The Onion reports the news first.

From the nyt today:

There were also complaints about possible dirty tricks in some precincts. In Pennsylvania's Allegheny County, which includes Pittsburgh, the police and the district attorney's office were investigating a letter telling voters that the state had extended voting to Wednesday, Nov. 3.

The letter, written on fake Republican Party letterhead, instructed Republicans to vote on Tuesday and Democrats on Wednesday.

Tiny Humans update #3: "
Michael sez "There may be new impetus to visit Kerinci Seblat National Park in Indonesia. The Orang Pendek may be a living fossil - the same species as Homo Floresiensis, but be very much alive. There are still sightings of such "little people" even today, and none other than Fauna & Flora International, the worldâ€'s oldest conservation charity, is searching for the creature.

They have set up camera-traps in likely areas of forest or in areas where local people have reported sightings. So far the picture that will make world news has proved elusive and as reported sightings get rarer, the naturalists fear that if orange pendek does indeed exist it may be very close to extinction. Link

- Mark Frauenfelder
"

(Via Boing Boing.)

As I was saying...

Don't laugh, but perhaps it is time to seriously think about the Prime Directive before the missionaries (damn them) get their hands on them.

And the important questions have yet to be asked about whether they have achieved a human level of intelligence.

Have they created a market economy?

More importantly (a far better indicator, in my humble opinion) have they discovered bacon?

#!/bin/sh

#==============================================================================
# File: OSServicesStartupItem.sh
# Installed As: VirtualPCOSServices
#
# Contains: Bash shell script for OS Services startup item.
#
# Copyright (c) 2004 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
#==============================================================================

I never thought I would see a MS bash shell script.

And here's a hint. If you can't get the Virtual Switch working in VPC 7, it may be because the special kernel extension it uses didn't get started.

Just open up Terminal before you start Virtual PC, and run this command:

sudo kextload /Library/Extensions/VirtualPCNetworking.kext

HOBBITS

Scientists say they have found skeletons of "hobbit sized people."

Which is interesting on at least two levels. First, that a separate species of humans was in existance until 500 years ago, and secondly, that they are referred to as people, as opposed to just hominids. It appears that there's a line beyond which we are willing to see organisms, even of a separate species, as akin enough to use to consider people.

This obviously leads to the question, "are there others?"

Working from 8am to 11pm should imply that I am getting sufficient quantities of food, water, and sleep.

My Bad.

Kudos to jeanne for pointing that out and taking care of the aftermath of the absence of aforesaid necessities.

Monday Joke Edition

From here via boingboing, of course. Also, Chris Dobosz stopped by last night on his way to teh Swiss Consulate this morning.

Notables:

Three women had a very late night drinking. They left in the early morning hours and went home their separate ways.


The next day, they all met and compared notes about who was drunker the night before. The first girl claims that she was the drunkest, saying, "I drove straight home and walked into the house. As soon as I got through the door, I blew chunks."


The second said, "You think that was drunk? Hell, I got into my car and wrapped my car around the first tree I saw. I don't even have insurance!"


The third proclaimed, "Damn, I was the drunkest by far. When I got home, I got into a big fight with my husband, knocked a candle over, and burned the whole house down!"

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The room was silent for a moment. Then, the first girl spoke out again, "Listen girls, I don't think you understand. Chunks is my dog."

One day, Kermit Jagger goes into a bank because he needs a loan. He asks the teller and is directed to Ms. Patty Wick. He tells Ms. Wick that he needs a loan. She tells him (rather haughtily) that he needs some sort of collateral because they don't go loaning frogs money every day.


So, Kermit reaches into his bag and hands Ms. Wick a small glass elephant. "What is this?" she asks. "We can't give you a loan using *this* as collateral!" Kermit tells Ms. Wick to go talk to the bank manger.


So, Ms. Wick goes to the manager and asks him why she should take the glass elephant as collateral. The manager replies......


"It's a knicknack, Patty Wick. Give the frog a loan. His old man's a Rolling Stone."

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Q: Why can't engineers tell jokes timing?

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What does the H. stand for in Jesus H. Christ?
Haploid.

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How many kids with ADD does it take to screw in a lightbulb?

LET'S RIDE BIKES!




A man walks into his kitchen with a duck under his arm and says
'This is the pig I have been fucking'
His wife says' That's not a pig that's a duck'
He replies ' I wasn't talking to you'

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A guy gets hit by a car and goes to hell. When he
gets there, the devil is standing in front of 3
doors. The devil says, "It's your lucky day. I'm
gonna give you a chance to get out of here. You
have to complete 3 tasks.


"Behind this first door is a 5 gallon jug of Jack
Daniel's. You have to drain it in one drink.


"Behind the second door is a 600 lb. grizzly bear
with a sore tooth. You have to pull the tooth out.


"Behind the third door is a nymphomaniac. When
you've completely satisfied her, you can leave"


The guy figures it's worth a shot, so he goes in
the first door and manages to drink the whole jug
of liquor. He goes in the second door, shuts it,
and the most horrible commotion can be heard from
inside the room. 20 minutes later, the guy finally
comes out. His clothes are torn to shreds, and he
is sliced and scratched head to toe.


Finally he manages to say, "Ok, where's that girl
with the sore tooth...?"

ok I'm done now.