Fludicrous Masks

Oink! Don't you think people tend to panic over nothing? 60 cases in the U.S. is not a reason to walk around in masks. Thousands die every year from regular flu, so what makes 60 a pandemic? What's fludicrous is that people wearing masks touch everything with bare hands then reach under their masks to touch their face, scratch their nose, eat food, etc without washing hands or sanitizing. If you must wear the mask, wear the whole attire, you know gloves and stuff, buy the mask in different color to match the rest of your clothes and print your name on it. I think I want an array of them to match my outfits too.

Awww, we haven't had a proper media frenzy this year so they've got to do something!!

I think people like to think it's the end of everything. It all makes me laugh. Now watch. You're going to be the next victim.

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Video game addiction

Do you think we can fight video games addiction by making annoyingly monotonous versions of a video game, then have the game switch from the regular version to the monotonous one when a close friend, girlfriend, boyfriend or family member thinks we're getting too addicted to it? The benefit with extreme, annoying monotony is that the addict gets upset with the game and not with the people around him telling him he's addicted. He loses interest in the game 'naturally'. Any other ideas out there?

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The right to be lazy sometimes..

It's May Day and I'm feeling rather lazy sitting at home with nothing planned for today. Been reflecting about my work. In general, I love what I do but sometimes I get these moments where I feel totally burnt out and just want to lie down and do nothing. Like who doesn't, right? I just want to be lazy but as I question what motivates me to go to work, I wonder if we not only have a right to be lazy but also an obligation. For what if I let myself get totally lazy, so lazy that I feel lazy about being lazy and don't want to be lazy anymore, instead I want to go back to work. It's probably an absurd way to motivate oneself this way but it works. I guess laziness has its merits too :)

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Take year-off loans to travel

How about a new type of loan for students or workers who want to take a year off (or more) in a foreign country and work as volunteers for a cause? The loan will be repaid in work hours, not in cash. The applicant will indicate how many hours he is willing to work a day and based on the minimum wage for the country calculate the total amount of the loan for the specified duration.

The bank or other organization disperses the loan in daily installments based on whether the applicant checked for work or not that day.

This is what it might make sense for a bank to do that. Usually banks hand out lump sums to charities or non-profit organizations and save on taxes. Why not hand the money to the volunteers directly who will work for the charities? The difference is that More people will probably volunteer if they hear they can take a year-off loan to travel that they repay through work than if a charity advertises its work and asks people to join it.

It will also be good PR for the first bank that tries it as it will enable it to build brand and loyalty with young people based on an experience that was fun early on in their adult life. The bank will thus be able to sell more of its products to them in the future banking on that loyalty and brand it built early on.

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Make money creating the crisis. Make money solving it!

Here's the skinny. The guy gives tons of loans to people who can't afford them and sets the stage for the sub-prime crisis. The crisis erupts. He buys the loans back from the government ridiculously cheaper than the government bought them from the banks using taxpayers money. As a result he can afford to lower the interest homeowners pay on those loans and still make a 20% profit from them. Desperate to keep their houses, homeowners will gladly say thank you to him for helping them keep their houses.

And I want to ask a very simple question. Why is the government selling the loans to him? Why can't the government hire Him or other people like him to do the job of lowering the interest rate on those loans itself? Why let Him do the job via PennyMac and let Him keep the 20% profit? Why not have the government do the job and return the 20% profit to taxpayers whose money it used to buy the loans in the first place?

Is our government stupid, incapable or what? Or is the former No2 of Countrywide Financial that brilliant?

I have to say, just by looking at the name of his company PennyMac, he is a brilliant shyster. Penny for thriftiness and Mac for creative! Son-of-a...spiv :((

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Why are Italians so approving of Berlusconi And his wife?

I don't argue that all Italians approve of Berlusconi's publicly flirting with younger women. I find it interesting, however, that his image as a politician is not affected negatively whenever his wife will publish a rebuke of him in the press. What does that say about Italian culture I wonder. Do Italians excuse his behavior because he is a prime minister or because he is a married man? Do Italian men share secret pride when He flirts or when She criticizes him?

