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06 Jun 2009 09:50

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World: It sounds like a lot of things went wrong with the Air France flight

  • 24 error messages, including a loss of autopilot, were reported source
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05 Jun 2009 19:42

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Culture: Of all the scenes involving sharks and planes, this is the stupidest

  • On the first page of this YouTube video’s comments, someone asked if this is what happened to the Air France flight. Hey, they said it, not us. Whatever the case may be, this clip from “Mega Shark Vs. Giant Octopus,” starring Deborah Gibson, definitely ranks quite high on our “dumbest film scenes” list.source
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05 Jun 2009 18:41

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Culture: Your eyes might bulge after hearing how David Carradine might’ve died

  • Startling reports Carradine, whose death was initially reported to be a suicide, got a bit more complicated with reports that he was hanging by his genitals as well as his neck, in what might have been an act of autoerotic asphyxiation. source
  • Startling reports Carradine, whose death was initially reported to be a suicide, got a bit more complicated with reports that he was hanging by his genitals as well as his neck, in what might have been an act of autoerotic asphyxiation.
  • What is it? Autoerotic asphyxiation, for those of us a bit more pure and with sensitive ears, involves preventing oxygen from getting to the brain to improve sexual pleasure. In case it sounds like playing with fire, it kind of is. Protip: Never do this. Ever. source
  • Startling reports Carradine, whose death was initially reported to be a suicide, got a bit more complicated with reports that he was hanging by his genitals as well as his neck, in what might have been an act of autoerotic asphyxiation.
  • What is it? Autoerotic asphyxiation, for those of us a bit more pure and with sensitive ears, involves preventing oxygen from getting to the brain to improve sexual pleasure. In case it sounds like playing with fire, it kind of is. Protip: Never do this. Ever.
  • Historical context Carradine would not be the only one to die of this way. Former INXS singer Michael Hutchence was widely believed to have died in a similar way when he was found dead in his Sydney, Austrailia hotel in 1997. source
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05 Jun 2009 16:54

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Biz: Fake male enhancement drug shill “Smiling Bob” is gonna be sad :(

  • 25 years for the guy behind Enzyte, which doesn’t really work source
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05 Jun 2009 16:43

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Biz: An odd left turn: Car-racing-rooted Penske buys Saturn from GM

  • The car brand would have died without a buyer. Well, General Motors has one less brand to worry about. Just days after agreeing to sell Hummer to a Chinese company, they’ve found a suitor for another castoff, Saturn. Penske, owned by namesake former racer (and current NASCAR and Indy Car team owner) Roger Penske, will only distribute the brand and currently own no dealerships. Nor will they open any. The move, to be complete in October, would save 13,000 jobs and 300 dealerships. source
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05 Jun 2009 16:14

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Music: Meet the guy behind some of the worst album covers ever

From Pink Floyd to The Cranberries to The Mars Volta, Storm Thorgerson has been ruining the art of the album cover for four decades. source
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05 Jun 2009 15:52

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U.S.: You don’t know Neal Wanless, but here’s why you hate him

  • $232.1 million in Powerball winnings. Bastard. source
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05 Jun 2009 12:34

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Tech: Livin’ on the wild side: Google Chrome hits Mac & Linux, kinda

  • It’s not ready yet. But that didn’t stop us. Despite the warnings of instability and incomplete features, that was not enough to stop us, and we’re sure hundreds of other nerds, from downloading a pre-beta build of the long-awaited Google Chrome ports. Google warned us: “Whatever you do, please DON’T DOWNLOAD THEM! Unless of course you are a developer or take great pleasure in incomplete, unpredictable, and potentially crashing software.” But we didn’t listen. It’s super-fast but it doesn’t play YouTube videos yet. Oooh, edgy. source
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05 Jun 2009 11:19

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Culture: The Saved By the Bell cast should reunite only under one condition

Whatever happens, Max, far left, must be included. He’s been put on the sidelines of SBTB for far too long and we’re not gonna take it anymore. source
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05 Jun 2009 11:04

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Culture: David Carradine’s manager says his career was “on a roll”

  • I do not want to get in the middle of this whole investigation, but this guy said to me for sure there was foul play.
  • Chuck Binder • David Carradine’s manager, about talking to a producer from “Stretch,” the movie that his client was working on when he was found hanged in his hotel room in Bangkok. Binder also emphasized something for Carradine’s wife, Annie Bierman: “David was not suicidal.” • source
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