A group of officers were asked what they like and don't like, almost like they were signing up for a dating services. Someone took their responses that had a surprising similarity, and decided to share it with you.

Good stuff to know. I know a few police, and they say being polite is the best way to getting yourself out of a ticket. picked by muppetmaker 7 minutes ago

All at the same time. Terrifying images. picked by maxriter 19 minutes ago

Amiga rocked!! How Guitar Hero would have looked when I was young picked by doggylives 33 minutes ago

At age nine, the tiny dynamo weighed only three pounds and in adulthood Pauline Munster weighed less than nine pounds. picked by doggylives 48 minutes ago

A startup based in Cambridge, MA, says that it plans to soon begin clinical trials of a nanostructured material that stops bleeding almost instantly. picked by doggylives 52 minutes ago

Dust that covers your television set contains a chemical called flame retardant that interferes with the normal functioning of nervous system and hormonal function, may also harm reproductive organs and was found to cause cancer picked by maxriter 1 hour ago

"Advertising may be described as the science of arresting the human intelligence long enough to get money from it." -Stephen Leacock
. . . And the following ads do that job just a little bit better. picked by maxriter 1 hour ago

Some taxpayers will have to wait for their tax stimulus payments from the government, even if they had their tax refunds issued through direct deposit. picked by sbcea 1 hour ago

A 360-degree spherical panorama of a beach in Marigot, Saint Martin, from 9 images which uses stereographic projection to create a globe. This is called the "little planet" effect, when the area close to the point opposite to the centre of projection becomes significantly enlarged. picked by davethefish 3 hours ago

A company banking on drivers' weariness of skyrocketing gasoline prices unveiled a home refinery device on Thursday offering another option: ethanol. E-Fuel Corporation says its EFuel100 MicroFueler can produce up to 35 gallons (132 liters) of ethanol a week that consumers can pump directly into their cars and trucks. picked by AutumnLotus 6 hours ago

Cornell researchers are studying bacterium big enough to see -- the Shaquille O'Neal of bacteria. Well, perhaps not quite Shaquille O'Neal. But it is Shaq-teria. picked by AutumnLotus 6 hours ago

Blackberries, blueberries, oranges and grapes—chemistry students at Rowan University (Glassboro, N.J.) are loading up on their fruits these days, but it has nothing to do with the food pyramid. The students are using the fruit to produce solar energy. picked by AutumnLotus 6 hours ago

...Or you may get swallowed by a freaking python. Holy crap. picked by theshirtpocket 7 hours ago

So these guys do Lost parodies using the action figures from the show. My favorite one is when Gandolf shows up looking for Merry. picked by heymrp 9 hours ago

Weeble stuff. picked by Bornbad 9 hours ago

Discarded computer parts could one day wind up fueling your car. That’s because researchers in Romania and Turkey have developed a simple, efficient method for recycling printed circuit boards into environmentally-friendly raw materials for use in fuel, plastic, and other useful consumer products. picked by AutumnLotus 10 hours ago

The study also found that one in ten employees admitted to having been drunk at their desks, and that the amount of people who'd been drunk at work was much larger in the media and other creative jobs: 41 percent. picked by 2longdogs 10 hours ago

Astronomers have made use of ESO's Very Large Telescope to detect for the first time in the ultraviolet the carbon monoxide molecule in a galaxy located almost 11 billion light-years away, a feat that had remained elusive for 25 years. This detection allows them to obtain the most precise measurement of the cosmic temperature at such a remote epoch. picked by AutumnLotus 10 hours ago

From Talking Heads to Singing buildings. picked by Bornbad 10 hours ago

Wooohooo... Go Tribe!!

2nd baseman for the Cleveland Indians, Asdrubal Cabrera just finished off an inning single-handedly. Story here. picked by gnikgnok 10 hours ago

It's amazing how intelligent these creatures are! picked by Jetka 10 hours ago

A woman walks into a bar and asks the bartender for a double entendre, so he gave it to her. Ba-dum dum. What's green and has wheels? Grass. I lied about the wheels. Ba-dum dum. A baby seal walks into a club. (pause) Ba-dum dum. How many kids with ADD does it take to change a lightbulb? LET'S GO RIDE BIKES! Ba-dum dum. A priest, a rabbi, and a minister walk into a bar. The bartender says, "Wh... read full post picked by Bornbad 10 hours ago

I think I beat Autumn to it! picked by Bornbad 10 hours ago

then check this out picked by gamaxray 10 hours ago

Indiana Jones better get his alibi ready. picked by Bornbad 10 hours ago