Chipping the web – penny for your thoughts
December 19th, 2006 5:47:33 pm pst by 
Sterling Camden
Without wisdom: adult humans normally have 28 teeth, not counting the third molars (wisdom teeth).
Glad to see that Chris and Ponzi got power back last night. Still a lot of folks here in the Northwest without. It’s really tough for people who rely on power to run a well pump in order to have running water. Some homes also use a grinder pump for sewage, so they can’t even flush without electricity. It’s amazing how dependent we’ve become in only about a century.
Speaking of the double-edged sword of technology, here’s why you should – or shouldn’t – get a flu shot. (via Schafer)
But on the other hand, if various longevity treatments are developed in time, I could live to 175. Without them, I’m still projected to make it to 102. That scares the hell out of my wife. How about you? Might be just a tad optimistic, d’ya think? (via Mercola)
Randy declares his independence from the workplace to focus full-time on blogging and personal projects. Congrats on flying solo, Randy!
MGM is trying to take the domain wargames.com away from Rogers Cadenhead, citing trademark infringement. Yeah, like they invented the term. Rogers is using the domain for an online store of — you guessed it — war games. As Randy says, spread the bad PR on MGM!
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I hate corporate greed and stupidity.
Had they invented the term, they’d have a case, as it is they don’t even have a web site for the movie (granted it’s almost 30 years old now).
As Rogers points out, they’re planning a 2007 sequel (god help us), so that’s probably where the new interest in the domain name comes from. But geez, they could at least offer to buy it first. But that might weaken their legal right to it. The current state of trademark law sucks.
[...] Penny for your thoughts: 29 is the atomic number of copper, although in the U.S. a penny is only 2.4% copper-plated. The Canadians lay on 4.5%, making the metal in each of their pennies worth more than two of the US variety. Not sure how much copper goes into the plating on a British penny. [...]
I am in awe of the insanity of the situation.