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Endangered Species Condoms 61

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday April 01, 2010 @12:11PM from the make-it-growl dept.

The Center for Biological Diversity wants to help put a polar bear in your pants with their endangered species condom campaign. They hope that giving away 100,000 free Endangered Species Condoms across the country will highlight how unsustainable human population growth is driving species to extinction, and instill the sexual prowess of the coquí guajón rock frog, nature's most passionate lover, in the condom users. From the article: "To help people understand the impact of overpopulation on other species, and to give them a chance to take action in their own lives, the Center is distributing free packets of Endangered Species Condoms depicting six separate species: the polar bear, snail darter, spotted owl, American burying beetle, jaguar, and coquí guajón rock frog."

Lord British Claims He Owns the Moon 144

Posted by Soulskill on Monday March 29, 2010 @05:14PM from the enjoy-the-property-tax dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Following the recent discovery of Richard Garriott's old moon rover, the man known as Lord British has laid claim to his own lunar territory. Moon dwellers, all hail your new overlord!"

BioShock 2's First DLC Already On Disc 466

Posted by Soulskill on Monday March 15, 2010 @03:28PM from the read-the-rest-of-this-post-in-a-month-for-five-bucks dept.

An anonymous reader writes with this quote from 1Up: "Trouble is brewing in Rapture. The recently released Sinclair Solutions multiplayer pack for BioShock 2 is facing upset players over the revelation that the content is already on the disc, and the $5 premium is an unlock code. It started when users on the 2K Forums noticed that the content is incredibly small: 24KB on the PC, 103KB on the PlayStation 3, and 108KB on the Xbox 360. 2K Games responded with a post explaining that the decision was made in order to keep the player base intact, without splitting it between the haves and have-nots."

Comment Made for TV Earthquake movie: 10.9 (Score 1) 745

by Allaran on Monday September 25, 2006 @01:36PM (#16187671) Attached to: 10 Terrible Portrayals of Technology in Film

I'm posting awfully late, but I really don't think this thread would be complete without a mention of '10.9', a movie clearly designed to scare the bejeesus out of Californians. My wife wanted to watch it for the fun effects, so I joined her. I ended up apologizing for half the movie because I couldn't control my laughter.

Highlights:
The only way to stop the monster quake is to set off nuclear bombs buried at locations (and depths) precisely calculated in a matter of minutes by our heroine. Much like Armageddon, if we're off by a few feet, it won't work. Hmmm...I thought the cases where close counted were horseshoes, hand grenades and nuclear weapons.

When they do manage to set off the bombs, a tech is staring at a screen giving updates on the magnitude of the earthquake as it subsides...10.9...10.5...9.7...8.5..."we did it"...7.6...5.2...etc. For anyone who doesn't know about earthquakes, my understanding is that the Richter scale (sp?) is a measurement of the total energy released by the quake...not something that can really subside.

These of course are just what come to mind. Of course the best moment was a clip of some earthquake specialists, whom they supposedly planned on interviewing live after the movie was over. They cut to a shot of them watching the movie, and the entire room bursts out in hysterics. I don't think they even bothered with the interview.

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