Creepy, scary, ghostly critters of the night.

Hey all. Tonight is halloween. The night when the creepy ghouls and ghostly visages decend on the town and feast on the living!!!!

Moffie will be out and about the town and will have a camera handy. Hope to see you all out and about!!!!!!!

IBM Simulates 4.5 Percent of the Human Brain and Might Make You Obsolete by 2019

Machines have been outperforming the human brain for a while now. Deep Blue vs. Garry Kasparov, Watson vs. Ken Jennings, Siri vs. my hungover inability to operate technology. Now IBM's Blue Gene is trying to not just outperform, but simulate the whole damn human brain. It's 4.5 percent of the way there.

The Blue Gene project was awarded the National Medal of Technology and Innovation in 2009, and just two years ago it needed 147,456 (then-Power-PC) processors to simulate a cat brain. It now has the cat simulation down to 24,576 processors, and has squeezed 4.5 percent of the human brain into the same 147,456 processors. And it's still on pace to finish the job of turning the human mind into a componentially-replicable thing by 2019, which researchers think will take about 880,000 processors. So you've got eight years to figure out a way to contribute to society that isn't wholly reliant on your brain.

Turn your dog into a tank for Halloween

What's a gearhead pet to do on Halloween? There are plenty of choices for people (our favorite being Human Tire Barrier), but it's a little harder for our pets. That is unless you're extremely clever and can turn some cardboard boxes into a TANK DOG.

The creator or of this awesome, tracked costume created the tank from cardboard, paper clips (for the tracks) and even has a real working weapon. Needless to say, TANK DOG destroyed all the puppy pirates and kitty karate masters at the local Petsmart Howl-o-ween costume contest.

87-year-old caught with 228 pounds of cocaine in truck

An 87-year-old horticulturist from Indiana was pulled over on 1-94 west of Ann Arbor, Mich., last Friday for tailgating. And then things got weird. When it was over, the senior citizen and $2.9 million worth of cocaine were in police custody.

After refusing to let his pickup be searched by police, drug-sniffing dogs were called in and 87-year-old Leo Sharp was arrested for possession of 104 kilos of cocaine, with a street value of about $2.9 million dollars.

The elderly plant specialist claims that he was forced at gunpoint to transport the party dust to an as-yet-undisclosed location. Sharp was released on $10,000 bail, and what promises to be a very interesting court hearing is scheduled for November 10.

Two things to learn from this episode: First, never ever carry three million dollars' worth of blow in your vehicle. Second, if you're somehow already doing that, for God's sake mind your following distance

A Decade On, Windows XP Is Still the World’s Most-Used Desktop OS

Windows XP first went on sale ten years ago today. In that span, it has become the desktop OS of choice with a worldwide install base of as much as 80 percent. Here's looking at you XP.

XP was originally scheduled for a massive roll-out on October 25th, 2001, however the 9/11 attacks put a severe damper on its release—slumping into the market with lower initial sales than even Windows 98's release three years prior. Slow adoption by users due to its direct competition with much-lauded Win2000 as well as XP's increased resource demands and initial driver incompatibilities didn't help win it any fans either. It wasn't until desktop hardware performance eventually caught up did XP really take off.

Once it did become established, XP surpassed all other desktop OS systems for longetvity. For years, especially after Service Pack 2 released, XP was the be all, end all of PC operating systems—you were a sucker not to use it. Two factors have directly affected that tenure: The explosion of Internet usage and Microsoft's lack of an heir. The incredible growth of the World Wide Web in the first few years of this century effectively killed off earlier, morfe-entrenched variations like Win95, 98that simply couldn't handle the hardware and security requirements needed to run in a rapidly connecting world. The lack of a follow-up OS played an even bigger role. With no bigger and better OS to look forward to, XP was, by default, the best a PC user could do. Rumblings of the secrect Longhorn project ended coming to naught when Microsoft canned the project and Vista, well...was Vista.

Heck, 52 percent of the desktop PC market still runs XP, however, its doubtful the world will ever see an OS not only stick around for a decade, but remain relevant for that long. Now, even Microsoft is trying to trim its turn-around time between major OS releases to just 2-3 years, a la Apple. Sure, Windows 7 might hit 50 percent market share before Windows 8 drops, but in ten years, it'll be about as relevant as Windows 95 in 2005.

