Posts Tagged ‘WTF!’

Language Obfuscation/ Sarah Palin/ Regulation

29, Sep 2009

Radio’s Regulatory Roadblocks – How the FCC slows new wireless technologies
Fear not, solutions are discussed as well. A very solid article that escapes harsh criticism and presents the facts in an easily digestible form.
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You Commit Three Felonies a Day
“Early in 1774, Benjamin Franklin reported the British government’s harsh reaction to a petition he had presented [...]

Student creates renewable energy from hair; Scalping crime rate increases 300%.

23, Sep 2009

Original Story
What do geriatric ears, shower drains and solar panels have in common?  Hair. Perhaps not before, but they do now, thanks to Nepalese teen, Malin Karki.  While most of us spent/spend our teen years  picking our faces or reading hentai, this lovely kid was figuring out a way to create and harness renewable energy.
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Tibetan Sky Funerals (Warning: Graphic)

19, Sep 2009

This guy has a fantastic post about a little-known sacred ritual practiced practiced by Buddhist Tibetans. The “Sky Burial,” which is basically the offering of the corpse to the open-environment as a means of disposal, is deeply rooted within the Buddhist religion’s beliefs that the body is merely a shell for the soul. [...]


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