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aka "Mindless Link Propagation". Memes are a hoax. Pass it on.
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The New, Dilbertesque MI6 (MLP)
By circletimessquare Sun Oct 16th, 2005 at 07:59:08 PM EST
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If you are a film buff, you could not escape the news recently that there is a new James Bond (Daniel Craig of Layer Cake, James Blond).
But perhaps you missed some more important news. Mainly because it happened so quietly. At Midnight, October 13, 2005, that which supposedly did not exist just got its first website. We're talking about MI6, the fabled Her Majesty's Secret Service from James Bond films, aka the Circus in the works of John le Carré.
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Onion story becomes reality, no shit (MLP)
By ljj Sat Sep 17th, 2005 at 01:11:16 AM EST
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This could almost be a story straight out of the beloved The Onion (only it would be better written).
A story that appeared on The Onion last year, has actually become reality.
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Police Begin Seizing Guns of Civilians (MLP)
By skyknight Sun Sep 11th, 2005 at 07:31:38 PM EST
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From the nytimes [registration required]:
Mr. Compass, the police superintendent, said that after a week of near anarchy in the city, no civilians in New Orleans will be allowed to carry pistols, shotguns, or other firearms of any kind. "Only law enforcement are allowed to have weapons," he said.
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Pat Robertson, Televangelical Terrorist (MLP)
By nostalgiphile Fri Aug 26th, 2005 at 10:44:38 AM EST
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Pat Robertson, mass media Christian pundit and televangelical terrorist has decided to
use his TV empire to launch an all out crusade against the democratically elected president of
Venezuela, Hugo Chavez. This past Monday the smiling, 75 year-old, "man of the cloth" used his 700 Club TV program to proselytize "You know, I don't know about this doctrine of assassination, but if he thinks we're trying to assassinate him, I think that we really ought to go ahead and do it," [...] "It's a whole lot cheaper than starting a war ... and I don't think any oil shipments will stop."
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Time Cube is Now a Cult (MLP)
By Coryoth Mon Jul 11th, 2005 at 07:44:09 AM EST
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Many of you are probably familiar with Time Cube. For those that aren't, Time Cube is a "theory" proposed by retired electrician and notorious crank Gene Ray, which you can read about at his website http://www.timecube.com. In summary: Gene Ray (semi-coherently) explains that very bad things will happen unless we accept his unique insights that "prove" that all modern science and religion are wrong. The website has become rather well known for it's unique style, and Gene Ray's mixture of strident conviction and sheer incomprehensibility.
The website is old news of course, what is interesting is that apparently there really are plenty of people out there who will believe anything, because Time Cube has gained some followers and seems to be turning into a rather bizarre cult.
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So just why is there no new Einstein? (MLP)
By gmol Mon Jul 4th, 2005 at 03:03:23 PM EST
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A recent article in Physics Today, by Lee Smolin, has stoked the embers of an age old debate.
Smolin uses Albert Einstein's work as a motivation for proposing new ways of funding scientists who want to work on creative approaches for difficult and fundamental problems. The article can be obtained here.
Smolin's porposals are very specific to the theoretical phsyics community, but the article prompts reflection by academicians in other fields.
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