314 diggsWTF

98 diggsI don't know if there was some kind of mixup at the Republican National Convention when they showed that touching video tribute to their nominee, but according to The Daily Show, THIS is the real, true story of... John McCain: Reformed Maverick.

144 diggsIn this video a racing speedboat throttle get stuck and the outcome is scary! This guy almost died.

427 diggs-|--- + gore = a classic.

252 diggsThank god for people who feel a deep urge to explain the obvious.

347 diggsLies McCain made during his convention speech.

215 diggsIn this video you see the presentation of an automatic book scanning machine, called ScanRobot.

546 diggsWhy income inequality is destroying the G.O.P. base.

288 diggsIf you're a gamer or a recent linux switcher you probably think you can't play Windows games on your linux box - That's not the case anymore. In this article we go over 3 solutions to get yourself gaming on Linux in no time.

445 diggsJon Stewart does it again...

935 diggsThis clip clearly illustrates that Candidate McCain is absolutely, undeniably no different than the asshat currently sitting near the red phone waiting to push the button.

102 diggsUbuntu 8.10 Alpha 5 Screenshot Tour - The Intrepid Ibex Chronicles!

134 diggshttp://manpages.ubuntu.com - This site contains nearly 300,000 HTML viewable manpages included in Ubuntu releases (Dapper, Feisty, Gutsy, Hardy, Intrepid) and across all of (main, universe, restricted, multiverse) and across all languages where manpages are available. It is automatically updated daily.

98 diggsFor a moment, he imagined life at the center of a big-budget drama, and remembered watching Leonardo DiCaprio at work in the lead role in Martin Scorsese’s “The Aviator.” “To be Leo!” he cried out. “To have a huge role like that! I wish I could play the lead role in one movie, one great movie."

156 diggsFor the first time ever, scientists at Israeli universities were able to watch patients remembering individual memories. More so, they were able to predict which memory their patients' brain would recreate. A fundamental finding in the memory puzzle.

221 diggs10 Commandments all methods of public transportation must follow. Or else.

176 diggsGreenland, the world's largest island, holds enough ice to raise global sea levels by 23 feet (seven meters).

257 diggsTurkey guts, junked car parts, and even raw sewage go in one end of this plant, and black gold comes out the other end.

222 diggsNow that The Dark Knight has broken another box office record and become the highest-grossing first run Imax movie ever, theater-owners are wondering what to do for a follow-up. They've come up with what they think is a pretty good suggestion: More Dark Knight.

251 diggsFederal researchers are warning that warming temperatures could soon cause California's giant sequoia trees to die off more quickly unless forest managers plan with an eye toward climate change and the impact of a longer, harsher wildfire season.

144 diggsThe first images from Rosetta’s OSIRIS imaging system and VIRTIS infrared spectrometer were derived from raw data this morning and have delivered spectacular results.

161 diggsBERLIN (Reuters) - Police are trying to track down a man filmed riding a skateboard down a steep stretch of south German motorway at 100 km an hour (62 mph), far above the speed limit.

259 diggsGM says by the end of 2010, half of its major global manufacturing operations will be land-fill free. The facilities plan to achieve that landfill-free status when all production waste or garbage is recycled or reused. So far, the company says 33 of its operations recently reached that status for a total of 43.

126 diggsPatrick, put some slacks on...

341 diggs"I think that the next 18 months we're going to see a 100- to 1,000-fold speed increase in JavaScript as Google and the guys at Mozilla are going to kick us all in the arse and make our JavaScript jittered," Microsoft senior program manager Scott Hanselman told the audience Friday, days after Google released its Chrome browser.

134 diggsA new crime-fighting technique could make avoiding capture more difficult for even the most fiendish gunsels.

229 diggsMilitary technology: Advances in camouflage, concealment and deception are revolutionising an age-old art of warfare. Even the most common form of camouflage—the coloured patterns printed onto combat fatigues—is being given a high-tech twist, as designers work with new software that incorporates neuroscientists’ understanding of human vision.

178 diggs9 submissions dugg in less than a minute? Something smells fishy...

115 diggsI just took this sex ID test to find out if I think like a man or a woman. The results were surprisingly right on the money.

125 diggs"I think part of me would love to play a drag queen," Daniel Radcliffe says, "just because it would be an excuse to wear loads of eye makeup."

135 diggsWhat exactly is sex addiction, and how are those who suffer from the disorder, like actor David Duchovny, treated?

132 diggsWomen tend to choose husbands who look like their fathers, a study shows.

135 diggsHouse prices could take until 2016 to rebound to the levels they reached at their peak last year, researchers say. The findings will depress Britons who bought houses recently and face living in negative equity.

