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I’ve found some hilarious real quotes taken from all kinds of courts of law which prove that, sometimes, the duty of being a court reporter is more of a torment than that of being the attorney. Read on!

“ATTORNEY: Are you sexually active?
WITNESS: No, I just lie there.

ATTORNEY: What is your date of birth?
WITNESS: July 18th.
ATTORNEY: What year?
WITNESS: Every year.

ATTORNEY: What gear were you in at the moment of the impact?
WITNESS: Gucci sweats and Reeboks.

ATTORNEY: This myasthenia gravis, does it affect your memory at all?
WITNESS: Yes.
ATTORNEY: And in what ways does it affect your memory?
WITNESS: I forget.
ATTORNEY: You forget? Can you give us an example of something you forgot?

ATTORNEY: What was the first thing your husband said to you that morning?
WITNESS: He said, “Where am I, Cathy?”
ATTORNEY: And why did that upset you?
WITNESS: My name is Susan.

ATTORNEY: Now doctor, isn’t it true that when a person dies in his sleep, he doesn’t know about it until the next morning?
WITNESS: Did you actually pass the bar exam?

ATTORNEY: Were you present when your picture was taken?
WITNESS: Would you repeat the question?

ATTORNEY: So the date of conception (of the baby) was August 8th?
WITNESS: Yes.
ATTORNEY: And what were you doing at that time?
WITNESS: Uh…

ATTORNEY: She had three children, right?
WITNESS: Yes.
ATTORNEY: How many were boys?
WITNESS: None.
ATTORNEY: Were there any girls?

ATTORNEY: How was your first marriage terminated?
WITNESS: By death.
ATTORNEY: And by whose death was it terminated?

ATTORNEY: Is your appearance here this morning pursuant to a deposition notice which I sent to your attorney?
WITNESS: No, this is how I dress when I go to work.

ATTORNEY: Doctor, how many of your autopsies have you performed on dead people?
WITNESS: All my autopsies are performed on dead people.

ATTORNEY: ALL your responses MUST be oral, OK? What school did you go to?
WITNESS: Oral.

ATTORNEY: Do you recall the time that you examined the body?
WITNESS: The autopsy started around 8:30 p.m.
ATTORNEY: And Mr. Denton was dead at the time?
WITNESS: No, he was sitting on the table wondering why I was doing an autopsy on him!

ATTORNEY: Are you qualified to give a urine sample?
WITNESS: Huh?

ATTORNEY: Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse?
WITNESS: No.
ATTORNEY: Did you check for blood pressure?
WITNESS: No.
ATTORNEY Did you check for breathing?
WITNESS: No.
ATTORNEY: So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when you began the autopsy?
WITNESS: No.
ATTORNEY: How can you be so sure, Doctor?
WITNESS: Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar.
ATTORNEY: But could the patient have still been alive, nevertheless?
WITNESS: Yes, it is possible that he could have been alive and practicing law.”

Indeed, sheds some light on what can happen in court…spooky!

- source : AmigaMCCC -

Scientists have made a quite impressive progress lately, managing to take signals from the brain of monkeys and men and using them to control mechanical limbs.

However, this is only the beginning.

Darpa, the Pentagon’s blue sky research division, plan on developing a “neurally controlled artificial limb that will restore full motor and sensory capability to upper extremity amputee patients. This revolutionary prosthesis will be controlled, feel, look and perform like the native limb.”

Just like the arm Luke Skywalker gets in “Empire Strikes Back” after Vader chops it off, but the term of finalization for this ambitious project is only 4 years away, according to Darpa.

How about its functions? How accurate would the arm be compared to a natural one?
“The limb would have to be wired directly into the peripheral nervous system, instead of the brain-controlled arms being demonstrated today, Darpa tells researchers interested in working on this “Revolutionizing Prosthetics” project. Under agency guidelines, the arm will need enough finesse to pick up a raisin or to write in longhand. It needs to be sensitive enough for the wearer to handle day-to-day tasks in the dark. And the limb will have to be strong enough to lift 60 pounds at a time.”
“The final product [an above-the-elbow prosthetic arm] must be ready for human clinical trials… [and] sufficiently mature to enter the appropriate approval processes for general medical use by the end of 24 months.”

This project truly signifies what “giving a hand” to all those who need it means…very interesting, indeed…

- source : DefenseTech -

A moose attacked a boy and his sister, according to a Norwegian news site.

The boy reportedly “taunted” the moose away from his sister, then “feigned death” until the moose lost aggro and left. “Just like you learn in level 30 in World of Warcraft” the boy is quoted as saying.

Frankly, if he would have managed his DPS in the first place, he wouldn’t have taken aggro at all. Maybe his sister pulled unintentionally and if that’s the case, I bet she lost a lot of DKP with that n0obish action … I mean the raid was close to being wiped, come on!

