I've been thinking about making this thread a lot lately and figured, why the heck not? Basically, post up crazy or interesting news that you'd like to discuss/share with a link. It would be great if the event happened or was posted THAT DAY, but I sure won't stop you otherwise haha.

I'll start us off with:

Urine Passes Nasa Taste Test

Reminds me of Dune (Frank Herbert). It's too bad the ISS is going away in a couple years. My friend said that it is the most expensive man-made object ever built - I suppose that would depend on your interpretation of "expensive." *thinks about the pyramids and other things made without a US dollar amount.* Cool stuff though. I bet it would be cool to see the earth out your window every day - from space.

It's not the space station that's retiring. o.0 They wouldn't be adding all this fancy new stuff to it if that's the case. It's the current fleet of space shuttles that NASA is retiring. And about time. The ones we have now, if I'm remembering correctly, were built in the 70's.

Ahhhhh, you're right! We'll that's good news. What's going to be replacing the shuttle?

EDIT: lol, Spider missing after trip to space station

Interesting experiment though :o. I wonder what the webs look like if they do make them...

So yeah, Barack can't use technology now that he's (about to be) president, even though that was something that helped him win the presidency...

Wow, I never knew that about being president. As if there weren't enough things that would suck about that job haha.

I mean, it's true "anything can be hacked" but there are PLENTY (if not ALL) things in the government that are carefully guarded that transmit in cyberspace...I would know. Seems like they could just put his personal email under the net of government emails.....eh. I guess they'd have to let his friends/family into that net so they could send him email. Most of which are easily hackable and therefore, the net is compromised. Oh well, sorry Barak haha. Sucks to be you....for a lot of reasons >_>;.

Four day interval means no double-posting whore, ya? >_>

Well, I thought this was worth it.

http://www.mtasa.com/index.php

They went open source recently (a few days ago)! I didn't even know this project existed. While I frown on the fact that there isn't a linux version (they DO happen to be fairly new to this whole 'open source' thing -.-), the idea of a free version of a decent GTA remix - extra multiplayer on that burger please - is alllmost enough to get me to boot in Vista and check it out. We'll see how bored I am tomorrow. Ooh. I bet I'll be bored enough this week for thanksgiving break :D.

Check it out, let me know ö.

Solid Snake IS real!

Okay, if you think I'm messing with you...

BBC article

Edit: Also, beware of decieving cuteness.

First off, Snake is the best SSBB character XP Go cardboard box-kill!

Secondly, hug a panda? Is that kid mental? Frickin' Asians must be sticking too much of their face in front of a computer screen or something. Fried his brain. It's a bear! BEAR! <.<

Lol, that's awesome. I was reading some of the comments...kinda weird. People are saying he deserves to get away even if he went on a killing spree or something....uh >_>; Welcome to the internet? *V mask*

Video games teach Norwegian kids survival skills, apparently.

...I'm a stumble junkie.

I saw your stumble profile....Yes. Yes you are XD. Me: Likes 121 pages; Clearing: Likes 5,201 O_O

Made in china

Billionth mouse o.O That's quite a bit considering the population of the earth, people that don't have computers and people that buy mice from other producers.

Linky.

So it comes down to an epic duel between Cheese and the number 42. Personally, I think I'll side with cheese...

Will Smith believes he can become President...maybe...

You don't have to click on the link, but...Will Smith believes he can be president. I believe that's...wacky in the 'That's not possible' kind of way.

http://www.nwi.com/articles/2008/12/08/new...5190004d925.txt

BWAHAHAHAHA! You can't smile??? *looks at own driver's license. All of a sudden it has a "NOPE" stamp on it and an expired date* LOLOL

Klepto Kitty

lmfao

Oh my gosh... XDDDDDD

Bush laughs off Iraq flying shoes drama

Uhh... :lol:

Amusing, to say the least, and also very bizarre. o_o;

Aha, klepto kitty is funny. Now, off to find out why my name is purple. Don't answer. I'm sure the result is somewhere.

I didnt post this earlier because I assume everyone had heard of it but just in case...

"The Chinese Kiss of Deaf"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7772902.stm

How about this?

http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/12/2000...?npu=1&mbid=yhp

Isn't great to know how much technology we lost over the years?

octopuses prefer HDTV
I lol'd.

Hello Kitty Hospital

Yup.

Pete the Purple Squirrel

Proof that squirrels are stupid.

http://idle.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/06/1419259

The last line of that is so hilarious. Yes, I know it's not real (The Onion), but my God is that hysterical.

One Hundred and One Dalmations can kiss this dogs ass.

A female dalmation gives birth to 18 puppies! All puppies healthy, and mommy doing fine!

time to worry?

Nooo :<. I had a year's subscription to this maybe 5 years ago, not sure why I stopped. A sad day for laughers everywhere...

I wonder if the issues are going to be larger and/or the yearly subscription will be cheaper.

Wild Cat Gang keeps Lost Boy Alive

D'awww, that's so cute. I love cats :3.

Man Turns into Goat

...This isn't even a joke news report...

rofl. I find that hilarious.

On top of Klepto Kitty, we now have Klepto Puppy!

Hahaha, I think the news team got a LITTLE too into that story lulz. Must have been during a rough spot in history...no pun intended.

it's not a double post if you wait a week Dx.

SOOOO, today was 1234567890 in unix time :D.
Behold!

Basically, epoch time is used for time subtract instances. I use it to calculate how long I've worked in my timestamp program for work. Epoch time is awesome because it's an integer AND because it doesn't reset every night.

Anyway, thought the geeks among us might appreciate that. Time for dinner...and ice cream :o.

Not so much wacky as it is insane.

New DVD recording method

Somehow, oh snap just doesn't seem to cut it...

Since I have news'd you all lately...

Firefighters rescue Kitten stuck in pipe

Barrister falls down manhole during crime scene visit

Canine Cancer Walk

And finally a sad story, with a happy ending

Pets caught in housing crisis find a rescuer


(And this.)

Now I wanna join in on the fun. Some of you already know I find some weird things...

Student Charged With Keeping Teachers From Grading

Uganda to Jail People Found Using Plastic Bags

Radioactive Wasp Nests at Hanford Reservation

That second one seems very familiar to me. Here in Toronto, it is now illegal for stores to give out plastic bags. Every store must charge 5 cents for plastic bags and offer to sell reusable fabric bags as an alternative.

Week old puppy flushed down lavatory

Big cat nap

Because I'm addicted to cute.

I can't think of a decent title for this but enjoy anyways

...it's been a month, and I had to post thing.

Barry White songs used to encourage shark to mate in aquarium

How can anyone resist Zorro, I'm surprised, well not completely surprised I wouldn't touch a shark named like that female with a ten foot pole.