Lies, Damned Lies and Cat Statistics 175

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday August 18, 2010 @06:53PM from the nine-lies dept.

spopepro writes "While un-captioned cats might be of limited interest to the /. community, I found this column on how a fabricated statistic takes on a life of its own interesting. Starting with the Humane Society of the United States' (HSUS) claim that the unsterilized offspring of a cat will '...result in 420,000 cats in 5 years,' the author looks at other erroneous numbers, where they came from and why they won't go away."

Comment Re:Last time I checked (Score 1) 212

by Flakeloaf on Saturday May 22, 2010 @03:50PM (#32307916) Attached to: Federal Court Issues Permanent Injunction For Isohunt

Just imagine what they want to do to him in Iran for hosting all of that capitalist filth.

Seriously though, so a judge in another country thinks I'm breaking his laws. Okay. That's nice. Good for him. What does he expect me to do about it?

Amateur Astronomer Grabs Amazing ISS Picture 80

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday March 25, 2009 @09:59PM from the good-focus dept.

The Bad Astronomer writes "Ralf Vandebergh is an amateur astronomer, and using a simple telescope with a video camera attached to it, he took an incredibly detailed picture of the International Space Station. You can easily see the recently-installed truss and solar panels, as well as the Space Shuttle Discovery docked to the station."

Comment Three strikes and you're out, huh? (Score 3, Funny) 290

by Flakeloaf on Thursday February 26, 2009 @05:54PM (#27004427) Attached to: Quebec ISP To Terminate Subscribers Over Copyright

I hereby accuse the entire Bloc Quebecois of copyright infringement.

Come on, guys. Two more accusations and we'll never hear from these clods again!

Comment Grumble Grumble... (Score 2, Interesting) 100

by Flakeloaf on Saturday January 31, 2009 @10:26PM (#26681501) Attached to: Moblin 2 First Impressions

Initially, reviewers met the new technology with a blank stare. One expensive piece of meat later, and they were so happy they could've flickered and vanished right there on the spot.

Comment Unbelieveable! (Score 5, Informative) 277

by Flakeloaf on Monday March 24, 2008 @05:16PM (#22850148) Attached to: Patriot Act Haunts Google Service

You mean, if I enter personal information on a free web server run by some organization whose business model is the harvesting and sale of personal information, that my personal information might not be kept private?

Horror of horrors.

Comment Re:Documentation and community (Score 0) 85

by Xsh-II on Thursday April 17, 2003 @12:35PM (#5752187) Attached to: Looking for Linux Help When You've Lost Your Way?

As a wise man once said - "Documentation is like sex, when its good, it's very very good, and when it's bad, its better than nothing". Oh, and The Open Directory Project can be helpful when looking for links for help.