Archive for October, 2008

Palin speaks on First Amendment: This is so dumb it hurts.

Friday, October 31st, 2008

John McCain's running mate thinks that the Constitution protects political candidates from being criticized by the press.

Futurama’s Anti-Piracy Message, Just Do It

Friday, October 31st, 2008

The latest Futurama movie, Bender’s Game, is released in a few days and as usual it’s already on BitTorrent. However, Matt Groening has included a nice extra on the DVD - a pretty amusing parody on one of the classic anti-piracy messages.

Florida GOP email: “Blacks are Voting! Blacks are Voting!”

Friday, October 31st, 2008

The Hillsborough GOP Chair, David Storck, distributed an email saying the early voters are a threat. That's because "car loads of black Obama supporters coming from the inner city to cast their votes for Obama. After all he is black- no experience or or accomplishments but he is black." ...

Phoenicians Left Deep Genetic Mark, Study Shows

Friday, October 31st, 2008

New research suggests that as many as 1 in 17 men living today on the coasts of North Africa and southern Europe may have a Phoenician direct male-line ancestor.

Andrew Bynum agrees to 4-year $58 mill.extension with Lakers

Friday, October 31st, 2008

The Lakers have reached a four-year contract extension with center Andrew Bynum worth about $58 million.

Bear Stearns Execs Sued For Lying About Health Of Company

Friday, October 31st, 2008

Ralph Cioffi and Matt Tannin have become household names in the Am Law 100 world since June, after the feds indicted them for fraud for allegedly lying to investors about the state of two Bear Stearns hedge funds that collapsed in June 2007.

U.S. Attacks Syria & Pakistan & “Refuses to Comment…”

Friday, October 31st, 2008

How 2 recruit & produce new terrorists by angering every single country in the Middle East. Contributions to the eternal "War on Terrorism" brought to you by the Homeland Corporation. Pakistan, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq & Al-Qaeda have joined forces for 1st time in history to rise up + fight against ...

Don’t Forget It’s Halloween!

Friday, October 31st, 2008

A helpful reminder from Nedroid and friends.

Wired.com Readers’ Best Geeky Halloween Costumes

Friday, October 31st, 2008

It can be scary soliciting photos from Wired.com readers and not knowing what to expect, let alone Halloween costume photos. Sure, some were creepy in all the wrong ways, but our favorite 10 submissions put our fears to rest. Click through the gallery to see the best geeky costumes our ...

Apple recruits top chip designer, IBM responds with suit

Friday, October 31st, 2008

Apple recently recruited a top chip designer from IBM, resulting in a lawsuit that seeks to prevent the executive from taking his knowledge as "IBM's top expert in Power architecture and technology" to the Mac maker.