206 diggsSamantha Jones might have us believe that hot sex anytime, anywhere and with anyone is acceptable. But let's face it: Her hormones were written in the script. In the real world, sometimes a single gal ought to keep our panties on and step away from potential disaster. Here's when:

316 diggsJohn McCain's presidential campaign did not speak with the Alaska House speaker and other leading Republicans before McCain tapped Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate. "I haven't heard of anybody being contacted, not that that's bad," said John Harris, speaker of the state House of Representatives. "I just haven't heard of anybody."

309 diggsApplied carefully, High Dynamic Range-technique (HDR) can create incredibly stunning pictures which blur our sense of the difference between reality and illusion.

220 diggsOnce, he was never gonna give you up or let you down. Now, Rick Astley just wants to make you laugh. But how does he feel being the butt of the joke? 'Flattered,' he says.

155 diggsAstronomical instruments needed to answer crucial questions, such as the search for Earth-like planets or the way the Universe expands, have come a step closer with the first demonstration at the telescope of a new calibration system for precise spectrographs. The method uses a Nobel Prize-winning technology called a 'laser frequency comb', and is

186 diggsAs the losses piled up and the titles escaped him, Roger Federer insisted he felt fine, he wasn't washed up and his game would come around.

98 diggsWe have received word that iTunes 8 is finally confirmed for Tuesday's special event, and that it's also expected that iPhone 2.1 will land as well with some hidden features we don't know about.

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143 diggsMetallica, whose leaked album Death Magnetic is coming out on September 12, launched a promotion on YouTube today that features the band's favorite covers of their songs that have been uploaded to the site. Drummer Lars Ulrich introduces their selections, apparently made over a two day period, in the video to the right.

104 diggsMIT researchers are working toward a computer tool that could reduce airline flight delays due to weather. Already, they have found that a prototype deployed in the New York City region cut delays last year by 2,300 hours, saving the equivalent of some $7.5 million in operating costs.

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633 diggsDean Takahashi, one of the most respected tech journos around, spent years putting together this mind-blowing expose that reveals the truly epic scale of the problems that lead to millions of dead Xbox 360s. It really is one of the most stunning flustercucks in gaming history.

345 diggs"I know the governor of Alaska has been saying she's change, and that's great," Obama said. "She's a skillful politician. But, you know, when you've been taking all these earmarks when it's convenient, and then suddenly you're the champion anti-earmark person, that's not change..."

133 diggsThe collective might of bookend blockbusters Iron Man and The Dark Knight may have made summer 2008 a memorable movie season, but how does it rate against other hit-heavy summers?

249 diggsI finally convinced my wife to buy an iPhone. She went to the local AT&T store today, and was actually turned down. She is, apparently, "upgrade ineligible." She asked if there was any price at which should could buy it, and they said no. We pay more than $4,000 per year for AT&T wireless service, but we've been blacklisted for an iPhone.

124 diggs Victoria and David Beckham have turned to Buddhism.The couple - who live in Los Angeles with their three sons - have reportedly "embraced" the mystical religion and are now chanting every morning in a bid to help them deal with their hectic lifestyles.

583 diggsIf John McCain wanted to poach the women's vote from Barack Obama, he shouldn't have tapped a running mate who dubbed herself a "pit bull with lipstick."

400 diggsHHS Secretary Michael Leavitt has proposed a new rule that will limit the rights of women to receive medically accurate information and treatment. The result would be limited access to birth control and abortion for women all over the country - regardless of state law.

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113 diggsA generation of electronic book readers, new to the market, promises to 'revolutionise reading'. Katy Guest wonders why

462 diggsGOP operatives stole thousands of American flags from Invesco Field in a cheap political stunt. They claimed that the Obama campaign was throwing them in the garbage after the DNC Convention at Invesco Field. They were to use the "rescued flags" at a rally today in Colorado Springs, but the Obama Campaign calls them on their dirty tricks.

524 diggsHoly crap....Check it out....I would be furious if that happened to me....WOW!

201 diggsIf you think that the final mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope is going to be boring, you haven't seen this yet.

184 diggsBox Office analysts are predicting that "The Dark Knight" will finish with $530-$540 million domestically, about one "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" away from breaking "Titanic"’s $600.7 million record. But I believe they are wrong - and here’s why.

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153 diggsFans of heavy metal music are gentle, creative people who are at ease with themselves, which makes them very similar to fans of classical music.