His wife is mentioned in the British media as Veronica Lario not as Mrs. Berlusconi, is that deliberate? How about the Italian press? Why do you think she feels compelled to criticize him publicly if the public seems ok with his behavior? If she is so upset at him, why doesn't she divorce him? That would be a strong statement to make about finding her husband's behavior deeply offending. The public letter rebuke seems a business-as-usual response. Is it?

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How to make Google smarter

Google ranks the web by popularity. Wouldn't it be great if we could rank the web by intelligence or other attributes? People's IQ is measured in tests, why not measure the content of websites similarly and then filter search results accordingly?

Google probably has the brains and resources to offer such service in the future. For example, if I do a keyword search for 'subprime market tips', I want to filter the display of my search results so that I get the websites with most intelligent content only and not those with the most popular content. I know it sounds nice but people might say it's not possible to do. Google succeeded as a search engine because it was smarter due to the accuracy of its searches. Why not add intelligence or other attributes in the display of its searches?

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What do women like more in a man?

Some men wish they looked better but don't realize that women fall easier to sharp wit and a good sense of humor. Why don't these statistics get published? Wit or humor is not necessarily related to intelligence or knowledge which take years in college to acquire. It's all about training and practice. Men make the mistake to spend too much time at the gym pumping up muscles.

Why not pump up muscles and wit in a gym? A sports gym that promises to train wit and muscles would be value for men's money, time and acuMen. Would women support this initiative?

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Sexuality and passion coming in a lot of forms

what may you think when you heard about sex toys, dildos, masturbation, sex dolls or similar words? well I bet this words just will go directly to your deepest thoughts and after a small research into your brain you'll know if this topic is a taboo or you can be enough open mind to talk about it, I'm just gonna think for this brief moment that there's always a way to improve our sexual life in a healthy and lonely/couple positive ways and its using sex toys, just for some dollars you can get a best way for make your sexual life even more! I can't make a large and complete description about every kind of sex toy and what's the best one for your expectations but I think you make some visit to this website to find out more information:

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how can we wrap a digital present?

isn't it fun to unwrap presents? it adds to the excitement, doesn't it? how can we replicate the experience when it comes to a digital present purchased online and sent via an email link to download? wouldn't it mean more sales if we could somehow produce the effect? one way is to show an animation and replicate the sound of paper torn while the file is downloading. that leaves the hands bare. why do we like unwrapping presents? it's the mystery of not knowing what's inside. or the care that's been taken to present the item as a present. in the latter case it's a symbol that triggers an emotion. how do we come up with that symbol in a digital product offered online?

perhaps watching a video in virtual reality of the gift giver searching for the present, finding it and wrapping it? or a video showing us unwrapping the present which has been rendered to look like it has physical form? does wrapping translate as presentation in the online world? i don't know. can you think of something to suggest?

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SkypeShare for lower phone bills

You probably know you can make very cheap phone calls with Skype to landlines. Under a monthly subscription of about $12 you can make unlimited calls to more than 40 countries.

SkypeShare is a cheating concept. Share the password to one account with a few others and make unlimited calls driving down the monthly subscription cost even further. To prevent abuse, Skype's fair use policy actually limits 'unlimited use' to 10,000 minutes per month with a maximum of 6 hours per day but still, the restrictions can allow for plenty of time to be shared among a few friends.

Sharing the account could also work with prepaid plans and calls to mobile phones which are more expensive. The idea is nothing new or extraordinary, one account with a shared password to split the monthly subscription bill among a few people. Simple as that!

