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flatluigi — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 18:20:50 -0800

It's Saturday night. You're here browsing on the internet. Why not do something intellectual for a change? Notes on the last two links: "A" goes to the archives of the past MIT Mystery Hunts. Many brilliant puzzles are found inside. "Change" goes to Cliff Johnson's page for the now-free Mac puzzler "3 in Three;" you will most likely need the included emulator to play that and his even more brilliant "Fool's Errand."

What Not To Do and How Not To Do It

fenriq — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 09:27:41 -0800

Idiot Tries to Hire Hacker to Change his GPA
Why study when you can just hire a hacker to adjust your GPA to something more to your liking? Or not.
And now an amazing (and scary) amount of his personal information is pwned!

Do I feel lucky?

paulsc — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 22:02:17 -0800

Shuttle crew faces 1-in-100 chance of dying. "Discovery astronaut Mike Fossum described how his family is dealing with the risk: 'I have to look my wife in the eye. ... We've had those discussions. It's not one she is really comfortable with. It's not one anybody really is.' " Launch decision ignores advice of safety officer and engineer. Vaya con Dios, Discovery.

Bad publicity > No publicity?

Dr-Baa — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 09:49:02 -0800

Drunken idiot Shawn Seamus hopes an embarrassing video circulating on the Internet will lead to his big break in show business. Hey, it worked for this guy, right? Right?

Fools

MetaMonkey — Sat, 01 Apr 2006 02:03:38 -0800

Newsfilter: Genetically engineered dragons a possibility, China buys Google just as Google Browser announced, new work by Euclid discovered. [via] [also: 1,2,3)