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infoMania 05.22.08

Chewing up the week's media so we can regurgitate it, half-digested, into your mouth. more
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- greenlight given 2 months ago
Teen finds way to decompose plastic bags in just 3 months!

"If ordinary plastic bags would rot away like banana peels there’s no doubt a host of environmental problems would be solved, the fate of the turtle above included. And one 11th grader from Canada set... more
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- greenlight given 2 months ago
Iranian car running 500km on 1litre of gas

Researchers at Isfahan University of Technology have invented a car which consumes only a liter of gas to drive up to 500 kilometers. ... more
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- responded 2 months ago
handshakeheartbreak, are you sure it's 80 MPG? I know your conversions are correct but it's 310 miles per 0.264 gallons, multiply by 3.78/3.78 to get one gallon and you get... more

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infoMania 05.08.08

Chewing up the week's media so we can regurgitate it, half-digested, into your mouth. more
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- responded 2 months ago
Loved the show. All the segments were good, especially the "producer meeting" intro. I've got just one question, where has Talking Points been? more

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Forgetting Sarah Marshall?

The producers of Knocked Up and 40 Year Old Virgin are at it again with their new comedy, Forgetting Sarah Marshall. Does it live up, or has Apatow run his comedy course? more
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- greenlight given 2 months ago
Campaign Update 04/21/08

Finances, faux pas, and ugly state flags. more
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- greenlight given 2 months ago
Open Source Boob Project : The true story of one epic day nerds groped free

The Open Source Boob Project is, according to this posting on Jezebel.com, a "consensual gropeathon that went down at PenguiCon, which is, naturally, a science fiction convention, though its genesis... more
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- responded 3 months ago
I like the quote you included. I wish we lived in that world too. ... more

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Space Superstitions

One of the reasons given for the rough landing by a Russian spacecraft is the fact that women were on board. more
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- responded 3 months ago
I think that's utterly ridiculous. The mere fact that he can assuage any guilt by blaming the number of women is beyond rational reasoning. more

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Are women allowed to be funny?

"Comedy mirrors culture, but observers say that many men and women find attractive, aggressively funny women threatening." ~By Gloria Goodale | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor ... more
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- responded 3 months ago
I enjoy watching Tina Fey and Sarah Silverman are great and attractive. I endorse women being aggressively funny. more

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The Future of infoMania

infoMania is going away as a top of the hour entity and will return as a show on April 10th. more
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- responded 3 months ago
Both would be awesome. I don't think I'll be getting the half hour tv fix down under... more

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