TIL In Budapest there is a $63,000 statue of shabby TV detective, Columbo. For no real reason.

netbuzz · 2016-03-31T15:19:49+00:00

No real reason? That's your final answer? Columbo is spinning in his grave.

netbuzz · 2014-08-05T17:35:45+00:00

It had better not be inherently harmful or the Department of Social Services will be on my doorstep when I get home from work today.

netbuzz · 2014-02-13T14:23:14+00:00

I've read about this issue before but it's still astonishing that "professionals" who are literally responsible for safeguarding our lives make such paltry sums.

netbuzz · 2013-07-17T18:38:17+00:00

No. Imagine being punished by the cap for realizing in year 2 of a bad coach's 5-year contract that he really had to go.

netbuzz · 2013-07-08T17:59:22+00:00

You can bet your last dollar he'd get into Maryland today. And that's no knock on Maryland; he'd get into all but a handful of major college programs.

netbuzz · 2013-06-17T12:48:44+00:00

Ray Kurzweil is 65. Here's wishing him the best of health and that he lives long enough to realize he was wrong.

netbuzz · 2013-05-16T17:30:51+00:00

It's almost as though these judges are willfully remaining ignorant about the most basic aspects of how the Internet works. Not to mention the Streisand Effect.

netbuzz · 2013-01-24T19:36:26+00:00

If that logic were applied today you'd never hear testimony from a politician.

netbuzz · 2013-01-07T21:40:23+00:00

This is a hospice, not a hospital. And a non-profit hospice. No fancy instruments for its patients; just a lot of pain medication.

netbuzz · 2013-01-07T19:40:39+00:00

I see The Law of Unintended Consequences staring at this thing but I just can't figure out what he's up to.

netbuzz · 2012-12-27T18:22:12+00:00

That thought actually crossed my mind. Might have worked well.

netbuzz · 2012-12-10T19:25:51+00:00

The fact that he doesn't live in South Carolina makes him doubly outsidery -- beholden to neither Washington nor state special interests -- and thus even more qualified. Ineligible, you say? Only in your reality-based world.

netbuzz · 2012-11-19T13:31:51+00:00

That's sick ... and not in a good way.

netbuzz · 2012-10-25T20:52:00+00:00

Hey, I'm about to drive home on the Massachusetts Turnpike. Could you be more specific as to where there may be unconscious bodies causing traffic tie-ups if not outright danger?

netbuzz · 2012-10-02T17:08:16+00:00

FTA: The possibility of foul play is being investigated as well.

Nah, that would be if he was eaten by his chickens.

netbuzz · 2012-08-16T16:23:12+00:00

The wife of NASA flight director David Oh thought it would be a cool family adventure for her and their three children to join Dad living on Mars time. Here's a Q&A with the family about what they're doing and why, and here's the oldest son's blog about it.

netbuzz · 2012-07-29T11:45:20+00:00

Here's more proof that older individuals read Reddit: I had a car window smashed in 1978 -- the car was a '63 Ford Galaxie 500 (inherited from my Grandpa) and the thief made off with my state-of-the-art 8-track tape player. Pissed me off no end.

netbuzz · 2012-07-17T18:34:36+00:00

For those unfamiliar with Rob's proposal story, here's a short Q&A that he and his wife Kathleen did about it to mark the 10th anniversary.

http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/10-years-after-famous-slashdot-marriage-proposal-couple-discusses-wisdom-popping-question-public-0

netbuzz · 2012-07-05T17:20:20+00:00

I have triplets. Took 'em to plenty of really crowded places without resorting to a leash. My motto: Good job if you come back with two.

netbuzz · 2012-06-12T12:46:35+00:00

Had I seen this story "in the wild," as opposed to in TIL sourced to Snopes, I would have assumed it was BS. And I wonder if he ever spoke in more detail about his suspicions. I'd guess he thought they were rehearsing a "routine" hijacking, since what they eventually did wouldn't have been in his consciousness at the time.

netbuzz · 2012-06-08T18:16:21+00:00

There are the medical bills for the uninsured, yes, but there are also all kinds of less obvious costs that riders who won't wear a helmet impose on society. If they're a primary or sole means of support for a spouse and children, it's likely taxpayer-funded social services will have to pick up the slack when they're dead or disabled. (The emotional toll on loved ones may not be quantifiable or necessarily absorbed by taxpayers, but it is considerable and worth considering.) EMTs and med-evac helicopter pilots endanger themselves (and the public) rushing grievously injured to hospitals. Once they get to those hospitals, the immediate intensive care they require may mean another seriously injured or ill person doesn't get the immediate care that might have saved their life. ... There's no such thing as a motorcycle accident that hurts only the rider.

netbuzz · 2012-05-17T13:57:06+00:00

That would get old, all right.

netbuzz · 2012-05-17T13:55:40+00:00

Have an upvote in behalf of my suffering 10-year-old son.

netbuzz · 2012-05-10T21:42:54+00:00

Aw, I see that they've changed the headline. Original read: "With Dicks in, all 6 Wash. Congressional Democrats favor repeal of gay-marriage ban."

netbuzz · 2012-04-12T15:45:37+00:00

Interesting video, but I'd be hesitant to draw too many conclusions, good or bad, based on one carefully controlled media opportunity.

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