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Sunday, February 10th, 2008

Sure, that whole perpetual motion thing might never work out, but since at least 1934 there have been people talking up their supposed successes
If you are anything like me, you love getting some pink. Still, I have to draw the line at getting this much pink
WHDb has a guide to top 50 proprietary programs and potential replacements available as open source applications
The new Devil May Cry game loads and plays immediately on the XBox 360 but takes 3-4 seconds per loading screen. On the PlayStation 3, it takes 22-24 minutes to load and play the first time, but then only 1-2 seconds per loads screen when you play. Someone at Capcom thinks you are stupid if you can’t see the benefit of 2 seconds saved, but commentors have some win in reserve:

Oh, great! Next-gen consoles have FINALLY managed to catch up to SNES. That’s a real achievement…

Sunday, February 10th, 2008

Like any maladjusted kids, two teens who wanted another kid’s Sony PSP decided to take it by force. Too bad the original owner ended up dead. Jail time for the attackers
Man beats his 17-month old daughter to death after she accidentally disconnected his XBox, causing him to lose whatever fucking worthless game he was wasting his fucking worthless life on
Musical condom - plays back sound of your choosing with every thrust!
I’m glad there’s no current poll like this in the US - a quarter of brits believe Churchill is a fictitious character, while half believe Sherlock Holmes to be real
I know someone will get mad at me for mocking the dead, but death by massive overdose of prescription drugs is mighty damn stupid

“Mr. Heath Ledger died as the result of acute intoxication by the combined effects of oxycodone, hydrocodone, diazepam, temazepam, alprazolam and doxylamine,” medical examiner’s spokeswoman Ellen Borakove said in a statement.