Like a butterfly flapping its wings in China, you are messing with the universe -- right now. But how much? As it turns out, you're limited by the speed of light. Now, you can measure how much your clumsy, sticky fingers have toyed with the fabric of reality via RSS. [BoingBoing]
Cuba Killed Kennedy
Interviewed for the film, Alexander Haig, then a U.S. military adviser and later secretary of state, quoted Johnson as saying "we simply must not allow the American people to believe that Fidel Castro could have killed our president."[Y!]
"And the reason was that there would be a right-wing uprising in America, which would keep the Democratic party out of power for two generations," Haig said.
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My Head Just Exploded
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi (??????? ????????) was captured last year, and then released. The Iraqi "security forces" responsible for this are fucking fired. You know who should be most pissed about this? Jordan. I'd like to see everyone involved got a visit from the Dairat al Mukhabarat. [CNN]
When RDC for OS X isn’t working
Q: Why does Microsoft's Remote Desktop Connection for OS X tell me that I've reached the user limit or that I'm having a network error when neither of these things is true? A: There's a license file. It's on your Mac, in /Users/Shared/Microsoft. Delete this directory and try again. That should take care of the problem.
Favell Lee Mortimer
Travellers are afraid of passing through Arabia, lest the Arabs should rob and murder them; and no one has ever been able to conquer the Arabs. The Arabs are very proud, and will not bear the least affront. Sometimes one man says to another, "The wrong side of your turban is out." This speech is considered an affront never to be forgotten. The Arabs are so unforgiving and revengeful that they will seek to kill a man year after year. One man was observed to carry about a small dagger. He said his reason was, he was hoping some day to meet his enemy and kill him. Of what religion are this revengeful people? The Mahomedan.From "Far Off; or, Asia and Australia Described." by F. Lee Mortimer, A.K.A. "The Author of 'The Peep Of Day'". [via the Little Gray Book Lectu
Genius Parlays One Red Paperclip into Snowmobile
My name is Kyle MacDonald and I am making a series of up-trades for bigger or better things up to my goal of a house. I started with one red paperclip on July 12th, 2005. You can read stories about each trade.He's up to a snowmobile.
[One Red Paperclip via digg]
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HOW TO: Make Ballistics Gel
Now you can make your own ballistics gel. Roll your own penetration tests, practice your nunchuck skills, make a Real Doll™, &c. [Fifth Rule via digg]
How Dogs Laugh
...the long, loud pant is the sound of a dog laughing, and it has a direct impact on the behavior of other dogs.[ABC]
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