You’ve probably seen the commercials for Bluehippo.com advertising computers for people with bad credit. Most of us assume that these guys are providing computers at a ridiculous markup. They claim that somewhere around a $99 down payment and then $30-100 a month will get you a computer after about a year. Wow only $460 to [...]

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Great white sharks: deadly predator or deadliest? Great whites near shore more often than believed Shark experts surprised by research in Pacific If anyone out there thought that the crumbling San Francisco Bay Bridge was dangerous, think again. The real danger lies far below the bridge deck. For years, humans have thought of great white [...]

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Doomed Dome: The Future That Never Was No heating bills, wind, rain or snow. Does this remind anyone of the Simpson’s movie? In the bright and shiny future, we all live in green, gleaming communities, monorailed shuttles at the ready, climate-controlled at all times — a sort of Logan’s Run, but without the forced euthanasia. [...]

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Head explosions, hallucinations and imaginary limbs. Thorough list if I do say so myself. From Cracked: We hate for you to find out this way, but you should know that your brain hates you. Even if you’re perfectly healthy and have never had a mental illness or dropped acid, it can mess with you in [...]

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I took wolfram|alpha for a spin today and figured out why when my son was born the midwife said “Oh, a big Elijah!” A search of my first name reveals some interesting data: rank | 22nd fraction | 1 in 166 people (0.60%) number | 12996 people per year (US data based on 2008 births [...]

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Update 2009-12-11: It appears that BillionaireXchange has taken their website behind a membership wall. Peasants will no longer be able to view the merchandise. I can only assume, although I have no evidence, that BillionaireXchange was embarrassed by the complete and total lack of bids. Saw this little gem the other day on Reuters: Online [...]

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I’ve updated Dezgo to work seamlessly with the iPhone and other mobile platforms like Android. All the iPhone and Android users out there let me know what you think. Elijah

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Fiddler crabs offer sex for survival World’s oldest profession practiced by fiddler crabs. FEMALE fiddler crabs are happy to offer sexual favours to neighbouring males in exchange for protection – and size does matter. Researchers from the Australian National University’s School of Biology have discovered that female fiddler crabs rely on a male partner’s large [...]

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Google suggest as an introspective look at our culture, detecting the smell of fear, the LHC can’t handle bread and the iPhone sucks (but is still awesome).

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Kordeza Zhelyazkova, 11, gives birth on wedding day At least the scumbag husband is going to jail. AN 11-year-old girl has become a mother after going into labour during her wedding to her teenage boyfriend. Kordeza Zhelyazkova was still wearing her wedding dress and tiara when she arrived at hospital and gave birth to little [...]

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