Holy Crap Qaddafi’s Corpse Is Being Stored in a Freezer at a Mall

Muammar el-Qaddafi, the former dictator of Libya, was killed yesterday but Libyans don't know what to do with his body just yet. Right now, Qaddafi is being stored in a room-sized freezer at a shopping center in Misrata, the home city of the fighters who killed him. A fitting end?

The AP saw Qaddafi's body and described it as:

The body, stripped to the waist and wearing beige trousers, was laid on a bloodied mattress on the floor of an emptied-out room-sized freezer where restaurants and stores in the center normally keep perishables. A bullet hole was visible on the left side of his head—with the bullet still lodged in his head, according to the presiding doctor—and in the center of his chest and stomach. His hair was matted and dried blood streaks his arms and head.

Qaddafi was supposed to be buried today (in accordance to Islamic tradition) but the interim government wants to figure out how he died before they put the former dictator away. So the freezer solution it is! Incredibly odd that they picked a mall though, as crowds are growing to sneak a peek at the dead man's body.

HE HAS A SEAGULL! NO HE DOESN’T, IT’S HIS NOSE!

 

This piece of footage from a 2007 Formula Vee race is like an animated GIF on drugs. You will want to watch it over and over and over again. And again. And yet again. And then again, once more. But don’t let the seagull distract you from the fancy crash.

Are Cellphones Officially Safe to Use or What?

Dear Lifehacker,
 I'm reading in the news that there's this study that says there's no link between cellphones and cancer. That's good, right? I feel like I read a new one of these every other week, though. Are cellphones safe now or what?

Thanks,
 Confused by the News

Dear Confused,
 Yes, this latest study—the largest of its kind yet—didn't find any significant link, so headlines all over are declaring "no cancer link" and "cellphones don't increase cancer risk." But it's impossible to prove a negative (like you can't prove there's no invisible unicorn watching you right now), thus the debate rages on. There's still no definitive answer and, as usual, more research is needed. But here's some background for you, plus tips on what you can do.

This latest study, published in BMJ, is an update of a nationwide Danish study that covered more than 350,000 cellphone users. It found no link between owning a cellphone and tumors in the brain or central nervous system, even after over a decade of cellphone ownership. Good news, right?

It's important to note that I said ownership, not use, however; that was one of the study's limitations. It substituted subscriptions for usage. A group of experts from several countries are fiercely criticizing the study now, saying that it's flawed based on the choice of individuals in the control group, such as leaving out corporate users, as well as an increased risk found in eight cases of a very rare type of cancer.

Previous studies on the possible link between cancer and cellphones have been similarly hotly debated and inconclusive. No one study is definitive. Because of this, the best thing we can do is educate ourselves about the facts: there's no consistent link proven yet, but cellphones do emit radiofrequency energy. The National Cancer Institute has a good fact sheet on cellphone cancer risk explaining the key points and current studies, as well as guidelines for the "better safe than sorry" measures you can take:
Use a hands-free kit
Don't use your cellphone for long periods of time near your head

Sometimes, the back and forth findings (with experts arguing amongst themselves) can be more confusing than helpful, but, still, the more research that is done, the better. We're sure there will be more studies to read about in the future and take with a grain of salt. Photo by Ed Yourdon.

Love,
 Lifehacker

Woman Has Her Breasts and Uterus Removed—and She Didn’t Even Have Cancer

A 35-year-old woman preemptively had a hysterectomy and had her breasts removed after she tested positive for a gene strongly associated with breast and ovarian cancer.

It sounds drastic, but it's what some women with the same diagnosis choose to do; the BRCA1 gene gives women like Dana Bushman, combined with her family history of cancer, an up to 90-percent chance of developing breast cancer in her lifetime and an up to 70-percent chance of ovarian cancer. Those are terrifying odds, and faced with them is likely the only time a women would voluntarily give up her breasts and fertility.

Everything about Dana Bushman's story, which she tells to Blisstree, is gasp-inducing, but one part I found particularly fascinating was the technique she chose for breast reconstruction. She didn't want implants because she's a yoga and Pilates instructor and implants could inhibit her movement. So she chose analogous tissue transfer, also known as "flap" surgery, a method that involves taking fat from another part of her body and putting it where her breasts were (the skin and nipple remain intact). They even re-attach veins and arteries from the relocated fat to the breast area.

