Apparently, Cats have knocking glasses off the counter down to a science, and Professor Pussycat knows all about the phenomenon!
[Source: Einstein’s mama on Facebook]
Harry Potter Scots Language Edition Might Be the Best Book of All Time
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Imgur user whovianmuse recently posted some hilarious excerpts from the Scots language edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone Stane. Yes, this is actually a real book, and you can purchase it via Amazon.com right here.
“So I got the Scots edition of Philosopher’s Stone for Christmas this year and uh…yeah, I’m pretty sure this is hands down the best book I have ever or will ever own.”
[Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stane (Scots Language Edition)]
iPhone Users Can Disable Slowdowns
Apple says users will soon be able to block slowdowns on older iPhones. However, it’s still warning against the move.
The announcement came from Tim Cook in an interview with ABC. Among other issues he discussed Apple’s acknowledgement late last year that it was indeed slowing down some older models but not – as was widely speculated – as part of a scheme to make upgrades seem more appealing.
Instead Apple said it was to avoid a problem in older phones where aging batteries had insufficient voltage to cope with sudden spikes in demand by the processor and would simply shut down without warning.
The company had already dropped the cost of replacement batteries and begun work on a software update that will improve the settings menus to show more detail about the health of their battery. The information will also say whether or not the phone has been slowed down (suggesting the ‘throttling’ is applied based on the actual battery status rather than simply by the model number or operating system version.)
Cook specifically confirmed for the first time that there’ll also be a user option to disable the slowdown. He added that “we don’t recommend it because we think people’s iPhones are really important to them and you can never tell when something is so urgent.”
That suggests Apple may need to be very clear in the wording of any warning messages before users disable the slowdown. That will be necessary to counter any speculative lawsuits if phones shut down and customers either lose data or are temporarily unable to make calls in an emergency situation. The logic there will be that if only Apple is proven to know about the risk of a shutdown, it could be on the hook; if Apple can prove the customer knew as well, that makes it the customer’s responsibility.
The Second Trailer for the “Tomb Raider” Reboot Movie is MUCH Better Than The First One!
The first trailer for the upcoming “Tomb Raider” reboot was really, really bad. Fortunately, the new one actually makes me want to give the movie a chance. Check it out above and let us know your thoughts in the comments!
Lara Croft is the fiercely independent daughter of an eccentric adventurer who vanished when she was scarcely a teen. Now a young woman of 21 without any real focus or purpose, Lara navigates the chaotic streets of trendy East London as a bike courier, barely making the rent. Determined to forge her own path, she refuses to take the reins of her father’s global empire just as staunchly as she rejects the idea that he’s truly gone. Advised to face the facts and move forward after seven years without him, even Lara can’t understand what drives her to finally solve the puzzle of his mysterious death.
Leaving everything she knows behind, Lara goes in search of her dad’s last-known destination: a fabled tomb on a mythical island that might be somewhere off the coast of Japan. But her mission will not be an easy one; just reaching the island will be extremely treacherous. Suddenly, the stakes couldn’t be higher for Lara, who—against the odds and armed with only her sharp mind, blind faith and inherently stubborn spirit—must learn to push herself beyond her limits as she journeys into the unknown. If she survives this perilous adventure, it could be the making of her, earning her the name tomb raider.
130 Years of National Geographic Covers in Just Two Minutes (1888 – 2018)
Over the last 130 years, National Geographic has changed the look of its magazine but never wavered from its commitment to explore ‘the world and all that is in it’. In this short video, watch the evolution (1888 to today) of this iconic cover while reliving some of the most famous milestones along the way.
The Web of Lies [Comic]
Use the right arrow on the comic below to navigate from one panel to the other.
[Source: KatRaccoon on Imgur]
Pornhub’s Hawaii Bogus Missile Alert Traffic Change [Graph]
What is the first thing you do after a crisis is confirmed as bogus? Yeah, that’s right. You use a stress-relief measure.
Here is a graph of Pornhub’s traffic comming from Hawaii before, during, and after the bogus missile alert we reported a few days ago:
[Source: Pornhub on Twitter]
A Phantom Internet [Comic]
WTF Did I just Watch: By the Power of Grayskull, What’s Going On? [Video]
My eyes and ears… they bleed!
And here’s the original! (Thanks Candice!) Try syncing both, they fit perfectly!
How to Figure Out the Day of the Week For Any Day Ever
Computers aren’t the only things that can run algorithms, human beings can to! Here’s a fun and relatively simple (with a little practice) trick that will allow you to calculate the day of the week for any day, ever! This algorithm, named the Doomsday rule, was developed by mathematician John H. Conway in 1973.