Archive for September 11th, 2009

Charlie Sheen Declares ‘9/11 Story Is a Fraud’

Actor Charlie Sheen is known nowadays for his funny bone on ‘Two and a Half Men,’ but off-screen he has a serious bone to pick with 9/11, and it’s not the one you might expect.

Sheen believes that the September 11 terror attacks were carried out by the U.S. government. In fact, he’s so fixated on this theory that he’s demanding a meeting with President Barack Obama to discuss his views.

In interview with PrisonPlanet.com, Sheen acts a fictional conversation he’d like to have with President Obama. Skip to 4:20 for his words.

Now, I’m all for freedom of speech, but I’ve got to say, Charlie Sheen, you are a jerk.

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PhD Comics: Peak Productivity

This is true for many, including me. By Jorge Cham of PhD Comics.

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Carrier Pigeon ‘Faster’ Than Internet Broadband

Broadband has been a revolution in the transfer of data and communication, however a carrier pigeon in South Africa has proved to be faster.

A South African information technology company on Wednesday claimed it was quicker for them to transmit data with the pigeon than to send it using Telkom, the country’s leading internet service provider.

Internet speed and connectivity in Africa’s largest economy are poor because of a bandwidth shortage. It is also expensive.

The 11-month-old pigeon, Winston, took one hour and eight minutes to fly the 50 miles from Unlimited IT’s offices near Pietermaritzburg to the coastal city of Durban with a data card strapped to his leg.

Including downloading, the transfer took two hours, six minutes and 57 seconds – the time it took for only four per cent of the data to be transferred using a Telkom line

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