The original doctors she consulted about the technique told her she didn't have enough fat for a successful operation. But she found an outfit in Louisiana where surgeons performed the operation with no problem, and now she sends all of her thin, BRCA-positive friends there.

Of course the best part about the story is that Bushman has drastically reduced her chances of developing breast or ovarian cancer. Listen up ladies: get tested! No one wants to go through what Bushman has, but like she says in her story, it's better than having cancer. Also, men carry the BRCA1 (and BRCA2, there are two) genes as well. Bushman found out she might be a carrier because her father was, and he pushed her to get tested. Also a note: men, though less often than women, can also get breast cancer.

Keep Those Umbrellas Handy, Another Satellite is Falling to Earth This Weekend

We may have all survived the less than graceful return of NASA's UARS satellite a month ago, but you'll want to keep your eyes on the skies this weekend since we're not out of the clear yet.

Back in September we reported that the German Roentgen Satellite, or Rosat, was expected to come careening through our atmosphere sometime in late October or early November. Like the UARS, no one really knows when and where the Rosat is exactly going to rain on mankind's weekend parade, but most recent educated guesses have it coming down sometime on Sunday, anywhere between fifty three degrees north and south. Which is roughly a swath of land stretching from the northern tip of the United Kingdom to the southern tip of South America, or in other words, pretty much anywhere on Earth.

Don't get too cocky about surviving that last satellite attack, though. The Rosat, which was shut down in February of 1999 and has been in descent ever since, isn't expected to completely burn up on re-entry. In fact, because of the German Space Agency's use of more robust materials, it's calculated that half of the satellite's launch mass could hit the Earth's surface, some 1.6 tonnes of cabon composites, stainless steel and titanium. It's hoped that these recent incidents will lead to greater restrictions on just how much space crap can fall back to Earth in the future, but I think we just focus our efforts on engineering satellite proof umbrellas instead. [BBC News via The Atlantic]

Web Porn Is Killing My Libido

Zounds! So this is what my ex-girlfriend meant when she said sex with me was akin to "carnal relations with an empty husk." Too much web porn! It's killing our libidos, lads, one frantically one-handed mouse click at a time.

So says a report from the University of Padua in Italy anyway, which purportedly discovered that randy gents with a penchant for hardcore sex on the Net were more likely to suffer from erectile dysfunction when preparing to perform the real deal themselves.

The study focused on late teens and men in their 20's, and the crux of its findings was that the ever-increasing and diversifying selection of online porn and porn experiences has actually led to a numbing of men's pleasure receptacles, specifically to the response of dopamine (the "reward" neurochemical).

By hammering on the reward button so often and with such a wide range of experiences, Internet porn effectively subdues or eliminates the physiological sense of reward that sex so wonderfully provides.

Ergo, when she's lying there naked waiting for you, you realize that the whole situation feels a bit numb, you get subconsciously scared, and then things stop working. Awkward!

Worse still, the study apparently found that "quitting" web porn created a whole host of withdrawal symptoms. Insomnia, flu-like symptoms—all of which, in my opinion, pale in comparison to the actual ED that sets it all off.

The World’s First 2.5-Inch 1TB SSD Needs to Get In My Laptop’s Belly Like Now

OCZ's new Octane series is the first solid state drive to squeeze one full terabyte of storage into a 2.5-inch drive, but the awesome doesn't stop there. It has read speeds of up to 560MB/s and write speeds of 400MB/s, versus top competitors who are at 500MB/s read and 315MB/s write.

The Octane series has a new controller called Everest (made by Indilinx, which OCZ recently acquired). They have built a bunch of new proprietary algorithms into it and they make a lot of bold claims, including nearly doubling NAND life, which should give it a whopping ten-year lifespan under average use (which they said was pretty vigorous). It's supposed to retain most of that out-of-the-box speed even after it's mostly full and has been though many write/erase cycles, which has been a major sticking point for SSDs in the past. There are no compression, file-type, or file-size limitations, which means you should get the same speed no matter what you're working with.

