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October 3 2008 1 2 3 4 5 6169 diggsI watched the vice presidential debate in a ballroom at the Four Seasons hotel in Aviara, just north of San Diego, along with a couple of hundred women attending Fortune's Most Powerful Women Summit -- a receptive audience, you would think, for a debate featuring a woman who might become the most powerful in the land. It was an ideologically mixed 85 diggsThey're zillionaires after the "Matrix" trilogy, but they looked like guys who had spent way too much time playing "Speed Racer" before making it into a movie. Nice people. Friendly. No Hollywood attitude. The blogosphere paints them as mysterious recluses, which may add to the legend but doesn't match the reality. 144 diggsHere's a few new screens for Animal Crossing Wii. I like Animal Crossing as much as the next guy who likes Animal Crossing, but really, Nintendo, you could have tried a little harder. 342 diggsA seven-year-old boy has been filmed going on the rampage at a popular zoo in Australia, killing rare reptiles and feeding live ones to a crocodile. 969 diggsI know some folks out there might have had trouble following the Vice Presidential debate. Particularly, trying to parse meaning from the things that Sarah Palin said. With that in mind, here's a handy resource for your perusal. 123 diggsIn episode 3 of McCain's roommates John's seems to be pretty down...Time for his 2 roommates to do a little cheering up. 75 diggsTo know where we're going, it's sometimes best to know where those who went before us have been. So with October being Archaeology Month, this is as good a time as any to follow in the path of our early ancestors. 106 diggsPolice in Wisconsin said a man was arrested after he used a cigarette lighter while trying to siphon gasoline from a van. Police said the man tried to siphon the gas with help from another woman, but he couldn't see how much gas was in the container, so he used the lighter to check. 876 diggsThe Alaska governor incorrectly made it sound like McCain supports giving bankruptcy judges the power to rewrite mortgage payment terms on first homes. He doesn't. 425 diggsWhatever happened to the real men? The gunslingers and swordsmen who charged into adventure on horseback? Well, it turns out they all quit, because being a real man kind of sucked. All of those badass jobs they made movies about were all pretty much worse than the job you have now. Such as ... 88 diggsOne of the most bad-ass frontmen in rock history and a punk rock legend is now selling English butter in this new ad for 'Country Life'. 298 diggsDevelopers of the open source Python programming language have announced the official release of version 2.6. This version makes a nice stepping stone, helping third-party developers migrate their code to the upcoming 3.0 release. 130 diggsA scientist trying to join the league of super cool heroes. 72 diggsOut of 497 NFL Covers that have graced Sports Illustrated, these 30 sum up the league quite nicely 236 diggsSlowly but surely, my prayers for an action movie featuring the action greats will come to fruition. Yeah, you heard. Buoyed up by the recent success of his peers, Steven Seagal has decided that he’s going to follow suit and make Under Siege 3. 160 diggsUbuntu on the beach 169 diggsWe’ve taken some of the most confusing, overblown and needlessly preachy game plots in existence and broken them down into the form of doodles, diluted videos and dumbed-down captions that even a baby could understand. Well, an especially aware and brainy baby, that is. 240 diggsLinux catches up to Windows with a new version of Google's Picasa software for photo editing and cataloging. Still nothing for Mac OS X, though. 330 diggsThings look a little different when you're intoxicated... 201 diggs 206 diggsThere you are, belted in for landing, at a window seat in Row 36. The approach is smooth, the weather clear, the landing gear drops into place. Down, down, down you come. At 500 feet or so, you can make out the writing on billboards; touchdown is only seconds away. Then, without warning, the engines roar and the aircraft pitches up sharply. 234 diggsApple has categorically denied a citizen report published to the CNN iReport website early Friday claiming that chief executive Steve Jobs had been rushed to a local ER following a major heart attack. 185 diggsThe 2008 Ig Nobel Prizes were awarded last night at the 18th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize ceremony. The Ig Nobel Prizes honor achievements that first make people laugh, and then make them think. The prizes are intended to celebrate the unusual, honor the imaginative -- and spur people's interest in science, medicine, and technology. 