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Friday, August 22, 2008, 07:00 PM: Simulations of Society with Loren Cobb

Loren Cobb will present his peculiar 15-year journey into sociological model-making for various military entities, including US Southern Command, the Swedish Ministry of Defence, the British Ministry of Defence, the United Nations, and a miscellany of Latin American countries (Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, ...).

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Breaking News: All Online Data Lost After Internet Crash

Officials confirm that all online data has been lost after the Internet crashed and was forced to restart.

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Warning sounded over 'flirting robots'

Those entering online dating forums risk having more than their hearts stolen. A program that can mimic online flirtation and then extract personal information from its unsuspecting conversation partners is making the rounds in Russian chat forums. The artificial intelligence of CyberLover's automated chats is good enough that victims have a tough time distinguishing the "bot" from a real potential suitor, PC Tools said. The software can work quickly too, establishing up to 10 relationships in 30 minutes, PC Tools said. It compiles a report on every person it meets complete with name, contact information, and photos.

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Poll: Bullshit Is Most Important Issue For 2008 Voters

For a majority of likely voters, meaningless bullshit will be the most important factor in deciding who they will vote for in 2008.

Video, 2:20

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The Ultimate War Simulation Game

Like my Grandpa always said, there were no naked human pyramids in Starcraft. There were no whiny anti-war Hollywood types or questionable war motives or granola-munching protesters. I'm starting to think that even World in Conflict, a real time strategy game so "realistic" it takes a NASA-built Quantum supercomputer to run it, has left me woefully unprepared to fight an actual war. Well, below is my open letter to the real time strategy gaming cartel. I want a war simulation. A real one.

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AHRQ and Ad Council Encourage Patients To Ask Questions...

HHS' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality joined with The Advertising Council today to launch a national public service advertising campaign designed to encourage adults to take a more proactive role in their health care. The campaign is being launched during national Patient Safety Awareness Week (March 4-10, 2007).

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Neave Strobe

Neave Strobe animation

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In The Know: Is The Government Spying On Paranoid Schizophrenics Enough?

Panelists discuss ways to care for the nation's paranoid schizophrenics, such as hiding cameras in their homes or audio transmitters in their ears. Panelists discuss ways to care for the nation's paranoid schizophrenics, such as hiding cameras in their homes or audio transmitters in their ears.

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BP Banner Ad

BP Banner Ad (upper right)

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Bunny

Girl on bunny's lap (photo).

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Cat And Girl - Large Mediums

If television is a babysitter, the internet's a drunk librarian that won't shut up.

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Blue Screen of Death Top 10

Blue screen of death on a subway car. Blue Screen of Death in New York City. With the introduction of the x86 processor to Mac, Blue Screen of Death has finally come to Macintosh! Blue screen of Death at an airport. Fidelity gets a visit from the Blue Screen of Death.

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7 strange japanese inventions

360 degree panoramic camera. cockroach swatter slippers. toilet paper/ tissue dispenser. portable office tie. 10-in-1 gardening tool. hair noodle protector. a hands-free umbrella.

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Mean Automakers Dash Nation's Hope For Flying Cars

Onion News Network anchor Brandon Armstrong argues passionately for the existence of flying cars. Onion News Network anchor Brandon Armstrong argues passionately for the existence of flying cars.

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Pictures of Geek Culture

Pictures of Geek Culture

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Black Progress in US (Chris Rock Show)

Chris speaks on the advances and regressions of black folks...lmao!!

Video, 3 min 54 sec

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Chris Rock Sees The Future

Amazingly, he got the OJ part right

Video, 1 min 20 sec

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Uhhh...what did she just say?? Miss Teen South Carolina 2007

Miss Teen South Carolina 2007 tries to answer a question.

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How to tell if a web page sucks

How about asking yourself a few questions before blindly accepting the authority of a random website.

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(Unlucky) 13 Dumbest Drivers in the World

And then this house, it appeared, out of nowhere!

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MS Paint by freeloveforum

freeloveforum.com The new version of Paint is this year's must-have killer app.

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Airport Security ftw!

I saw this in an airport a couple weeks ago. Sweet.

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Report: Many U.S. Parents Outsourcing Child Care Overseas

Due to rising domestic wages, many American parents are saving money by using unregulated overseas workers. Due to rising domestic wages, many American parents are saving money by using unregulated overseas workers.

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Photoshop Anyone?

Photoshop Anyone?

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The world according to the United States of America

The world according to the United States of America

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Im In Your Leenucks Box Changing Your Password

Pima is one of the 17 year olds in the class and considers himself an uber-hax0r. He constantly interrupts me during my lessons trying to make valid points that are somewhere between "WTF?" and "OMG YOU ARE NOT USING TEH DEBIAN!". For those of you that listen to the podcasts and remember my story about training some folks over in another country and some dude put my kevlar vest over top his... well let's say if we were in combat and this kid dropped his kevlar I think I'd dig a hole and bury it so he couldn't find it.

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Don Knuth sells out

Don Knuth sells out

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Supermarket photo

Supermarket photo

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the geek test v.3.1

I HAVE... programmed a calculator in math class studied a language on my own always hated mainstream dated a geek married a geek ...

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Bush in billboard ad in Australia

Bush in billboard ad in Australia

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24: The Unaired 1994 Pilot

Jack Bauer saves the world with AOL 3.0.

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I hate Macs

I hate Macs. Macs are glorified Fisher-Price activity centres for adults; computers for scaredy cats too nervous to learn how proper computers work; computers for people who earnestly believe in feng shui. PCs are the ramshackle computers of the people.

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God's Inbox

God's Inbox

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If you are so dumb you can't steal music

If you are so dumb you can't steal music

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What happens when you take a photo at the right angle?

collection of 14 photos that show you what happens when you're holding the camera at just the right angle

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They didn't study

Photos of test answers from kids that didn't study

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The Complete Ownage of a Woman

I’ll try to sum up a funny story that happened a few years ago: I got a vasectomy. I met a girl soon afterwards. She was nice and attractive but with a selfish streak that raised a big red flag. She was 32 at the time and I could practically HEAR her biological clock ticking. Regardless, she was a good lay, easy on the eyes, and reasonably good company.

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Countries That Don't Use The Metric System

Countries That Don't Use The Metric System

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Programming Is Like Sex

One mistake and you have to support it for the rest of your life.

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If Fox News Had Existed Throughout History

Series of photoshop images

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The PowerPoint presentation

The main purpose of a PowerPoint presentation is entertainment. Intellectual content is an unwarranted distraction. In preparing a PowerPoint presentation, aesthetics should transcend substance. The background colour scheme and logo for your slides should be selected for maximum emetogenic potential.

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Devolution: hangin' around

It's very possible that we, as humans, have overevolved. Rather than try to save the orangutan, why don't we try to save ourselves — by joining them! I'm seriously considering going back to the forest. I figure that we are already at the beginning of a reverse Darwinism movement.

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