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Title: Weird News...
Post by: Computer-Lab in Basement on Mon, 02 December 2013, 10:18:24
Post your weird and amusing news articles here.

Just came across this one:

Deputies: Son punches dad in fight about mac and cheese (http://www.wfsb.com/story/24111114/deputies-son-punches-dad-in-fight-about-mac-cheese)
Title: Re: Weird News...
Post by: SpAmRaY on Mon, 02 December 2013, 10:23:50
http://news.yahoo.com/topless-barber-charged-unlicensed-cosmetology-222703003.html
Title: Re: Weird News...
Post by: yasuo on Mon, 02 December 2013, 10:25:26
in my country a lot weird news...make boring ^-^
Title: Re: Weird News...
Post by: SpAmRaY on Mon, 02 December 2013, 10:27:20
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/oddnews/mom-fined--10-by-daycare-for-packing-%E2%80%98unhealthy%E2%80%99-lunch-224131736.html
Title: Re: Weird News...
Post by: iri on Mon, 02 December 2013, 10:44:02
do you want to see a full russian newsfeed or what?
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Post by: inteli722 on Tue, 03 December 2013, 18:15:05
http://www.reddit.com/r/nottheonion
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Post by: Morwrath on Tue, 03 December 2013, 18:18:14
I somehow feel that there is going to be mostly US and Russian news here :P
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Post by: Computer-Lab in Basement on Tue, 03 December 2013, 18:18:59
I somehow feel that there is going to be mostly US and Russian news here :P

Sounds like a safe assumption...
Title: Re: Weird News...
Post by: rowdy on Wed, 04 December 2013, 17:57:54
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Title: Re: Weird News...
Post by: Computer-Lab in Basement on Wed, 04 December 2013, 18:00:56
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Lmao those are too funny...

Another one:

(http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/2013-12/enhanced/webdr06/2/7/enhanced-buzz-28745-1385985994-14.jpg)
Title: Re: Weird News...
Post by: fohat.digs on Wed, 04 December 2013, 20:26:39
The following quotes were taken from the Toronto News, July 26, 1977, and are actual statements found on insurance forms where car drivers attempted to summarize the details of an accident in the fewest words possible.

1. The guy was all over the road. I had to swerve a number of times before I hit him.
2. Coming home, I drove into the wrong house and collided with a tree I do not have.
3. The other car collided with mine without giving warning of its intentions.
4. I thought my window was down, but I found it was up when I put my hand through it.
5. I collided with a stationary truck coming the other way.
6. A truck backed through my windshield into my wife's face.
7. A pedestrian hit me and went under my car.
8. I pulled away from the side of the road, glanced at my mother-in-law, and headed over the embankment.
9. In my attempt to kill a fly, I drove into a telephone pole.
10. I had been shopping for plants all day and was on my way home. As I reached the intersection, a hedge sprang up, obscuring my vision. I did not see the other car.
11. I had been driving for forty years when I fell asleep at the wheel and had the accident.
12. I was on my way to the doctor with rear end trouble when my universal joint gave way.
13. As I approached the intersection a stop sign suddenly appeared in a place where no stop sign had ever appeared before. I was unable to stop in time to avoid the accident.
14. To avoid hitting the bumper of the car in front, I struck the pedestrian.
15. My car was legally parked. It backed into the other vehicle.
16. An invisible car came out of nowhere. Struck my vehicle and vanished.
17. I told the police that I was not injured, but on removing my hat, I found that I had a fractured skull.
18. I was sure the old fellow would never make it to the other side of the road when I struck him.
19. The pedestrian had no idea which direction to run, so I ran him over.
20. I saw a slow-moving, sad-faced old gentleman, as he bounced off the hood of my car.
21. The indirect cause of this accident was a little guy in a small car with a big mouth.
22. I was thrown from my car as it left the road. I was later found in a ditch by some stray cows.
23. The telephone pole was approaching. I was attempting to swerve out of the way when it struck my front end.
Title: Re: Weird News...
Post by: Computer-Lab in Basement on Wed, 04 December 2013, 20:41:52
The following quotes were taken from the Toronto News, July 26, 1977, and are actual statements found on insurance forms where car drivers attempted to summarize the details of an accident in the fewest words possible.