202 diggsIt's a far cry from the universal admiration that Sarah Palin elicited after her debut at the Republican National Convention this summer, but Thursday night's performance during the vice presidential debate with Joe Biden allayed many conservatives' fear that Palin would bomb, and take down the campaign with her. 238 diggsGirls and young women are a "pot of gold" for the video game industry, said George VanHorn, senior analyst at market research firm IBISWorld. "The gaming industry has market characteristics that many would die for." According to IBISWorld, 38 percent of U.S. gamers are female, up from 33 percent in just five years. 242 diggsBacteria may be humble single-celled creatures, but they're sophisticated enough to anticipate regular events, such as the arrival of day, thanks to their internal circadian clocks. A new study shows that they can also anticipate and prepare for sporadic events, as long as the events are reliably preceded by a signal. 109 diggsGerman athlete Wojtek Czyz, running with a space-tech enhanced prosthetic leg, set a new world record at the Paralympics 2008 in Beijing, reaching an amazing 6.50 m and beating the previous world record by 27 cm. 368 diggsDemocrats cheered on Wednesday when news broke that John McCain's campaign was abandoning Michigan, pulling down its ads and sending staffers to other states. 367 diggsA survey of academic economists by The Economist magazine finds the majority—at times by overwhelming margins—believe Mr Obama has the superior economic plan, a firmer grasp of economics and will appoint better economic advisers. 736 diggsThinkProgress has compiled a video documenting some of the instances where it was clear to the audience that Palin was propped up by written responses. Watch a video compilation: 185 diggs#6 - People take too many drugs. -- Two out of every three patients who visit a doctor leave with at least one prescription for medication, according to the Institute for Safe Medication Practices. "Drugs are an easy solution," says Feldman, "but there are other solutions." 240 diggsI'm not a huge tattoos fan, I don't even have one, but the quality of the drawings and artwork created by Shawn Barber has blown me away. His paintings have been exhibited in NYC, San Francisco, LA, Berlin and many more cities and cool venues. 191 diggsDigg enforces its Terms of Use so that Digg remains a vibrant community of people committed to sharing and discovering great content. Everyone who uses Digg agrees to abide by the TOU, which maintains a positive experience on Digg for all community members by prohibiting spam, porn, gaming, hate speech etc. 163 diggsIf things don’t change fast I’ll have to eat my words…Ah October…. Fall is in the air… the crisp breezes are cooling off the remnants of a hot Atlanta summer… and it’s still baseball time.Is this my favorite month? As a Braves fan I’ve only had one October I really loved and that was 13 years ago. 348 diggs[PICS] 244 diggsIn an hour and a half of debate, both Senator Joe Biden and Governor Sarah Palin claimed there were “fundamental” differences between themselves and their respective presidential tickets. But above all, one primary disparity between the two stood out: the former was about substance, the latter was not. 119 diggsA parachutist has been killed in an attempt to land at a football stadium in France. He was blown off course as he tried to land ahead of a friendly game, and his torn parachute dragged two teenagers into the metal barrier around the pitch, killing one of them. 563 diggsAppearing on a friendlier news outlet, Sarah Palin said she was "annoyed" with the way Katie Couric handled their interview, and -- UH-OH -- talked about herself (as "Sarah") in the 3rd Person. Oh, and she also complained that the CBS Evening News host failed to give her the opportunity to attack Barack Obama. 732 diggsThe US House of Representatives has voted by 263-171 in favour of a $700bn (£380bn) plan to rescue the US financial sector. 143 diggsA new line of Burton snowboards that features images of Playboy models is upsetting some people who feel the boards send the wrong message. 447 diggsCampaigning has become canned 215 diggsIrina Voronina sucks at beer pong. Or Beirut, if you prefer that name, which I most certainly do. That's how the distinctly college game in which competitors stand on either side of a table and hurl Ping-Pong balls into keg cups full of beer, then either fight, screw or puke, was introduced to me. 86 diggsApple was supposed to have the Push Notification service in place in September, but September has passed and there is no fix in sight. Hopefully it will come out soon because, for businesses, developers, and people addicted to instant-everything, at this point the iPhone is not the solution they were looking for. 214 diggsRegulators in New Jersey on Friday awarded rights to build a huge offshore wind farm in the southern part of the state to Garden State Offshore Energy. New Jersey wants 20% of its energy to come from renewable sources by 2020. New York is expected to follow suit. 283 diggsYou would think that Chrome wouldn’t return errors on Google properties… right? I get the following error when trying to access my Google AdSense account (which I find laughable)! 