380 diggsStill, Mercer acknowledges that cities with a high quality of life are not necessarily the most exciting. "There are a lot of 'sleepy' towns that got high ratings," said Rebecca Powers, a principal consultant in human capital for the company. "But if you were to judge them on something like nightlife, there are some that probably wouldn't have..."

246 diggsFTA:My trusty Manhattan pizza guy recently hiked the cost of a slice for the second time in the past year, from $2 to $2.50 to $3. "Why you mad?" he blurted, pounding a ball of dough. "Prices are nuts; you can't even buy a glass of milk no more." ("We're paying 128% more for a bag of flour," added his grandson-apprentice, with startling accuracy.)

129 diggsLife's guilty pleasures usually thrive during tough economic times. Though we may forgo new frocks or fancy dinners out, we have traditionally turned to the three big vice industries -- gambling, smoking and drinking -- to help ease our pain.

152 diggsSo without further ado, in the order they are listed on IMDB, here are BWE’s Ghostbuster 3 Casting Predictions.

267 diggsThe gunman opened fire early Friday morning after being kicked out, Riverside sheriff's officials say. The incident began after the gunman, along with four friends, was kicked out of Las Copas bar in Mira Loma for causing a disturbance. On his way out, he threatened a security guard, sheriff's officials said.

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200 diggsHilarious report...FMTPO!

201 diggsThis is the exact opposite of a guilt-free dessert. I would have nightmares after devouring defenseless muppets.

193 diggsTommy Lee Jones is suing the makers of "No Country for Old Men" for $10 million dollars. Jones says he was promised "significant box-office bonuses" and claims he hasn't received any. In the lawsuit, Jones says Paramount Pictures paid a reduced upfront fee for him to be apart of the film but says the studio needs to shell out what it owes. Now.

626 diggsIf a post on Facebook’s developer blog is accurate, you have less than a week to make your call for no change. A group of members have coalesced behind a petition, massing together “Against the ‘New Facebook’” to send Zuckerberg a message: Don't get rid of the new layout, just give current users the choice to keep the old one.

419 diggsJohn McCain’s speed-dating of Sarah Palin reaffirmed that his decision-making process is impetuous and, in its Bush-like preference for gut instinct over facts, potentially reckless.

498 diggsCommunity Organizers & 'The Public V McCain' help us get them on all over America at truthandhope dot org

337 diggsThe Corn Refiners Association has decided to 'show' that high-fructose corn syrup is as safe as sugar. Their first ad on the topic.

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251 diggsThe next big hurricane could leave the state not merely damaged but in financial ruin

218 diggsCheerleaders: NFL vs College Football On this first weekend with college football and the NFL back-to-back a popular debate is likely to arise. Which type of football is better, college football or the NFL?

162 diggsWeb sites that welcome customer reviews have evolved significantly, producing work that increasingly approaches that of their professional forebears.

239 diggsEast Carolina didn't need any final-moment heroics to seal its latest upset. This time, coach Skip Holtz's plucky Pirates all but had No. 8 West Virginia put away by halftime.

206 diggsThe GeoEye satellite that Google will use to provide mapping imagery at 50-centimeter resolution successfully blasted into space today. So don't leave your underwear lying all over your lawn.

141 diggsWoolly mammoths migrated to North America, then back to Siberia, according to a new scientific analysis.

415 diggsWell then you will really hate...

128 diggsThe start up of the biggest experiment on the planet has inspired a science rap song that has become an unlikely global hit.

511 diggsEA Customer Support continually fails at providing proper service to a man who clearly knows more about his own issues than they do. Of course, they give him the typical run around, never solving his problem. Digg to gain attention and show that this cannot be tolerated.

436 diggsA young Kevin Rose mistypes a url on Screen Savers and accidently triggers a porn pop up.

302 diggsVenezuela says it plans to hold joint naval exercises in its territorial waters with Russian forces in November. A senior Venezuelan naval officer said four Russian ships would take part in the exercises, which would also involve Venezuelan aircraft and submarines...

203 diggsSkateboarding Shoes there are so many choices!! What is the right one for me and how do I pick out the correct shoe for my style of skateboarding?

154 diggsHere in the body-obsessed online world, we're all more self-conscious than ever.

235 diggsHuge upset!!

260 diggsCollege girls: because they can pee standing up just like the guys.

347 diggs"This election is not about issues," McCain campaign manager Rick Davis said this week. I thought Davis was offering an assessment, but it was apparently some kind of promise.

481 diggsGov. Sarah Palin has been a strong supporter of programs that advocate abstinence until marriage, and she also opposes explicit sex education. Alaska's law is silent on these issues, however, and it provides no specific funding for sex education in the schools.