These are consumer oriented drives, but OCZ will soon be fleshing out the Octane line with enterprise drives and pro drives which will push performance even further. At present there are SATA 3.0 drives and SATA 2.0 drives, with the 3.0's being the real spec monsters. They have Indilinx's "fast boot" technology, which supposedly decreases their boot time by 50-percent versus existing SSDs. You'll see OEM versions of these drives arriving soon in some of LG's upcoming ultrabooks. They are available in sizes starting at 120GB and going all the way up to 1TB. In the 3.0 line a 120GB will run you about $156, 240GB for $288, 480GB for $528, and 1TB for $1,100. That's a very nice price per gigabyte, and this is the only one you can get in the 1TB form factor. They'll start shipping toward the end of next week and they'll be available at a major retailers (NewEgg, Amazon, Tiger Direct, etc).

Obviously, there are a lot of large claims here that need to tested (and we intend to), but if the Octane series can live up to them then I'd expect this to make major waves in the evolving SSD landscape. OCZ's previous series of drives won our last SSD smackdown—let's see if they can go back-to-back.

P.S. It's worth noting that there have been others to claim to have 1TB SSDs in a 2.5-inch form factor, but most ended up not existing, or are at least not available to consumers anywhere.

Qaddafi Has Been Killed

The new Libyan government has confirmed that Muammar el-Qaddafi, the former dictator of Libya, has been killed after his hometown of Surt was taken. Here's a look back at the search and pursuit of Qaddafi, and some of the more extreme tools that have seen action in Libya since February.

Qaddafi had been dictator of Libya since 1969, but fled Tripoli in late August after the city had been overrun with insurgent fighters. The revolution began in February, during the Arab spring, and has seen especially vicious fighting in the months since.

Monster Slipper Is Sadly Too Good to Be True

Tom Boddingham only wanted a cool pair of monster foot slippers. What he received instead was a monster-sized slipper, after Chinese factory workers ignored an extremely crucial decimal point. Hurray for obvious marketing stunts!

The seven foot long shoe is in all likelihood just a stupid PR publicity scam for some brand of goofy monster slippers, but hell, I think they'd have more luck selling enormous house sneakers than they would with shoes actually meant to fit your foot.

Another Prize have been Lifted

As you know that we have 3 Toshiba 4GB Flash Drives to Give away, BUT wait one of our Founding Members Just added another PRIZE.......N$ 500.00 !!!!!! WOW that will be the First Prize.

Kareoke with a twist

The kareoke last night was great. We realy had so much fun listening to all the upcomming namibian idols, dancing and just having a good time. Hans once again hosted an unforgettible event and once again it was shown that good friends can realy be counted on.

Sadly every once in a while a good night ends with n bad bang. Unfortunately this was no exception last night. As the place emptied and few of us remained an attempted hate attack took place involving myself and my partner. Before it could get ugly a bunch of friends jumped in and everything settled for a while. Accept for a badly bruised knee and i guess the over excited Jock's badly bruised ego, no harm came to anyone and we quietly went home.

It's sad to see that there is still a lot of hate going around. But honestly....when you think about it. They don't hate us because we are gay. They hate us because we are ourselves and we are loud and proud. The gentleman should actually get a big thanks because he is the type that simply makes us become stronger, more adamint and more determent to show the world we are here. We are part of society and we will not back down. And a personal message to the attacker. You think you are so strong and mean? I wanna see you take a d*ck up your ass!
Purple penguin signing out.

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Thursday - Kareoke!

Tonight we will be taking some time out at Berties Landing pub and grill for their wonderfull hospitality and ever popular kareoke! Lead by Hans Strydom, tonight is sure be full of fun, laughter and some angelic voices just for fun! So come on down and join us as we unite under the true spirit of songhood!!!!!
Hope to see you all there.

to see, to do, to rate

Hey all. This time moffie.org will be going a bit better than before. We will be running the competitions as well as being more into the social scene. We will compare activities, places, faces, gadgets and much much more. So keep your eyes open. We will be posting pics and get up to date with new venues, activities and just simply keep everyone in the loop. So feel free to subscribe, join and be part of a whole new experience. Regards. The moffie team

Hey, Samsung Makes Advanced Fighter Cockpits Too

Samsung, best known for awesome TVs, tablets that get them in legal trouble, and crispy new smartphones, is more than just stuff at Best Buy: they're designing the cockpit for South Korea's K-FX stealth fighter. Watch out, Cupertino!

