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If your name is Danny and you submitted a story, can you send me the link?

Also, does anyone understand the spam that's all random letters?

This is all from ab: Gore says media miss climate message

I like to base decisions on science and fact. I use consensus for soft-fuzzy topics, like fashion sense or who has the nicest ass. I am amused by the idea that we lay out science via consensus. It's either opinion or fact. Not both. It's not by consensus that we accept that the earth is a spheroid.

Also all from ab: Democrats aim to tack pet spending projects onto Iraq bill

This is what I call efficiency and ethics. Why are all politicians Dirtbags? I may have to start a revolution or just sit here and blow a gasket.

Rich Yuppies are increasingly letting their kids sleep with them.

CHendrix sent this my way. This kind of crap drives me insane. Why the hell are parents afraid to be parents? Here's a thought: tell your little rugrat to get the fuck out of your bed.

I love the $400/hr sleep consultants.

Kerry calls down the thunder on a Swift Boat Veterans for "Truth" contributor.

I can't believe how that guy set himself up for a reaming. And how in the hell do you contribute 50k and not know who asked for it and what it's going to? I don't care how much cash you have.

From rcr: This remote control device is infinitely excellent.

From JT: Death Race 2007

My favorite part was the run through the eels...

From will: The latest teacher on student action... but this teacher gets around (like a record)... at least five young men, taking place from last December to "this month".

Vilas had the assist on this one.

From jm: Mars has been losing its ice cap as well. This has nothing to do with technology.

RS6 crash that the driver walked away from. Uhhhh.... wow.

Name the 53 African countries in 10 minutes. Good lord is this hard. It would also help if they'd quit changing their names, but still. If you don't want to wait the 10 minutes, just view the source. Also, the spelling turns out to be a real problem.

If you had any part in making this happen, stop visiting this site. Seriously.

-ed

From JSW: I don't know if this guy is insane or just has huge balls.

Jaime Pierre goes huge

I've seen this clip a couple times. a) He doesn't ski away, he just make a crater. So this is useless. 2) Doing this so I think about Jesus has got to be the dumbest thing ever.

In other news, Terje Haakonsen went 32 ft. out of a quarterpipe. (And rode away. Backwards.) There's another angle on the March 3rd news here.

-ed

Trailer for Maxed Out An interesting documentary courtesy of Shek.

How can you afford something like this, Ned? I mean, I get your mail once in a while, and you make only $27 a week more than I do. -Homer via ed

A bunch of geography games. Find the state/country/capital.

From bw: Juan Pablo Montoya...for out-driving a bunch of red necks. Well it was a road course so he had an advantage

Global Warming is Bunk according to a new documentary. From Fark via JT. No word on credibility.

From Rollins: Zoom photography of bugs on windshields.

This is from jm: Here's my scandal. I've trying to figure out what 1/3 of a cup (a serving size) of peas is. I've used the 1/3 of a cup measuring cup, which I know is a volume measure. The bag of peas says there are 7 servings in the bag. However, it appears that it is more likely twice that number of servings. Is there some standard rule to follow when measuring dry ingredients that aren't flower or sugar? Google has been little help.

From boot:

Did anyone know there's a new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie coming out on the 23rd? And that Patrick Stewart has a voice-role in it?

I think this may be one of a handful of movies I want to watch less than "wild hogs"

From jm: Sea Squirt can regenerate itself from just on tiny vessel. This is a little more advanced than the starfish which regrows a lost limb or two. This may lead to future medical breakthrough where Decker is able to regrow his "game." Blum was not available for comment.

If anyone can explain the last two sentences, please send me an email. Update Got it. Merci.-ed

From miolla: Seagull hits car doing 180 MPH Compliments of Geekologie. Looks like fun.

The robotic parking garage. Includes video.

620 HP Jeep Grand Cherokee 3.7s to 60 and 12.2 in the 1/4. I have serious doubts as to the durability of the drivetrain, but what do I know?

It’s quicker than every BMW M product as well as all Mercedes AMGs other than the 604-hp SL65. Bye-bye, Audi S6, Chevy Corvette, Porsche 911 S, and Lamborghini Gallardo. The 4831-pound Jeep is just a half-second slower than the two paragons of production-car performance, the 911 Turbo and the Corvette Z06.

From "super serial": South Park's top 25 moments from Rolling Stone. 13 is especially good.

For some reason I thought I was the only one that thought the number one moment is awesome.

From will: Central Florida Prostitution... it's hot hot hot!!! Listed as health, cus I just threw up.

