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Virgins in Heaven

Ferrari 250 GTO Replica

The Ferrari 250GTO is one of the best looking Ferrari's ever, a convertible 250 GT California was featured in Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
This is a Ferrari 250GTO replica based on a Datsun 280Z. Looks pretty good.

Irony: an example.

Things not to wear to a emergency ward in Alabama after you get shot/stabbed.

A simple answer to a rhetorical question

I followed a banner ad to what was purportedly a science book, called "The Final Theory".

Parts of its blurb:

What if Newton and Einstein were both wrong
about gravity being either an attracting force or
warped spacetime? What if Special Relativity and
Quantum Mechanics are misguided abstractions,
with even electric charge, magnetism and light
sizably misunderstood today?

...

What if all this was happening right now -- exposed
in a groundbreaking new science book -- with a
wealth of compelling answers that replace many
time-honored beliefs upon which today's science
status-quo depends? Would you hear about it from
the scientific community? Would its existence even
be acknowledged by our scientists, either privately
or publicly? Would those invested in an education
and career based on today's scientific understanding
want to know about it? Would they want you to?

The answer, plainly and simply, is 'yes'. Scientists, as a group, do not have a vested interest in keeping people ignorant, they do not have any reason to cling to theories that are clearly not supported by the evidence, and they only reason they would advocate one model over another is if it is clearly more correct. The 'science status quo' is a myth - it's constantly under attack by scientists, because the tearing down of current thinking allows it to be replaced by more correct thinking. Which means this book is clearly written by a dribbling moron who has no clue about science, and I would rate it as ludicrously expensive toilet paper. I would call upon the publishers of this tripe to put a video on YouTube apologising sincerely for their grievous error in disseminating this crud into the world.

Dungeons & Dragons to get Fourth Edition

More here 

Things you can't afford

Top 3 World’s Most Expensive Beer 

For those serious about paintball

It's decided: SCO Lost.

Court Rules: Novell owns the UNIX and UnixWare copyrights! Novell has right to waive!

My week

One Car, Three Windscreens, Four Days.
I put my car in to have the windscreen replaced with the factory-backed car yard I bought it from.

Monday: Original, delaminating windscreen replaced. Did not seal correctly.
Tuesday:Second windscreen (the one put in on Monday) removed, cleaned, reinstalled. Did not seal correctly.
Wednesday:Second windscreen (the one put in on Monday) removed, cleaned, reinstalled, again. Did not seal correctly, again.
Thurdsay: Different company asked to do the windscreen. Second windscreen (the one put in on Monday) cracked on removal, Third windscreen installed. Sealed correctly.

So now my car is on its 3rd windscreen and has had windscreens installed 5 times...all under warranty.

Minesweeper: The Movie

heh

Ugly covers

So I'm fiddling around with an app for Facebook which allows you to list books you've read, and I'm adding a bunch of Terry Pratchett books. This program defaults to searching Amazon.com for the books you've read. And it strikes me - god the American covers for pretty much all of the Discworld books are dog ugly.

Compare the two. Which do you prefer?

Top 13 Worst Slogan Translations Ever

Original Article Here
Some examples:

10) Coors put its slogan, "Turn It Loose," into Spanish, where it was read as "Suffer From Diarrhea."
7) Colgate introduced a toothpaste in France called Cue, the name of a notorious porno magazine.
2) General Motors had a very famous fiasco in trying to market the Nova car in Central and South America. "No va" in Spanish means, "It Doesn't Go".

Looks cool

It's a 3d sculpture.

Kevin Smith lays the smack-down

Very funny.

Hovercrafts can't hover over steel grates.

Why you should never buy a Chinese vehicle

BTW: this (the Jiangling Landwind X6) scored a 0 in the 5-star Euro crash test...the only vehicle in 20 years (or so ) of testing to achieve this auspicious award.