Interesting/Weird Stories in the News

Wynter wrote:

But is it really anymore? I find it scary now that when I hear such things, instead of thinking "OMG", I'm thinking "not again..."

Indeed. It happens far too often "these days." I guess it's not so shocking in America where ppl think it's the Wild Wild West and everything is solved with the barrel of a gun.

The Beastmaster may be able to pick up something cheap. But really, the last line of this story cracked me up. Are they going to call them back when things get better? :headscratch:

Cash Strapped San Diego Selling Horses and Tack

The police horses that have patrolled San Diego's Balboa Park are being sold at an online auction.

The Police Department has ended its horse unit, which was organized in 1983, as a money-saving measure. The officers have been transferred to other duties, and their mounts and the tack are being sold.

The auction is set for Feb. 1 through Feb 10 on the website Publicsurplus.com.

The horses -- Wam, Trigger, Major, Junior, Bret, Bandit and Austin -- have long been public favorites, but the city is cash-strapped.

No riding or handling is allowed, but potential bidders can see the horses Feb. 4, 9 a.m. to noon, at the police stables. Check the website.

A third of the city's police dogs are also being laid off.

gaijinmark wrote:The Beastmaster may be able to pick up something cheap. But really, the last line of this story cracked me up. Are they going to call them back when things get better? :headscratch:

Cash Strapped San Diego Selling Horses and Tack

The police horses that have patrolled San Diego's Balboa Park are being sold at an online auction.

The Police Department has ended its horse unit, which was organized in 1983, as a money-saving measure. The officers have been transferred to other duties, and their mounts and the tack are being sold.

The auction is set for Feb. 1 through Feb 10 on the website Publicsurplus.com.

The horses -- Wam, Trigger, Major, Junior, Bret, Bandit and Austin -- have long been public favorites, but the city is cash-strapped.

No riding or handling is allowed, but potential bidders can see the horses Feb. 4, 9 a.m. to noon, at the police stables. Check the website.

A third of the city's police dogs are also being laid off.

HAHA. I just saw this crazy story. You're right the last line is absolute gold man. :rofl:

Vegetative patient 'talks' via brain scan


A man in a deeply unconscious state for five years has been able to communicate with doctors using just his thoughts in a study scientists say is a "game changer" for care of vegetative state patients.

British and Belgian researchers used a functional MRI (fMRI) scan to show the man, who suffered a severe brain injury in a road accident in 2003, was able to think "yes" or "no" answers to questions by wilfully changing his brain activity.

Experts say the result means all patients in coma-like states should be reassessed and it may change the way they are cared for.

After detecting signs of awareness, the doctors scanned the man's brain while he was asked to say "yes" or "no" to questions such as, "is your father's name Thomas?".

The results showed that by changing his brain activity, the man communicated his answer.

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http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/02/04/2810372.htm

^ Sounds like Professor X from The X-Men.

WTF???? :crazy:

No joke: 3D contact lenses
by Televisions.com Germany on 02/05/2010

The 3D boom just gets weirder and weirder: First it was 3D sunglasses; now, even 3D contact lenses are set to enter production. Televisions.com writer Ulrich von Loehneysen is on the case.


February 5, 2010 \ Soon, 3D glasses that double up as trendy sunglasses will hit the market, courtesy of manufacturer RealD. But until now, contact lenses that allowed 3D viewing had been something of a joke. Lo and behold, plans to that effect are now under way: Oliver Pasch, Sonyfs Head of Digital Cinema Europe, mentioned this during a discussion with Patrick Schappert from German web portal Grobi.tv. When asked for further information, Pasch said he could only confirm that such products are in the pipeline.

We can be certain that the contact lenses will only be suitable for a certain type of 3D cinema \ namely that using circular polarisation, which is used with many DLP projectors as well as with Sony installations (see also 3D Technologies for Cinema and TV). Itfs possible to use contact lenses in this way because circular polarisation filters donft depend on the eyefs position; the viewer can turn their head to any angle, unlike with the vertical/horizontal filters occasionally used in Imax cinemas, for example. In theory, it would also be possible to produce contact lenses for Dolby 3D, whereas so-called gXpandh technology uses active shutter glasses that require a power supply, and which canft therefore be used in the same way.

RealD lenses are also unsuitable for the 3D TVs soon to hit the market: Although most of the big manufacturers have secured contracts with RealD, their initial series of 3D TVs will all use shutter glasses. It remains to be seen, in fact, how practical the idea of 3D contact lenses actually is. In any case, viewers will need to remember to take out their 3D lenses before driving home at night, since they reduce the brightness of incoming light by more than half \ as do all types of 3D glasses.

bmwracer wrote:WTF???? :crazy:.

Everytime I drink a 12 pack, my contacts become 4D. :drink:

Tu_triky wrote:Everytime I drink a 12 pack, my contacts become 4D. :drink:

If you can stay awake. :beaten:

bmwracer wrote:
If you can stay awake. :beaten:

Hehe. the 4D feature is usually short but action packed!

Seriously tho', 3D contacts are goofy.

Tu_triky wrote:Seriously tho', 3D contacts are goofy.

Everyone's jumping on the 3D train. :shakehead: :crazy:

bmwracer wrote:
Everyone's jumping on the 3D train. :shakehead: :crazy:

H3h3. I guess it means 3 times as Dumb.

Tu_triky wrote:H3h3. I guess it means 3 times as Dumb.

I'll say. :crazy:

bmwracer wrote:
I'll say. :crazy:

There is technology for glassless 3D television. Ditch the goofy lenses that are gayer than a picnic basket.

Tu_triky wrote:There is technology for glassless 3D television.

They've been trying 3D for 50 years... And it's still a gimmick, IMO.

It's colorization for the 21st century. :shakehead:

bmwracer wrote:
They've been trying 3D for 50 years... And it's still a gimmick, IMO.

It's colorization for the 21st century. :shakehead:

They are going to 3D all of Kurosawa's works...The 3D Samurai, The Third Dimensional Rashemon, etc....

Tu_triky wrote:They are going to 3D all of Kurosawa's works...The 3D Samurai, The Third Dimensional Rashemon, etc....

Oh my. :doh:

bmwracer wrote:
Oh my. :doh:

Disaster it would be.

Tu_triky wrote:Disaster it would be.

Cinematic sacrilege. :bleh:

bmwracer wrote:
Cinematic sacrilege. :bleh:

Burn the originals now to prevent the abomination.

Tu_triky wrote:Burn the originals now to prevent the abomination.

It wouldn't help: too many copies available via BT. :hehe: