Random links
- This Bird Can Stay in Flight for Six Months Straight
- "The tags only collect data every four minutes, so it’s impossible to rule out the chance that they touched down occasionally in between these intervals—but every single one of the data points collected for more than six months in a row indicated that, at the time, they were either actively flying or at least gliding in the air."
- Cable and satellite TV services must offer more consumer choice, says Moore
- "Consumers are frustrated over being forced to buy large bundles of channels they don't want when they sign up for satellite and cable TV services, says Industry Minister James Moore." ... it's a good thing there's no government body telling you what channels need to be included in any package. Oh wait... the government through the CRTC does just that. e.g. - $0.31/month for the Aboriginal People TV Network and $0.24/month for TV5 (French) being the fees charged for two mandatory channels with little viewership in English Canada. My general rule for TV (excepting a bit of Sci-Fi): if it's Canadian it's crap.
- Man walks free after sheep refuses to testify
- "The man ... was ... caught ... having sex with a sheep. But the case was thrown out of court as the sheep couldn’t take to the stand to testify it didn’t want to have sex and had suffered emotional stress. Under Dutch law, bestiality is not a crime unless it can be proved the animal didn’t want to have sex."
- Stop Blaming Colonial Borders for the Middle East's Problems
- "Plenty of other countries have 'artificially drawn' borders and aren’t fighting. Here's the real problem with Europe's legacy in the region."