This is taken from a TV show (Japan? Korea?) where I’m guessing you were supposed to guess who would win in a downhill race - motor bike or man.
To even things out a little, the man has wheels attached to many parts of his limbs, and appears to be well versed in this sport already.
In case that made no sense, watch the video

I have seen these for sale before, as well as MP3s of the isolated sound of the horn, but this video shows what happens when you put said train horns in a car, and drive round scaring people.

Personally, I would love one if I ever drive over here in Kazakhstan, just to make sure other drivers were aware of my presence, but I’m not too sure how well the police would react. In any case, it seems like a better idea than the one an old boss implemented - he managed to import an American police siren, installed it in his Volvo, and used to tear down the fast lane on motorways, using it when people wouldn’t let him pass!

I still can’t work out if this video was released as a joke, or even as an anti-Microsoft jibe. I just can’t see how someone would record this with good intentions, and then let it go public…
Funny in any case…

If so, you may find cracked’s article on ‘The Awful Truth Behind 5 Items Probably On Your Grocery List‘ informative.
Some of the products are reasonably well know for their potential human rights issues, such as Coca Cola as well as Chiquita and Dole bananas, but I’d not heard about the issues Iams pet foods were actively involved in, nor about Nestle Nesquik (though obviously Nestle’s record in Africa with baby milk already has them high on many people’s boycott list).
Anyway, have a read through, and see what our wonderful multi-national conglomerates have been up to this last past 1/2 century

(USA Relevant)

Not having heard of Hughesnet before, when I came across the company, I decided to do a little research. In a nutshell, they are a satellite comms ISP. If you live, or work, where ADSL, cable or other ‘normal’ broadband services are not yet available, you are probably currently restricted to dial up services, which are painfully slow.
Two-way Satellite Internet services use a modem and dish to provide a high speed connection to the internet. In the past, satellite connections were often only one way, which meant you still needed to create a dial up connection, to actually send any data. This was inconvenient (tying up a phone line from voice calls), cumbersome (two connections needed to be made each time), expensive (paying twice over for one connection!) and slow, as all uploads were done via the phone line, limiting you to around 51.2 Kbits per second (unless you actually live IN your phone exchange ).
Luckily, Hughes Net offer a range of packages that all involve two way comms, with pretty reasonable prices. If I lived over in America, and had a clear view of the southern sky, I’d be applying today! Though having said that, there do appear to be more than 800,000 users not based in America, so I’d better check which direction we can place a dish on our roof safely Anyway, the FAQ section is fairly comprehensive over there, so check it out now.

No, not a serious piece on the issues mariners face in many areas of Asia and Africa, but instead links to a couple of articles on plans to punish those who download and share copyrighted material by withdrawing their access to the internet.
On one hand, we have the British government considering such plans, whilst members of the European Parliament have voted against (only just) such rules, at least at a Europe wide level. Individual governments will obviously still retain the right to put such policies into practice.
Even without any actual UK legislation in place, I know from personal experience that repeat offenders in Britain can find their ISPs cancel their account. Perhaps I know from being caught downloading movies or programs? Nope, part of my job a few years ago was to trace specific users (those who didn’t use PeerGuardian at least ) that were caught by organizations who scour Peer2Peer networks, looking for illegal copies of copyright material. However, all that would happen back then was if I found a specifically named file was still being actively shared by a customer, they would receive a warning. If the same person ignored the warning, or was caught with new files we were alerted to, their account would be closed. However, as we ran more than 100 different branded ISPs, all working on the same equipment, we’d often see the same people come back again, under a new ISP label

The next time I complain about Kazakh drivers not stopping for you on zebra crossings, or the way cars are driven when a pedestrian is on the road for some reason, remind me to look at this video from India…

That would have been a truly shocking story to come across, wouldn’t it. Sadly, that isn’t the case; check here for details.

The Greek government had planned to give unmarried couples better rights, and whilst the Archbishop pictured above has publicly refused to comment on these plans, the synod has proclaimed in a sensationalist manner that the plans equate to condoning prostitution. Welcome to the middle ages people

Following on from the previous post, we have another article from the BBC on innovative ways to harvest power from activities people already carry out. This one is all about utilizing a potentially huge source of energy - children. As mothers everywhere will attest, kids can sometimes seem to run around all day, with no specific aim, and all this energy can now help charge electrical cells (batteries), to power lights etc. into the evening, where villages aren’t on a power grid already. Obviously remote locations in Africa where what the inventor had in mind, but the uses could well spread far and wide - in terms of eco-friendly power, you could create systems to light up childrens play areas in the west, without relying on conventional electricity systems, which involve burning fossil fuels, or nuclear power.