Posts Tagged: Servicey
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Is Your Computer Going To Explode?

I don't quite understand what exactly it is, but apparently something very bad will happen to your computer on July 9, probably because of all the porn you look at. But there's a site you can go to that tells you if your machine is ok? I guess? I don't know, given what I've seen on the Internet recently you might just be better off letting your machine get eated.

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Slacker Weather Alert

If you've got something to get done-or just want to sleep in a little bit-today's probably a good day to do that, because the water falling from the sky has proved impossible for our modern-day technology to handle. You're welcome!

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The Truth About Lightning V. Airplanes

With every plane incident comes the terrible press. You can understand why: there is a disaster, and a deadline-and hours (or really, months!) before any decent information comes in. Since the missing Air France flight is presumed crashed, and now "probably struck by lightning" is making headlines, it seems a good time to note that "It is estimated that on average, each airplane in the U.S. commercial fleet is struck lightly by lightning more than once each year." The other useful statistic is that there has been no commercial airline disaster caused by lightning since 1967-although that's somewhat misleading!

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Sports Bars For Foodies, The Sports-Averse

With the NFL playoffs underway, multitudes of jock-averse women and effeminate, girlie men (like me) find themselves facing a challenging predicament over the next couple of weeks. On one hand, forgoing a “Millionaire Matchmaker” marathon on Bravo to watch a playoff game at a sports bar seems excruciating. Still, missing out on the camaraderie and, more importantly, the gluttony of the playoffs is even more upsetting. After all, nothing’s more fun than gorging oneself on well-prepared wings, burgers and quality beer, activities which can make any sporting event—even basebal!—entertaining.

The question, of course, is where can New Yorkers go to make the experience bearable. Those who are disinclined [...]

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The History of Hedy

You probably knew that Hedy Lamarr held patents for encrypting radio communications that were later instrumental in, among other things, Wifi-but did you know that she was the first woman in cinematic history to simulate orgasm? THE MORE YOU KNOW.