Weird thing of the day 17 June 2005/10 Siwan 5765

Greetings.

Today’s post is sponsored, though to my surprise Bobby Awesome did not do the legwork to get the ad.

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Star Wars update: “'Star Wars' princess inspires royal name in Norway”. (I cannot make this up. It’s not my fault!)

Political updates:

• Chinese justice system blooper: “'Butchered' waitress turns up alive?”
  
• Europe maintains contacts with Hamas, a known terrorist organization, and badly rationalizes it to Israel.
  
• The Bush administration is allowing companies to test the safety of pesticides by deliberately poison humans.
  
• AP is a serious contender for the Mismatched Headline Awards.

One common stunt people pull is overclocking, which is a method to make computers run faster. Today’s weird thing is The Richfiles: TI-Calculator Turbo Page, which describes the much sillier variant of making calculators run faster. Enjoy or be puzzled or something.

Aaron