Interesting News Items

The ClubHouse: General Discussions - Jan -Apr. 2001: February: Interesting News Items
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Soeur

Thursday, January 25, 2001 - 06:41 pm Click here to edit this post

Is Cindy Crawford a Bad Neighbor?

Soeur

Thursday, January 25, 2001 - 11:35 pm Click here to edit this post

...To dig deeper into the Web, a new breed of search engine has cropped up that takes a different approach to Web page retrieval. Instead of broadly scanning the Web by indexing pages from any links they can find, these search engines are devoted to drilling further into specialty areas — medical sites, legal documents, even Web pages dedicated to jokes and parody. Looking for timely financial data? Try FinancialFind.com. Seeking sketches of molecular structures or even scientific humor? Biolinks.com may help.

"Instead of grabbing everything on the Web and then trying to deal with this big mess," Mr. Sullivan said, these boutique search engines have decided to do some filtering. "They may say, we'll pick 40 sites that we know are related to this topic," he said. "And that means you won't get these irrelevant search results."

Some search engines go even further, sending out finely tuned software agents, or bots, that learn not only which pages to search, but also what information to grab from those pages. Either way, the theory is the same: The smaller the haystack, the better chance of finding the needle...

new breed of search engines

Soeur

Friday, January 26, 2001 - 03:45 am Click here to edit this post

The driveway? It's in another State...

Soeur

Wednesday, January 31, 2001 - 02:38 am Click here to edit this post

The living room? It's an hour ahead...

Soeur

Wednesday, January 31, 2001 - 02:40 am Click here to edit this post

These Days, Even Puff Needs a Mommy

Leap

Wednesday, January 31, 2001 - 12:49 pm Click here to edit this post

This is actually happening here in the Twin Cities right now. Just a few minutes ago, the first one has been caught. It has gone on for over 24 hours now, so many folks are rooting for the cows.

Cows

Soeur

Wednesday, January 31, 2001 - 01:43 pm Click here to edit this post

Thanks Leap. Very funny story. You sure live in a happening town.

Leap

Wednesday, January 31, 2001 - 02:40 pm Click here to edit this post

Two cows now captured!!!

And, a animals rights group has set up a fund to save the cows from the slaughter house.

Moondance

Wednesday, January 31, 2001 - 08:59 pm Click here to edit this post

Go COWS!!!

Thanks for keeping us updated Leap:)


The Value of Undies

Be careful what you wear (or don't wear), when working under your vehicle...especially in public. From the Morning Herald, Sydney Australia comes this story of a central west couple who drove their car to K-Mart only to have their car break down in the parking lot.

The man told his wife to carry on with the shopping while he fixed the car there in the lot.

The wife returned later to see a small group of people near the car. On closer inspection she saw a pair of male legs protruding from under the chassis. Although the man was in shorts, his lack of underpants turned private parts into glaringly public ones. Unable to stand the embarrassment she dutifully stepped forward, quickly put her hand UP his shorts and tucked everything back into place. On regaining her feet she looked across the hood and found herself staring at her husband who was standing idly by.

The mechanic, however, had to have three stitches in his head

Leap

Wednesday, January 31, 2001 - 09:14 pm Click here to edit this post

Final Update

Cow 3 captured late today.

Pheeewwww, what a relief.

Soeur

Wednesday, January 31, 2001 - 09:23 pm Click here to edit this post

Moon, I will be laughing in my sleep over that one...thanks!

Moondance

Wednesday, January 31, 2001 - 10:41 pm Click here to edit this post

Sweet Dreams Sis...

Great Leap! Go Cows!!!!!

Twiggyish

Thursday, February 01, 2001 - 06:10 am Click here to edit this post

hahahahhaha Moon!!!

Leap

Thursday, February 01, 2001 - 10:43 am Click here to edit this post

Moon, I forwarded that one on to my family. They will appreciate it.

Soeur

Saturday, February 10, 2001 - 01:38 pm Click here to edit this post

Temptation Island...It's Belize!

The Serpent in the Camera

Resortgirl

Saturday, February 10, 2001 - 04:25 pm Click here to edit this post

ROFLMAO!!!! Moon, that is toooooo funny!

Leap

Monday, February 12, 2001 - 09:58 pm Click here to edit this post

Thin vs. Fat in West Africa

Very interesting, similar to the US, but completely different.

Click Here

Fruitbat

Tuesday, February 13, 2001 - 05:28 am Click here to edit this post

Thanks Leap, very interesting.

Nancy091158

Wednesday, February 14, 2001 - 05:35 pm Click here to edit this post

Soul Sale Pulled From eBay

.c The Associated Press

SEATTLE (Feb. 9) - eBay has become the place for a lost soul.

Adam Burtle, 20, sold his soul on the Internet auction site, fetching $400 before the listing was removed and the University of Washington student and part-time automotive technician was suspended from the site.

For his listing, the self-described atheist displayed a picture of himself wearing an ``I'm with stupid'' T-shirt.