Click here for the original article! (You won’t understand anything unless you speak Norwegian, but you can always try)

Omg, if this really is true, then it’s bloody amazing. You see, WoW DOES have an educational value. Play on, fellow gamers, play on!

P.S. Speaking of DKP, I must remember to show you a brilliant movie about an Onyxia raid wipe in WoW.

Yes, you heard it right!

Everybody know that Activision is currently battling the grand EA for the position of “the Man” in video games publishing, hitting the jackpot with titles like Call of Duty, Guitar Hero, Tony Hawk or Assassin’s Creed.

Activision has joined forces with Vivendi and thus Blizzard, famous father of the Diablo, Starcraft and Warcraft (World of Warcraft has over 8 million players worldwide) creating Activision Blizzard, a new company. The catch is that Vivendi will be the primary shareholder for the new Activision Blizzard, with 68% of the shares, so that (oh, the irony!) when the deal actually gets finalized Vivendi will have actually bought Activision.

“The details on the Blizzard-Activision part of the deal are as follows: <Note: quotes are taken from the FAQ on Blizzard’s website)

• Activision will change their name to Activision Blizzard.
• “We do not anticipate any difference in Blizzard’s operations as a result of the combination. Joining forces with Activision will create a stronger and more diversified company that we anticipate will benefit and strengthen both brands.”
• Brand names on boxes will remain the same. i.e WoW will continue to be branded Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. There will be no change to the logo.
• “A: There will be no changes in the way Blizzard operates. All of the people, processes, and philosophies that have made Blizzard so successful will be preserved.”
• Development on current roster will continue as normal at Blizzard (WoW: Wrath of the Lich King, StarCraft II and unnaounced games – Diablo 3?), although no word on whether this will be the case across the other Vivendi games.
• There will be no sharing of development teams across Blizzard and Activision.
• Release schedules will not change as a result of the deal… so Starcraft 2 could still come out some time in the next decade.
• The deal should be finalised by mid 2008″

This only represents the part of the deal concerning Activision and Blizzard, further details concerning Vivendi still being awaited.

Omg! Here’s a piece of information I bet would interest even the most bored viewer of the console-wars (console war, what-ever!) :

Sony has put forward a new offer which states that if you purchase a PS3 with the Sony Credit Card, you get 100$ worth of credit, thus making the 40GB PS3’s price go down to 299$.

Go here if you’re interested in signing up!

That just about puts to rest all possible arguments implying that the Playstation 3 is too expensive for purchase. If you’re into buying a gaming console, you most likely know a little bit of something about games and stuff (and the fact that Nintendo’s Wii doesn’t output in HD – High Definition, that is – ) so you will probably be interested in the Xbox 360 from Microsoft or the Playstation 3 from Sony.

The fact is, a couple of months ago, everyone was saying that they couldn’t buy the PS3 because of it’s horrendous price compared to the 360. Now, taking advantage of this offer, every model of the Ps3 is 50$ cheaper than it’s Microsoftian sibling, without even taking into consideration the Xbox Live subscription, which is another 50$ for U.S. residents, and 80$ (80 – ZOMG!) for Europe residents or the difference in out-of-the-box features.

The scene is definitely set for an all-out battle this Christmas, and it will be very interesting to follow both Microsoft and the audience’s replies.

P.S. I think this change deserves a new head-to-head review of the two gaming systems, don’t you? When I have some time, I’ll work on it.

Can you make out the words, the faces, or both? Watch these images for some interesting graphical art :

Tyranny or Freedom
Threat or Pretext
Peace or War
Dead or Alive
Pretty nice, wouldn’t you say? I find them quite impressive .

-thx to Tides-

How fast can you find the man’s head in the picture?

According to medical experiments:
If you can find the Man’s Head within 3 seconds, your right brain is more developed than normal people. If you can find the Man’s Head within 1 minute, your right brain is developed normally.
If you can find the Man’s Head within 1-3 minutes, your right brain is slow in reacting, you should eat more meat protein.
If you can find the Man’s Head in 3 minutes or more, your right brain is a disaster… extremely slow in reacting, and Yes, there really is a man in there ..

Indeed, it seems like I’ve got a normally developed right brain side. How fast did you find it?

This is absolutely brilliant. One of the absolute best commercials I have ever seen.

The dude gets pulled over and receives a ticket from the officer. If only everyone could see you as your dog does…

“Sir, do you have any idea how super-cool you are? Here’s a short poem I wrote about you”. =)) Brilliant! )

I think that smiling is a very important action one must do as much as he can, everyday. For today, here’s the thought that should make you smile : Someone likes you. I’ll prove it not by talking to you about your family and friends who care about you and think about you in a pleasant way, but by showing you someone else who likes you. Enjoy!