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Scientist: Our Human Speech is Traced Back to Talking Fish

Researchers say real fish can communicate with sound, too. And they say (the researchers, that is) that your speech skills and, in fact, all sound production in vertebrates can be traced back to this ability in fish. (You got your ears from fish, too.) The new study was led by Andrew Bass (we did not make this up) of Cornell University.

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:00:05 GMT 131 MakiMakihttp://digg.com/users/MakiMaki/m.png General Sciences 2

Outta Sight Album Covers of the '70s (from Punk to Funk)

I recently posted an article that surveyed some of my favorite jazz album covers. In this installment of “Album Art as Fine Art,” I’ll list some of my top sleeve designs in rock, glam, funk and punk circa the 1970s. The seventies was a fertile time for music.

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 09:10:10 GMT 179 explicitmemoryhttp://digg.com/users/explicitmemory/m.png Music 23

The Largest Compass Rose on Earth [PICS]

The compass has been painted on the bed of an enormous dry lake next to the research centre and measures a whopping 1.21km in diameter. according to wikipedia, ‘it is inclined to magnetic north (around 13 degrees east of true north) and is used by pilots for calibrating heading indicators’.

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 08:50:03 GMT 266 MakiMakihttp://digg.com/users/MakiMaki/m.png Travel & Places 31

World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Beta Is Starting

Breaking News: Activity on the World of Warcraft beta page, along with reports that the beta downloader is active are the final indicators that Blizzard has begun the beta testing phase of the next upcoming expansion, Wrath of the Lich King.

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 08:40:03 GMT 191 adamholiskyhttp://digg.com/img/udm.png PC Games 44

George W Bush Sewage Treatment Plant renaming makes ballot

The Presidential Memorial Commission of San Francisco has just recently submitted signatures to city election officials “hoping to place on the ballot an initiative that would rechristen the Oceanside Water Pollution Control Plant as the George W. Bush Sewage Plant.”

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 08:20:18 GMT 325 oboyhttp://digg.com/users/oboy/m.png Political News 45

Bush vs. Clinton (PIC)

Farewell, Bush!

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 08:10:04 GMT 477 MrBabyManhttp://digg.com/users/MrBabyMan/m.png Political Opinion 142

Can America Afford a McCain First Term?

One of the common criticisms directed at a potential Obama presidency is that its first two years will be marked by instability, poor management, and inexperience. But if managing an enterprise as politically complex as a presidential campaign is any indication of how either of these candidates will perform, you should be worried about McCain more.

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 08:00:03 GMT 316 MakiMakihttp://digg.com/users/MakiMaki/m.png US Elections 2008 26

Action Park: The Most Dangerous Park in America (1978 - 96)

Action Park was waterpark/motor themed park open from 1978 to 1996 in Vernon Township, New Jersey. Its popularity came with a reputation for poorly-designed, unsafe rides; inattentive, underaged, underpaid and under-the-influence employees; equally intoxicated and underprepared visitors — and a poor safety record that resulted in 6 deaths.

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:50:02 GMT 321 badwithcomputerhttp://digg.com/users/badwithcomputer/m.png Travel & Places 55

The MPAA Thinks You're Stupid

For years, the MPAA has prohibited weapons from being pointed at the “viewer” in advertising, presumably for fear that it will freak them out. That's why they told the director of Watchmen, Zack Snyder, that he couldn't have a guy pointing a gun at the audience in the trailer. Snyder replaced the gun with a walkie-talkie. Good job, MPAA.

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:40:03 GMT 362 MakiMakihttp://digg.com/users/MakiMaki/m.png Movies 59

A Chat With Mr. Linus Torvalds, Father of the Linux OS

Q: "Which Linux distro do you use?" A: "I've used different distributions over the years. Right now I happen to use Fedora 9 on most of the computers I have, which really boils down to the fact that Fedora had fairly good support for PowerPC back when I used that, so I grew used to it. . ."

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:20:08 GMT 276 vroom101http://digg.com/users/vroom101/m.png Linux/Unix 34

Amazing Batman vs. Joker Fan Art

A compilation of great drawings from some talented Batman fans.

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:10:02 GMT 322 bixby1http://digg.com/users/bixby1/m.png Comics & Animation 60

5 Extreme Sky Dives From the Last 50 Years

Adventure columnist Jeff Wise faced down the science of fear when he agreed to jump out of a Cessna 207, but these dives make his look easy. According to the U.S. Parachute Association, Americans make over 2M jumps each year, but some daring divers choose to push their free-falls to the extreme. Here are are our favorite record-breaking skydives.

