Monthly Archives: April 2009

Churchgoers more likely to support torture

By probabilityZero | April 30, 2009

A survey has found that those who go to church are more likely to support the use of torture, whereas those who were not affiliated with any religious organization are the least likely of those polled to support torture.
Here are the numbers: 54% of regular church goers said the use of torture is “often” or [...]

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Your printer will stop working at the worst possible moment

By probabilityZero | April 26, 2009

I’ve found this is one of the constants of the universe. Whenever you really, really need to print something, there’ll be a problem. Out of ink, maybe. Or possibly the printer just refuses to respond. Or, my favorite, it starts printing out random gibberish. Sure, you could take the time to figure out the problem [...]

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Famous Last Words

By probabilityZero | April 25, 2009

“Wait a minute…”
Reported last words of Pope Alexander VI.

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The Pirate Bay four found guilty

By probabilityZero | April 17, 2009

The Pirate Bay four were found guilty today of helping consumers illegally download copyrighted material. They each were sentenced to a year in jail, and collectively must pay $3,620,000.
“It’s so bizarre that we got convicted at all, we have to laugh about it,” Pirate Bay member Sunde said. “They could have fined us 1 billion [...]

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James D. Watson on science and genetics

By probabilityZero | April 13, 2009

No one may have the guts to say this, but if we could make better human beings by knowing how to add genes, why shouldn’t we?

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Fox News has been trolled, again

By probabilityZero | April 7, 2009

The great thing about trolling is that anyone who doesn’t get it becomes part of the joke. You may have noticed this story about 4chan on the front page of FOXNews.com. I laughed when I read it, and I imagine anyone familiar with 4chan will have a similar reaction to it. You may also remember [...]

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