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Nigerian goat detained for armed robbery to steal a Mazda 323

marek — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 09:08:35 +0000

Ok, this is too strange even for me – I have to share it.

A goat has been taken to the police in Nigeria on suspicion of attempted armed robbery in the African country’s western Kwara State. A group of vigilantes took the animal to the police arguing it was an armed robber who was trying to steal a Mazda 323. The vigilantes claimed the robber had used black magic to transform himself into a goat so that he could escape arrest. Read more…

WTF?!

Violet design, connecting virtual and real world

marek — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:45:41 +0000

Today I’ve found an interesting company, with an interesting vision. Their products tends to connect virtual interwebs world with your real life. I’m even thinking about getting that small cute anno:ztag myself. Watch the video to get an basic overview or on their website.

Winter is here! (not Stuart)

marek — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 07:21:20 +0000

Note: -14C is 6.8F and -20C is -4F.

Lou Rosas’ bug report

marek — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 20:21:11 +0000

Bug 17063 PackageKit does not work at all is really a funny bug report Lou Rosas really know how to get the attention.

religion respect

marek — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 08:41:52 +0000

Larry McVoy is affraid of open source

marek — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:48:40 +0000

Interesting. Larry McVoy, CEO of BitMover inc. – the company which produces BitKeeper, was quite afraid of open source competition mercurial back in 2005. Now, we know why.

From: Bryan O’Sullivan serpentine.com>
Subject: Why I am no longer working on Mercurial
Newsgroups: gmane.comp.version-control.mercurial.devel
Date: 2005-09-30 21:40:55 GMT

As I mentioned the other day, I will not be contributing to Mercurial
development for a while.  Several people have asked me why.

At my workplace, we use a commercial SCM tool called BitKeeper to
manage a number of source trees.  Last week, Larry McVoy (the CEO of
BitMover, which produces BitKeeper) contacted my company's management.

Larry expressed concern that I might be moving BitKeeper technology
into Mercurial.  In a phone conversation that followed, I told Larry
that of course I hadn't done so.

However, Larry conveyed his very legitimate worry that a fast,
stable open source project such as Mercurial poses a threat to his
business, and that he considered it "unacceptable" that an employee of
a customer should work on a free project that he sees as competing.

To avoid any possible perception of conflict, I have volunteered to
Larry that as long as I continue to use the commercial version of
BitKeeper, I will not contribute to the development of Mercurial.

As such, Mercurial can stand entirely on its own merits in comparison
to BitKeeper.  This, I am sure, is a situation that we would all
prefer.

Paris Hilton, stupid space cadet

marek — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 10:35:46 +0000

Paris Hilton will take seat on Virgin spaceflight trip for $200,000. She also again proved how stupid she is by saying: “I’m very scared to do it. What if I don’t come back? With the whole light years thing, what if I come back 10,000 years later, and everyone I know is dead? I’ll be like, ‘Great. Now I have to start all over.‘”. Paris, honey, this is not star trek, ok?

Trailer: Welcome to the Universe

marek — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 09:36:35 +0000

http://youtube.com/user/AndromedasWake

You’re from Slovakia if…

marek — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 16:42:11 +0000

Funny thing I’ve found on interwebs.

You correct teachers when they say Slovakia is located in Eastern Europe.
You need to repeat your name at least twice when introducing yourself.
You know that metric system is the shit.
You know that the tallest player in NHL has the same passport as you do.
You speak at least two languages that you never needed to learn (god bless the czech).
You know that Hostel and Eurotrip do not reflect wtf Slovakia is about.
In your homeland, you do not run away from the cops…You chase them… Oh yeah and Absinth is not illegal over there…
When drinking with Americans, you’re always the one to finish the keg… cuz everybody around is already passed out…
You have at least once in your life drank the “Chucho” wine.
You do not have a middle name.
No, you really can’t see your family during the Thanksgiving.
You take Kofola over Coke, Martiner over Budlight, Slivovica over Captain Morgan, movie by Jakubisko over movie by Tarantino and Bryndzove Halusky over McDonald’s.
You know that Janosik could kick Superman’s ass even if he was on a damn wheelchair.

Researchers in Europe: Noc vědců

marek — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 15:06:29 +0000

26th September is know as Researchers’ night (noc vedcu in .cz), launched in 2005 under the “Researchers in Europe” initiative, offers the large public a unique opportunity to discover the researchers and their magic world: dozens of labs, universities, enterprises, foundations… open their doors and unveil their secrets Europe wide, allowing each of you, “hand in hand” with researchers, to be scientist for a night, take part in mysterious and fascinating experiments, use sophisticated instruments, understand the magic of science and its beauty and ask any question you always wanted to ask without daring before… I’m sure there is something near you, just start looking!