Auric_dude's /. comment mentioned an over two years old Economist article on "The 'CSI effect' -- Television/TV dramas that rely on forensic science to solve crimes are affecting the administration of justice ..."

Boing Boing reports on why "why is it so hard to make a phone call in emergency situations? ... But it is a fact that, whenever disaster strikes, it becomes difficult to reach the people you care about.

NetworkWorld mentioned an over eight months old blog saying that "no bomb powerful enough to destroy an on-rushing asteroid...

Blue's News shared an over year old BBC News article/story on "The myth of the eight-hour sleep -- We often worry about lying awake in the middle of the night -- but it could be good for you. A growing body of evidence from both science and history suggests that the eight-hour sleep may be unnatural..."

/. shared a two pages Network World article on "33 things you should never say to a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agent..." Here are some dumb and just plain aggressive comments made by travelers.

VideoSift shared a Times article (one long page), with its three minutes and 17 seconds video, showing "... the last 90 years of history through the covers

VideoSift shares a funny and could happen 1.75 minutes Jimmy Kimmel Live's YouTube video showing "Facebook Police

This three parts RifleMan80's YouTube video playlist is an eight minutes and eleven seconds (18:11) fan-made video showing "What if Captain Picard was never saved from the Borg. They skip Earth and head straight to Bajor and Deep Space Nine (DS9) several years later..."

CNET News show a twenty two pages/slides showing "making the vote count: Voting machines then and now (pictures/photo(graph)s) -- Amid all the problems that have been solved with advances in technology, the simple act of tallying votes is still an arduous task in America.

Slave V's YouTube video playlist shows "Political Kombat '12" that combine the violent Mortal Kombat video games and the recent and current American elections 2012.

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