Political correctness gone nuts or genuinely racist?
A maths final test question at Bellevue Community College read “Condoleezza holds a watermelon just over the edge of the roof of the 300-foot Federal Building, and tosses it up with a velocity of 20 feet per second.”. The question went on to ask when the watermelon hit the […]

News report from Reuters about an Australian operation to destroy a North Korean ship used to smuggle heroin into Australia.
Nice job by the F-111 pilot.

Artist Jing Yin Hua has taken 10 days in order to paint a panda on to a single strand of human hair.
The painting was done using a microscope and a rabbit hair as a paint brush
Viewers at a Chinese gallery can see the artwork through a microscope (50,000 times magnification).
BBC News

When you just have to get things done in the fastest (coolest) possible way.
You know how when you were little, guns that had Rambo-esque chainloading bullets were the coolest thing around? Well, now you can have one of your very own — sorta. The Makita Autofeed Screwdriver ($235) features adjustable screwing depths, can handle screws […]

Further to a previous story on supergun capable of delivering 240,000 rounds per minute, the makers, Metal Storm, have successful completed test firing of stacked configuration low velocity 40 mm electrically ignited munitions (EIM).
Other than being quite cool weaponry, they look quite hectic too - how about one of those roaming your front porch?!

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eHow has nice article on how to celebrate St Patrick’s day properly - with green food.
Tips include:

Bake a loaf of fresh green bread by adding a few drops of food coloring to your bread mix.
Make a traditional dessert more festive by preparing some green whipped cream as a topping. If you like, add a touch […]

A happy St. Patrick’s day to ye all, ya ejits!
For those who just think it’s about drinking copious amounts of alcohol - you’re right! But there’s also more to it then that.
St. Patrick is creditied for bringing Christianity to Ireland, as well as the story of him driving all the snakes out.
For an indepth look […]

Three men robbed a man at gunpoint in Cocoa, Fla., and then fled U.S. 1.
With authorities in hot pursuit, the robbers crashed their vehicle and proceeded to escape on foot. Unfortunately for one of them, former bodybuilding champion Iris Davis was working at a local All Space Storage and witnessed the men being pursued.
“I stood […]

Haldis Gundersen from Norway didn’t expect to be washing dishes with beer when she turned on her kitchen taps.
Workers at Big Tower Bar, two stories below, has mistakenly plumbed the beer to Gundersen’s apartment. “I turned on the tap to clean some knives and forks, and beer came out,” said Gundersen.
“The water and beer pipes […]

Yes, that’s right. The big man himself, Chuck Norris, is 66 today. Born 10th March, 1940, Chuck has achieved much - from martial arts championships, to television and movies, through to becoming a true humanitarian.
Read more about Chuck in this short biography.
For a list of Chuck’s powers and abilities, head over to our Chuck Norris […]

Very cool photos of an atomic bomb detonation by Harold Edgerton.
Automatic Camera situated 7 miles from blast with 10 foot focal length. Shutter speed equaled 100 microseconds.

View them here

Karima Adebibe is the new face for Eidos’ Lara Croft

Skiwear company Spyder, based in Colorado, have developed a new material that hardens on impact.
Skiers wear a suit made of a lightweight material, know as d3o, under their regular clothing instead of conventional bulky armour. The molecules in the suit are weakly bonded under normal conditions and maintain flexibility. However, sudden impact causes the molecular […]

“My father was police officer with the New York Police Department; I’ve always had a high respect for officers, […] I want to give back to the community, and I want to work with young kids, help then get off drugs.”
Lou was sworn in as a sheriff’s deputy on Monday. He’s completed trainging in firearms, […]

A good start for the Seahawks with a 47-yard field goal in the opening game wasn’t enough to stop the Steelers who, due to a controversial touchdown by Ben Roethlisberger, finished up the first half with a 10-3 lead.
The Steelers kept the pace for most of the second half and finished up with by a […]

wankr will be a place for web 2.0 people to gather together in one humongous circlejerk so they can masturbate each other into a sticky frenzy over useless, meaningless bullshit.
Be part of the revolution here
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They can fire up to 240,000 rounds per minute and have no moving parts. Metal Storm firearms (ranging from 9mm handguns to machine guns and grenade launchers) do not work like regular weapons which chamber a single slug; they fire multiple shells at once from a pre-stacked barrel. The gunner can fire a single round, […]

At amazaing1.com you can buy yourself a 1.8 gigawatt electromagnetic pulse (EMP) generator. Great for when you want the neighbours to turn down their music, or when it’s time for little Timmy to go to bed.

A steal for a mere $11,000.00 (£6,273.65). All major credit cards accepted.
Link (props to Fark.com)

You’d have thought that being a journalist and missing for five days in Iraq that some one who think “Where’s Phil?”. Obviously not, as Phil Sands experienced during his detention by Sunni forces.
Only a chance raid by US special forces enabled him to escape certain death.
“I was in bed and heard helicopters, which I assumed […]