Spam Flood Blog

For the first time in history, a Hindu today delivered the Senate’s morning invocation. But three protestors belonging to the Christian Right anti-abortion group Operation Save America loudly interrupted the invocation, stating, “Lord Jesus, forgive us father for allowing a prayer of the wicked, which is an abomination in your sight.” Watch it:

A new study from the University of Oregon has found that local news broadcasts are being infiltrated by advertising at around the same rate that DVR users skip ads.

"Well, again, just from a hardware perspective, the 499 dollar price adjustment that we did for the 60 GB version, for the american market, uh, we're no longer in production for that product, so uh once that product is gone from the retailer shelves, then we're back to the $599 SKU only, so it's not like we have a two price strategy here in the US"

Even KK plays at 8.p.m on a Saturday!

The terrorists have looked down the barrels of the guns of the mightiest power this world has ever seen and have grown stronger. It is what the CIA, FBI, and Ron Paul call “blowback.” Is this what all our blood and dollars have bought us? Not peace and security, but an emboldened and ever stronger enemy?

The Chicago Tribune reports that Mark Cuban says that he has submitted his application to Major League Baseball to purchase the Cubs. Cuban, who has owned the NBA's Dallas Mavericks since January of 2000 and is known for his free-spending ways, told the newspaper he sent the paperwork in last week.

Scientists in Southern California have discovered a mysterious booming population of endangered desert pupfish in man-made research ponds designed for an entirely different purpose.

Take a look at these photos by master photog Steve Strawn, who not only knows exactly when to release the shutter, he's probably pretty good with a broom, too [via Gizmodo]

TorrentFreak’s recent articles about Media Defender have been viewed hundreds of thousands of times, surely proving beyond any doubt that they must be an incredibly popular company doing great things for the BitTorrent community. In recognition of our great work, Media Defender has re-directed its p2p.net domain to us.

CNN did a little piece on the history of Larry Flynt’s outing of the lying liars in the Republican Congress who claim to be men of high morals and then cheat on their own…Several quit…Will Vitter be the next “family values” hypocrite to go?

"Voice or no voice, the people can alway be brought to the bidding of the leaders. This is easy. All you have to do is tell them that they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for a lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in every country." The quote is more than a little haunting.

In terms of height they are worlds apart. The world's tallest man, Bao Xishun today shook hands with He Pingping who claims to be Earth's shortest. But the two men actually hail from the same region of Inner Mongolia.

Seems that a $20 "wireless tax" has to be paid to Microsoft due to their proprietary wireless system...and you have to pay for it...if you want a wireless guitar.

She may experience some discomfort on the Honeymoon.

ATLANTA - A woman said she and her toddler son were kicked off a plane after she refused a flight attendant's request to medicate her son to get him to quiet down and stop saying "Bye bye, plane."

Verizon appeared before a Congressional committee today to say that it welcomed national regulation, but only the kind that weakened the power of state regulators. "Open access" rules were bitterly opposed.

SCEA has denied 'inaccurate' reports that its $100 price cut on the 60Gig PS3 is simply a move to clear stock before offering solely the higher priced 80Gig version. See, I can do BREAKING too.

The producers of an off-Broadway show are giving away free tickets to anyone who can demonstrate his or her chastity. Well, Ken Davenport, who created the show "My First Time," has hired a hypnotist to screen people standing in line for free tickets...

Nearly nine out of 10 employers reported that they're seeing more competition for new college graduates than in past years, according to a study by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE).

The Iraqis have always been friendly and welcoming to the U.S. Let's hope we can repair our relationship after we get rid of Bush Co.

Allen was considered to be acting suspicious by police as he entered and exited the men’s room three times, according to a Titusville Police report. Moments later, he approached the plainclothes officer and offered to perform oral sex for $20, police said.

As Sony plays the media with fake price drops/SKU upgrades, Microsoft hits "the magical price point" sooner than anyone thought.

"How many times have I told you, no playing ball near the clones!"

Patents filed by Microsoft and Apple reveal plans by both to add various file-sharing capabilities to their handheld music players. iPods may be playing catch-up to the Zune, but Microsoft has a few wireless tricks up its sleeve for the Zune.

New trailer featuring Beautiful Katamari for Xbox 360! Good luck sitting still through that song.

James Burgett is a great guy. He is collecting old computers from companies and individuals, inspects them, and in some cases repairs them, and then gives them away to those who cannot afford to buy. He has done this for 12 years, and each system is delivered with a free OS.

No brains are being trained here. Unless you count the brains of alien soldiers, which are being trained to blow up.

Check out the first official video from IndianaJones.com featuring Harrison Ford as the man himself - from Indiana Jones IV. There's some footage from the film - not much, but it's something. Link goes directly to QuickTime video (will load in your browser). You call him "Dr. Jones", doll...

Worried about your well-being on the 13th? You're not alone. It’s been estimated that $800 or $900 million (U.S.) is lost in business on this day because people will not fly or do business they would normally do!

Logitech's new MX Air Mouse doesn't need to sit on desk to work, you can wave it around--just like the Ninetendo Wii controller.

Richard Baguley, chief cellular ninja over at WirelessInfo.com, just published a number that, when called, turns your iPhone into a mobile field testing station.

A Cambridge researcher says that, according to economic calculations, the ideal length of time for copyright protection is a mere 14 years.

The DEA can't even keep their own backyard clean.

Hubert is sleepy, however theAmazon rises once more.When the 500 have arrived... Hubert will return...Users on theAmazon will receive free software for completing missions, but only when the 500 have come, and Hubert is woken......

"I would like to assure the world that I did not plan the recent attacks, which seems to have been planned by people for personal reasons," bin Laden's statement said. Since Tuesday's terrorist attacks against the United States, Bush has repeatedly threatened to strike out against terrorism and any nation that supports or harbors its disciples.

"We just got a hands on with Nyko's Wii Party Station and we can safely say that it's crazy. It's got pretty much everything you want to have when you're having a Wii house party, and it's designed cheaply enough ($24.99) for every Wii-owning family to use as an accessory to enhance their gaming."

Cryonics. Virtual reality. Gene therapy/RNA interference. Space colonization. Cybernetics. Autonomous self-replicating robotics. Molecular manufacturing. Megascale engineering. Mind uploading. Artificial General Intelligence.

The computer virus turns 25 years old this year. The computer virus conception story begins in 1981, when a tech-savvy 9th grader named Richard Skrenta got an Apple II for Christmas.

"Whether it's infighting among creators, bad marketing, new technologies, or just plain being crummy, there are almost as many reasons why coding languages didn't become popular as there are programming languages." The article examines ALGOL 68, Befunge, REBOL, ColdFusion, brainf*ck, Java2k, INTERCAL, VRML, SMIL, Haskell, Delphi and PowerBuilder.

Early iPhone owners are overwhelmingly happy with their devices...In one of the first such studies, 90% of 200 owners said they were "extremely" or "very" satisfied with their phone. And 85% said they are "extremely" or "very" likely to recommend the device to others