207 diggsPatrick Leahy and Arlen Specter, who head the Senate Judiciary Committee, don't like what they're hearing about the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). A new letter to ACTA negotiators "strongly urges" them not to include DRM or ISP filtering in the agreement. 343 diggsJoanne Smith, 30, of Chicago made the successful bid for the Saginaw house in an auction on eBay. Reporter Roberto Acosta of The Saginaw News noted that her bid, one of eight, was lower than the cost of a McDonald's value meal. 155 diggsThe gutsy (or stupid) "citizen journalist" who posted an erroneous story about how Apple CEO Steve Jobs had a heart attack could face criminal charges for stock manipulation, according to one attorney. 178 diggsPaul Newman, who acted in more than 65 movies over more than 50 years, died on Sept 26. He was 83. 168 diggsJapanification was always the plan of the Busheconomy because it makes the winners of the final game permanent. All extra money in the system will be pumped to the people who made the bad decisions that crashed the prior economy, they will stay in power and with a dynamic economy no one is likely to rise to replace them. 128 diggsApple is arguably getting more proactive about iPhone security exploits. The iPhone OS 2.0 release fixed quite a few bugs, and last month's 2.1 update was no security slouch either. Still, in the face of Apple recruiting full-time iPhone hackers, an Israeli researcher has released details on two potentially dangerous—though seemingly innocuous—desi 182 diggsStarts with 2007 (JaMarcus Russell), covers the gems & busts, includes brief descriptions. 191 diggsAlthough the desktop hasn't been reshaped, the features tweaked just a little bit, and most of the work focused on compatibility and usability (not that those are bad things, by any means), there are still some neat new tools and tweaks that are worth checking out. Read on for our picture-filled take on the new Ubuntu. 171 diggsDaddy Yankee? Yep, the reggaeton star officially endorsed McCain then traveled to the Twin Cities to put on a show for Republican delegates and local reggaeton fans. “He's been a fighter for the immigration issue,” Daddy told the high schoolers. “For me, he's the best guy to lead this nation." Um, anyone care to disagree? 119 diggsNorway's national standards body lost 13 key members last week. The technical committee members resigned in protest of procedural irregularities in the OOXML approval process. 145 diggsThe guys behind controversial file-sharing site The Pirate Bay have been called many things. Mostly they don’t care, but when people, especially representatives of the media, want to slip them into the tights of Robin Hood, they refuse to cooperate. Meet Peter Sunde and Fredrik Neij, two of the leading figures from file-sharing giant The Pirate Bay 354 diggsLonely men ought to flaunt their copies of New Scientist. Women looking for both one-night stands and long-term relationships go for geniuses over dumb jocks, according to a new study of hundreds of university students. 261 diggsThe fact that the franchise's old machinery was revived has Harrison Ford thinking a fifth movie is not only a viable idea, but an attractive one. "It's crazy but great," the 66-year-old Ford said. "George is in think mode right now." 128 diggsA cable anchored to the Earth's surface, reaching tens of thousands of kilometers into space balanced with a counterweight attached at the other end is the basic design for the elevator. 109 diggsRecently, hurricanes, floods and torrential rains have resulted in vast areas of land, sometimes whole villages and cities, being engulfed in water. The devastation is often catastrophic.But what if there was a way out, an alternative? What if we fulfilled the dreams of Jules Verne, and many like him, and succeeded in living under the oceans. 137 diggsThe Sun has been strangely unblemished this year. On more than 200 days so far this year, no sunspots were spotted. That makes the Sun blanker this year than in any year since 1954, when it was spotless for 241 days... 661 diggsDow is down about 370 points since the house started voting on the bailout measure. 2 hours later and we already see the effects of the passage. 