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The Blobfish (Psychrolutes marcidus) is a fish that inhabiting deep waters off the Australian and Tasmanian coast. Due to the inaccessibility of its habitat, it is rarely seen by humans.
Blobfish are found at depths where the pressure is several dozens of times higher than at sea level, which would likely make gas bladders inefficient. To remain buoyant, the flesh of the blobfish is primarily a gelatinous mass with a density slightly less than water; this allows the fish to float above the sea floor without expending energy on swimming. The relative lack of muscle is not a disadvantage as it primarily swallows edible matter that floats by in front of it. It is often caught by bottom trawling with nets
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THE BONEHEAD AWARDS
Today
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Italy Makes Blogging A 2
Year Jailable Offense. They Didn't Mean To, But Still.
Italian Government Response? 2 Bloggers Down,
4,999,998 To Go
Technology ignorant judge takes down freedom of speech
in one stroke of his pen
A
Sicilian judge ruled earlier
this year that blogging, under Italian law, is the same as publishing
an unregistered newspaper. In Italy, publishing an unregistered
newspaper is a crime of "stampa clandestina," and is punishable by
large fines and/or jail. And so down went the first blogger.
He was noticed because he wrote unkind things about the
Italian government. A horrible legal precedent and basis for
the ruling.
But by registering a blog, the blog would then be subject to
all laws governing newspaper publishing which means the
blogger could no longer freely write his or her thoughts. And
so it would no longer be a blog. And especially there would
be no right to criticize the government.
Since the ruling, another blogger has been taken down.
Apparently there are those in the Italian government who have
decided to run with this opportunity.
The judge, not understanding a thing about the Internet, but still
given authority over it, unintentionally, with the stroke of
a pen, took down the right of free speech in Italy
and empowered the government to gag its citizens. A
demonstration of the awesome power of ignorance.
Good thing our US leaders, in charge of regulating technology, like
Senator
Ted "the tubes to nowhere" Stevens, have complete competence in, and
understanding of, what they regulate.
The Register (UK) 26-Sep-08
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China
Announces
Successful Launch Of Astronauts, 3 Hours Before The
Launch, Complete
With Astronaut Chatter And Ground Crew Going Wild
Because
it worked so well for them during the Olympics with fake fireworks,
fake ethnic children, a fake cute singing child and more recently with
fake milk
Trouble is it was announced hours before the launch happened.
China would only explain it as a "technical problem."
Watch for China's announcement tomorrow that the problem was traced back to the time machine they invented next month.
News.com.au (Australia) 26-Sep-08
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Next Comes The Lawsuit For 'Butt Rash' And 'Toxic Mold In My Car!!!' Because There Was No Sign, 'Do Not Use Inside Your Vehicle'
47sec video of a woman at the car wash making a CARtoon for us to enjoy. Then give thanks to the next person in line who recorded it and shared it
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Are You Just Some College Kids Goofing Around On MySpace Claiming You Are Rich So You Can Meet Women? That's A $320K Tax Bill
"... they were shown a huge stack of 'evidence' that appeared to be page after page printed off the ... MySpace web site"
To
attract people to their parties, a couple of college kids humorously
claimed on their MySpace website that they held "the biggest parties in
the country," and they claimed "over a billion served!"
Who could possibly be stupid enough to believe they were telling a
truth?
If you answered the Oklahoma Tax Commission, come on down and collect
your cookie. They slapped them with a $320K tax bill!
"The goal was to meet college
women and hopefully make enough money to pay their personal bar tabs."
"We don't
have enough money between us to pay
$6,000 to hire an attorney. They won't listen to us.”
Now you know what happens when people who would fall for a Nigerian
scam email get tax jobs with the government. May they never
visit your web site.
But to be safe ...
Man, I am so poor that when my kid broke his arm, I had to take him to
the airport for x-rays.
The Oklahoman 21-Sep-08
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Council Places Convicted Rapist/Murderer Into The Same Housing They Use For Battered Wives. What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
But don't worry. He's been moved over concerns for his safety
Barry
George, who served 8 years for the murder of TV
actress, Jill Dando, and who has other
convictions for attempted rape, indecent assault, and stalking hundreds
of women, was never-the-less placed by a council into the same building
as that which is housing
battered wives, as part of a Multi-Agency Public
Protection Arrangement meant for supervising violent and serious sex
offenders.
"It is mainly full of single mums
on the waiting list for a council home. They want to be somewhere they
feel safe ...”
A Women's Aid spokesperson called it "absolutely
appalling," and
went on to say, "These
women should be put first and that does not seem to be happening."
The council has relocated him due to complaints but also because they
were concerned with George's safety.
George was ultimately acquitted of the murder when the court found
inconsistencies in the prosecution's case although he was recorded admitting to the murder
whilst in jail.
The Sun (UK) 22-Sep-08
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Leave Your Trash Bin Out More Than 24 Hours After Collection? That's A $9,150 Fine In East Staffordshire
Because, says this UK council, someone may bump into your bin and hurt themselves
The
East Staffordshire Borough
Council, which may be the stupidest local government in
England, will be levying a £100 ($183) fine to people who do
not take their trash bins off the street within 24 hours after being
emptied or who put the bins out before the evening prior. And if the fine isn't paid in
just 14 days, the fine immediately goes up to an unbelievable £5,000
($9,150) !! The council says this is necessary because somebody
might bump into the bin and hurt themselves.
People
in East Staffordshire have now learned that their household garbage
must be more respected than their local government.
Daily Express (UK) 19-Sep-08
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here for original story
RIAA Sues An Attorney, "To Punish Him," For Successfully Defending A Woman They Sued. Claim He Defended Her Only To Annoy Them. Seriously!
And yes, they are suing her for not losing
Claiming defense attorney Ray Beckerman is a "vexatious" litigator, meaning that he defended his client just so he could use the legal system to harass them, the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) is suing him for unspecified damages "to punish him." Seriously. This isn't a lesson to demonstrate "irony." This is real stuff.
They claim this because Ray Beckerman has stated in his blog, in many ways, that he doesn't like the RIAA and he also takes cases defending people from the RIAA . That's all.
They are suing his client too. It mentions something about her not giving them enough evidence so they could win, or some such nonsense. Anyway, she needs to be punished too.
Wired 17-Sep-08
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At my last place of residence, the locks had been changed shortly before I had moved in. The landlady realized later that she didn't have a copy of the new key. She called me to arrange for me to leave a copy for her in the mailbox outside the house.
The mailbox was the type that hangs on the side of the house, with a small flap on top that has a slot for the mailman to drop mail in. I dutifully placed the key in an envelope and left it in the mailbox for her to retrieve.
When I returned from work that day, I was surprised to see the envelope was still there. That night, I called my landlady to find out why she didn't pick it up. She informed me that she couldn't find it. I informed her that it was indeed in there the entire day.
"Oh," she said, "Was it in the bottom of the mailbox?"
Well, YES, generally gravity still works, even in mailboxes!!!!
-- Jen R.
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