Monday, March 24, 2014

03.24.14 News

A Florida judge rules that an IP address does not identify a specific person, therefore an IP address cannot be used to convict a specific person as a pirate. Take that, porn industry!

Scientists discovered that the "nasty skull fractures" found on Mayan soldiers' skulls was results of using spiked clubs during battle. This is just more proof that violence more barbaric than our modern era existed without the brainwashing help of Call of Duty, GTA, and Skyrim.

Popcorn Time, a torrent streaming app that packaged movie files with pretty corresponding artwork for live streaming, opened up it's doors to the public last week on St. Patrick's Day. Don't get all excited, though, it was immediately shut down and is now replaced with a "Thanks for the two days of awesome" message on their website. That being said, as of the 24th, there was already a clone up and operational.

Scientists have discovered yet another goldilocks planet, about 1.1 times the size of our earth. It's also orbiting an M1 red dwarf star, and is well within the zone where liquid water can exist. Lets see if our roving satellites spook some aliens out of hiding.

NASA has announced that they will begin compiling other people's concocted ideas on how to capture an asteroid, giving a grant of six million dollars to the winner(s) which will be announced on July 1st. Though the idea is to give the Moon it's own moon (with the incarcerated asteroid), I can't help but be worried about a negative outcome.

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