From decker: One thing PC users can do that Mac users can't...

The designers probably won't like this one either.

Not safe for work due to written language.

I had nothing to do with the creation of this article. -ed

That's how long after Cobain's death it took for Nirvana to sell out. (Play the video)

Doesn't Courtney Love own some of the rights to this? She's gotta support her crack habit, ya' know. -ed

A rundown of the golden ratio in Zelda theme music. I'm not sure how much of this is just coincidence, but a cool read anyway.

Tons of pics of the new Evo Looks cool. Goes fast.

The Evolution of the need for religion. Really long and interesting article from the NYT. CHendrix sent this my way.

Who views us negatively? Lots of people. Along with Isreal, Lebanon, and North Korea. Joy.

The winerack - a bra you can fill with booze.

Top 20 TV shows ranked by median viewer income. The bit about Scrubs is pretty interesting.

On a side note, I highly recommend both 30 Rock and Friday Night Lights. 30 Rock is by far the funniest show on TV right now. At least until Entourage comes back.

On another side note, the Sarah Silverman show is the biggest waste of a half hour ever. Please make it stop.

From bw: Cheerleaders.

I can only assume this is Junior Oof's (joof) girlfriend. -ed

From Bean: Wikipedia will ask some writers to share real names.

To me, this would be good, as would the next step of requiring all submitters to identify themselves. But a few guys recently informed me that who is doing the talking doesn't really matter, so maybe this isn't that important.

And if wikipedia doesn't do it for you, there's always Conservapedia. -ed

From jm: Speed solitaire It's pretty slow at first, but will pick up after a while. My bests are level 71, with around 400K. Not recommended for nipple or touchpad play.

This is definitely easier the less you think about it. -ed

From decker: Charles Rust-Tierney, a former president of the Virginia ACLU, was allegedly caught downloading child pornography with "images that included the sexual torture of children, set to a song by the band Nine Inch Nails" on his 10-year-old son's computer.

Hippie.

He was also a Little League, soccer, and football coach. Surprisingly, he doesn't seem to be a priest or scoutmaster also. Maybe it will be found that his son is the one who downloaded the porn, but until then, it's filed under DB.

From Leon: Mailboxes turn into R2D2.

Not sure if the Trekkie crack from Leon was intentional. -ed

A Rodney Mullen bio video. Parts II and III are also there. I think I've posted a fair bit of the footage they show, but it's entertaining as hell to listen to him explain how he does things and others explain how ridiculous he is.

FWIW, the Jason Lee Jamie Thomas mentions is the actor guy.

Sorry about the blown link. -ed

From jm: Brad Delp has passed. You may know him better as the lead singer of Boston. The world mourns.

From jm: I had to post this.

From naj: Reason #548, why its better to be a guy. Videos like this can mesmerize us. Make sure to stay tuned until the wiffle ball bat event. NSFW due to nip slips.

From boot: 2009 Ford Taurus SHO

If you don't already know, you should ask Polega why he had to get rid of his SHO. (Hint: It gave birth to the word 'polega-izing')

I bookmarked this earlier today to post for polega. Great minds think alike. -ed

Update: I realized I forgot to credit boot with this one. Sorry boot.

No, really he does...

Steve

From polega.

Freakanomics analysis of Zell Miller's assertion that abortion is the reason for soldier shortages, decreased Social Security pay-ins, and illegal immigrant increases.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs calls homersexuality immoral. He goes on to equate it with adultery between a soldier and another soldier's wife. I'm at a loss to figure out why he would go out and stir the pot like this.

The Pagani Sonda F without paint. I don't dig the yellow, but good lord is this beautiful.

Ben Stein on what's right and wrong with money. Class disparities, lack of creating actual stuff, and hedge funds are in there.

Wrecked DBS from Casino Royale. Pics and a breakdown of how they got the car in the movie. It's got some spoilers if you haven't seen the flick.

A pictoral essay on why Fox news is awesometastic.

I love motorcycles. I hate loud exhausts. And they don't help anything.

Aggregate of top performers at online betting site killing it.

In college basketball, the win rate is 66%. In pro football, 62%. They are even getting a 52% win rate in pro hockey, their worst sport.

Self-balancing one-wheel skateboard. This kicks the crap out of the Segway.

Al Gore exaggerated the science community's confidence in the global warming theory that he presents in "An Inconvenient Truth." It's actually a little disgusting that he chose the word "truth" for the title now that I think about it. Maybe "An Inconvenient Theory" would've been more appropriate.

