Sea city, pyramids, senses, four square

Hello,
Here's some stuff to read:

• See the marvelous Sea City of the Future! coming in the year 2000!
• Has the ancient riddle of the Great Pyramids' construction been solved? Interesting new theory.
• Hacking your senses for cool new uses.
  
• Buying a new car? This former car salesman explains how the dealership uses the Four Square to rip you off.
  

Wisdom, oaths, rats laughing

Hi there!
Some links to welcome the start of Spring:

• The Wisdom of Children - funny, but I'm not sure this is real, or if it is an adult interpreting what children would interpret adults saying.
• Funny Things People Say In Court - some real gems caught while people were under oath.
• Speaking of under oath, subpoenas authorized for talks in the federal prosecutors scandal. And the White House will fight it! So, it is OK to let aides talk as long as it is not under oath and what they say can't be written down?
• Rats laugh when tickled or playing. Who knew?
  

Home alone, master song, optical confusion, stupid test

Hello there. Just some more quick links today:

• Home becomes an island when they refuse to sell to developers. But at least they won! They did win, right?
• Master's thesis hits the Billboard top 10 single list. Overachiever. Way to ruin it for everyone else in the class.
• The Neave Strobe optical illusion will make you dizzy. It's cool, but be sure your PC speakers aren't turned up too loud.
• I did well on the Stupid Test, or rather I did poorly (less stupid):

Burgers, ads, time, teens, tech

Hello,
Here are some quick links for you today:

• McDonald's tests bigger burger, the Angus Third Pounder. I sure hope they make a Double Third Pounder.
• Subliminal Ads shown to work, or "wasn't this known years ago?". Liminal ads however are more effective - READ BRIAN'S BLOG DAILY.
• Scientists say you can't travel back in time. What a buzzkill! I'll show them! I'll go back and beat them up in high school.
• 73 percent of today's youth ineligible for the Army because they are “are morally, intellectually or physically” unfit for service. Ah, that's reassuring.
• Top 5 future technologies. What? Time travel isn't on the list? I particularly liked the sketch understanding system and touch hardware. Now only if they'd invent robot replacements for today's unfit youth.
  

Dolls, animatronics, pricing practices

Hello,
I'm back from a nice vacation in Florida to find that Minnesota was buried in snow while I was gone. It was nice to avoid the huge storms that hit the Midwest in the last week and a half.

Anyway, I'm watching "The Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search for the Next Doll" as I write this; I am further convinced that this country is retarded. The "contestants", the dolls themselves, everyone involved, they are all vapid, clueless, two-dimensional people. There is so much focus on the veneer and none on the substance.

A couple quick links:

• Disney reanimates theme parks with "free-roaming, interacting audio-animatronic Muppets capable of 'seeing' and 'talking' without a human puppeteer in sight". Bunsen Honeydew and Beaker are the first up. Please, oh please tell me one of these will be running for president in '08!
• Best Buy web site pricing probed. Apparently there is an in-store employee site that looks like BestBuy.com but with different pricing. I'm a Best Buy shopper (use the RewardZone program) but this sounds awfully shady.