The Canterbury Earthquake: Images of the distorted railway line
On September 4th of this year, an earthquake hit Canterbury, New Zealand and this particular section of train track was right over the fault line. More here: AGU Blogosphere | Home.
Silly Questions From Yahoo Answers Part 2
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The IMDB Scandal!!! – Bottom 100 Movies Are Missing The Worst One Of All Time (On Purpose?)
The Bottom 100 Movies of all time on IMDB are a mostly not very interesting and there is usually not much to say about a shitty movie. BUT: Digging deeper into IMDBs ratings one can find that there is a movie that is rated far worse than the worst one on top of IMDBs bottom…
The Future of Captchas: Facebooks Social Captcha Patent (Recognizing Friends)
In its latest salvo in the fight against spam, Facebook has filed a patent application for a “social CAPTCHA” system. CAPTCHAs, which ask people to re-enter a code displayed visually, have become well known as the main system for blocking spammers on the web. Facebook believes the social CAPTCHA will prevent spam even more effectively.…
Christian Mother of Five Daughters Sentenced To Death in Pakistan ‘For Blasphemy’
Asia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian woman has been sentenced to death for blasphemy. She has been held in prison for more than a year and Christian groups around the world have begun to protest the sentence, handed down only this week after a trial. Christian and secular media outlets are reporting that Bibi, a 45…
Package-Design to Annoy: Making Smoking Inconvenient
A new approach to discouraging smokers from smoking: Changing the shape of the packaging reduces convenience, aesthetics and accessability. This is a great idea or at least something to think about, although its not very likely that this concept would become a widely spread supported measure to reduce smoking. More Info and Pictures: Design to…
Specific Dates in Science Fiction Movies That Didn’t Turn Out as Predicted
Unreality – Specific Dates in Science Fiction Movies That Didn’t Turn Out as Predicted |.