Either the story I linked to in my previous post about this wasn’t clear enough or I just flat out missed it, but apparently the anti-commercial skipping technology that Philips has developed would not only prevent you from fast forwarding the ads during programs you have recorded, but also keep you from channel surfing during …
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How To Lose Friends And Influence People…To Want To Kick Your Ass
Philips creates anti-ad skipperI don’t have a TiVo or anything, but I still hate this idea. Hate hate hate it! It’s kind of like telling me that I can’t use my VCR (remember those?) to fast forward something. And I love the way they try to justify its creation by saying “don’t worry, we’re not …
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Isn’t this Overkill?
Our whole society is slowly going mad. Let me sum up what it is about this story and things that surround it that makes me think so. Seemingly nice guy visits dad in Maine. Guy finds out about two sex offenders in different towns, we think through the sex offender registry. Guy borrows dad’s truck …
Last Call For Last Call?
Here’s another story update for you. A few weeks ago I wrote about the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission’s brilliant plan to arrest people in bars because they’re drunk. Well, after almost 2000 arrests and seemingly a lot more public outcry, the program, which they ended up naming Operation Last Call, has been called off, hopefully …
Gun Safety Update
Remember thegun safety videothat I posted a link to a couple of months ago? Well, the star of that clip, Drug Enforcement Administration officer Lee Paige, is nowsuing his employer for letting the video get out. Here are the important parts of the story, just in case the link doesn’t stay active for very long, …
Um…Uh…Ok…Sure.
German Man Sues Easter Bunny “The Easter Bunny is a sadistic and unscrupulous offender who preys on people’s sweet tooth.”
Whore On Terrorism
One of Italy’s most famous porn stars has offered her, uh, services, to Osama Bin Laden in exchange for him stopping all of the attacks. Money quote: “My breasts have only ever helped people while Bin Laden has killed thousands of innocent victims.”
This One’s For The Ladies
It’s official, donkeys are better than housewives.And don’t go hating on me for this one either. It’s in a school textbook, so it’s got to be true.
Nice Going, Captain Hook
Bad idea: Using artillery shells as paperweights.Worse idea:Using those paperweights to crush bugs. There’s nothing I could ever hope to add to this other than I’m glad this guy was never a teacher of mine, and how great would it be if the bug ended up surviving?
The Terrorists Have Won
High School officials in Fort Myers, Florida haveturned down an invitation from the organizers of London’s 2007 New Year’s Day parade,because they feel that the members of their school band would be “safer in America” than they would be in England due to a greater likelihood of being victims of a terrorist attack there. “What …