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Batalov 2010-03-13 00:48

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Do we have a new smiley for an "att-n-t--n w-ore"?
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retina 2010-03-14 17:37

[url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/7441677/Fertility-clinic-to-raffle-human-egg-in-London-to-promote-IVF-service.html]You wanna buy a baby, mister?[/url]

jasong 2010-03-30 17:09

Proof that God has a goofy sense of humor.

[url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8594101.stm[/url]

Notice the large crater that doubles as an eye.

Now we just need to find Pinky, Blinky, Sue, and whatever the other guys name is

rogue 2010-03-30 17:52

[QUOTE=jasong;210075]Proof that God has a goofy sense of humor.

[url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8594101.stm[/url]

Notice the large crater that doubles as an eye.

Now we just need to find Pinky, Blinky, Sue, and whatever the other guys name is[/QUOTE]

I believe the other is named Inky.

retina 2010-05-01 13:07

I hope this is fake
 
[url]http://nz.lifestyle.yahoo.com/new-idea/real-life/article/-/7124792/im-in-love-with-my-grandson-were-having-a-baby/[/url]

rogue 2010-05-01 17:12

[QUOTE=retina;213709][url]http://nz.lifestyle.yahoo.com/new-idea/real-life/article/-/7124792/im-in-love-with-my-grandson-were-having-a-baby/[/url][/QUOTE]

This is a month late for April Fool's Day. Unfortunately there are no dates associated with the article.

cheesehead 2010-05-01 22:07

[quote=rogue;213719]This is a month late for April Fool's Day. Unfortunately there are no dates associated with the article.[/quote]Using View->Page Source, I see "<!-- pres9.mos.aue.yahoo.com compressed Sun May 2 08:01:42 EST 2010 -->" at the bottom. But maybe that's not when the article was created.

10metreh 2010-05-02 06:47

[QUOTE=cheesehead;213736]Using View->Page Source, I see "<!-- pres9.mos.aue.yahoo.com compressed Sun May 2 08:01:42 EST 2010 -->" at the bottom. But maybe that's not when the article was created.[/QUOTE]

Obviously not - it's in the future!

markr 2010-05-02 13:00

[QUOTE=10metreh;213750]Obviously not - it's in the future![/QUOTE]
Yes, it was in the future when retina posted #165. If "EST" in the timestamp means my local time, Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10) that time was a few minutes [I]before[/I] cheesehead posted, in which case it's likely when the page was generated for him.

cheesehead 2010-05-02 14:31

[quote=markr;213764]Yes, it was in the future when retina posted #165. If "EST" in the timestamp means my local time, Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10) that time was a few minutes [I]before[/I] cheesehead posted, in which case it's likely when the page was generated for him.[/quote]Just now I find

"<!-- pres13.mos.aue.yahoo.com compressed Mon May 3 00:27:43 EST 2010 -->"

[FONT=Verdana]so by plotting 2 points versus time-of-post, ...[/FONT]

jasong 2010-05-09 15:02

Lebanon smashes Israel
 
[url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8670473.stm[/url]


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