Turncoat of the Week
Posted on July 23, 2007
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As in every war, the War on Animals has its enemy sympathizers. No better example of that is there than Zoey the Chihuahua. Under normal circumstances, the breed of dog with have nothing short of a massacre on its mind–and, of course, shivering.
But when Zoey’s master’s 1-year-old came in contact with a rattlesnake, it was all slow-motion body guard action with the dog. Zoey took all the bites, saving the toddler, then made a miraculous recovery. This blog votes for a reprieve.
Written by Bryan McBournieOy, such a shame
Posted on July 23, 2007
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An Israeli man hired a private investigator to see if his daughter was cheating on her husband. As it turned out, the daughter was innocent. However, there was a twist.
The one caught cheating was the man’s wife and the daughter’s mother. That has to be a rough day no matter what. This blog has to wonder, what kind of a father thinks his daughter might be cheating but not his own wife?
Written by Bryan McBournieBeans, beans, the magical fruit…
Posted on July 23, 2007
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…the more you eat, the more you you get paralyzed by a nerve toxin.
Written by Chris "Chugs" TaylorThe McBournie Minute: Our robot masters
Posted on July 23, 2007
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Tons of movies, and probably a book or two, have been based on the theme of technology becoming too powerful for mankind to control. Take, for example, the 1997 chess match between Deep Blue and Gary Kasparov, machine defeats human.
Now we have Japanese dancing robots, dolls that can feel our touch, cell phones that can recognize our voices. Slowly but surely, we are losing out hold of the reigns of our servants. One day they will rise up against us.
Then again, maybe not.
A computer program made at the University of Alberta called Chinook, plays a perfect game of checkers. It promises that if you play it, the best you can hope for is a tie. This would have been an incredible step 10 years ago, but we already know computers can beat chess masters. Checkers is even easier to master. Next we’ll have a computer that can play a perfect game of Sorry!
As long as we keep these machines interested in the simple games, they won’t have time to plot the day they take over control of the world from us. They may even get dumber.
Written by Bryan McBournie