Dad can I get a Moto Razr for my 5th birthday?
An anonymous reader writes
CNet is reporting that the average age of a child receiving their first cell phone is continuing to drop. A report carried out last year showed that the average age of a child’s first cell phone was just eight years old and is expected to drop closer to 5 years of age this year. The author raises the obligatory medical questions that have been argued about in adults for years. Just how young is too young for a cell phone?
Read @ SlashDot
Iraq occupancy time exceeds that of WWII
US occupancy in Iraq since they announced themselves as victors has exceeded the occupancy time in World War II.
The counting starts from the day Germany declared war on the US (December 11, 1941) to VE day (May 8, 1945). This is 1244 days. The Invasion of Iraq began on March 20, 2003 at 21:34 EST when the US began their first air strike on Baghdad. On August 15, 2006 21:30 EST the United States the war in Iraq became longer than it was at war with Germany in World War II.
No one critiqued when women allowed their husbands and children to die in hands of Nazis, but now everyone criticizes their action, from Muslim world to their own countrymen. Its not how you wage the war, but the purpose for which you fight, that decides the victor.
More about US occupancy @ Ironing the Flag
Ace Ventura finally getting a sequel
Morgan Creek has announced that a third Ace Ventura film is in development. Ace Venture Jr. will center on the “eccentric detective’s son, who steps into his father’s shoes to take over the family business.”
I always wanted a sequel to Ace Ventura, I love Jim Carey and his comedy style. But First it was Dumb and Dumber which got a “younger” look in sequel and Jim Carey was out for a teenager playing his role. Then Mask 2 converted to “Son of Mask” and had no Jim Carey in it. And now Ace Venture goes for a younger face with Ace Venture Jr. : Son of Ace Venture ? I mean come on, be original! and also bring Jim Carey back. He is the reason why these fictional characters became famous. Both Dumb and Dumber 2 and Mask 2 were flop.. Don’t you get a hint what people would want in Ace Venture 2… JIM CAREY!!!
More about original announcement @ ShoutWire
Indian Train service starting Monkey Business
New Delhi metro has reported many cases of monkeys boarding trains and spooking passengers. In effort to keep monkeys off the trains, officials are going to hire fierce-looking primates, the Langur, to scare the other monkeys away. Langurwallahs, men who train langurs, will be paid 6900 rupees a month to begin immediate training.
More @ MSNBC
Prisoners: US Taking away their human title
There have been two issues raised regarding prisoners in recent times. First is the escalating number of prisoners in U.S.; second the bad treatment being done with war prisoners by both US and Israel, which goes against all the laws that were made in previous times for protection of human rights.
- Despite half a decade of sentencing reform efforts, America’s jail and prison population is increasing at a rate of more than a thousand per week. The total number of people behind bars in the US at the end of last June was 2,186,230, up more than 56,000 over the previous year. Once again, the US retains its title as the world’s most prison-crazy nation, holding onto first place in both prisoners per capita and total number of people imprisoned. More…
- By promising confidentiality to the occupying and imprisoning powers the International Committee of the Red Cross monitors the fate of prisoners of war that no other organization can reach — from Guantanamo Bay’s Camp X-ray, to Abu Ghraib and even the many Israeli detention centers in occupied Palestine. Here, Rafeef Ziadah questions whether the ICRC’s monitoring efforts help prisoners or protect those who violate prisoners’ human rights. More…
- Further more, find out if abuse of prisoners being made legalized? More…
- And finish it all, when Bush is in trouble, he changes the law! Bush is proposing “amendments that would eliminate the risk of prosecution for political appointees, CIA officers and former military personnel for humiliating or degrading war prisoners.” The Supreme Court decided in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, that not honoring the Geneva Conventions was illegal. More…
Google domains on fire
One of the tricks to earn easier income these days is to buy a domain sounding similar to “Google”.. and Google will be ready to buy it off your hands at much “reasonable” price (if they don’t sue you first that is). I am not lying.. take a look at what kind of domains they purchased first hand and transferred from other people…
and list goes on and on.. see the complete updated list @ ResourceShelf
Highest earning celebrities this year
Forbes magazine has compiled a list of earnings of celebrities, and there is the list of top 10 earners available online.
Some names were bound to make this list, like “Steven Spielberg” (War of the worlds, Minority report, E.T., Jurassic Park) , “George Lucas” (Star wars, Indiana Jones), “Oprah Winfrey” (Oprah TV show) and “JK Rowling” (Harry potter) and “Tiger Woods”.
But there are also some surprises like the second highest earner is “Howard Stern” and “Jerry Seinfield”, yup! the comedian from Seinfield TV series which ended in 1998. But still earned £122m a huge income which comes mainly from DVD sales of this TV seasons. Then there are the DaVinci code author “Dan Brown”. Although the Christian community hoped that he didn’t earn that much, but I think the book sold more because of the controversy which was created by them. The sales would never have been this much if they didn’t raise issues about the book.
So, who else are on the list and who exactly made how much? Find out @ BBC
