Do You Feel Lucky Punk?
Monday, January 19th, 2009
Professor Richard Wiseman decided to research luck. He found that “lucky” people have attitudes/habits that actually create their luck, without their realizing it. He also determined it’s possible to increase a person’s luck by having him/her perform exercises to strengthen those attitudes and habits. I was astounded by the fake newspaper advertisement that went unnoticed by the “unlucky” group.
Link: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/…
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Google Street View is an extension of Google Maps with pictures taken from the street. Here, for example, is 
Windows users: ever had one of those stalled print jobs that won’t go away? I’ve gone to the extreme of unplugging the printer and rebooting Windows in order to get rid of them. “Stalled Printer Repair” is a free utility that forces the removal of stalled print jobs.
When shopping for sheets, I just assumed that higher thread counts were better. This is not necessarily the case, and some thread counts are outright deceptive.
Although it’s a bit morbid, this Google Maps mapplet shows the thermal damage caused by a nuclear explosion centered at an address that you specify. It also allows you to choose between various types of nuclear devices.
This weatherman demonstrates the effects of cold weather on bananas, soap bubbles, and hot water. Here’s more images of 
Back in 1961, astronaut Gus Grissom took two rolls of dimes into orbit on the Liberty Bell 7 spaceflight. Upon returning to Earth, Grissom’s capsule sank in deep ocean waters and he was forced to leave the coins behind. The capsule was retrieved in 1999, and the dimes now reside in a space museum.
The speed at which a program is executed on a multi-core system can vary by up to 10 percent, depending on a variety of things from how interrupts are handled to the way the program is coded. Chad’s news has 
The Consumer Electronics Show was held last week in Las Vegas. The linked article lists some of the more interesting gadgets on display, including nice last-gasp efforts from Palm and Polaroid.
The Australian government will be implementing a nation-wide internet filtering system, to prevent its citizens from accessing illegal content. Concerns have been raised over the possibility that, with such a mechanism in place, it would be all too easy for the government to filter legal content that it deems inappropriate. And this appears to be exactly what is happening. At times like this I’m thankful for the Bill of Rights.
So you got drunk and beat up your wife. What’s your next step? Treatment? Alcoholics Anonymous? Nope—you sue the airline that served the alcohol.