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The argument seems so trite at this point, trite but true. Let’s face it, Netflix has gotten expensive and if you’re trying to cut down on costs, we all know cable is the first thing to go. Why deprive yourself of great shows, when online programming is FREE? Why not get in on the action? There are thousands of sites now a days, where you can watch programs and movies with very little draw backs. It’s a lot less hassle than trying to steal cable from your neighbor. If you actually have a TV, simply purchase an HDMI cable and watch all the free tv online until your heart’s content. If you don’t own a TV – dude, what is all your furniture pointed at?

Another neat bonus to watching online programming is all the new and innovative shows that are released for web viewing only. If you’re not an enthusiast already, you may not know that some shows that you see broadcasted on major networks actually got their start online. Be the first of your friends to preview hilarious and captivating webisodes online. Now even major syndications like AMC are getting in on the action. On October 3, AMC released a six part The Walking Dead series for online viewing only, just two weeks before the actual television premier. If that wasn’t reason enough, the next time you miss your favorite show, you can catch up online on most network sites for free. With perks like this, now more than ever is a great time to start watching online.

When our relationships end, we announce them to the internet. When we begin new relationships, we announce them for everyone, including the last person we loved, to see. We become our own voyeurs; we are hiding in the bushes outside our own windows, watching the drama unfold within: Infidelity, disinterest, distraction, and new love overtaking old loyalties — not in any scripted narrative but unfolding in real time and happening to us and to the people we know — make up our entertainment.

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For fans of the Transformers franchise, BotCon is like an all-day orgy with Megan Fox types, where there is orgasm at every turn. But for ordinary humans, it simply looks like a gathering of people dressed up as robots. Which can still be fun!

And here are the pictures.

That is, if you’d ask Fundamentalists, who have managed to make a website (greatbiblestudy.com) straight from the Bronze Age to assert Bronze Age-y medical assertions like:

Cancer comes from the devil, scientist can’t explain it, doctors don’t understand where it comes from; it’s the symptoms of a curse.

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Because sometimes, people are just pigs.

Human explorers scaling the 4,000-feet sheer cliff face of Baffin Island in the Arctic pitch their tents right on the cliff’s face for “resting purposes.” We don’t know about you, but that shit isn’t giving us any kind of “rest.” But there they are. Explorer and photographer Gordon Wiltsie took these photos while admiring how big his balls were.

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People living in different rural parts of the world make it difficult for them to find and purchase quality RC toys. But now, with the aid of the latest technological advancements made available at present, it is easier to reach and find anything in the market especially when it comes to remote controlled toys.

Anyone who desires to buy a remote controlled toy may visit http://www.Xenonproject.com.

This website offers a wide variety of quality sport RC toys that comes with very reasonable prices, the company has to offer. Your entire family will surely get fond and enjoy playing these quality yet affordable RC toys. Getting bored on a vacation or outdoor adventure? Then playing with your RC toys may help solve your boredom.

Just turn on your RC toy, start operating it, and there goes the fun. You will never notice the time running, because you will surely enjoy during your leisure time playing your RC toys.

Did you know that the word “vagina” came from the Latin root that meant “fuck this shit repeatedly, forever?”

No, just kidding. But for the correct stuff, a list of 15 factoid gems about your most favorite body part, go here.

A woman is suing Christchurch police for $150,000 after an officer allegedly used boltcutters to remove her piercings.

Lawyer Tony Greig said the woman, believed to be in her thirties, was arrested for obstruction in mid-2008.

Greig said the woman alleged five of her piercings, including one in her genital area, were removed using boltcutters after she was taken into custody.

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Researchers from Stanford University led by Alex Jordan found that people consistently underestimated how dejected others were, resulting to more severe feelings of dejection. This “circle of misery” is most apparent in widely used social media, such as Facebook.

Jordan got the idea for the inquiry after observing his friends’ reactions to Facebook: He noticed that they seemed to feel particularly crummy about themselves after logging onto the site and scrolling through others’ attractive photos, accomplished bios and chipper status updates. “They were convinced that everyone else was leading a perfect life,” he told me.

The human habit of overestimating other people’s happiness is nothing new, of course. Jordan points to a quote by Montesquieu: “If we only wanted to be happy it would be easy; but we want to be happier than other people, which is almost always difficult, since we think them happier than they are.”

But social networking may be making this tendency worse. Jordan’s research doesn’t look at Facebook explicitly, but if his conclusions are correct, it follows that the site would have a special power to make us sadder and lonelier. By showcasing the most witty, joyful, bullet-pointed versions of people’s lives, and inviting constant comparisons in which we tend to see ourselves as the losers, Facebook appears to exploit an Achilles heel of human nature.