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:00:03 GMT 188 TalSiachhttp://digg.com/users/TalSiach/m.png Extreme 18

Web-Crawling Program Finds Disease

Scientists are searching within the virtual world and finding real viruses. Every hour, HealthMap, an infectious disease-tracking Web site, culls through news Web sites, public health list servs, the World Health Organization's online pages, and other Web sites in six different languages to pinpoint outbreaks of disease that real-world doctors can

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:50:05 GMT 310 diggbosshttp://digg.com/users/diggboss/m.png Health 35

McCain: ‘I Don’t Know’ If Obama Is A Socialist

Yesterday, during an interview with the Kansas City Star, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) said he didn’t know if Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) was a socialist McCain joins a long line of conservatives who have tried to discredit Obama by implicitly suggesting or overtly claiming that that he is a “socialist” or a “Marxist”

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:50:03 GMT 343 MakiMakihttp://digg.com/users/MakiMaki/m.png US Elections 2008 155

The Dark Knight's IMAX Breakthrough: Behind-the-Scenes VIDEO

NO SPOILERS, just a couple cool new action sequences... “Using IMAX technology to shoot some of the action scenes gave us the greatest possible canvas on which to tell the story,” Director Chris Nolan said. “The result is an incredibly immersive experience.”

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:30:09 GMT 425 diggbosshttp://digg.com/users/diggboss/m.png Movies 71

30 U.S Officials Who Stood Up Against Bush Administration

Today, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) has released its newest study, Those Who Dared: 30 Officials Who Stood Up for Our Country, recognizing the brave individuals who have acted and spoken out against unethical and dishonorable conduct in the Bush administration. Link to summary and a full PDF report.

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:10:05 GMT 520 MakiMakihttp://digg.com/users/MakiMaki/m.png Political News 34

First Batmobile - Hand built for $250,000 sold for $1 . . .

The history of the original Batmobile should get all batman fans excited! It was built entirely by hand in Turin, Italy at a cost of $250,000 and sold for $1

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 05:40:08 GMT 387 ToeCrackerhttp://digg.com/users/ToeCracker/m.png Movies 40

10 Gadgets Helping You Unwind From a Long Week of Work

Feeling a little stressed out? Good thing it's Friday—the weekend should offer ample opportunity to unwind. Unfortunately, some of you may be have so much going on that a couple of days off may not do the job. Not to worry, there are plenty of gadgets out there that can help you recover from the stress that a long week at work.

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 05:40:05 GMT 271 irfanmphttp://digg.com/users/irfanmp/m.png Gadgets 37

Take the Pew News IQ Test: Simple, Yet 1/2 Answer Wrong

To test your knowledge of prominent people and major events in the news, we invite you to take our short quiz. Then see how you did in comparison with 1,003 randomly sampled adults asked the same questions. On average, respondents could correctly answer approximately six out of twelve questions.

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 05:20:05 GMT 423 MrBabyManhttp://digg.com/users/MrBabyMan/m.png World News 177

Kucinich to probe police surveillance of protest groups

Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), who has figured prominently in recent political news for his attempts to begin impeachment hearings against President George W. Bush, today announced that the congressional subcommittee he chairs will look into reports of peace groups being surveilled by police and private investigators...

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 05:10:03 GMT 503 MisterHorriblehttp://digg.com/img/udm.png Political News 57

Top 10 'Real Men of Genius' Ads

From Mr. Nudist Colony Activity Coordinator to Mr. Stinky Breath Breather Outer, watch some of the most hilarious genius' as recognized by Bud Light.

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 04:50:04 GMT 515 Peachihttp://digg.com/users/Peachi/m.png Television 56

Wrong Woman Given Abortion After Nurse Mixed Up Patients

A woman was given a chemical abortion tablet by mistake after a nurse mixed up two patients with the same first name, a misconduct hearing has heard. Ann Downer gave the drug to a woman who had gone into the clinic for an initial consultation. When staff realised what had happened the distraught woman, named only as patient A, was called back to...

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 04:30:05 GMT 585 upickhttp://digg.com/users/upick/m.png Health 162

First PIC of Jason in Michael Bay's Friday the 13th Re-Make

Most people wouldn’t think a franchise with 11 sequels would need to be remade, but Michael Bay is a filmmaker of rare vision, which is why his company is producing a Friday the 13th remake.

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 04:10:04 GMT 366 badwithcomputerhttp://digg.com/users/badwithcomputer/m.png Movies 95

Dam Breaks Might As Well Surf

These guys could of seen the bad side of the dam breaking and flodding their homes however, they looked on the bright side and found an opportunity to surf.

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 04:00:03 GMT 461 Crackerpathttp://digg.com/users/Crackerpat/m.png People 61

"The Dark Knight" Selling An Avg Of 10 Tickets Per Second!

"The Dark Knight" was selling an average of about 10 tickets per second on online movie-ticket site Fandango.com as fans went to see Heath Ledger and connect with one of the nation's most mystical superhero franchises.