The demo was spotted at the Seoul Air Show by Flightglobal's Stephen Trimble, and shows a whopping front display, packed with weapons and navigation info. I can't tell if it's touch-capable, though I'm going to assume not—trying to get a tablet to run responsively on the sidewalk is hard enough, to say nothing of an aerial dogfight. At any rate, a pretty shameless ripoff of the iPad: note the use of the color black, rectangularity, and electricity.

The Gordon Supercomputer Is a Solid State Powerhouse

The Gordon supercomputer, currently being built here at the San Diego Supercomputer Center by Appro International, is the first of its kind. Utilizing a quarter-petabyte of flash memory, Gordon will power through data-heavy applications way faster than vanilla parallel-processing supercomputers.

With 200 teraflops of total computing power, 64 terabytes of DRAM, 256 terabytes of flash memory, and four petabytes of storage space, Gordon will rank among the world's 30 most powerful supercomputers when it's completed. It could potentially achieve up to 35 million Input/Output Operations Per Second (IOPS) and return queries 100 times faster than other spinning-disk systems.

Gordon is designed to primarily handle problems that scale poorly on parallel-processing supercomputers, such as those posed by the "predictive sciences," which aim to model and simulate complex systems virtually. The Southern California Earthquake Center, for example, employs 3D seismic images to model the effects of tremors on infrastructure and buildings. The Gordon could significantly accelerate the processing of these model's massive data sets.

"We are clearly excited about the potential for Gordon," said Michael Norman, director of the SDSC, in a press release. "This HPC system will allow researchers to tackle a growing list of critical ‘data-intensive' problems. These include the analysis of individual genomes to tailor drugs to specific patients, the development of more accurate models to predict the impact of earthquakes on buildings and other structures, and simulations that offer greater insights into what's happening to the planet's climate."

Gordon will integrate both Intel's "Sandy Bridge" Xeon E5 processors and iSolid-State 710 drives to create a set of 32 "Supernodes," each capable of 195 gigaflops and requiring 64 gigabytes of DRAM. With the implementation of a virtual shared-memory system, each Supernode could produce as much as six teraflops. These Supernodes will then be strung together over a high-bandwidth network capable of 16 gigabit/second data transfers. "Gordon is a supercomputer that will do for scientific data analysis what Google does for web search," said Norman.

Logitech’s New Mouse Lasts Three Years on One Charge

It may not be the best performing mouse if you're looking to frag all night, but the Logitech M525 does have one big thing going for it: longevity. Pop in two AA batteries, and you're set for years.

Like any battery claim, you can't take it as concrete—it'll be more than three years if you don't use it much, less than three years if you're above whatever Logitech considers average. But the bottom line is, you won't have to think about changing the batteries. Maybe ever. And for a wireless device, that's a rarity. Optical tracking plus 2.4 GHz wireless connectivity for $40 ain't bad either.

The Samsung Galaxy Nexus Knows What You Look Like

You've always had a choice. Either leave your screen unlocked when you stow it and run the risk of pocket-dialing the entirety of your contact list or lock the screen and endure the tedium of entering a PIN every time you pull it out.

The new Samsung Galaxy Nexus, however, knows when to unlock itself—just by looking at you.

The Nexus, currently being unveiled in Hong Kong, uses its 1.3MP front-facing camera to scan and recognize your face—via facial detection functionality built-in in the camera software—unlocking the phone when it senses your gaze. No PIN typing, no puzzle piece dragging, no bar sliding. Just look at the Nexus, it'll look back at you, and then hopefully grant you access—though it did just Fail-Whale during the on-stage demo.

The Ice Cream Sandwich SDK Is Now Live

On the heels of tonight's Galaxy Nexus announcement, Google has released the Android 4.0 SDK. The platform promises a bevy of new features for users and developers alike including extended sharing and social integration and unified calendars.

How to Build a Bungee-Powered Bazooka

In the rare instance where a gas-powered potato gun or a pump-action slingshot may be considered "overkill," might I suggest the less-than-lethal Bungee Bazooka?

