A friend whose grandson is autistic tells me that this 50-question assessment devised by Cambridge University is considered by those in the autism community to be a pretty accurate assessment of where one falls on the autism spectrum. It’ll take you only a few minutes to complete it, but the results might startle you. It certainly did startle several readers in a thread below, which is why I’m giving it its own entry.
The thing that’s actually funny about this video is the commentor who says, “i gave that to my fish and they all died.”
He probably used some cheap imitation brand. For tricks like this you really have to buy the name-brand stuff.
Even if Wall-E happens to be a disappointment, you can always buy the DVD for the new short film, “Presto”.
The men, all Romanians, raided trucks driving down motorways by climbing into the back from the bonnet of a car driven to within inches of the vehicles, at night, with their headlights off, and at speeds of 80 to 90 kilometers (50 to 60 miles) an hour.
“One of them climbed out of the side window of the car onto the bonnet, climbed onto the truck, broke the lock, stole goods such as laptops and mobile phones out of the back and got back in the car, all while they were driving,” Manfred Radecke, spokesman for the police in the western city of Dortmund, told SPIEGEL ONLINE.
For those that don’t know, the bonnet is what we in America call the hood of the car.
Bill Gates complains about Microsoft products in this week’s rant of the week.
It is common knowledge in the Ethereal Land that the Japanese have expensiveness tastes in toilets. But I never would have guessed that it was popular in Japan to play a catholic prayer while making potty noises.
There is a hiccup, though, in this world-beating record. It happens inside the Japanese home, where energy use is surging. And nothing embodies the surge quite like the toilet — a plumbing fixture that has been reengineered here as an ultracomfy energy hog.
Japanese toilets can warm and wash one’s bottom, whisk away odors with built-in fans and play water noises that drown out potty sounds. They play relaxation music, too. “Ave Maria” is a favorite.
High-end toilets can also sense when someone enters or leaves the bathroom, raising or lowering their lids accordingly. Many models have a “learning mode,” which allows them to memorize the lavatory schedules of household members.
Dumb Flies Live Longer Than Clever Ones, Discovery News says. How many dumb flies plague your life?
I hadn’t realized that the Onion ran a network news channel. It’s so much easier to get than reading the Onion. I am not sure which one is the funniest. I’ll link to Iron Man trailer clip.
Wildly Popular ‘Iron Man’ Trailer To Be Adapted Into Full-Length Film