we go to fashionable lefty cocktail parties in Venezuela, it’s embarrassing to admit who signs our paychecks.”
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10 Things to Scratch From Your Worry List
31st July 2008
John Tierney is on the case.
For most of the year, it is the duty of the press to scour the known universe looking for ways to ruin your day. The more fear, guilt or angst a news story induces, the better. But with August upon us, perhaps you’re in the mood for a break, so I’ve rounded up a list of 10 things not to worry about on your vacation.
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Arms and the Man
31st July 2008
It all started with Herodotus.
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Yes, Reading Online Is Still Reading
31st July 2008
A lot of people don’t seem to realize that.
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Unique medieval astrolabe saved by the British Museum
30th July 2008
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New X-ray technique reveals colour of hidden van Gogh
30th July 2008
We have the technology.
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Hitachi Starboard FX 77 Duo white board gets demoed on video
30th July 2008
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Jet pack unveiled by New Zealand inventor
30th July 2008
Cool, yeah, but would you trust your life to one?
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Missing gold-hunter survived on termites for days in Australian bush
30th July 2008
Words fail me.
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The Numbers Are In, Again – The Rich Pay More Than Their “Fair Share”
29th July 2008
Not really news to anybody who pays attention, but that still leaves a lot of people.
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Iranian hostage Royal Navy captain sacked
29th July 2008
A pity they don’t still have keel-hauling.
But the Navy insisted that the dismissal was “absolutely not” related to the capture of 15 sailors and Royal Marines last year or to any personnel issues on board.
Too bad. He ought to have been dragged from his bridge in irons.
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Adventurer Steve Fossett ‘may have faked his own death’
27th July 2008
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Pantel readies trio of weatherproof Mirror TVs
26th July 2008
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Brando’s Solar Mini Clip Fan ruins your shot at picking up friends
26th July 2008
I’d rather be comfortable than have friends. But that’s me.
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Another team figures out how to convert waste heat into energy
25th July 2008
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How to disappear without a trace
25th July 2008
Hey, we only do useful information here.
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Lego bricks used to repair crumbling walls
25th July 2008
Hey, whatever works.
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Cyprus edges towards peaceful settlement between Greeks and Turks
25th July 2008
The End Times are near.
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Transistors on paper become a reality
22nd July 2008
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Trapdoor Toaster releases bread on the bottom, removes trademark “pop”
22nd July 2008
Wouldn’t mind having one of these. Kinda pricey, though.
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Toyota Prius
21st July 2008
Steve Sailer has some thoughts on the Toyota Prius, the wheels of choice for the progressive on the prowl.
After all, the Prius is very similar in shape (just smaller) to perhaps the most unfashionable car of the decade, the Pontiac Aztek (introduced in 2001, now discontinued). The picture above is of an Aztek, not a Prius.
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Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic arrested in Serbia
21st July 2008
Some good news for a change.
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Another breakthrough purportedly brings us closer to quantum computing
20th July 2008
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The inner fish speaks
18th July 2008
This is fascinating stuff.
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NFL Player IQ by Position Played
18th July 2008
Who knew that centers are as brainy as quarterbacks?
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Frankincense and Mirth
18th July 2008
So that’s how they came to be wise men.
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GPS Data Used To Disprove Radar Gun In Speeding Trial
18th July 2008
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