From Decker via Jane.

Counterpoint and counterpoint II. As always, the truth is probably somewhere in the middle. -ed

A new take on the bhendrix photo gallery hits. From Brick.

Nickell asks: Can we execute kids? Only the really bad ones? No lengthy trial, no appeals, just, "Well sport, you're a certified fuck-up, and you'll likely remain that way, just as frustrated with this society as it is with you. So before you really cause some damage we're gonna blow your damn head off, with a 12 gauge. Give Satan a 'what's up'."

Producer of Wild Hogs and director of Norbit ignores critics. Most likely because they're standing outside his house with pitchforks and torches.

Some new Transformers pics. I'm really, really trying not to get my hopes up. Apaprently the first cut was 'R', and they had to 'fight' to get a PG-13.

From jm: Tracy Morgan on "Texas, El Paso" local news. Please watch the video. He ain't got biscuits, he's got a loaf of bread. Also, you should consider reading The Hater blog.

I just about fell out of my chair when I saw this. Classic. Just classic. -ed

A comparison of generic prescription drugs finds huge disparity. They compare generic Prozac and find it's over $100 at Walgreens, CVS, and Eckerd, but $15 and $12 at Sam's and Costco. Somebody in the comments mentions the Walmart $4 generic deal as well with a link to the list of drugs covered there.

Lance's lookalike ladies.

Derek brings us Musical March Madness.

Somehow Big Daddy Kane is losing.

From JT: One of the worst pizza commercials ever.

Bukakke Brand Milk commercial. Official Drink of the Duke Blue Devils.

From Goldsmith.

Do our commercials seem so incredibly bizarre to the Japanese? -ed

A Prof from Sweden shows off his data visualization tool and the underlying data. 20 minute google video. I realize this sounds about as exciting as paint drying, but it's really pretty amazing stuff. The data he presents and their ability to change perceptions is astounding. They should give him a couple minutes on the news every night. If you've got 20 minutes, this is a good way to spend it.

And Google just bought the software.

Update Online demo you can play with. Background on the Google purchase. The software homepage. Obligatory Slashdot article/discussion.

If you're wondering what the details are behind the deals at Steep and Cheap are, check out SAC Attack. Tells you how many are left and a lot more. Several snowboards have popped up lately at ridiculous savings.

From Rollins: Last lap video from Sebring race.

An amazing finish in the GT2 class. For those of you who might not appreciate it, this comes after 12 HOURS of racing. Amazing.

Mp sends this bit of eXtreme drinking.

Dunkin Donuts is giving away free ice coffee tomorrow. From "Fritalian".

Just straight up stolen from FARK: Luke Ravenstahl(D-runk), 27 year old Mayor of Pittsburgh, takes private jet to New York City, gets so wasted he forgets where he had dinner and slept

Connect the diamonds

This isn't super hard, but it does require some thought.

Barack Obama on Larry King Live last night from Shek.

The bizarre story of the latest College Republicans' election. I... yea. Wow.

Please stop bothering us by pointing out what is wrong with the delicious part of life.

Ryan sent this plea.

From Shasta: My team is looking for some good EE's to join the product development team here. If you guys know of anyone, please send them my way - ekim_at_apple_dot_com.

From Caldeira: The video's retarded, but the song's pretty damn funny.

I would have gonged them after about a minute, but that's just me. -ed

If you're sitting at your computer thinking "Man, I wish my computer would grind to a complete halt for the next 15 minutes or so", you're in luck. Just tell iTunes (and Quicktime) to update itself. After downloading 65 megs of files, you'll be freezing applications in no time. As an added bonus, it'll ask to restart your computer like it's 1999 again.

In other news, Firefox downloaded its own update and took about 20 seconds to install it. uTorrent updates faster than I can read the dialog box.

Update

Joy.

Porsche Ad Youtube video. Via Autoblog.

College basketball coaches' salaries and per win cost.

From oof: Watch as the director, David O. Russell, and star, Lily Tomlin, have "creative differences" on the set of I Heart Huckabees.

Truly NSFW due to language. -ed

The toughest games to beat.

It's good to get validation after all these years that Battletoads was nearly impossible. While Contra can be tough, I don't think it deserves #1.

Males taking their wife's last name when marrying. Woman wants to keep her name? Groovy. Want to hyphenate the thing? Ok. But if you find yourself doing this or thinking of doing this, grab your balls off the mantel and run. Don't think, just run.

From bw: I think Carlos Mancia sucks...Joe Rogan calls him out...sweet.

