RIP Bernie Mac RIP, Bernie Mac (CNN.com).

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RIP: Arthur C. Clarke Writer Arthur C. Clarke dies at 90. [via BBC NEWS]

Arthur C. Clarke [Wikipedia]

A friend of mine had this to say:

"Hope he says hi to HAL."

I couldn't have said it better myself.

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And In Other News... Tigers kill man who stuck his arm into zoo cage in northeastern India

"GAUHATI, India - A man who stuck his arm into the tiger enclosure at a zoo in northeast India has died after two of the big cats tore off his limb. He says the man ignored warnings from keepers, crossed a barrier and stretched his hand into the enclosure that housed a male and a female tiger."

Viral Video of the Year Nominee: Human Tetris

"One of our 2007 favorites came all the way from Japan and it's fairly straightforward: Human beings are put in a stage with a moving platform that's made to resemble the all-time game phenomenon Tetris, the only difference is that the human beings are the blocks and they must fit into tiny crevices made of odd shapes." [Gadget Lab from Wired.com]

Why We do Dumb or Irrational Things: 10 Brilliant Social Psychology Studies

"Like eminent social psychologist Professor Philip Zimbardo, I'm also obsessed with why we do dumb or irrational things. The answer quite often is because of other people - something social psychologists have comprehensively shown." [via PsyBlog]

New Google Talk bots bring real-time translation to IM

"In Google's never-ending quest to collect and utilize the world's information, the company today introduced a new translation feature to its Google Talk chat client. Delivered as a series of chat bots, these tools can quickly translate a phrase or paragraph for you, and they can even be added to group chats to act as real-time translators." [via Ars Technica]

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And In Other News... Clue search after Thai air crash

"At least 88 people were killed when the aircraft, operated by a Thai budget airline, skidded off a runway in heavy rain on the southern island of Phuket." [via BBC NEWS]

Family tribute to (Colin) McRae and son

"Mr McRae, 39, his son Johnny, friend Ben Porcelli, 6, and Graeme Duncan, 37, died following a helicopter crash in Lanarkshire on Saturday." [via BBC NEWS]

Alan Greenspan claims Iraq war was really for oil

“I am saddened that it is politically inconvenient to acknowledge what everyone knows: the Iraq war is largely about oil” [via Times Online]

Oil industry 'sleepwalking into crisis'

"Former Shell chairman says that diminishing resources could push price of crude to $150 a barrel" [via The Independent]

World's Worst Polluted Places [via The Blacksmith Institute]

Why old rockers are back on stage

"DINOSAURS might be revived in one of two ways. Fiction suggests applying the techniques of genetic engineering to DNA extracted from bloodsucking prehistoric insects trapped in amber. To resurrect the dinosaurs of rock, however, all you need is a fat cheque and a block booking at a vast stadium." [via Economist.com]

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