You read right. What a shame and a down right tragedy. Although if you ask me, this has got to be a case of prior premeditated murder, surely.
According to prosectors, Daniel Petric, 16 at the time of the shooting, was forbidden to buy Halo 3 by his parents, Mark and Susan Petric. The teen snuck out to purchase the game anyway, and was caught by his parents upon his return.
His father, a minister at the Life Assembly of God in Wellington, Ohio, then took it, placing the game in a lockbox — the same lockbox in which he stored his 9mm handgun.
Somehow, Petric retrieved his game and the gun from the lockbox. And according to his father, Petric entered the living room with a chilling request.
“Would you guys close your eyes? I have a surprise for you.”
At that point, he was said to shoot both of his parents in the head, killing his mother.
Mark Petric survived due to the timely arrival of his daughter and her husband, who had arrived to watch a Cleveland Indians game.
Petric’s lawyers gave an opening statement mentioning that he’d suffered from a severe staph infection and found himself homebound to games and television for a year.
Very sad story. In my opinion this has nothing to do with Halo, gaming culture or a staph infection. Just murder. Could religion take some of the blame? considering the fact it was the minister’s gun that was used.
Remarkably Daniel’s dad forgave him, and is now speaking with him and making an attempt to salvage something meaningful. The dad is certainly more emotionally invested than I am. Do slow-witted scumbags like this deserve forgiveness and a dignified three meal prison life?
Read Full Article: Cleveland News
This morning evening when I awoke, my ears were treated to a sublime Fake Rap courtesy of my sister’s musical taste:
Think Twice – El Paso Police Department 1992 [the golden age of fake rap]
Disco-Strobe Lighting, Funeral Rap Elegy, Death by Hanging!!! To all you haters, I don’t know what the big deal is, Fake Raps are AWESOME!!!
A Missouri State student came back to his dorm to find his Xbox 360 stolen. Realizing the controller was still connected when it turned on, he set out to find the console –
And he did!
Ketsenburg, who lives in Hutchens House [college dorm], said that after his Xbox was stolen, he turned on his wireless Xbox controller and found that it was still connecting to his Xbox. Based on this discovery, Ketsenburg said he realized that his Xbox must be nearby, he said.
The controller connected to the Xbox on the fourth, fifth and sixth floors of Hutchens but not on the third floor and seventh floor, so through process of elimination, Ketsenburg said he figured out that the stolen Xbox must be on the fifth floor.
Following the controller’s signal, Ketsenburg said he was able to pinpoint the room where his Xbox was stolen.
The Xbox 360 wireless controller has a 30-foot range, according to the Xbox Web site. When looking for his Xbox, Ketsenburg said the light-emitting diodes of the controller flashed when he was out of range.
The 5th floor resident assistant checked the alleged room where the stolen Xbox was and was able to find the Xbox, Ketsenburg said.
“I’m going to try to prosecute to the fullest extent of the law, because I had to follow all the rules, so let’s make sure it gets done right,” Ketsenburg said.
They recovered the console before the thief got home to notice it was now missing from his dorm. Payback’s a bitch!
Ketsenberg said his hard drive was formatted, so he’s really upset about that. But then again, he got his console back. And he’s not the one who’s [presumably] getting kicked out of school.
I can imagine this sort of thing happening often, but the fact that he tracked it down using it’s own technology makes this story kind of neat. kudos.
Read Full Article: The Standard Online
One of my favourite sites ‘Gizmodo‘ runs a weekly – just for fun Photoshop Contest. This week they ask you to splice together an implausible scene you would like to see in the new Terminator Salvation movie.
They explain it much better on their site:GIZMODO
I had a couple of crazy ideas and a hella lot of time + skill 😉 So I gave it a shot:
What’s this I’m feeling?
Oh. I see …I think I need a girlfriend.
![[Unrelated Imgae] Kim Harris, chief pilot for Aviation Specialties Unlimited, Inc., looks through night vision goggles inside the hangar at his company's headquarters in Boise, Idaho. Because of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, there is a shortage of goggles available to American medical pilots.](https://darkintheboy.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/kim-harris-chief-pilot-for-aviation-specialties-unlimited-inc-looks-through-night-vision-goggles-inside-the-hangar-at-his-companys-headquarters-in-boise-idaho.jpg?w=497 "[Unrelated Image] Kim Harris, chief pilot for Aviation Specialties Unlimited, Inc., looks through night vision goggles inside the hangar at his company's headquarters in Boise, Idaho. Because of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, there is a shortage of goggles available to American medical pilots.")
The 50-year-old man said he was fed up with his house being toilet-papered and took matters into his own hands. Using night-vision goggles [received from his son who served in the military], he spotted 15 to 20 people running toward his place. He told the group to leave, swore at them and sprayed them with a “supersoaker” squirt gun filled with fox urine. [good story]
Unfortunately; Scott Edward Wagar faces charges of fifth-degree assault, theft and disorderly conduct in Kandiyohi County District Court for the incident, and I hope he gets off.
During an interview with the detective, Wagar allegedly said he found a cell phone in the field, found out the phone number and called the father of the person who owned it. The man asked for the phone back and Wagar told him he could have it for $100. The man declined to pay the price and Wagar later turned the phone over to the detective.
The authorities need to write this man a ticket …for being Awesome! I’ve had my home egged and TP’d before and it is not a nice feeling at all. In fact the only cure for said feeling is sweet-sweet revenge. It works trust me.
This good Samaritan deserves a medal of kickassness or valour or something. And in case you’re wondering; you can buy Fox urine in a garden supply store. Apparently it’s a good rodent repellent.
Read Full Article: TwinCities
A British neuroscientist, Professor Rodrigo Quian Quiroga, discovered a specific brain cell that fires up after people view Aniston’s picture — hence the so-called Jennifer Aniston neuron.
The study, which monitored subjects’ brain activity after showing them photos of famous celebrities and landmarks, suggests that we assign individual cells to process familiar faces — an insight that could aid research on Alzheimer’s, Epilepsy, Schizophrenia and other brain-related diseases and functions.
Ok wow Alzheimer’s yeah that’s great news and all but WHAT THE FUCK! I have a neuron in MY head named after HER!? How seriously LAME.
Name it the Scarlett Johansson, Jennifer Connelly or Tera Patrick Neuron. Better yet, the Barack Obama or the Jon Stewart Neuron. Hell, call it the Princess Leia, Xena Warrior Princess, Ladyhawke, Super Girl Neuron! But Jennifer Aniston — my Friend, you can suck my free radicals! Professor Rodrigo Quian Quiroga was obviously thinking with his balls on behalf of the human race. …Ok I’m overreacting and wrong. Still, what a lame, un-science fictiony name for a neuron. Damn.
Related Read: University of Leicester
[Education Friendly] Jennifer Aniston Neuon explained by John Medina
Cheers Jess for the Info –
Who I’d like to assume identifies me using Her Jennifer Aniston neuron.
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