We seem to be lacking a thread for posting stupid news!
It has now been created.
Remember how people are always looking at abstract expressionist paintings and saying "For fuck's sake, my little kid could do that"?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1563257,00.html
"The car of the future will feel and smell different. In an effort to reduce the number of road accidents, scientists have developed a range of warning systems that work by vibrating parts of the driver's body or by pumping pleasant odours into the car."
Chinese cosmetics firm harvesting executed prisoner skins
The Guardian has discovered that a Chinese cosmetics firm has been using the skin of executed prisoners in the process of manufacturing its products.
The agent told the researcher: "A lot of the research is still carried out in the traditional manner using skin from the executed prisoner and aborted foetus." This material, he said, was being bought from "bio tech" companies based in the northern province of Heilongjiang, and was being developed elsewhere in China.
He suggested that the use of skin and other tissues harvested from executed prisoners was not uncommon. "In China it is considered very normal and I was very shocked that western countries can make such a big fuss about this," he said. Speaking from his office in northern China, he added: "The government has put some pressure on all the medical facilities to keep this type of work in low profile."
The agent said his company exported to the west via Hong Kong."We are still in the early days of selling these products, and clients from abroad are quite surprised that China can manufacture the same human collagen for less than 5% of what it costs in the west." Skin from prisoners used to be even less expensive, he said. "Nowadays there is a certain fee that has to be paid to the court."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/china/story/0,7369,1568622,00.html
Manufacturers will have to take a more girlie approach if they want to get women turned on to the latest gadgets, says Rachel Forder
Would you rip files at a high or low bit-rate? Do you prefer AAC, WMA or MP3? If you are completely baffled by these questions, you are probably a woman. The terminology relates to downloading music, and a recent study by the British Phonographic Industry found that 96 per cent of tracks are downloaded by men.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/connected/main.jhtml?xml=/connected/2005/08/18/ecfmusic.xml
Sri Lankan Candidate offers cows to boost votes
"Every Sri Lankan home will be gifted with a high milk-yielding cow from (the Indian state of) Kerala which could be expected to yield 10 liters (2.5 gallons) to 16 liters (four gallons) of milk every day," Victor Hettigoda was quoted as saying by The Island newspaper on Friday.
Did anyone ever tell him it's rude to give an animal to someone when you're not sure they can care for it?
"A former employee who attempted to burglarize Speedway Restaurant apparently didn't know any good hiding places.
Police responded to a burglary alarm at the Fergus Falls restaurant early Monday and surrounded the building.
When officers entered, they discovered that the burglar had tried to hide in the ceiling. He fell through and tried hiding in an oven instead.
"The guy was only half-baked when he was picked up," joked Police Capt. Hugo McPhee."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051116/ap_on_fe_st/restaurant_burglar;_ylt=Ap1Kv1PFBSZus6uCK1qa7Oys0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3b2NibDltBHNlYwM3MTY-
WTF?