News and other tidbits that Chad Cloman finds interesting enough to share
This train engineer ran a red light and crashed into another train—killing himself and 24 passengers. Turns out he was sending and receiving text messages immediately before the crash.
Link: http://www.reuters.com/…
In George Orwell’s famous novel, Nineteen Eighty-Four, a primary feature of the totalitarian government is that every citizen is under continuous observation. Over the past couple years I’ve read about how various parts of the United Kingdom have gone all-out with video surveillance cameras. The linked video shows how pervasive it is. Oh, and you get to see a neat, 8-foot tall alien.
I don’t know who this guy is, but he can do seemingly impossible things with a Wiffle ball. The video includes footage of a real game, and I feel sorry for the players on the other team—there’s just no way to hit the pitches.
Link: http://www.youtube.com/…
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The 2008 Ig Nobel awards have been announced.
Link: http://arstechnica.com/…
Here’s an interesting take on why the Allies won World War II. (The first link is to the actual picture, and the second is to the associated article.)
Link #1: http://s3.amazonaws.com/…
Link #2: http://www.socyberty.com/…
eBay angering its sellers is not a new topic here at Chad’s News. This time it’s trying to institute a PayPal-only policy. I think the online auction business is ripe for some newcomer to replace eBay as the best auction site—much in the way that Google came out of nowhere to overshadow Yahoo!, Alta Vista, Lycos, and other search engines.
Link: http://arstechnica.com/…
Did you know that US tire dealers can sell “new” tires that are over 6 years old? The linked article tells how an informed consumer can avoid this situation.
Link: http://consumerist.com/…