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Edible Business Cards: Eat me before you call me :)

I never thought contacting you could be so yummy! The cards exist, I think it is an nice concept for a gift, the person who eats the card might certainly remember the taste of it (good or bad) but forget all about the contact details. In which case what does one do? Vomit? Browse the crap? Just kidding of course! Ok, the business person has to make sure the cookie or chocolate bar on which the contact details are devoured tastes good, is fresh and won't poison the recipient. If you must make the card memorable by taste you might have to buy several of them to satisfy individual tastes which makes it costly. Unless you are a chef! In that job it makes perfect sense to actually use it as a card. Perhaps all chefs should adopt them and it might be the perfect gift to give someone who is a cook :)

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Dog-Peek, add a hole for sniffing

I thought of a small innovation to the Pet Peek window design. Dogs love to sniff and have a more developed sense of smell, thus a small opening for the nose to protrude would make it more fun for the dog as it can see and sniff at the same time. On the company's website we are told their product won the 2006 Silver Medal Product Excellence Award. Why not poke a hole and hope for the Gold next time!

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Adult toys for religious people

Don't religions implicitly ban use of adult toys in sexual intercourse? How about allowing their use for married couples who don't cheat? This is probably a very unusual thought but in an age where sexual temptations everywhere make it hard for people to stay loyal to their married partner, religions that preach monogamy and ban adultery could consider give their blessing to marital-only use of adult toys and accessories. That would certainly please the faithful and reward their loyalty, don't you think? :P

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Web 3.E? (e for everything)

What if major websites such as Amazon, iTunes, Netflix, NYT etc teamed up with major ISPs to offer for a flat monthly fee an internet service connection that comes with unlimited download of books, movies, songs, articles, papers, website memberships etc? Say for $100 a month or whatever deal will make sense, I would not only get a fast internet connection but also free access to the iTunes store, Netflix and Amazon where I can download as many movies, songs and books I want.

It sounds like a crazy idea and a business model that is not viable. I believe though that in the future we will move into a model where everything digital will be offered as a package. That's because digitization and the internet cannibalizes prices and in so doing we get to consume it more and more as a way of life. So maybe another 10 years and we will move closer to this all-in-one-package model. The concept is not new, some restaurants offer all you can eat deals, why not the same for internet and online service providers?

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Now that I'm not a virgin anymore my first thoughts are...

Why can't I have instant refill?? lol
I loved the upgrade, is it open-source or do I have to pay (dinner and stuff) each time I want to use it? :P
Why can't I think of anything? What did we just do?? God! That was Good...
WOW! You're a Woman Of Wonders!! :)
I didn't know I could sweat so much!? :)
first time I had sex the woman was also a virgin and we almost ended up at the hospital because of bleeding. It wasn't a good experience at all!
my thought? Can't even remember. well it was something like.. I'm in love
we have to repeat it. I think I didn't get it the first time
can we try again? I think I can last longer next time :)
I don't know yet :P
oh what a wonderful world

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what makes an idea sexy?

aesthetics or pleasure? think of fast and tight female pussy spasms as fun, why aren't hiccups during sex a sexy idea? if dry anal is more fun and friction-full for the giver but also a pain in the ass for the hiccuped-receiver, why aren't analgesics a sexy idea? if analgesia is conscious anaesthesia, why aren't ludes over lubes the key to anal paresthesia? what makes an idea sexy? aesthetics or pleasure? which you choose? can you pleaz be honest? :)

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Why fly when there's Photoshop?

Have Americans lost their minds? Here's a high-IQ question. Did terrorists take down all legal copies of Photoshop from FAA computers Or did they they just hack into officials' common-sense and replaced it with a sick sense of humor?

Before asking why it had to fly Low, I want to ask why Air Force One, escorted by two F-16s, had to actually fly over the New York skyline in order to take shots of the plane! Couldn't an intern edit the photo without authorizing an expensive photo-op flight over NY? I thought there is an economic crisis going on. These flights cost money and if they are not necessary they should not be authorized on economic grounds, not to mention New Yorkers sensibilities.

That was a sick joke for New Yorkers and if Osama-Bin-Laden is reading the story from his laptop cave, he is probably emailing the FAA, the CIA and the White House asking them to authorize low photo-op flights over Pakistan. Like Obama, he must be furious old images of him are still circulating in the media years after 9/11. If Osama's spokesman states that his boss is upset the CIA circulates old copies of him to the media, I am ready to accept that the Afghani guy is actually more grounded in his request than the FAA officials that authorized the flight.