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 03:40:03 GMT 1088 zaibatsuhttp://digg.com/users/zaibatsu/m.png Movies 174

Rove Won’t Testify ‘To Keep Himself From Being Indicted’

Last week, Karl Rove ignored a subpoena and refused to testify before Congress, choosing instead to take a trip abroad. David Iglesias, one of the U.S. Attorneys politically purged under Alberto Gonzales said he believed Rove “had information that…would show illegal activity” and thus will refuse to testify to keep himself from being indicted'

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 03:20:05 GMT 756 MakiMakihttp://digg.com/users/MakiMaki/m.png Political News 134

Cops Return Medical Marijuana Files Taken In Raid; Keep Pot

Seattle police returned hundreds of patient files and a computer hard drive to Martin Martinez Thursday evening, two days after they raided his University District storefront where he runs a collective and outreach group for medical-marijuana patients. But police have so far refused to return about 12 ounces of marijuana and two bongs seized.

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 03:00:18 GMT 485 alapoethttp://digg.com/users/alapoet/m.png Health 97

Gore Sets Alternative Energy Challenge

Just as John F. Kennedy set his sights on the moon, Al Gore is challenging the nation to produce every kilowatt of electricity through wind, sun and other Earth-friendly energy sources within 10 years, an audacious goal he hopes the next president will embrace.

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 02:50:02 GMT 494 MrBabyManhttp://digg.com/users/MrBabyMan/m.png Environment 121

Nabbed for speeding? GPS data could get you off the hook

Thanks to more sophisticated and affordable technology,you can defend yourself against accusations of speeding. GPS data was able to get a California teen off the hook for allegedly going 17 miles per hour over the speed limit, simultaneously casting doubt on the accuracy of police radars and giving hope to tech-savvy drivers.

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 02:40:09 GMT 708 MakiMakihttp://digg.com/users/MakiMaki/m.png Tech Industry News 112

The Matrix is Not Compatible With Internet Explorer [COMIC]

Internet explorer: The eternal dilemma faced not only by the Architect but every single web designer/developer out there..

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 02:20:03 GMT 911 MakiMakihttp://digg.com/users/MakiMaki/m.png Comics & Animation 122

Portal Still Alive Will Include New Puzzles, But No New Plot

Speaking with Valve's Doug Lombardi earlier this week at E3, we got onto the topic of the upcoming Xbox Live Arcade version of Portal. I wanted to know what gamers could expect from the game and why Valve decided to tweak it for the XBLA release.

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 02:00:13 GMT 562 badwithcomputerhttp://digg.com/users/badwithcomputer/m.png Xbox 69

Unnecessary censorship w/ Sesame Street.

Unnecessary censorship, come and play edition.

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 01:40:03 GMT 1854 motafetthttp://digg.com/users/motafett/m.png Comedy 101

This Photo Posted On Digg Without Permission

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 01:20:06 GMT 1366 JonGalthttp://digg.com/users/JonGalt/m.png Pets & Animals 275

How To Demolish A Skyscraper One Floor At A Time

What you are going to see in this post, is one of those rare things in life that leaves you truly speechless, and one more reason to say that technology in these days has no limits.

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 01:10:02 GMT 1153 MrBabyManhttp://digg.com/users/MrBabyMan/m.png Odd Stuff 104

Hardy on Dell!

Linux just got a little closer to taking over.

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 01:00:04 GMT 665 nnckhttp://digg.com/users/nnck/m.png Linux/Unix 122

McCain Leaks Details Of Obama's Iraq Trip

Republican presidential candidate John McCain said on Friday that his Democratic opponent, Barack Obama, is likely to be in Iraq over the weekend.If Obama is going to be in Iraq this weekend, this is a major breach on McCain's part.

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:50:03 GMT 1030 jjw269http://digg.com/users/jjw269/m.png US Elections 2008 254

Nintendo Seizes Lead In US Console War, Xbox 360 Tanks

Big announcements at E3 cannot hide that Microsoft had a rough June with its game console: Nintendo’s Wii surpassed the Xbox 360 as the most sold current game console in the U.S. every other game console, including the PSP and Nintendo DS, sold more units. Has the Xbox 360 lost its appeal?

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:40:02 GMT 652 optimusprime01http://digg.com/users/optimusprime01/m.png Nintendo 245

Who Owns Most of the Land in the West? The US Government

The United States government has direct ownership of almost 650 million acres of land (2.63 million square kilometers) - nearly 30% of its total territory. These federal lands are used as military bases or testing grounds, nature parks and reserves and indian reservations, or are leased to the private sector for commercial exploitation.

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:30:03 GMT 663 MrBabyManhttp://digg.com/users/MrBabyMan/m.png Environment 129

What Are the Odds?

Did you know your odds of dating a millionaire are 1 in 215? Or the likelihood of winning a single state lottery are about 18 million to 1?

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:10:03 GMT 658 xquizithttp://digg.com/users/xquizit/m.png People 149

What is he thinking?

The theory is that everyone should have a unique perception of this outstanding photo.

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:00:02 GMT 735 lazycathttp://digg.com/users/lazycat/m.png Odd Stuff 90

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