``Please realize, I make no warranties as to the condition of the soul. As of now, it is near mint condition, with only minor scratches,'' he wrote. ``Due to difficulties involved with removing my soul, the winning bidder will either have to settle for a night of yummy Thai food and cool indie flicks, or wait until my natural death.''

EBay has blocked similar auctions in the past but said Burtle's soul slipped through.

The bidding started a week ago at 5 cents. Burtle's former girlfriend bid $6.66 but she was overtaken in the final hour of the auction on Thursday when the price shot up to $400.

The buyer was identified as a Des Moines, Iowa, woman with an eBay feedback rating of zero, meaning she has no track record with other users of the Web site.

``I don't think she's going to be able to collect on my soul, to be honest,'' Burtle said, adding he didn't intend for the ad to be taken seriously.

``I was just bored, and I'm a geek,'' Burtle said. ``So anytime I'm bored, I go back to my Internet.''

Nancy091158

Friday, February 16, 2001 - 08:08 pm Click here to edit this post

ohmigod..

just heard on the localnews about this pervert who was taking picture of woman--up their skirts..while riding the subway(from boston to lowell) while the woman did not know...he had a digital camera between his knees and was filming up their skirts and putting it on his laptop computer ;-)

Guruchaz

Saturday, February 17, 2001 - 08:43 am Click here to edit this post

NEWSFLASH: See startling story uncovered in the Survivor II thread! Brought to you by Tukuul's Tabloid Trash.

uh huh huh

Enbwife

Sunday, February 18, 2001 - 10:59 am Click here to edit this post

I heard that Jennifer Lopez' dancer got stopped at Pearson International Airport in Toronto when Jennifer and her group were coming into Canada, because he had drugs on him. The drug dog sniffed him down... Poor Jennifer, she has no luck with men!!!

Enbwife

Sunday, February 18, 2001 - 11:10 am Click here to edit this post

Another thing - what do you think of the Tom Cruise/Nicole Kidman divorce? I was not surprised, since hardly any hollywood marriages seem to last. It seemed to me that Tom & Nicole's marriage was never real... I don't know why, it just didn't seem right.

Misslibra

Sunday, February 18, 2001 - 11:24 am Click here to edit this post

I wasn't surprise by Tom and Nicoles breakup. I thought it would happen a lot sooner. After Tom left Mimi Rogers, Nicole was the last person I would expect him to choose. I was surprise by Alec and Kim though. I thought they would be together a lot longer. I hear his temper was part of the reason they broke up. I would like to see Alec go into politics though. Did they arrest Jennifer's dancer ? I wonder what the heck was he thinking. What was it pot they found on him ?

Enbwife

Sunday, February 18, 2001 - 02:10 pm Click here to edit this post

I think it was pot, and they let him go because it was a small amount... I was surprised by Demi and Bruce's split! I thought those two would last for sure... It's funny how we're talking about them like we know them (hahaha).

Soeur

Sunday, February 18, 2001 - 04:18 pm Click here to edit this post

I really thought Meg and Denis were a solid team. They were not in the public eye and lived somewhere like Idaho when they weren't on location.

Ocean_Islands

Wednesday, February 21, 2001 - 04:27 am Click here to edit this post

My god, Alec and Kim, Tom and Nicole, Meg and Dennis, and Demi and Bruce -- I believed in their marriages so much. Tears as I write this. What is the world coming to?

Soeur

Wednesday, February 21, 2001 - 05:51 am Click here to edit this post

We can always count on Bob and Dorothy Hope and Charleton and his missus to stay together

Gail

Wednesday, February 21, 2001 - 06:08 am Click here to edit this post

And Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson :)

Soeur

Saturday, February 24, 2001 - 01:51 am Click here to edit this post

are zippers subversive?

Gail

Saturday, February 24, 2001 - 07:09 am Click here to edit this post

from Yahoo's website

Three Jailed for Forcefeeding Fast Food

HONG KONG (Reuters) - A Hong Kong court sentenced three men to up to five years in jail on Wednesday for kidnapping a friend and forcing him to eat dozens of boiled eggs and a huge amount of fast food.

The district court had earlier convicted the trio, all in their 20s, on a catalog of charges including false imprisonment, blackmail, wounding and theft.

The men kidnapped 19-year-old Au Chi-yung last August after he demanded that one of them, Leung Wing-yan, repay HK$7,500 (US$960).

Instead of repaying the debt, Leung, with the help of the other men, decided he would hold Au captive and torture him.

The men kept Au in an apartment for 17 days and at least twice made him swallow a large number of cooked eggs in a single sitting. The court heard his captors also took random shots at him with airguns, which left him with scars.

Au was then taken to a nearby McDonald's restaurant where he was forced to eat four Big Macs, two bags of French fries and a large soft drink in one go.

He managed to escape when the men took him out again later on.

The district court judge said the men had acted like beasts. Leung was sentenced to five years in jail and the others to terms of one and four years.

Hmmmm . . in Hong Kong it is a crime to to make someone eat at McDonald's. Maybe they know something we don't know?