1. The guy was all over the road. I had to swerve a number of times before I hit him.
2. Coming home, I drove into the wrong house and collided with a tree I do not have.
3. The other car collided with mine without giving warning of its intentions.
4. I thought my window was down, but I found it was up when I put my hand through it.
5. I collided with a stationary truck coming the other way.
6. A truck backed through my windshield into my wife's face.
7. A pedestrian hit me and went under my car.
8. I pulled away from the side of the road, glanced at my mother-in-law, and headed over the embankment.
9. In my attempt to kill a fly, I drove into a telephone pole.
10. I had been shopping for plants all day and was on my way home. As I reached the intersection, a hedge sprang up, obscuring my vision. I did not see the other car.
11. I had been driving for forty years when I fell asleep at the wheel and had the accident.
12. I was on my way to the doctor with rear end trouble when my universal joint gave way.
13. As I approached the intersection a stop sign suddenly appeared in a place where no stop sign had ever appeared before. I was unable to stop in time to avoid the accident.
14. To avoid hitting the bumper of the car in front, I struck the pedestrian.
15. My car was legally parked. It backed into the other vehicle.
16. An invisible car came out of nowhere. Struck my vehicle and vanished.
17. I told the police that I was not injured, but on removing my hat, I found that I had a fractured skull.
18. I was sure the old fellow would never make it to the other side of the road when I struck him.
19. The pedestrian had no idea which direction to run, so I ran him over.
20. I saw a slow-moving, sad-faced old gentleman, as he bounced off the hood of my car.
21. The indirect cause of this accident was a little guy in a small car with a big mouth.
22. I was thrown from my car as it left the road. I was later found in a ditch by some stray cows.
23. The telephone pole was approaching. I was attempting to swerve out of the way when it struck my front end.


It's one of those things where they're so stupid they're funny. Got a good chuckle out of these :))
Title: Re: Weird News...
Post by: rowdy on Wed, 04 December 2013, 21:13:58
The following quotes were taken from the Toronto News, July 26, 1977, and are actual statements found on insurance forms where car drivers attempted to summarize the details of an accident in the fewest words possible.

1. The guy was all over the road. I had to swerve a number of times before I hit him.
2. Coming home, I drove into the wrong house and collided with a tree I do not have.
3. The other car collided with mine without giving warning of its intentions.
4. I thought my window was down, but I found it was up when I put my hand through it.
5. I collided with a stationary truck coming the other way.
6. A truck backed through my windshield into my wife's face.
7. A pedestrian hit me and went under my car.
8. I pulled away from the side of the road, glanced at my mother-in-law, and headed over the embankment.
9. In my attempt to kill a fly, I drove into a telephone pole.
10. I had been shopping for plants all day and was on my way home. As I reached the intersection, a hedge sprang up, obscuring my vision. I did not see the other car.
11. I had been driving for forty years when I fell asleep at the wheel and had the accident.
12. I was on my way to the doctor with rear end trouble when my universal joint gave way.
13. As I approached the intersection a stop sign suddenly appeared in a place where no stop sign had ever appeared before. I was unable to stop in time to avoid the accident.
14. To avoid hitting the bumper of the car in front, I struck the pedestrian.
15. My car was legally parked. It backed into the other vehicle.
16. An invisible car came out of nowhere. Struck my vehicle and vanished.
17. I told the police that I was not injured, but on removing my hat, I found that I had a fractured skull.
18. I was sure the old fellow would never make it to the other side of the road when I struck him.
19. The pedestrian had no idea which direction to run, so I ran him over.
20. I saw a slow-moving, sad-faced old gentleman, as he bounced off the hood of my car.
21. The indirect cause of this accident was a little guy in a small car with a big mouth.
22. I was thrown from my car as it left the road. I was later found in a ditch by some stray cows.
23. The telephone pole was approaching. I was attempting to swerve out of the way when it struck my front end.