108 diggsThe title says it all. 48 diggsEveryone has that pile of cherished DVDs at home that they push to the back of the shelf, or bury under copies of Die Hard, Robocop and Braveheart. Those movies you go to in times of distress, movies that can make the manliest of men seem a little too in touch with their sensitive side. 260 diggsPalin Administration Against Sudan Divestment Before It Was For It, Documents Show: "We were outraged," Gara recounted. "We went to the Commissioner of Revenue and said, 'What the hell are you guys doing? This is genocide. We're going to keep pushing this until we divest." 127 diggsSeveral websites linking to Michael Moore's freebie film Slacker Uprising have received cease-and-desist letters demanding removal of the torrents. 322 diggsbeef, cheese, bacon and krispy kremes... wtf? 218 diggsIron Man director Jon Favreau announced on Thursday’s Howard Stern Show that the Blu-ray edition of Iron Man has already outsold every other blu-ray disc release to date. That’s a pretty impressive accomplishment for only two days on store shelves. 105 diggsThe New York Giants and wide receiver Plaxico Burress reached an agreeement to cut the financial penalty levied against him in half but keep Burress' one-game suspension. 93 diggsGreat pic, wallpaper. Really combines characteristics of the whale & shark. It's the largest fish &, unlike the shark, rarely threatens (or eats) animals or humans. 264 diggsFring allows you to chat and interact with others on a variety of networks including Skype, MSN, GoogleTalk, AIM, Yahoo, Twitter, ICQ. In addition, Fring offers voice over ip (VoIP) using the iPhone's WiFi connec 166 diggsTraditional flat-screen televisions could soon become a thing of the past, as scientists have revealed an ultra-thin, flexible screen that could fold up and fit in your pocket. 279 diggsThis morning, the hosts of Fox and Friends discussed last night’s vice presidential debate, concluding that Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK) was the “big winner.” Steve Doocy then jumped in by pointing out the fact that although both Biden and Palin were wearing flag pins, Palin’s was “about three times the size of his.” 257 diggsIt seems there is a new threat to our country- an insidious danger that is seeping into our homes and everyday lives that must be stopped at any cost. That threat is intellectualism.We have heard the some of the buzzwords of this political season- Folksy, Joe Six-pack, Elitist, and Arugula Eating. It seems the new wedge issue is intelligence. 200 diggs$700 Billion, coming right up! 71 diggsAs the global economic crisis deepens, Formula One is starting to feel the pinch. The sport's lavish image is in stark contrast to the belt-tightening going on in the outside world. Many in F1 are well aware that the sport will have to make changes to how it does business to ensure it emerges from the credit crunch mostly intact. 279 diggsCinematical has just received this exclusive clip from the new documentary Religulous, starring Bill Maher and directed by Larry Charles (Borat). In the docu-comedy, Maher travels from country to country examining faith and religion and the role it plays in the world. 266 diggsA professor in Brazil is helping to bring solar powered wireless internet to communities in need. The low-cost “access point in a box” needs no internet connection, electricity, or assembly to function. It is being tested on lamp posts in a number of locations. 100 diggsOne of the Deniers1 favourite tactics is to throw out this or that list or petition of “scientists” who are Climate Deniers (eg “The Deniers“). After you discard the obvious frauds (eg the Oregon Petition), cull out the names that are made up, the ones who are not scientists, the ones who are dead, the real scientists who are not actually Deniers 248 diggsIf you’ve played a movie-based game in your lifetime, we’re sorry. We’re sure you know that most games strive to stick as close to the film as possible. 360 diggsSarah Palin questioned Republican presidential candidate John McCain's decision to abandon efforts to win Michigan, a campaign move she only learned about Friday morning when she read it in the newspapers. 283 diggsPalin, it appears, did not pay taxes on the more than $60,000 of travel reimbursements that she and her family members reportedly billed the state during her 18 months as governor. 167 diggsForget about corn—future biofuels will be made of wood chips and trash. 176 diggsIt seems all news is bad news when it comes to aviation these days, and it's too bad because it overshadows just how wonderful it is that we can fly. Think about it -- 100 years ago, few could imagine it. Today we take it for granted. 117 diggsWhatever happened to Mark Ratner from Fast Times at Ridgemont High, “Flounder” from Animal House, Buddy Revell from Three O’Clock High, and plenty of others? 108 diggsOct. 