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Monday, November 16, 2009
Entertainment

The French Batman Is Scary For Different Reasons

4:30PM Nick Broughall | I’m not sure whether this French version of Batman would rather take on crime or eat fruit, but you can’t deny that it’d be a shock to see him hanging upside down from a toilet cubicle… [NimportequiThanks Nic!]
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Thursday, October 8, 2009
Random Stuff

Steve Ballmer Speaks The Language Of Surrender, Perfectly

8:20AM Matt Buchanan | Oh, of course Steve Ballmer speaks “careful, well-pronounced” French perfectly and France loves him back because he’s “one of us”. [WSJ]
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Friday, September 25, 2009
Software

Microsoft Opening Windows Cafe In Paris

5:20AM Sean Fallon | How do you get the French excited about Windows 7? Apparently, the sales pitch goes down better with some coffee and pastry. That’s why they’re building a full-on cafe in the heart of Paris (47 Boulevard Sebastopol). More »
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Design

French Parliament May Mandate Full Photoshop Disclosure

1:40AM Mark Wilson | In today’s media, you can’t find an image of a person that hasn’t gone through some level of Photoshop manipulation. But France may decide that any such images need a disclosure, just like a cigarette ad. More »
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Monday, June 8, 2009
Random Stuff

Giant Mechanical Jules Verne Diving Puppet Taking a Break In France

12:30AM Jack Loftus | Even giant melancholy Jules Verne mechanical marionettes need to take a time out from time to time. [Socyberty via Boing Boing] More »
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Friday, April 10, 2009
Online

France Slaps Down Proposed Anti-Piracy Bill

2:00AM Adam Frucci | A plan to allow record companies to monitor internet traffic in France for piracy and shut down repeat offenders has been killed. Sweet. More »
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Gadgets

Parking Meters From Hell

5:20AM Sean Fallon | Fair warning—crazy French smart meters that detect the presence of cars and tell nearby authorities to come and bust you are making their way to the UK. Are we next? More »
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Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Weapons

France Gets New Intercontinental Ballistic Missile, World Exclaims ‘Merde!’

2:15AM Jesus Diaz | What you see here is the new M51 nuclear ballistic missile literally getting out of the swimming pool. For some reason, the French military–like everyone else, really–thinks that it is a good idea to spend five billion dollars developing new and more effective methods to destroy the planet as the world itself keeps going to hell on its own. Because what humanity needs right now is a Mer-Sol-Balistique-Stratégique missile, oh le missile, loaded with six independently targetable TN 75 thermonuclear warheads with “penetration aids” (yes, they are French. Pervs). More »
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Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Online

France To Slap Convicted Pirates with Year-Long Internet Ban

10:45AM Wilson Rothman | France’s Senate just passed a law proposed in mid-summer that would cut the families of illegal fileswappers off from broadband internet access for a year. This makes France the first country to pop anti-piracy legislation against users, and it’s probably not going to be the last. More »
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Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Press

Man Gets His Arm Sucked into French Train Toilet, Toilet Just Won’t Let Go

6:10AM Adam Frucci | Here’s a piece of advice: when riding a high-speed train with a toilet that uses super-high powered suction to flush, keep your hand out of there. One unlucky Frenchman learned the value of this advice the hard way when he dropped his phone into the toilet of a TGV train. When he reached in to retrieve it, the suction kicked in, and it all went downhill from there. More »
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