Hats off to the BBC, for airing an actual show about science. In the States, we have Mythbusters, wherein two odd-looking dipshits half-assedly postulate hypotheses and perform experiments, with no certainty or control to speak of. Across the colloquial pond and at the other end of the spectrum, Bang Goes the Theory is performing some actual applied engineering…and it is pretty awesome. Some details, from this hippy-ish site:

A team from the BBC1 science programme Bang Goes the Theory has unveiled a car that runs on coffee. Christened as Car-puccino, the car is actually a modified version of a £400, 1988 Volkswagen Scirocco. Well, the visible area of concern, for millions like me, is the running cost of the vehicle that has been estimated at between 25 and 50 times the cost of running a car on petrol.

The goal is to make the 200 mile trip between Manchester and London fueled by coffee. Since coffee has burn-able carbon, it can be used as a power source…albeit pretty low in the efficiency ranks. The car is supposed to be able to hit 60 MPH, but with the refilling and changing of filters, the trip is slated to take ten hours. Bonus points for the design team, for making the Scirocco look like Luke Skywalker’s fighter w/ R2-D2 on the back. ***Note to the DIY fans. Car-puccino can be put together with hatchback, rain gutter down spout, and shop-vac. And brown spray paint, provided your mom’s gutters are differently colored.

One of the running jokes on the slashdot.org boards is an oldie but a goody. Apparently, nerds like to poke fun of mainstream media’s tendency to dumb-up storage sizes into terms of “Libraries of Congress.” Well, I’m taking a stab at a unit of my own…Video Calls per Chinese PersonFrom the original on /.

““Today Cisco Systems introduced its next-generation Internet core router, the CRS-3, with about three times the capacity of its current platform. ‘The Internet will scale faster than any of us anticipate,’ Cisco’s John Chambers said while announcing the product. At full scale, the CRS-3 has a capacity of 322Tbit/sec., roughly three times that of the CRS-1, introduced in 2004. It also has more than 12 times the capacity of its nearest competitor, Chambers said. The CRS-3 will help the Internet evolve from a messaging to an entertainment and media platform, with video emerging as the ‘killer app,’ Chambers said. Using a CRS-3, every person in China, which has a population just over 1.3 billion, could participate in a video phone call at the same time. (Or you could pump nearly one Library of Congress per second through the device, or give everyone in San Fransisco a 1Gbps internet connection.) AT&T said it has been using the CRS-3 to test 100Gbit/sec. data links in tests on a commercial fiber route in Florida and Louisiana.”

Which spawned this wise-crack… To which I countered… +5 Funny…so it begins Let the memes begin!

This one was courtesy of deals.woot…and puzzling as hell. I’m not sure what this product is, but the related searches are classic: and the comments are super-duper as well: Digging the Back to the Future (BTTF) reference. Nicely played. Not as nice as ol’ #1, though…some half-life humor is great. Unfortunately, not accurate, since this is a jar of ore. Depending upon said ore’s richness, I’m supposing that if the details would true, you would still have pretty much the same amount of ore as you ordered, but I digress. Funny stuff. I want some.

My work notes took on a mind of their own. The reason I made the robot green, is that I’ve never seen a green robot before.

I’m on the fence with this one…the Mc10:35. To pull this one off, one needs to hit up McDuck’s @ around the time that the elusive breakfast to lunch goes down…hence the name Mc10:35. Order a stale McMuffin from the back rack….order a McDouble…place egg & bacon from McMuffin on McDouble…enjoy. Hopefully they have some defib pads in the dining area, because I’m pretty sure you are not making it out after that bad boy. Question of the day: do you go w/ french fries or hash browns with that? Or stick with the theme and smash both together?

3/2? From 10 to 12? Sorry. Can’t make it…I’m booked with a Retarded Thing. FWIW, Lotus Notes is also retarded.

Low blow, Billy. With chequered trousers, scarf, Italian boots, and a pink sweater to work with, Billy gets personal and attack the little ginger-kid’s hair. What a dick?

Are you a fat ninja? Need a grappling hook? You could be the fattest ninja on the block and still grapple hook stuff. You could grapple up KFC and use your ninja stealth to steal a bucket of chicken, for instance. The possibilities are endless!

Tired of boring stuff? Make it awesome!#1. Boring old bagel. Notice the cavern? Hmm…what would make this awesome? #2…aw shit…Tabasco sauce in the house! #3…boom! Awesome. With an open mind and sense of adventure, you too can make boring stuff awesome. Good luck!

From the time he is a young boy, every man thinks about one thing and one thing alone: finding the perfect wedding band for his most special of days. Like this lovely fucker: Unfortunately, I’m not Italian. Pretty sure you would have to be severely Italian to pull that off.