Remember the claims that Ecstasy could kill you in just one dose? It was nonsense.

Remember the claims that Ecstasy could kill you in just one dose? It was nonsense. I have a feeling that this discovery won’t stop the DEA from repeating the claim though… it’s the DEA, what’s truth got to do with it?

The 2003 blackout files: Start came when FirstEnergy computers were ‘not happy’.

The 2003 blackout files: Start came when FirstEnergy computers were ‘not happy’. I wonder if there was a Microsoft connection there…

Think this ‘get rich quick’ spam is just a scam? Look it up here.

Think this ‘get rich quick’ spam is just a scam? Look it up here. It’s the “Make Money Fast” Hall of Humiliation. And if you did receive spam promising fast cash, well, it probably is a scam.

Think paying for CDs helps poor, starving artists? Think again.

Think paying for CDs helps poor, starving artists? Think again. “Big 5” isn’t just a chinese character encoding system, you know.

New batch of Microsoft security flaws announced.

New batch of Microsoft security flaws announced. Well, it IS Thursday after all.

Taiwan: we’re under constant cyber-attacks from Beijing.

Taiwan: we’re under constant cyber-attacks from Beijing. I wish I could make a joke about it, but frankly China’s stance on Taiwan is starting to look more and more like Japan’s stance on Manchuria in the late 30s.

Wanna be a scientologist? Be prepared to sign away a few rights.

Wanna be a scientologist? Be prepared to sign away a few rights. Including the right to obtain certain types of medical treatment, apparently.

Even small clouds weigh roughly as much as a hundred elephants.

Even small clouds weigh roughly as much as a hundred elephants. There’s a lot of fluffiness about apparently.

Depp: U.S. like a dumb puppy.

Depp: U.S. like a dumb puppy. You gotta respect a guy who actually put his money where his mouth is and is living abroad, unlike a lot of talking heads ([cough]Streisand[cough]Baldwin[cough]Altman[cough])

High heat in the Alps uncovers decades-old corpses.

High heat in the Alps uncovers decades-old corpses. You can just imagine how ripe the smell must be around those parts.