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It is said that a “third film will happen and the wheels are finally in motion”. In fact, Dan Akroyd (Dr. Ray Stantz) has already completed the script. Filming will start sometime next year (May?). The whole Ghostbusters gang will return. But it is not known if Rick Moranis (Louis Tully) will join them since he has already retired from acting.

It was also undisclosed if Stay Puft Marshmallow Man will reprise his character. And Slimer’s whereabouts are still unknown (must have died of a heart attack due to overeating and obesity). Slimer’s role, however, is crucial. He has appeared in the first two Ghostbusters films and in the animated series. Never mind Stay Puft’s worth; Hollywood has had enough of oversized monsters. But if Slimer does not show up for the third (and probably final) installment, who will replace him? Our proton-pack-wielding heroes will always need a non-terminal repeating phantasm/class 5 full roaming vapor to zap its wits out during the first few reels of the film. So who will fit the role?

Why not?!

The title says it all. And it’s right here.

NASA had us all on the edge of our seats last week when it announced that it will have a news conference (set on December 2) concerning on an astrobiological find:

NASA will hold a news conference at 2 p.m. EST on Thursday, Dec. 2, to discuss an astrobiology finding that will impact the search for evidence of extraterrestrial life.

Astrobiology is their cute scientific term for studying the possibilites of extraterrestrial life forms. To make a long story short, NASA has been spending millions of bucks looking for aliens in outer space. And with last week’s mysterious announcement, they had us thinking that they must have captured an oversized, human-legged cockroach from Planet Zula which has been revolving around our Moon. Or perhaps they have finally decided to reveal what we all suspect that they have been hiding all these years in Roswell.

After all the excitement, all they provided in that much-hyped news conference were more theories:

One of the basic assumptions about life on Earth may be due for a revision thanks to research supported by NASA’s Astrobiology Program. Geomicrobiologist Felisa Wolfe-Simon has discovered a bacterium in California’s Mono Lake that uses arsenic instead of phosphorus in its DNA. Up until now, it was believed that all life required phosphorus as a fundamental piece of the ‘backbone’ that holds DNA together. The discovery of an organism that thrives on otherwise poisonous arsenic broadens our thinking about the possibility of life on other planets, and begs a rewrite of biology textbooks by changing our understanding of how life is formed from its most basic elemental building blocks. Astrobiology Magazine has the story.

NASA, what the people want is a caged alien, complete with fangs and gooey material. Not a couple of germs emitting acidic crap. If you can’t give it, better shut up with your announcements.

It took nine hours for artists to paint Rebecca Romijn’s drop-dead gorgeous body blue and dark blue, turning her into the shape-shifting mutant Mystique in the X-Men film trilogy. Just imagine how many hours it took to paint these two intertwined bodies:

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Robots are all around us whether we’re aware of them or not: from the industrial robots used in manufacturing automobiles, to the humanoid robots scientists make either as some form of entertainment or as possible companions to humans. We have robotic toys, we have robots designed to kill people, we have robots meant to help humans in the event of a disaster. The list goes on.

Since 2006, Skirmisher has covered every piece of news about the latest robotic advancements–from the strange, to the quirky, to the downright awesome. Check out our robots category for an extensively amusing learning experience.

Humanoid robots

One area of robotics that is most intriguing is the one that deals with robots resembling human form or bodily function. Boston Dynamics is sort of notorious for creating freaky humanoid robots, such as the Petman Biped, or another biped robot with a really weird upper body. The company’s BigDog Robot also has lots of potential–in the area of the terrifying.

There are also robots designed to mimic specific human body parts. This robotic hand, for instance, has feelings, while this one was designed to be super-fast.There’s another that can make sushi. Or one that can be used in masturbation!

What about a robot that looks exactly like its creator?

Kansei’s humanoid robot can convey certain human emotions, and the results can be startling. While Speecy’s robot can laugh at your stupidest jokes.

And who can forget Toyota’s humanoids (which can run or play the violin) or Honda’s ASIMO (which can climb up and down stairs, or move in groups, and can even be brain-controlled!)?

On the upside, we have robots that can be directly used now for human benefit: ViRob zaps tumors, while Saya can serve as substitute schoolteacher.

Unkillable Robots

Another thing that seems straight from nightmare science fiction is a robot that wouldn’t die. UC Berkeley’s Dynamic Autonomous Sprawled Hexapod Robot (DASH) was designed to survive physical damage, such as a fall from a height of 28 meters. Or those self-assembling robots.

Which brings us to the next logical application: the military.

Spy robots the size of insects have been created.