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Monday, March 31st, 2008

Men are, well: (via /.)

More often than not, guys interpret even friendly cues, such as a subtle smile from a gal, as a sexual come-on, and a new study discovers why: Guys are clueless.
Offroad Velociraptor Safari is finally available for play. SUV running over dinosaur action!
Domain registration prices going up again. Register for the extended term now to avoid higher prices in the next 2-4 years
How Chase Mortgage manipulated data inputs to give unqualified applicants home loans. Just another contributer to the subprime mortgage credit meltdown
An interview with Zoltan, creator of a sexually interactive(-ish) robot girlfriend

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Sunday, March 30th, 2008

Successful robbery, except one teeny-tiny forgotten details - the thief left his son behind
Don’t flag down the cops when looking for your ride if you are dealing dope
Can’t manage to drill through the wall to run your satellite television receiver line from outside the house to the inside? I recommend against using your gun to make the hole, what with the risk of accidentally shooting and killing your spouse in the process (via boingboing)

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Friday, March 28th, 2008

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Thursday, March 27th, 2008

Oops. Might want to get a bit more firearm safety training there, Mr. pilot
Founder of identity-theft protection company LifeLock is being sued by credit firm Experian
Richard Dawkins critiques the new movie Expelled, pointing out the vast number of flaws in the arguments put forth by ID proponents and the large number of flaws and selective interview edits evident in the film
The non-emulating Windows on Linux enabler WINE will finally go version 1.0 on June 6^th, 2008, the 15^th birthday of the project
Motorola is splitting in to two different companies (via /.)

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Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

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Tuesday, March 25th, 2008

There are all kinds of tools to let you snag flash video and download it to your system. Here’s a tool to take video and convert it to flash format for posting on your web site
Podcast: Montana governor explains why the new Federally mandated Real ID sucks. A lot
Next-Gen talks the best games of the 1980s. Perfect for us retronauts to enjoy (oddly - I don’t like the podcast)
Microsoft and associates atone for their recent XBox360 case-cleaning gaffe
Video: Regeneration may be a medical reality for your future. It isn’t all pretty yet, but it is promising

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Monday, March 24th, 2008

Bus Driver simulator. And if you need info about it, check out the Gaming Nexus review
The “safe for 10 years” protection system of Blu-Ray has been broken just 8 months after is was declared that safe (via /.)

Richard Doherty of the Envisioneering Group will have to revise his statement from July, 2007 regarding BD+: “BD+, unlike AACS which suffered a partial hack last year, won’t likely be breached for 10 years”. It is worth mentioning that since he made that statement only eight months have gone by.
PZ talks about the other memorable event in history “celebrated” yesterday which turned out false
Animals exhibit “gay” behavoir
Tantric “magician” fails to kill atheist with “guaranteed to kill in 3 minutes or less” magic

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Saturday, March 22nd, 2008

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Thursday, March 20th, 2008

Really haven’t spent time searching stuff to post. Let’s just celebrate the fed cutting interest rates 3/4 points this week. Hopefully that will fend off a total credit meltdown and improve the recessionary economy we’re trudging through now as a result of the subprime mortgage market
Another stingray killer (via boingboing)

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