Built from four-inch PVC piping, therapy resistance tubing, with various fasteners and hardware, this shoulder-fired slingshot can launch a bevy of projectiles—from custom-built Styrofoam darts and tennis balls to eggs and assorted fruits and vegetables.

Seamster, the bazooka's creator, has posted step-by-step directions for building your own over at Instructables.

Skype Is Now Officially a Division of Microsoft

The boards have sent their approval, the money has exchanged hands and the regulatory hurdles have been overcome. Now it's time for Skype to officially become part of Microsoft.

Starting today, October 14th, Skype will become a division within Microsoft. All Skype employees will work for Microsoft and Skype CEO Tony Bates will become the president of the Skype Division of Microsoft. As for Skype? It will keep doing what it does best - making video chat software that millions of people use.

Why the iPhone 4S Only Has 512MB of RAM

We'll probably never hear an official justification for why Apple only put 512MB of RAM in the iPhone 4S. But you know what? They don't need one. Because you'll hardly be able to tell. Here's why.
Live Long and Prosper

The more RAM you pack in a device, the more power it uses (at least until the next generation of RAM comes along, then it resets and starts all over again). For decades, power consumption was a secondary concern for gadget hardware and software engineers. They had an unlimited supply of energy piped through a cord. But now that battery-powered devices have become our most vital trinkets, how long that device can live without a recharge doesn't just affect performance—in a lot of ways it is performance. And since they jumped into the smartphone pond feet-first, Apple has made battery life a priority. It's why the first iPhone didn't have 3G, and the reason why the iPhone 4S doesn't have 4G. It's why the iPad 2 also has 512MB of RAM—but still beats the pants off of the burlier competition.
Numbers Ain't Everything

And at this point, we should know better than to freak out about raw specs. Apple's hardware performance mantra has always "more out of less." And they put as much time into optimizing their software as they do the hardware itself. iPhone owners posting in the comments of the Anandtech have reported that legacy iPhones running iOS 5 have actually seen performance gains, most likely because iOS 5 was not as much of an overhaul as iOS 4 was. Apple hasn't just added features; they've also had time to trim the fat and become less resource-intensive. Compare that to the near-crippling effect iOS 4 had on the iPhone 3G.
Insider Knowledge

Yes Apple should not get in the habit of complacency and reactionary moves, but the truth is that their hardware is not middling. Android handset makers need the hardware muscle—a gig of memory is standard issue these days for a top-tier Android phone—because Android is not optimized around a narrow slice of hardware like iOS. They have no idea when Google will push new features and what it will do to their devices. They can only rely on raw power to futureproof their devices. Those Android devices need that gig of RAM as a defensive maneuver. For Apple, it would be an unnecessary luxury.

And while it's hardly the main reason we should grant Apple a pass here, the fact is that building the best device for the least amount of money is why Apple can stay lean and focused on high-quality products in the future. Doubling the RAM might not cost that much in any single device. But compounded across millions of devices, that's a lot of money that could be better spent on R&D, especially if that 512MB of RAM is still suitable for another generation (which it seems to be).

So yes, the iPhone 4S has less memory than the next guy. But the smart money says you're not ever going to notice. And that's quite a trick.

The T-Rex Was Even Bigger and Scarier Than We Thought

As if the Tyrannosaurus Rex wasn't big and scary and sharp toothy enough, scientists are now saying that they're EVEN BIGGER. Using 3D laser scans, scientists virtually weighed T-Rexes and found that those badass beasts weighed in 30 percent heavier than expected.

Thirty percent! That's a ton! Actually, it's more than a ton because the biggest dinosaur they weighed was the Chicago Field Museum's "Sue", which is the largest and most complete T-Rex skeleton around. That big bertha weighed in at 9 tons, which was 30 percent more than they anticipated. Weirdly though, the smallest T-Rex they weighed was actually smaller than anticipated which means that T-Rexes grew more than twice as fast between 10 and 15 years old. At a growth rate of about 11 pounds per day, I'm guessing that means they ate a lotta little dinos.

How Many iPhones Did Apple Sell Today? A Sh*tload.

