#infoAnarchy Chump Archives for 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006

http://www.ftngate.net/fidonet/
posted by anomie at 2006-08-24 22:02

anomie: Fidonet still exists.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectral_evidence
posted by est at 2006-08-24 20:42

est: a nice tidbit re the Mathers
est: "Spectral evidence was testimony that the accused witch's spirit (i.e. spectre) appeared to the witness in a dream or vision. The dream or vision was admitted as evidence. Thus, witnesses (who were often the accusers) would testify that "Goody Proctor bit, pinched, and almost choked me", and it would be taken as evidence that the accused were responsible for the biting, pinching and choking even though they were elsewhere
est: story involves a Calef

Baby Kal-el!
posted by est at 2006-08-24 20:26

est:

http://www.zod2008.com/
posted by est at 2006-08-24 20:08

hunterp: Mr. Zod, will there be lots of toys when you are President?

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/hoaxes/walken.asp
posted by Fawn at 2006-08-24 19:51

http://www.walken2008.com/
posted by Fawn at 2006-08-24 19:07

http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-pump24.html
posted by anomie at 2006-08-24 18:41

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,210275,00.html
posted by Zerodhero at 2006-08-24 15:38

Zerodhero: Astronomers Vote to Strip Pluto of Planetary Status
Zerodhero: PRAGUE, Czech Republic — Leading astronomers declared Thursday that Pluto is no longer a planet under historic new guidelines that downsize the solar system from nine planets to eight.

Charlie Stross: The new solar system
posted by seti at 2006-08-24 15:01

CNN takes headlines from The Onion
posted by rik at 2006-08-24 14:51

nnnnn:
nnnnn: megadeth being angry at UN is news?

Shark attack death statistics
posted by nnnnn at 2006-08-24 13:58

nnnnn: I bet these don't include a ton of people in non-english=speaking countries
nnnnn: heh lightning kills shitloads
nnnnn: man pushbikes are killers. fuck the terrorists, it;s the car drivers we gotta look out for!

Two men try to escape russia, by tunnelling into the next country with a shoe-horn. No, really.
posted by rik at 2006-08-24 13:57

Plane diverted from AMS => Mumbai on terrorism concerns.
posted by anomie at 2006-08-24 13:35

anomie: The suspicious behavior is: looking muslim, sending txt messages from the plane, walking up and down the aisle before the seatbelt light was turned off.
anomie: That doesn't make me suspicious.
seti: not diverted; it returned to Amsterdam Schiphol Airport.
seti: not following instructions from flight attendants is a bad thing on flights. deal.
anomie: Diverted back to origin.
anomie: Walking around does not indicate terrorism. Deal.
nnnnn: not following instruction != TERROR
seti: nobody said this was a terrorist attack. note that the pilot didn't ask for any backup at the airport.
nnnnn: anomie said it was terrism concerns
nnnnn: and I'M dobbing
seti: Dutch secretary of justice said this morning that the incident appeared unrelated to terrorism.
silentfury: Statistically, you have a greater chance of being hit by a car or bus than dying in a terrorist attack.
nnnnn: some similar incidents
nnnnn: all in the past week
Tonus: All in all it's not working in Dubbya's favor.

OOPS!
posted by silentfury at 2006-08-24 13:31

Russian weirdo refuses math prize, no one cares
posted by fridge at 2006-08-24 12:31

nnnnn: the source url which seems to be somehow inaccurate in the article .. like the rest of it, not that it's essentially wrong, just the details got skewed like when you look through that knobbly glass on old windows
nnnnn: the fuxzy details of the proof
nnnnn: homeomorphic

Planes on a snake, magic!
posted by Oliver at 2006-08-24 11:47

FreeBSD remove one option from 6.1-STABLE and wreck functionality of another due to a fucked-up backported diff
posted by seti at 2006-08-24 11:20

Hells Angels get retribution for poor police process
posted by cryptomail at 2006-08-24 03:52

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14481692/
posted by anomie at 2006-08-24 02:25

anomie: Stem cell researchers find a way to get their precious stem cells without killing the embryo. Still not good enough for the Fundies.

Pot plant found at senior home
posted by cryptomail at 2006-08-24 01:28

cryptomail: "We kept watering it....it looked pretty"