Stand by for NOOOOZ…
- The Mexicans are saying that the old flu shot, the one they give every year, is offering some help against the kinda deadly H1N1 “swine” flu. This conflicts with studies from other countries, apparently. In fact, an unpublished Canadian study suggested that the seasonal flu vaccine might conflict with the H1N1 vaccine, much like two car mechanics might fight over fixing your car. Does the fact that its unpublished mean that it’s not true? In this case, I believe the Mexicans. I certainly didn’t think I’d be doing that when I woke up this morning.
- Scientists have discovered a massive ring around Saturn that’s going to make us rethink the way we think about rings around planets. First Pluto’s not really a planet, and now we need to revamp all our drawings of Saturn to include a gigantic outer ring. Next they’ll tell us Jupiter’s made of puppies.
- Thanks to the discovery of a buried stone circle, we now think the “mysterious” Stonehenge was part of a larger burial complex. Spinal Tap is going to have to change the words to their song. Somebody knows who they were, and what they were doing.
- Insane former Texas Tech wide receiver Michael “Trabtree” Crabtree has finally ended his holdout with the San Fran 49ers, ensuring that he’ll only have ruined his first NFL year, and not his whole career. Remember, people — holdouts may hurt a team, but they’ll hurt the holder-outer more. Time will tell if this means more or less inappropriate Deion Sanders jock-worship.
- Good news: If you bought a copy of AutoCAD, and want to sell it to somebody else, you can. Autodesk was trying to enforce their license agreement, which claims that the software is only “licensed” and not “purchased.” Still think that copyright in America is working? As long as companies even think they can prevent resale of something like software, the angels above will cry and we will not be truly free.