I want to also prepare myself not to be surprised if Osama, out of empathy for the economic pain felt by millions of Americans announces that he is willing to pay for the cost of those photo-op flights over Pakistan.

I don't know what you think of this incident but I think it was a very sick joke to play on New Yorkers and also rude to everyone else suffering in this crisis.

If Americans are running out of common-sense sensitivity, what happened to their common-sense economic sensibility?

What's wrong with using Photoshop?

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Does the flu scare you?

The source of the virus reminds me of the Black Swan theory by Nicholas Taleb. A Black Swan is defined as an event which is unpredictable but once it breaks out its consequences are massive.

Experts say up to 30 million people could die if a pandemic breaks out. The economic loss is massive. People fear to go out, buy less and the economy collapses. People order food supplies from home and spray the bags before they take them inside. All life moves online because the virus can't yet transmit through the PC no matter how many peer to peer connections are open or illegal downloads are made. But what if the virus is that of a Black Swan, what if it mutates and starts spreading over the internet all of a sudden? What do you do Then?? Why are you still reading this?

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Non-binding love

The love that grows by lips and bounds is bound to happen and knows no bounds..

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Pain killers - are they safe?

On a daily basis we take pain killers for every minor ache in our body. But are these pain killers safe? Or are they causing adverse effect on our health?

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Till Death Do Us Part

If I take this vow and have a happy marriage that I want to keep in heaven, do I have to remarry? What if I die before all my friends do and I can't invite them to the wedding? Who would I invite then? Strangels? And what if I can't afford the divine ceremony? A happy marriage should last forever. The vows changed to "For Better or Worse, For Life And Death...Till Heaven or Hell Together for Ever" :)

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How to make an impossible 1st date happen

Buy 2 tickets for the next show in town. Check on FB or MySpace for the best-looking girls and send a last-minute message "Hey, I know this is out of the blue, but i got last minute tickets to this tomorrow. Would you like to go? It's so last minute i am asking a few friends, so whoever gets back to me first..." If the event can be during the day it's better. Use your charm and good luck but Remember! You paid for the ticket, so choose the hottest girls to send the message to..:) If you get no one to come with you, don't waste your money, ask your girlfriend. Good luck on the next show :P

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If you fart and burp at the same time...

..would it make a vacuum in your tummy??

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Bring your favorite personal trainer to the gym

Not exactly bring him or her physically. Install touch screen monitors next to gym equipment that are wirelessly connected to the internet. Skype with your personal trainer to show you how to perform the exercises and encourage you to keep going. Good or famous instructors can charge you for their time. Or select from a free range of classes, tips and techniques made by other instructors.

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Fixed term marriages

Here is a very interesting article i read on the concept of fixed term marriages:

Marry with a fixed-term contract, not for 'til death do us part

Article from: The Courier-Mail
written by Helen Goltz
April 24, 2009

ACCORDING to the Australian Bureau of Statistics it appears that lifelong marriages are becoming a thing of the past. Few marry for life any more.

Thirty-two per cent of divorces involved separation within the first five years of marriage, and 22 per cent within five to nine years of marriage.

We have fixed term-contracts for the buying of property, cars and insurance, but there is only one contract available for marriage and it is for life. Is it time to consider introducing fixed-term marriage contracts?

The fixed-term contract is not meant to be a "quick fix" or an "easy out".

It would allow for the celebration of the renewal of vows after a five-year or 10-year term and encourage partners to work towards maintaining a good relationship in effect, it opens communication akin to a marriage performance review.

Or it would allow for the marriage to be dissolved by completing an acceptable contract term, without the shame and stigma associated with the failure of a marriage.

So why bother getting married at all? Because inherently we want to believe that we are making a commitment for life. Surely no one enters a marriage with a view to "give it a shot".