2 (Bloomberg) -- If you think this bailout is expensive, just wait until you see the next one. 147 diggsApparently, on December 21st 2012, our planet will experience a powerful event. This time we're not talking about Planet X, Nibiru or a "killer" solar flare, this event will originate deep within the core of our planet, forcing a catastrophic change in our protective magnetic field. Not only will we notice a rapid reduction in magnetic field streng 300 diggsIn 2006, an entry was posted to EnglishRussia.com, a blog that catalogs strange and interesting photos from a country you can see from Alaska. One photo essay showed the carcass of a strange, reptilian creature that some "Russian soldiers" had found on a beach on the island of Sakhalin. Just what kind of creature is impossible to say. 229 diggsThese players absolutely decimate. Awesome video and editing! 469 diggsFederal prosecutors are going after a Florida college student who allegedly installed spyware on a woman's laptop to covertly snap nude photos of her through her webcam. 121 diggsWhy I stay away from Windows? --One of the main reasons is security, or the lack of it. 189 diggsCongressman Ron Paul gives us his thoughts on the passage of the bailout bill just minutes after leaving the floor. 182 diggsArnold Schwarzenegger has warned that California may need an emergency loan of up to $7 billion (£3.9 billion) from the federal government within weeks because of the credit crisis. 498 diggsWhy aren't more conservatives disgusted that their party nominated a person devoid of qualifications for the vice presidency (again)? 131 diggsA US federal judge has shut down some attempts by Apple and AT&T to dismiss a class action lawsuit that accuses the two of violating antitrust law with their iPhone exclusivity agreement, pushing the complaint closer to a possible trial. 320 diggsDuring an appearance on Fox News this Friday, Sarah Palin claimed that Barack Obama should be disqualified from serving as president because he had once proclaimed that troops in Afghanistan were "air raiding villages and killing civilians." Thischarge has been levied at Obama - and subsequently dismissed 153 diggsA team of researchers at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) has designed the first chip manufactured completely in Spain that will be used to measure the wind on Mars. This chip is the key piece of the anemometer on a weather monitoring station. 245 diggsRead it and weep people 127 diggsOn September 29, this magnificent eruptive solar prominence lifted away from the Sun's surface, unfurling into space over the course of several hours. Suspended in twisted magnetic fields, the hot plasma structure is many times the size of planet Earth and was captured in this view by the Sun-watching STEREO (Ahead) spacecraft. 67 diggsThat’s the head start toward health that children in most other rich countries receive. There’s a stronger focus on pre-natal care. In part because of this infant mortality in all other industrial countries is lower than the United States, which ranks 42nd in the world. EVERY other rich country does better. 440 diggsIn such a serious moment in American history, it’s hard to believe that someone with Sarah Palin’s limited skills could possibly be playing a leadership role. 187 diggsPeople struggling with obesity often underestimate how many calories they are actually consuming, which can hinder weight loss efforts. It should follow that the same person would overestimate the amount of exercise they're doing, right? Studies found obese women reported their activity levels most accurately, when compared to overweight and normal 186 diggsA Port Charlotte man was released from its County Jail at 6:30 a.m. this morning and arrested a short time later after he was caught burglarizing a vehicle and "carhopping" in the jail and adjacent Public Safety Building parking lots. 366 diggsThis is pretty neat. 326 diggsWith his decision to pull out of Michigan, John McCain will have more resources to devote to holding the Republican states he needs get to 270 electoral votes, including Virginia. But the Virginia Board of Elections today posted new numbers showing the GOP nominee facing an unusually challenging climate in the state. 271 diggsPeople are idiots, and this isn’t a uniquely American phenomenon, it’s worldwide. The majority of human beings on Earth are stone dumb. Being dumb, most people do dumb things, like unknowingly destroy their car. 124 diggsFormer gridiron great O.J. Simpson was found guilty of all 12 counts in the armed robbery of two sports memorabilia dealers at a Las Vegas, Nevada, casino hotel last year. 415 diggsLong awaited and slightly behind schedule for the planned October 3rd release date, the sequel to 2007's controversial Internet phenomenon is now available for viewing. Will parts 4, 5, and 6 prove to be as popular as the original documentary?
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