Americans are retarded.

Quoted: Americans Score With New HDTV Sets, but Fumble When It Comes to Getting Connected. - ALEXANDRIA, VA--(MARKET WIRE)--Jan 22, 2007 -- While millions of Americans are gathering to watch a picture-perfect football bowl game between Chicago and Indianapolis on their new high-definition (HD) television sets, experts predict that many may fumble when it comes to hooking up the HD programming service that makes it work.

The RIM case really got to me. I hope Congress & the Courts can find a balance between protecting IP to encourage invention while preventing patent trolling. After all, the point of a patent is to reward the inventor with a monopoly to encourage commercialization of something presumably useful for society. I think there should be some sort of a clause that allows the company infringing on a patent to avoid an injunction or punitive damages if they can reasonably show that the patent owner had no intention of commercializing their IP. This is a very complicated issue.

Quoted: Updated: News Analysis: In a major patent fight now before the U.S. Supreme Court, eBay and other high-tech companies seek to disarm so-called patent trolls.

Very cool photography

B(o)(o)BIES

FREEZING IN LOS ANGELES.

Quoted: A cold snap hit the Southland Friday amid forecasts of record or near-record low temperatures in metropolitan, coastal and valley areas of Los Angeles County.<br /><br /><img src="http://img.viacomlocalnetworks.com/images_image_347144508" align="absmiddle" border="0" />&nbsp;<a href="http://weather.cbs2.com/US/CA/Los_Angeles.html">WEATHER: Complete Coverage</a>

HAHA!

Quoted: Opponents of Iran's ultra-conservative president won nationwide elections for local councils, final results confirmed Thursday, an embarrassing outcome for the hardline leader that could force him to change his anti-Western tone and focus more on problems at home.

See previous post first.

First commercial car engine powered by gravity... yeah.

Quoted: The New Energy Source for Humanity Is Discovered. - CHATSWORTH, CA--(MARKET WIRE)--Feb 13, 2006 -- Gravitomatic, Inc. is happy to announce that our 5 years long research of gravity resulted in a breakthrough discovery of a new energy source for humanity.

This page is by my dad's friend. His theory is that gravity is responsible for sustaining life. He claims to have constructed a device that can 'spontaneously' heat water with gravity and no other inputs.

While I think there may exist some sort of 'ambient' energy from gravity, many claims this guy makes seem dubious.

Word.

Quoted: More than nine out of 10 Americans, men and women alike, have had premarital sex, according to a new study. The high rates extend even to women born in the 1940s, challenging perceptions that people were more chaste in the past.