Things to do when internet is down
| November 7, 2011
Category: Funny
Hope You Saved…
| November 6, 2011
Procrastination – Video
| November 5, 2011
I have to read that book!! Maybe tomorrow…
Is this the country’s most stupid shoplifter?
| November 5, 2011
A teenage girl faces jail for stealing two left-footed trainers during the summer’s disorder. In what could be a contender for Britain’s dopiest rioter, Danielle Corns, 18, was caught grinning on CCTV during the unrest in Wolverhampton city centre in August.
I Told My Kids I Ate All Their Halloween Candy – Video
| November 4, 2011
yoooooou….SNEAKY MOM!
Why computer voices are mostly female
| November 3, 2011
Research suggests this preference starts as early as the womb, Nass said. He cites a study in which fetuses were found to react to the sound of their mother’s voice but not to other female voices. The fetuses showed no distinct reaction to their father’s voice, however.
Another answer lies in history. According to some sources, the use of female voices in navigation devices dates back to World War II, when women’s voices were employed in airplane cockpits because they stood out among the male pilots. And telephone operators have traditionally been female, making people accustomed to getting assistance from a disembodied woman’s voice.
