11th January 2010: The database is now tuned and tweaked to lower the response time. Before the the response time increased proportional to the number of new story entries in the db. Hopefully this tweak will keep the site quick and reponsive.
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155 votes | submitted 2010-03-12 11:59:26 by entrepreneur75 | 4 comments
After the recent earthquakes in Chile and Haiti, it is not surprising to see countries are updating
their disaster contingency plans. As part of these plans, a range of different ideas and
technologies are being considered to reduce the destruction caused by earthquakes.
194 votes | submitted 2010-03-12 22:43:58 by Surferess | 14 comments
Recently on an eight hour flight from London to New York, Lady Gaga's legs began to swell, probably
due some ridiculous, restrictive clothing she wore on board. According to The Sun, when she began
developing early signs of deep vein thrombosis, the cabin crew asked Lady Gaga to change out of her
clothes.
147 votes | submitted 2010-03-13 02:24:22 by openthink | 12 comments
Less really can be more when it comes to exercise, scientists have discovered.
130 votes | submitted 2010-03-12 22:22:10 by JollyLizard | 9 comments
A pair of penguins appear to have posed for their picture to be taken by photographer Adam Foster.
199 votes | submitted 2010-03-12 20:13:19 by quickdigger | 33 comments
For more than a week, a mysterious pulsating light has been appearing each night over Lake Erie east
of downtown Cleveland. The unidentified flying object, which shows up at approximately 7:30 pm and
zips around in the darkness for about two hours before disappearing, has been captured on film from
various angles.
164 votes | submitted 2010-03-11 21:11:19 by Turkman182 | 30 comments
Sloganeering only obscures the debate over the proper role of government.
102 votes | submitted 2010-03-12 20:13:53 by ColinTheShots | 16 comments
Poll results show that men are less trusting than women of Tiger Woods.
276 votes | submitted 2010-03-12 14:38:35 by Lycaz | 50 comments
She comes from the future!
183 votes | submitted 2010-03-12 16:31:08 by larrysellers7 | 61 comments
Religious people say the Lord works in mysterious ways. Example: A British man accidentally fell
asleep while making a pan of bacon. He was awoken by all of the smoke and, upon lifting up the pan,
saw the image of Jesus Christ burned into it. Behold the awesome power of Bacon.
96 votes | submitted 2010-03-13 05:13:37 by SocialWarrior | 12 comments
Some infants headed for a diagnosis of autism, or autism spectrum disorder as it's officially known,
can be reliably identified at 14 months old based on the presence of five key behavior problems,
according to an ongoing long-term study.
191 votes | submitted 2010-03-12 17:17:17 by MarkBrent | 27 comments
I stumbled across this picture in some photo dump gallery that featured a bunch of random stuff and
I thought it was a perfect “one way” representation of the Oscars.
171 votes | submitted 2010-03-12 21:07:09 by lfc4eva99 | 25 comments
The first woman in Britain to direct adult films revealed yesterday, however, that her political
colours are of a different hue. Anna Arrowsmith, hailed in some quarters as a champion of
'female-friendly porn', has been chosen as a Liberal Democrat candidate in the General Election.
226 votes | submitted 2010-03-13 02:06:45 by Janinco | 64 comments
One person is murdered every two hours in Venezuela. Chavez blames the high crime rates on wealth
inequality created under former leaders, but that doesn't explain why the murder rate has exploded
during his decade-plus in power.
308 votes | submitted 2010-03-12 17:48:36 by bixby1 | 25 comments
294 votes | submitted 2010-03-12 14:46:17 by Blinker1315 | 42 comments
This is the latest case of salt hysteria. In 1976, the president of Tufts University said salt was
"the most dangerous food additive of all." According to the Center for Science in the Public
Interest (CSPI), salt is "perhaps the deadliest ingredient in the food supply." Bloomberg recently
compared salt to asbestos.
265 votes | submitted 2010-03-12 20:00:47 by absolutelytrue | 31 comments
An innovative new toilet system that helps to reduce pollution and save water has gotten widespread
support in seven European countries, according to a new study.
155 votes | submitted 2010-03-12 15:24:13 by eworkswebdesign | 22 comments
China warned Google, the world's largest search engine, against flouting the country's laws on
Friday, as expectations grow for a resolution to a public battle over censorship and
cyber-security.||The chief executive of Google,...