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Do you have any cognitive dissonance in your vegetarian dishes?

not_on_display — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:40:36 -0800

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El Compa Vs The Cisco Kid

Artw — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:47:51 -0800

Would you like some Narco ballards with your network software?

tl;dr

31d1 — Tue, 13 May 2008 20:01:15 -0800

The Chroma Upsampling Error. This incredibly detailed explanation of a common bug in DVD players will likely either bore you to tears or be gripping and utterly fascinating.

Forgiving Buckner

Corduroy — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 19:44:57 -0800

22 years after letting a ball roll through his legs in extra innings to lose game six of the 1986 World Series, Bill Buckner returned to Fenway Park to throw out the ceremonial first pitch on Opening Day. Here's a post on the Curse of the Bambino and the 2004 World Series The world has certainly not forgotten about Buckner. And as a bonus, here's an RBI Baseball reenactment of the final inning of game six, as well as a review of an album called Forgiving Buckner. Scroll down a little more than halfway.

F*ck Face snuck into baseball card for the second time

XQUZYPHYR — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 06:18:45 -0800

People wondered how something as blatant as this got in Billy Martin's 1989 baseball card. President Bush and Mickey Mantle want to know too.

Terrist??

jonson — Sun, 28 Aug 2005 23:39:14 -0800

Since Fox News wrongly identified a La Habra home as that of a terrorist, its five- member family has faced an angry backlash. A FOX correspondent named an alleged terrorist connected with the July London bombings, and went so far as to provide the man's address (deep in the heart of the O.C.) "to help local police". Unfortunately, the address was three years out of date, and the current residents who have no connection whatsoever with the former occupant are being threatened, harassed by people driving by & yelling threats at them, and have had their home vandalized by a spectacular moron with a spray can. Full story here (LA Times, use bugmenot).

MDMA Study Botched

brittney — Sun, 07 Sep 2003 12:50:26 -0800

A widely-reported study that showed recreational use of MDMA to cause Parkinson's diesase was found to be botched and has now been retracted. The results were not skewed, the margin of error wasn't miscalculated--the primates were given the wrong drug.

NSA releases USS Liberty intel

ptermit — Thu, 17 Jul 2003 12:59:02 -0800

On June 8, 1967, Israel attacked the USS Liberty, killing 34 American citizens. Was it a tragic error or was it coldblooded attack on an ally?

The National Security Agency has recently released redacted transcripts and recordings of intercepted Israeli communications just after the attack. Fascinating reading, but will it clear up the controversy?

Brilliantcrank — Mon, 05 Aug 2002 06:59:12 -0800

MacOS X for $82,402.02 CompUSA feels MacOS X is just that good.

mathowie — Fri, 21 Jan 2000 01:44:27 -0800

Mark Hurst of Creatvie Good and GoodExperience noticed a video billboard near Times Square that was showing Windows errors around new years day. Here's a picture and a closeup. He brings up a good point: If an airline can't troubleshoot a billboard, how well can they keep their planes running?

tdecius — Tue, 05 Oct 1999 20:18:18 -0800

The 404 Research Lab is kinda neat. It's always cool to stumble across a really interesting 404. They have an archive.