The future is finally here. Flying cars are expected to start shipping next year. However, the article says about the car's speed:

It is powered by a rear propeller and flies about 115 miles per hour.
I've done 125 mph on highway. Of course that was on the Autobahn with a rental car and I only did it like once, but still. Usually I putter along at ( Read more... )

Especially a brand new 13th Century castle, built with 13th Century technology.

Am I glad I'm not flying anywhere in the near future. The volcano under Eyjafjalla Glacier in Iceland keeps spewing ash high into the atmosphere. The resulting ash cloud has caused airspace to be closed in most of northern Europe, with thousands of flights cancelled. Apparently flying through an ash cloud isn't exactly good for aircraft ( Read more... )

Not that I don't feel like I am, some days.

Just look at that friendly face!

*hugs to kittyboymuffin*
( Come into my parlor, said the spider to the fly )

So the demonstration that I mentioned last time went off without a hitch. Apparently nobody got sick of the overdose. I guess those people took too much of the drugs for them to have any effect.

Anyway, I much prefer homoapathy to homeopathy. Or I would, if I could be bothered.

It seems some skeptics are planning a demonstration on the dangers of homeopathic medicine. Sounds dangerous to me, deliberately overdosing on medication like that ( Read more... )

It is alleged that 40 years ago, the Americans landed on the Moon. For anyone with half a brain, this is a patently absurd claim. The capitalist system is axiomatically incapable of achieving any goal more advanced than next quarter’s profit ( Read more... )

At times I lurk on Fark.com. Mostly on weekends to look at Caturday pictures. But sometimes they actually feature some worthwhile news about the human condition.
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