The fourth time I was in a rush, so when the van stopped next to me and the guy was about to start talking to me, I was faster and told him "I'm not interested in buying any speakers from you." He was speechless, closed the window and drove away, disappointed. The guys left very fast after I told them I was highly interested: "Great - new speakers! Exactly what we need for the DA office - can you deliver them directly into the office?" I don't know why, but I'm the only guy I know who was approached by these mobile HiFi mobsters four times within a few weeks in three different German cities!ĭuring the third time it happened I was a District Attorney and were on my way home when the van stopped with this great offer. I really laughed out loud when I read the Speakers & Vans stories - I didn't know that this was an international scam.
Lots of interesting stuff in that Wiki, by the way.Īlso, from Chuck, who let me know that this scam has extended way beyond the U.S.: I am almost sure there are marketing schools where people learn to scam folks with the speakers. Wikipedia has a whole damn page dedicated to that scam: Wiki. I think her husband got them for $200, though.
My sister has those same damn speakers sitting unused in her living room. Here's the clip, and unless you work at a very, very relaxed company, it is definitely not safe for work. You've just gotta love Denmark-that's all I can say. NSFW Warning: Todd Strobl sent in a hilarious link to a news story about a new speeding control program in Denmark called "Speed Bandits." The reason the clips is NSFW is because in their efforts to slow down traffic, the police department has hired beautiful woman to hold up speed limit signs-while topless. Traditionally it was thought images from one eye were delayed, arriving in the brain microseconds after images from the other eye – causing a sensation that something was being seen for the second time.īut University of Leeds researchers report for the first time the case of a blind person experiencing déjà vu through smell, hearing and touch. It sounds like a contradiction in terms – but the first case study of its kind has turned the whole theory of déjà vu on its head. Here's an excerpt:Ī blind man suffering déjà vu.
It's inspired and very funny, and you can read it here.įrom Todd Strobl, a link to an excelllent animated short titled "Rockfish." It's a terrific short and you can see it here.īrian Witte sent in a link to a study about déjà vu. Gwon Chang sends along a link to a blog of a cross-country road trip. He's writing regularly and he's interesting. Very interesting reading, and it's here, along with a second article here.ĭQ reader Darren Love has a blog (mostly about MMO's) called The Common Sense Gamer and you can read it here. And there will be a presentation at an international conference in Greece either tomorrow or Friday. I mentioned the Antikythera Mechanism a while back, and Sirius sent in a link to an in-depth article. Pretty fascinating stuff, and you can read about it here. I'd never heard of accoustic levitation, but it's apparently possible to levitate objects (and small creatures) using accoustic fields.
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