Archive for July 2005

Spam = Death

According to this article, Russia’s biggest spammer was found dead this morning. "He died after suffering repeated blows to the head." I guess someone got tired of the Loan and Penis pill e-mails they were receiving. The question is, did the punishment fit the crime?

Turn your dollar into a shirt

I'll buy that for a dollar!Now here is something everyone should know – how to fold a dollar into a shirt.

 

 

 

 

13 pound gummy bear

This guy has no lifeThis guy has so much free time on his hands, we as able to melt down 13 lbs. of gummy bears, and layer them into an empty tub, creating one lethal gummy bear.

 

Who cares what it’s rated?

GTA: San AndreasFor those that haven’t heard the news, Rockstar has received a lot of heat for their new Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas game because a couple hackers developed the "Hot Coffee" patch which unlocks some adult (sex) scenes. This has now caused the ESRB to change the rating from Mature (M) to Adults Only (AO).

First, let me say that I wasn’t going to post anything about the GTA: San Andreas fiasco – it wasn’t that big a deal to me. But, when I read Maddox’s comments, I had to share them because he has such a way with words: "I want to shoot people in the face, bang prostitutes, traffic drugs, steal cars, and terrorize police officers without this filthy smut in my game."

The game is obviously not for children. I makes little difference if it is rated Mature for 17 years and older or Adults Only for 18 and older – one year! I also think it is asinine and unfair for the ESRB to change the rating. For whatever reason, Rockstar locked the content out of their game…. limiting it to a Mature rating. This is not the first time a game has had a 3rd party, unauthorized, unsupported patch modify the game-play (Duke Nukem Penthouse patch, Tombraider Nuderaider patch, The Sims Nude Patch, etc.). None of the other companies were held responsible for how people hacked their software – why should Rockstar?

Feel free to read Rockstar’s comments.

Zombie Dogs

Scientists have created zombie dogs. The dogs were brought back to life after being dead (no heart beat, no breathing, no brain activity) for hours. The process sounds pretty simple – drain their blood, replace it with a saline solution, and then freeze them. To bring them back, just replace their blood, give them oxygen, and an electric shock to jump-start them. Scientists hope to begin tests on people in a year.