My wife went through the same airport (Mitchel Intl.) on Monday. She informed TSA agent was pregnant, so they insisted she go through the "safe" AIT scanner, where her family walked on through the regular metal detectors.

"had government done a better job of regulating the oil industry in the first place, BP's shoddy practices might not have gone unchecked and this disaster might never have happened."

And had the girl not worn slutty clothes to the bar, maybe she wouldn't have gotten raped.
Blaming the victim is NOT the right answer.

I assume you are referring to the title, but it is pretty clear from tfa and even the writeup that the implication is NOT that TV itself causes fatness. The writeup even proposes that snacking more in front of the TV is possibly the cause.

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No matter how big, someone will always have one bigger.

it a torso with no head or limbs. Just a nutrient intake tube and waste output tube.
You just described my mother you insensitive clod!!!

I think it's funny how you mentioned "Friends" and the US version of "Red Dwarf" in the same post. That "super jock" you mentioned was actually offered the roll of Joey on friends, but he turned it down and took the gig as Lister instead because he didn't think friends had any chance of success...

In other news, an estimated 27% of Slashdot poll voters are compulsive liars.

As someone who works for a web company that is full of high-demand listing information, we are constantly having to deal with this kind of activity. Any site with dynamic data that is in demand will already have a procedure to deal with the kind of activity you are driving to it, as they have almost certainly dealt with it before. In our case, we have a network appliance that can detect if you are a scraper based on your traffic, and then serve you a "you've been throttled" page. In short, your script will be an exercise in futility. Here is a better solution for your company - contact the source of the data, and offer to purchase a feed from them. Chances our they will be willing to comply to keep you from loading their website with stupid traffic. You will end up having to pay money, but at least your process won't break. You should suggest this to your boss at least. A side note: your peers will definitely frown on your actions. If I knew a person behind this kind of activity they'd get branded scarlet-letter-style.