NSFW due to language.

This has been around for a little while. I think at least Rogan got banned from the Comedy Store, if not Mencia as well. Additional clips of Mencia stealing shit keep popping up on digg. I never knew much about rogan, but there's a couple fo funny clips of him owning hecklers on youtube. And he had that sweet car built on Rides. -ed

From oof: Watch as two hockey players duke it out. On a tangential note, I don't really understand how this is a sport, or rather why fighting is a part of this sport. Can someone please explain it to me?

A neck can only twist so far, twist it just a hair more and the body says hey i'll take it from here, cuz obviously you dont know what your doing.

The vast majority of my high school hockey team were thugs who liked to fight - ice or no ice. Fans like it for the same reason they like NASCAR crashes. Violence and chaos sells. -ed

From decker: Scientists add a human gene to mice to allow them to sense the red part of the light spectrum. Mice are apparently red-green color blind. These scientists were able to change this, and the significance is that the mice's brains seem to be able to immediately perceive the new colors, meaning that their brains (and presumably the brains of our human ancestors who first had the genetic mutation for the red cones tens of millions of years ago) were pre-wired for this. The scientists also hope that this can be used to correct color blindness in humans, like that character from Little Miss Sunshine.

From decker: A Woman googled "How to Commit Murder" ten days before murdering her husband. She also searched information about gun laws and poisons. And she obtained a subscription for a sedative from the doctor she was cheating with. Google didn't actually solve the murder; a computer forensics specialist did.

Note to Mayes: Stop googling "How to rape dudes." That one might come back to bite you.

Link stolen from the freakonomics blog.

From polega: Theme for carnival this year is "small things made large".

No word yet which fraternity has chosen to build a giant d!ck as a booth...

Also from polega: CMU nerdery at it's best: a dancing robot.

From will: I know it's a little late, but all those dogs were dying from eating rat poison. Next up on the SNL commercial to real life event: Robot Insurance

A funny SNL skit from Leon. Their video player is horrific if you're on a dodgy connection.

From oof: I would highly recommend that you watch Discovery Channel's documentary Planet Earth, particularly if you have an HDTV. It is very entertaining and visually astounding. The one knock against it is that narrator, Sigourney Weaver, constantly reminds you how unique and revolutionary the camera work is. You can watch several clips online to whet your appetite. My personal favorite, so far, is about the Birds of Paradise under the Planet Earth Highlights tab. The last 10 seconds show the trippiest animal I have ever seen.

From JT: I'm not sure how this flew under the radar... or rather how I missed the story. The sports guy directed me to the link:

Scroll down to the "Division 2 championship game" link. Also, to add to the story, keep in mind that the losing team had won 50 straight games.

From jm: Expensive medical treatment found to not be the most effective. Apparently using drugs, most of which are in the generic part of their lifecycle, is just as effective as a $40K angioplasty procedure, both in terms of comfort and mortality (in a non-emergency basis). Not surprising, doctors who perform those operations and companies which make the stents have their own truth. This is a surprisingly deep article from cnn.

On a side note, this is the latest in a string of well-formatted submissions. Thanks to all. -ed

Another Corey Martinez bmx video I've posted his other clip several times. I believe this one is older, and unfortunately a lot of it's really, really dark. The rail around 1:35 is just plain sick.

From miolla: The Edge of U2 is selling his. Here's something for that $30k+ you couldn't figure out what to do with.

From decker: Comeidan Eddie Griffin wrecked a Ferrari Enzo during practice for a charity race to promote an upcoming film.

"Undercover Brother's good at karate and all the rest of that, but the brother can't drive," Griffin, referring to one his past films, said after the accident.

It's a little sad that he still refers to himself as a character from a mediocre movie from five years ago.

JT sent along a video clip as well. Bw had the assist and pointed out there were only 400 of these made. One went to the Wall Street douche bag's P4/5, the Swedish criminal ripped another in half, and there's several others on wrecked exotics. Also, I think the movie they're talking about includes footage of the complete destruction of a Carrera GT. -ed

From ab: I love how politicians do this. I mean, are you really supposed to just let this crap pass by because you want the majority of the bill? What happened to cutting out the pork? Color me more jaded.

From Jay Park: Woman walks into Pike house and gets it on. With herself.

semi NWS for content

Atomic wedgie gone wrong. From Leon.

The Shocker glove A snowboard pipe glove.

More with the Fox news banners.

The Transformers Myspace page. Not much there, but if you're into the myspace, there it is.

Pop balloons with darts. Sorta tricky.