I guess you guys weren't all that disappointed in the iPhone 4S after all. AT&T's already broken their record for single-day iPhone sales, and it's on pace to double the old record. And with Verizon and Sprint on top of that, well, that's kind of a lot.

AT&T looking like it's going to double its single-day record is especially impressive because this is the first iPhone launch where it's had to share the mic with Verizon and Sprint. Put another way, take last year's (AT&T-only) iPhone launch, double it, and then on top of that pile on whatever Verizon and Sprint sell today—which will be a lot. Especially considering Sprint's already reporting its best day of retail and web sales ever. That's crazy.

iPhone 4S Test Notes: Apple Earbuds

Yep, they're still shit.

iPhone 4S Test Notes: Data Speed (It’s Slow)

The iPhone 4S is here. One of new, not-so-visible features? A re-spiffed antenna, and stuffed inside the AT&T 4S, new guts that (should) mean faster data speeds. But theoretical max speeds are not real world experiences. So which iPhone is the fastest: AT&T, Sprint or Verizon? And how does the 4S stack up against the most jacked Android phones?

This Boning Dinosaur Skeleton Exhibit Is Proof that American Museums Are Too Prudish

Europeans have all the fun: lower drinking ages, funner beaches, easier lifestyles and... dinosaur skeletons having sex in their museums. This exhibit, which clearly shows two T-Rexes "mating", is located in the Jurassic Museum of Asturias in Spain.

A Reddit user recently found the exhibit, which, of course, has long been a conversation starter at MUJA, a museum that has over 8,000 fossils (200 of them being dinosaurs, crocs, fish and tortoises). The copulating dinosaurs are actually replicas and a pseudo-guess on how dinosaurs mated, as no one really knows how they did the deed. The position seems a bit awkward as the girl T-Rex's tail could smack dude T-Rex in the face. Ah, messy logistics.

Either way, with this hilarious dinosaur exhibit, I think the MUJA has sky rocketed to the top of my non-existant "museums I want to go to list".

The Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of All Time

TorrentFreak recently published a list of the most pirated movies over BitTorrent of all time and apparently, what we watch in theaters is what we like to pirate off the Internet. All of the most popular movies have been illegally downloaded a gazillion times.

Here's the list, which dates back to early 2006:

1. Avatar (21 million downloads)
 2. The Dark Knight (19 million downloads)
 3. Transformers (19 million downloads)
 4. Inception (18 million downloads)
 5. The Hangover (17 million downloads)
 6. Star Trek (16 million downloads)
 7. Kick-Ass (15 million downloads)
 8. The Departed (14 million downloads)
 9. The Incredible Hulk (14 million downloads)
 10. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (14 million downloads)

Any surprises? Kick-Ass obviously doesn't hold a candle to the rest of the movies in terms of Blockbuster power, so there's one. The Incredible Hulk being a top 10 pirated movie surprises me since they had another Hulk that everyone pretended didn't exist. Other than that though, the formula is quite simple: Sci-Fi Comic Book Gun movies with Leonardo DiCaprio starring. [TorrentFreak]

The Situation Got Kicked Out of the Apple Store for Trying to Cut in Line

The Situation, from the MTV hit freak show Jersey Shore, was apparently trying to get an iPhone 4S from the Apple Store but got kicked out instead. Was the fake tan and hair gel combo smell unbearable? Nope! Sitch foolishly tried to cut the line.

When an Apple Store employee saw Mike up to no good (he's either killing or making this season of the Shore btw), he told him to GTFO and threw him out. Maybe Sitch gets special treatment at Karma but at the Apple Store, we all wait together bro. You should of had Snooks sneak in or something.

Your Dreams Should Be Displayed on Your Bed Like This

Photographer Jan von Holleben came up with a clever way to re-create his famous "Dreams of Flying" series by photographing a girl sleeping on her bed and having the girl's dreams fully displayed around her. I love it.

The whole series represents one girl's full night's worth of dreams, there's her sleeping on couds, her running away from a giant cat, her dancing, her shopping and her driving. The detail that Holleben put in creating these dream scenarios is incredibly creative: sheets can become cars, jeans can become collars, socks become fish, etc. Wouldn't it be so awesome to wake up and your bed has become a setting of one of your dreams? Check out the whole series at My Modern Met