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Entries from June 2008

Overclocking for the rest of us

June 30th, 2008 · No Comments

The German division of ZDNet has released the ZDNet Clock Tool for OS X.
Using the tool, owners of a Mac Pro and/or Xserve can boost the processor, the front side bus, and memory frequency for a free performance gain — by putting a strain on the hardware.
The tool is a free download (click the “Jetzt [...]

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Tags: Apple

What Fred Phelps thinks of George Carlin

June 30th, 2008 · No Comments

It’s exactly what you might expect:

And this is exactly what Carlin was talking about. Every word out of this nutcase just proves how right Carlin was.

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Tags: Religion

Searching for conditions supporting life on Mars is silly

June 26th, 2008 · No Comments

Can you guess why?
Rob Hood, commentator on The Conservative Voice, explains in a remarkably logic-free scree:
Mars is a desert planet and perhaps there is ice and maybe even water there. So what? Who cares? It?s water! That doesn?t mean a thing. Life originated on Earth when God spoke it into existence and there is no [...]

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Tags: Religion · Science

Lack of grasping reality

June 26th, 2008 · No Comments

According to a new Gallup poll, 60% of Republicans believe humans were created “as is” 10,000 years ago. Democrats aren’t much better, though, since 38% think the same:

Look through the results. It’s eye-popping… And scary.

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Tags: Creationism · Intelligent Design · Religion · Science

In remembrance of George Carlin…

June 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

When it comes to bullshit, big-time, major league bullshit, you have to stand in awe of the all-time champion of false promises and exaggerated claims, religion. No contest. No contest. Religion. Religion easily has the greatest bullshit story ever told. Think about it. Religion has actually convinced people that there’s an invisible man living in [...]

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Tags: Religion

Err… what?

June 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

The massacre of Jewish people during the Holocaust was “scientifically impossible,” according to an article published by an Iranian satellite channel on its Web site. 
The article was written by Nicholas Kollerstrom, an academic specializing in astrology and crop circles, who had his fellowship terminated by University College London last month after he said there were [...]

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Tags: Science

Concentrated stupid so dense that it has turned into evil, Part 2

June 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

In a less malevolent but even more catastrophic cult failure, Neil Beagley,
a 16 year old Oregon boy, has died because his family only believes in
“faith healing”.
He could have been cured with a catheter.

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Tags: Religion