I just went and looked at the speedometer in my car. It stops at 220 km/h. If I even tried to get to that speed, my car would start breaking up.
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Fast cars
Posted on April 24, 2008 by monkeybizness
Chinese protesters silence Tibetan protesters, prove point
Posted on April 24, 2008 by monkeybizness
Thousands of patriotic Chinese protesters defended the Olympic torch and intimidated Tibetan protesters in Canberra today, proving once and for all that China has nothing to hide.
“I was very proud of the Chinese protesters here today,” said organiser Ji Xue. “We really managed to drown out the pro-Tibetan protesters and suppress their opinions using [...]
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Speechless
Posted on April 21, 2008 by monkeybizness
Excel corrupted on my laptop, so I called the helpdesk at work. A week later they called back. They wanted to make a time to fix the problem.
“How long will it take?” I said. “I’ve got a lot of work.”
“Not even 20 minutes,” said IT guy.
“How about 12.30? I can grab some lunch,” I said.
“Sounds [...]
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What are the odds? Umm, pretty good actually.
Posted on April 16, 2008 by monkeybizness
I loved this story about a 13-year-old German boy who corrected a NASA calculation about the likelihood of an asteroid called Apophis hitting Earth. The correction means the odds of a massive collision with Earth have been slashed from 45,000/1 to 450/1. (And no, the correction was not discovering they had put a decimal point [...]
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Japanese research: whales are tasty
Posted on April 16, 2008 by monkeybizness
Japan’s peak whaling research body has released startling new evidence that whale meat is tasty, embarrassing international critics who claimed the nation’s research program was just a front for commercial whaling.
“You don’t establish that whale meat is tasty overnight. It takes years and years of rigorous scientific endeavour,” said Institute for Cetacean Research spokesman Glen [...]
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Mass games in North Korea
Posted on April 16, 2008 by monkeybizness
Mentioning massed aerobics in my post yesterday reminded me of an awesome film clip by Faithless for “I want more”. I have since found out that it is footage from a documentary called A State of Mind, which according to the website is a “film following two young [North Korean] gymnasts and their families for [...]
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Fitness First. Escape if you dare.
Posted on April 14, 2008 by monkeybizness
I like going to my local Fitness First gym. When I watch the aerobics classes it reminds me of the massed displays they put on in North Korea:
Aerobics at my local Fitness First gym (Above) and a massed aerobics display in Korea (Below)
But joining a Fitness First gym is like the Hotel California. You can [...]
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The Bible in Lego
Posted on April 13, 2008 by monkeybizness
I don’t usually just plonk a link on Monkeybizness and call it a post, but you should definitely have a look at “The Brick Testament“, a site devoted to recreating key Bible stories - in Lego. I love Lego, and a little part of me thought “Wow, that is really cool”. But the other 99% [...]
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What happened to your public relations, China?
Posted on April 9, 2008 by monkeybizness
Without having thought this through in the least, it strikes me that the Chinese authorities are essentially just public relations practitioners. Basically, the job of a PR person is to convince people that A is in fact B. Or in somewhat less glamorous terms, their job is to polish turds.
The Chinese have been polishing a [...]
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Australian sprinters to carry Olympic flame in Canberra
Posted on April 7, 2008 by monkeybizness
Australia’s track and field team has had an early call-up for Olympic duty, as the government seeks creative ways to foil pro-Tibet protesters intent on extinguishing the Olympic flame.
The London leg of the Olympic torch procession was marred by protests.
“Obviously we need to protect the Olympic torch from unruly protests,” said Athletics Australia President Robin [...]
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