McCain baffled by condom question

Reporter's Question: Do you think contraceptives help stop the spread of HIV?McCain's Answer: "You've stumped me" on whether condoms help stop HIV. "I have to find out what my position was."

UN Drug Office Can't Explain Lower Marijuana Use in Holland

Antonio-Maria Costa, Executive Director of UN Office on Drugs and Crime is seen here avoiding answering a question about the cannabis policy in Holland. The question was quite simple - how does Mr Costa explain the relatively low levels of cannabis use in Holland, given his claims that easy availability would lead to higher levels of use?

April Fools' Day On The Web 2008 (the most complete list)

AprilFoolsDayOnTheWeb.com - The most complete listing of April Fools' Day Jokes that Web Sites have run each year from 2004 all the way up to today. Bookmark this site so you don't get fooled online this year!

IBM banned from Gov't Contracts

"IBM Corp. has been temporarily banned from receiving future contracts with federal agencies, the Environmental Protection Agency confirmed on Monday."

Gentrified Neighborhoods Threatened By Aristocratization

"A three-block section of [Chicago neighborhood] Wicker Park that once accommodated eight families, two vintage clothing stores, a French cleaners, and a gourmet bakery has been completely razed to make way for a private livery stable and carriage house," Kennedy said. "The space is now entirely unusable for affordable upper-income condominiums"

The effect of resonance on rice [WARNING: see "Description"]

WARNING! This video contains ultra-sound frequencies that may be harmful for your pets or young family members! This is a display of membrane resonances: powerful speaker is connected to a tone generator and covered by plywood. Lose rice, when poured on top, forms unique geometrical shapes. This effect might explain some famous crop circles.

Women's attractiveness judged by software

My first question is why just women and not men too? According to Haaretz, an Israeli team of computer scientists has developed a software that ranks facial attractiveness of women. Instead of identifying basic facial characteristics, this software has been designed to make aesthetic judgments — after training.

7 Steps to Center Yourself

Sleep comes easy to those who are satisfied with all aspects of their lives, not just their work productivity.

USA 2008: The Great Depression

Food stamps are the symbol of poverty in the US. In the era of the credit crunch, a record 28 million Americans are now relying on them to survive – a sure sign the world's richest country faces economic crisis

Amazing new Gmail feature!!!

Introducing Gmail Custom Time.Be on time. Every time."I used to be an honest person; but now I don't have to be. It's just so much easier this way. I've gained a lot of productivity by not having to think about doing the 'right' thing."Todd J., Investment Banker

Top 10 Science Hoaxes of All Time!

Some of the greatest scientific hoaxes of all time ... typically pulled off until technology caught up with the scope of the hoax. From Stone-age tribes found in the present day to the announcement that blondes will be extinct in 200 years.

Man-made molecules reverse liver cirrhosis in rats

Scientists in Japan have designed artificial molecules that when used with rats successfully reversed liver cirrhosis, a serious chronic disease in humans that until now can only be cured by transplants. Cirrhosi...

Hillary's Debt: Schools & Small Business Hit the Hardest.

The $8.7 million in debt are staggering for their breadth and range. Seemingly every facet of human existence is represented in Clinton's unpaid bills. The debts date back to last Fall, to states long ago decided. An Orchestra for an October event in New Hampshire. Iowa supermarkets, Texas Portapotties, Atlanta Catering. Don't forget Healthcare.

The Pirate Bay Moves Servers to Egypt Due to Copyright Laws

Due to the new copyright legislation that are going to take effect from today we had to move all of the system outside of Europe...

Millions Dead/Dying in Recent Mass-Rick-Rolling by YouTube.

Click on any "Featured Videos". When will the insanity stop?

Best Divorce Letter Ever!

sometimes its better not to forgive

Top 5 April Fools' Day Pranks You Can Build in the Office

Certain holidays seem to have been created for DIY-ers, and April Fools' Day is certainly among them. No store-bought hand buzzer can stand up to a well-built, well-executed homemade prank, so we asked the chief geek from the gonzo builders at instuctables.com to pick his favorites from their new practical joke contest.

Clinton Campaign running out on campaign bills

Tucker Carlson joins the Morning Joe crew to discuss the latest from the 2008 presidential campaign trail.The following video is from MSNBC's Morning Joe, broadcast on March 31, 2008

Ohhh what an own goal!

