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A Call for More Scientific Truth in Product Warning Labels

Okay, this is really not new, but still funny. For those of you who don’t know it yet a personal selection out of the best “scientific product warnings”:

A Call for More Scientific Truth in Product Warning Labels

by Susan Hewitt and Edward Subitzky

As scientists and concerned citizens, we applaud the recent trend towards legislation that [...]

Barr. Thomas Mbeki needs your help!

In another typcial “Nigeria connection” e-mail I received one today that read

Attn Sir,

I am Thomas Mbeki, the personal attorney
to Michael Burton , On the 16Th of July 2006, my client and his family were involved in a car accident along Accra / Benin express road where they all died .

Since then, I have made several [...]

Mobile Internet with a Mac and a SonyEricsson K750i

Nowadays prices for mobile internet are getting reasonable. With e.g. Simyo you get your mobile Megabyte for 24 Euro-Cent. This is okay for e-mail messaging and even for some moderate web-browsing. Of course all this makes more fun if done from a decent computer, say a MacBook, and not using some tiny mobile phone’s keypad. [...]