Screw eating right and exercise, you can still live for 1,000 years

The BBC is reporting that with all our modern day pharmaceutical knowledge and advancements in medicine, life expectancy could dramatically increase to 1,000 years of age. The crazy part, this could happen within the next 20 years. So all those people that exercise and "eat right" you can now make fun of, since they aren't doing a damn thing that will allow them to live longer then you.

There has been a project called the SENS (Strategies for Engineered Negligible Senescence) that has been aimed at preventing aging.

From BBC:
It is not just an idea: it's a very detailed plan to repair all the types of molecular and cellular damage that happen to us over time.

And each method to do this is either already working in a preliminary form (in clinical trials) or is based on technologies that already exist and just need to be combined.

This means that all parts of the project should be fully working in mice within just 10 years and we might take only another 10 years to get them all working in humans.

The funny thing is that since this will stop us from dying naturally, we will all meet the grim reaper in a much worse way. Like falling off a cliff, being shot, cancer, hit by a car, basically all the ways people fear dying. At least causes of death will become more entertaining. Also, since there are more people alive today then have ever been alive in all of history, this could cause some population problems.

And since the BBC likes to irresponsibly throw around false hope, I leave you with this line they chose to write:

I think the first person to live to 1,000 might be 60 already.



Of course condsidering there are more people alive today then have ever been alive in all of history, this could cause some population problems.

Read the whole thing at BBC

I'm Back

Sorry about not posting for the last couple of days. I was getting my ass kicked by the common cold. So posting will start to resume at a normal pace. But probably over the next few days as I have to play catch up at work.

Simpsons and Futurama Manga

The above artwork is from someone named Spacecoyote. Whats interesting is that these two drawings got her a job with 20th century Fox, supposedly working on the new Futurama episodes. You can read about that by clicking this link.

Thanks to Deviant Art for having such badass works of art.

This is the new poster Eli Roth is trying to get approved to go in theatres. The MPAA probably will require a few changes before you see it in your local cineplex. (click the image to make it larger.




Thanks to Film Ick for pointing this out.

This is not Photoshopped

To get the full effect, click the image, and apparently the way to get a photo like this is to focus on the image, not the water drops. (I'm sure it also helps to have a $10,000 camera)

Via REDDIT.com

Some Al Bundy Goodness

Good compilation of some of Al's best one liners. For being such a trashy show, it sure had some great writing.

A bunch on new Mclarens

I really wish I knew someone who spoke French. Apparently these are new designs from Mclaren. Some look pretty good, others really futuristic. Whatever the case is, I suspect only one of these will end up being made and they will probably overhaul the design before it would be available to purchase. Below are some of the ones I prefer, and the rest can be seen here.










Via DIGG

Horrible title for a new story

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Thanks to Geekologie for pointing it out.

Quick update on Illegal Situation

Original Story

"A judge today blocked the controversial Farmers Branch anti-illegal immigrant ordinance from taking effect tomorrow."

At the moment, they just have a fourteen day hold on this law, so the issue is still very much on the table. Truthfully, it got so down to the wire that I thought they would actually enforce this law. I am happy that they at least put this on hold because it is a really stupid and ridiculous idea. Not to mention selfish, since Farmers Branch is just trying to kick there problem into another city.


News story referenced

Think your day sucks?

The city I live in (Carrollton) just broke there main water lines. So for an hour we have not had running water (Toilets being the big thing). My bosses just confirmed that the entire city is being affected by this and it will not be fixed today. So tonight when I go home I will not have a working toilet, hot water, or shower. Same goes for tomorrow morning. So be happy in the fact that you don't have to worry about this.

Banned T.V. Commercials

This one is my favorite, but be sure to check out the others



Thirsty Baby

Shark Attack

Printer Commercial

Bikini commercial


Also, check out the Fake Mastercard Video(Language NSFW)



Via YouTube

Weird & Interesting Facts

Humans were first infected with the HIV virus in the 1930s.

Thinking about your muscles can make you stronger.

Women blink twice as many times as men do.

We are about 1 cm taller in the morning than in the evening. Layers of cartilage in the joints gets compressed during the day.

The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.

Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin.

Babies are born without kneecaps. They appear when the child is 2-6 years of age.

Your body is creating and killing 15 million red blood cells per second!

The colder the room you sleep in, the better the chances are that you'll have a bad dream.

After eating too much, your hearing is less sharp.

There are more people alive today than have ever died.

Earth is the only planet not named after a pagan God.

Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.

As of 2006, 200 million blogs were left without updates

As of 2006, more than one in eight people in the United States show signs of addiction to the internet.

Men can breastfeed babies.

The Population of the world can live within the state boundaries of Texas.

Because of Animal Crackers, many kids until they reach the age of ten, believe a bear is as tall as a giraffe.

When the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers play football at home to a sellout crowd, the stadium becomes the state's third largest city.

By law, employees do not have to wash hands after sneezing.

The average person will spend two weeks over their lifetime waiting for the traffic light to change

More than 2500 left handed people are killed every year from using right handed products

Via Berro.com

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