Number 8 :)) :)) :))
Title: Re: Weird News...
Post by: inteli722 on Wed, 04 December 2013, 21:36:10
http://www.dailytech.com/Article.aspx?newsid=33870

Man arrested for using 5¢ of power to charge his EV on charges of "Theft of Power"

Ever charged your cell phone at Starbucks? Off to jail for you!
Title: Re: Weird News...
Post by: Photoelectric on Mon, 09 December 2013, 14:27:23
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/12/world-of-spycraft-nsa-gchq-hacked-wow-and-xbox-live-other-games/

"World of Spycraft: NSA, GCHQ hacked WoW and Xbox Live, other games"

"Al Qaida terrorist target selectors and GVE executables have been found associated with Xbox Live, Second Life, World of Warcraft, and other GVEs in PINWALE network traffic, TAO databases, and in forensic data," the report stated. "Other targets include Chinese hackers, an Iranian nuclear scientist, Hizballah, and Hamas members." And the games and virtual worlds not only provided a potential way to monitor communications between these individuals but could also provide their geographic location, information on their social networks (through buddy lists), and a potential way to drop malware onto their computers to collect even more data. "It has been well documented that terrorists are OPSEC and tech savvy and are only getting more so over time," the report noted. "These applications and their servers however, are trusted by their users and make a connection to another computer on the Internet, which can then be exploited."
Title: Re: Weird News...
Post by: Computer-Lab in Basement on Tue, 18 February 2014, 08:52:46
Reviving thread...

(https://scontent-b-iad.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/v/t34/1961393_10151886683715443_583302069_n.jpg?oh=eab2897d3e6e39695f52942f41526a9b&oe=5305D15D)
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Post by: SpAmRaY on Tue, 18 February 2014, 08:53:34
^^ fax machine huehuehue :D
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Post by: Computer-Lab in Basement on Tue, 18 February 2014, 09:02:44
^^ fax machine huehuehue :D

I think these guys were involved...

(https://scontent-a-iad.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/t1/9944_10151950621791977_2092775185_n.jpg)
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Post by: rowdy on Mon, 24 February 2014, 03:38:43
[attachimg=1]
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Post by: SpAmRaY on Mon, 24 February 2014, 06:46:35

5th grade teacher drinks beer in classroom

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/oddnews/5th-grade-teacher-drinks-beer-in-classroom--everyone-gets-upset-220902032.html

girl scouts sell cookies outside pot dispensary

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/girl-scout-sells-117-cookie-boxes-in-two-hours-outside-pot-dispensary-230640827.html
Title: Re: Weird News...
Post by: Computer-Lab in Basement on Mon, 24 February 2014, 07:44:16

5th grade teacher drinks beer in classroom

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/oddnews/5th-grade-teacher-drinks-beer-in-classroom--everyone-gets-upset-220902032.html

girl scouts sell cookies outside pot dispensary

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/girl-scout-sells-117-cookie-boxes-in-two-hours-outside-pot-dispensary-230640827.html

Why couldn't that have been my 5th grade teacher???

And man, that girl is gonna be one hell of a CEO one day...
Title: Re: Weird News...
Post by: SpAmRaY on Mon, 24 February 2014, 10:44:34
http://www.live5news.com/story/24780821/group-holds-cuddle-parties-to-benefit-health

cuddle party anyone?
Title: Re: Weird News...
Post by: fohat.digs on Tue, 25 February 2014, 08:58:12
Old news, but still weird:

Title: Re: Weird News...
Post by: Computer-Lab in Basement on Tue, 25 February 2014, 09:01:17
Old news, but still weird:



Hehe, tabloids...
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Post by: Computer-Lab in Basement on Tue, 25 February 2014, 12:01:05
Just saw this on Reddit, think it fits well here:

Bank Employee In Germany Naps On Keyboard, Accidentally Transfers Millions (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/10/bank-employee-naps-transfers-millions_n_3417123.html)
Title: Re: Weird News...
Post by: SpAmRaY on Tue, 25 February 2014, 12:12:56
Just saw this on Reddit, think it fits well here:

Bank Employee In Germany Naps On Keyboard, Accidentally Transfers Millions (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/10/bank-employee-naps-transfers-millions_n_3417123.html)

That's awesome.
Title: Re: Weird News...
Post by: berserkfan on Sun, 02 March 2014, 10:35:56
Man Sues Macdonald's for giving him only 1 napkin

http://www.businessinsider.sg/man-sues-mcdonalds-over-napkins-2014-2/

$1.5m claimed for distress because he only got 1 napkin!
Title: Re: Weird News...
Post by: fohat.digs on Sun, 02 March 2014, 10:43:26
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Post by: CatNip :3 on Sun, 02 March 2014, 21:00:48
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/new-zealand-leader-claims-shapeshifting-reptilian-alien-article-1.1617047

gj john key you are #1
Title: Re: Weird News...
Post by: Computer-Lab in Basement on Wed, 30 April 2014, 10:06:32
http://www.wfsb.com/story/25381456/med-school-student-auctioning-off-virginity
Title: Re: Weird News...
Post by: SpAmRaY on Wed, 30 April 2014, 10:08:10
http://www.wfsb.com/story/25381456/med-school-student-auctioning-off-virginity

Well that's classy.... :/

Better get a doctors note for verification.
Title: Re: Weird News...
Post by: rowdy on Wed, 30 April 2014, 19:07:29
http://www.wfsb.com/story/25381456/med-school-student-auctioning-off-virginity

I wonder what the resale value is.
Title: Re: Weird News...
Post by: noisyturtle on Wed, 30 April 2014, 19:29:44
An oldie, butt a goodie:

Tired Gay succumbs to Dix in 200 meters
http://www.reuters.com/article/2010/10/09/us-athletics-diamond-idUSTRE6982CY20101009 (http://www.reuters.com/article/2010/10/09/us-athletics-diamond-idUSTRE6982CY20101009)
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Post by: rowdy on Mon, 23 March 2015, 22:50:15
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Post by: paicrai on Tue, 24 March 2015, 02:50:26
sweden what the **** are you doing
(https://41.media.tumblr.com/76ebd35832b6364fe78788cdeaf0961b/tumblr_nl0bekgvDj1svh4oro1_500.png)
Title: Re: Weird News...
Post by: iri on Tue, 24 March 2015, 03:46:55
I AM MOVING TO SWEDEN
Title: Re: Weird News...
Post by: paicrai on Tue, 24 March 2015, 04:22:49
I AM MOVING TO SWEDEN
im calling the poleice on u
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Post by: berserkfan on Tue, 24 March 2015, 07:50:20
I AM MOVING TO SWEDEN
im calling the poleice on u

You don't get the point do you? The Swedish criminal justice system is so liberal they can't care less about child rape/ molest.

I can't believe this reasoning/ logic.

If you have sex with a 30 year old, young looking woman with a flat chest, can you be accused of child rape?
Title: Re: Weird News...
Post by: baldgye on Tue, 24 March 2015, 07:54:10
I AM MOVING TO SWEDEN
im calling the poleice on u

You don't get the point do you? The Swedish criminal justice system is so liberal they can't care less about child rape/ molest.

I can't believe this reasoning/ logic.

If you have sex with a 30 year old, young looking woman with a flat chest, can you be accused of child rape?

UNDERDEVELOPED YOU MEAN MR PERVERT
Title: Re: Weird News...
Post by: paicrai on Tue, 24 March 2015, 08:00:01
I AM MOVING TO SWEDEN
im calling the poleice on u

You don't get the point do you? The Swedish criminal justice system is so liberal they can't care less about child rape/ molest.

I can't believe this reasoning/ logic.

If you have sex with a 30 year old, young looking woman with a flat chest, can you be accused of child rape?
what the ****