You never saw any goal like that before! 2008.3.27, Hungarian Cup. Fehérvár won the 1st leg by 2-1, it was the return match. With a 2-1 FT here, there would have been extra time (there was 4 min left from the regular time) but this own goal (scored by the slovakian Jan Durica) broke down the Fehérvár.

Xbox 360 Moron on FOX News

Amy Winehouse Performance Powered by Urine?

It seems like some new technology has allowed a club in Amsterdam to power itself using urine. What's more, Amy Winehouse is being paid $700K to open the club.I don't quite know what to think about it...

Why Some People Shouldn't Be Allowed to Use Twitter

"Twitter is a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing?" User Dopeboyfresh, though, appears to be a perfect example of Twitter done wrong.

Dodo: Web-based time machine!

Aviary is excited to announce the launch of it's newest application, Dodo, the web-based time machine.Dodo is incredibly simple to use: Just upload an input picture, choose between different settings that might affect the aging process (i.e. amounts of alcohol and tobacco consumed), set a year and hit generate.

CNN Scrubs Dobbs’ Racially Charged Comment From Transcript

When asked to respond to Rice’s remarks on the Situation Room last Friday, CNN host Lou Dobbs became agitated. TPM’s Josh Marshall noted that Dobbs explained “how he’s sick of ‘cotton pickin’ black leaders telling him how he can and can’t talk about race (he catches himself at the last minute — sorta).”

Close Up of Enceladus' Tiger Stripes

APOD 3-31-08

Pitzer Denies Masculinists Funding Again! Shenanigans!

I went to student senate last night with a revised charter and was denied funding and official recognition for a second time. On a positive note, this time it wasn't unanimous!

Suicide clubs lure 20 thousand Russian teenagers

In Russia 15 to 20 teenagers commit suicide monthly. Surprisingly enough, a few of them do this secretly. All over Russia there are hundreds of websites that will gladly help you to lay hands on yourself.

Midna Cosplay Takes The Cosplay Cake (PIC)

The 2007 Anime Expo at Long Beach was held last year. Why, then, has it taken until now for this amazing Midna cosplay photo to end up on my desk? You know what, forget it, I don't want to hear your pathetic excuses. Do not fail me again, internet.

Top 10 Harmless Geek Pranks

Get ready to laugh your head off at the nerve and the stupidity. April Fools day shenanagans

Disturbing Wiring, Part 4 [PICS]

More Tangled Awesomeness

Dog Waits for Master to Come Home for 10 Years

The true story of a devoted Akita dog from Tokyo named Hachiko, who waited at the train station for his deceased owner every night for 10 years until his death.

Fed eyes Nordic-style nationalisation of US banks

The US Federal Reserve is examining the Nordic bank nationalizations of the 1990s as a possible interim solution to the US financial crisis.

When in Rome: engineering the Firefox 3 user experience

Ars sat down with Mozilla user design expert Alex Faaborg and discussed the Firefox 3 visual refresh. Among other things, he told us how Mozilla is improving platform integration in theming while defining a universal visual identity for the Firefox browser.

Man Charged For Having Sex With A Patio Table

Police in Ohio say that a married father of three has confessed to repeatedly having sex with his patio picnic table. Is that really all he could find?

Weaponizing the Pentagon's Cyborg Insects

Right now, researchers are already growing insects with electronics inside them. They're creating cyborg moths and flying beetles that can be remotely controlled. But how would one weaponize a cyborg insect? On this subject, the answer is blunt: "Bio weapons."

Linux Declared 'Hacker Proof'

The Linux running on a Sony Vaio remained undefeated at the end of a three-way computer hacking challenge Friday at the CanSecWest conference.

MRI images of genes in action in the living brain

..." describes the delivery of brain probes by eye drop "...

Sony BMG's hypocrisy: company busted for using warez

Sony BMG has been caught using pirated Windows administration software. It's an embarrassing development for a company that has fought so hard to keep its own content from being pirated.

Top 10 Myths Keeping Hillary In The Race

The Myths which are keeping hillary in race are:This race is tied.Okay, the popular vote is tied.Fine, but what if we count electoral votes? NOW Hillary is ahead! But if we did do it like the Electoral College, that proves Hillary is more electable than Obama, because of states like California....

Companies go 'topless' at meetings

Distractions from laptops and other devices are causing many San Francisco companies to say they are going "topless" -- no electronic devices at meetings. Many companies are banning electronics during meetings after getting increasing complaints of sidetracked workers slowing down productivity.