We stand in front of friends, family, even God and promise "until death do us part" and, at the time, we believe it. This only adds to the sense of failure when we can't deliver this promise.

It's a simple process: the standard certificate of marriage becomes a five-year contract. The marriage celebrant would continue to retain a copy for their records; forward the certificate to the Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages for the registration of the marriage; and provide the marrying couple with a copy.

The marriage licence would clearly state the start and dissolution date for the five-year term.

The marriage contract dissolves if the parties do not "apply again". This eliminates the stress of dissolving the marriage by having to reopen wounds one year later, file papers together and be issued divorce papers.

The celebration is in the renewing, what better excuse for a party and family gathering?

The marrying couple are responsible for monitoring the date of renewal, signing the renewal form, having it witnessed by a Justice of the Peace and returning the form to the Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages.

Perhaps when a couple completes a 10-year marriage term (two five-year consecutive contracts), they could opt to undertake an "eternity" contract.

And what about the children? Divorces are happening irrespective of the family unit. The proportion of divorces involving children was 49.3 per cent in 2007 (ABS). Is a fixed-term marriage contract likely to increase this statistic? Are parents more likely to stay together for the children if they have a traditional marriage licence?

According to Families in Australia: 2008 (released by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet), marriage bears a less direct relationship to having children.

By 2026, couples without children are projected by the ABS to be the most common type of family in Australia (44 per cent of all families).

We are a society that has adapted to change: divorce, work contracts, the internet, SMS text, email, digital television, water restrictions and much more.

Eventually a generation may only know of one type of marriage contract: fixed-term.

Have your say: What's the ideal term for a marriage contract?

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Same-day divorce!

How about a same-day divorce service for marriages that are not contracted on a fixed-term basis? The application could be made online and the divorce issued instantly even if both parties do not consent to it. Whatever disputes the couple might have (money, children custody etc) they can be resolved in the court and take as much time is usually needed but from the day the divorce is issued the couple is no longer considered married under the law.

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Marriage Degree

since nearly half of marriages end in divorce, wouldn't it make sense for couples wanting to get married be required to do a course? in the catholic church it is required for couples to do some sort of course, but i have no idea what's involved since i've never married. apart from the obvious subject of effective communication, including how to read the subtleties of male and female communication, couples could also undergo therapy*, both individually and as a couple. since therapy is effective only after long-term treatment, the course would require, say, 4 years, after which it will earn the couple a degree.

* since a lot of behaviours are learned from negative childhood experiences, negative reactions are commonly transferred into adulthood onto loved ones, most commonly the spouse. the skills they learn would then flow on to their future children and be beneficial for society as a whole.

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Super Oscars

If Slumdog Millionaire didn't deserve so many Oscars this year so was the case with other movies who got it in previous years but didn't deserve it. Stage a Super Oscars night to set the record straight. Nominees will be the actors and movies who got Oscars in previous years. A Top Gun for movies. The public can vote online or through mobile phone and the best movie will not only get a Super Oscar, it will most likely deserve it too. Slumdog Millionaire won the Oscars for 2009 but if it was not good enough for a Super Oscar then it's Top Gone and Everyone becomes a little happier :-)

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Mailbox Rubbish Bins

I live in Sydney, and the City Council has removed a lot of public bins to combat the problem of littering. It seems when people see a bin that's full, they'll just continue chucking stuff on top of it even if it means it will fall off onto the ground. What we're expected to do now is to take our trash home. Which is what I do.

Gripe before thought:

I end up taking my empty takeaway containers and drink bottles home in my handbag (gone are the days when I could carry around little handbags that just accommodated my makeup and wallet), and find on too many occasions that when I get home, somehow traces of my leftover lunch have managed to leak all over my bag.

So here's my thought:
How about placing little machines all over the city that will compact your rubbish. Better still, place them on top of "mailbox" litterbins, where you "slot" in your rubbish once they've been compacted. That would solve the problem of overflowing. Non-recyclable items can then go in the regular bins.

So, Sydney, bring our bins back!

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