According to this report, people that use Yahoo, Hotmail and AOL have bad credit scores.
We found another intriguing credit score correlation, email address domains. Based on a sample of 20,000 credit scores, our data shows that there is a difference of average scores based on what email service users prefer. Interestingly, Gmail and Comcast users came out the top with a higher average, while AOL and Yahoo users had the lowest average credit scores.
“The World’s Greatest Rock And Roll Band.” Made by Stern Pinball, Inc., the company whose history is inextricably entwined with the pinball industry, this game lets fans accompany the band on a whirlwind concert tour spanning 40 years of rock ‘n roll history. Seven special features such as World Tour, Rock Star, and Licks allow players to rack up points to rock ‘n roll excess, and when all are completed unlocks a Wizard Encore Mode.
The game features cutout figures of the band’s members (including frontman Mick Jagger rooster strutting across the playfield) and plays 13 classic Stones songs, including It’s Only Rock ‘n Roll, Shattered, and Start Me Up. It even uses a three-dimensional version of the Stones’ “Licking Lips” logo as a prop for a miniature stage.
Located beneath the craft and oriented at a fixed 20º angle, the pinhole camera captures 640 x 480 resolution AVI videos. The included infrared remote controls both the helicopter and the camera from up to 30′ away, turning the camera on/off with a button.
Videos are saved onto an included 1 GB microSD card that stores up to 30 minutes of video, easily copied to a computer for viewing using the included microSD-to-USB adapter. Its horizontal tail rotor works with its two contra-rotating coaxial main rotors to keep the helicopter balanced during up/down, left/right, forward/backward flight.
A MAN ravaged by a shocking skin disease has revealed himself in public in a bid to save his children from the same fate. Chandra Wisnu, 57, suffers from a rare disease that has left him covered in tumours resembling pink bubble wrap. The father of four – known as “The Bubble Man” in his home village in Indonesia – rarely leaves his house.
When he does, he wears three jackets, a balaclava and sunglasses so he doesn’t frighten children. “People are afraid, they are frightened of my horrible face and worried they might catch the disease,” he said. “So instead I avoid people, I rarely go out except to pick up my daughter from school.
Yet as simple as the rules may be — rock crushes scissors, paper covers rock, scissors cut paper — winning is usually pure luck. Thing is, it doesn’t have to be if you employ the correct strategy. Do it well, and you’ll always win rock – paper – scissors. Well, almost.
1. Expect a beginner to start with rock
New Scientist magazine conducted a study in 2007 concluding that rock was most commonly played first. Why rock? We assume it’s because it’s a fist, which is undeniably more badass than an open-hand slap (paper) or angry pointing (scissors). So lead off with paper when playing anyone you think isn’t a student of the game.
2. Start with scissors against an expert
Scissors can be a savvy first move when competing against a veteran. He may very well know rock is most common and so throw something else — quite likely paper. If you throw scissors, you win. If he throws scissors, you tie. In cases of a stalemate, throw the same thing the next round.
3. Read your opponent’s mind
After the average player ties or loses, he’s likely to subconsciously throw whatever would have beat his last throw. So if he played paper and lost, expect scissors next. Your play: rock.
4. Play the odds
If someone tosses the same thing twice, don’t expect it again. If, for example, your opponent threw rock twice in a row, your next play should be scissors — at best it wins if he plays paper, at worst it ties if he plays scissors.
Leonardo drew hundreds of images of birds on the wing, trying to decode their secrets, and drafted meticulous plans for flying machines not unlike today’s gliders and helicopters. But he never figured out the physics of flight.
It took more than 300 years and many more failed experiments until Sir George Cayley, a British engineer, determined that flight required lift, propulsion, and control. He built a glider with a curved wing to generate lift. Then he ordered his coachman into it and had farmworkers pull it down a slope until it gained enough speed to fly. Control, alas, was lacking. The craft crashed after flying a few hundred yards. The coachman survived, but reportedly was not amused.
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