Posts Tagged ‘wikipedia’
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If Wikipedia is correct (isn't it always?), there were a total of 309 General Lee Dodge Chargers used in the making of Dukes of Hazzard. The show used at least one or two cars per episode, nearly all of which were destroyed by the end. However, a fe......
Dream Job: Bentley launches online employment portal
Monday, November 5th, 2007
Rather than spend your day looking up "gonnectigizoink" at Wikipedia, a better use of the internet might be to find a job. The problem is that it's just so hard to find anything that matches our niche skillset. Bentley is looking for more global candidates to fill their open positions, and has launc......
Lexus LF-A mule unseats Porsche GT2 as King of the ‘Ring
Monday, October 15th, 2007
click above for more images of the Lexus LF-A ConceptA Lexus LF-A mule has unofficially recorded a lap time on the Nordschleife of 7 minutes, 24 seconds. This is not in dispute. What is in dispute is how many seconds faster the LF-A's lap time is than that of the 2008 Porsche 911 GT2, the previous "......
The Dark Knight goes for a spin on the Batpod
Monday, October 1st, 2007
Click the image above for a high-res pic.Since the automotive acid trip that is the Speed Racer trailer left us shaking our heads, there's not much left for us to look forward to on the big screen. Thankfully, Warner Bros. is rectifying the matter with what we're hoping will be the most badass Batma......
Japanese court rules Toyota employee died from too much work
Thursday, September 20th, 2007
We've all heard the horror stories of life in middle management. In Japan, the ill appears to be especially acute. So many Japanese workers die from simply being overworked that there's a name for it: karoshi. Wikipedia says, "The major medical causes of karōshi deaths are heart attack and stroke d......
Japanese court rules Toyota employee died from too much work
Thursday, September 20th, 2007
We've all heard the horror stories of life in middle management. In Japan, the ill appears to be especially acute. So many Japanese workers die from simply being overworked that there's a name for it: karoshi. Wikipedia says, "The major medical causes of karōshi deaths are heart attack and stroke d......
Honda Fit named Japanese Car of the Year
Thursday, September 13th, 2007
click above image for high-res gallery of the 2008 Honda FitThe second-generation Honda Fit (a.k.a. Jazz in some markets outside the U.S.) has been named Japan's Car of the Year. Reuters reports that the little Honda hatchback beat out such heavyweights as the new Nissan Skyline (a.k.a. Infiniti G3......
Hamilton Wiki-attack: the British press fire back
Friday, August 10th, 2007
Okay, this is just getting ridiculous. Remember the story we brought you a couple days ago about the Mercedes employee in Spain who trashed Lewis Hamilton on Wikipedia? Yeah, pretty ridiculous, we know. But the British media, if you can believe it, is actually taking it seriously.The Daily Telegraph......
Spanish Mercedes employee Wiki-trashes Hamilton
Monday, August 6th, 2007
Mercedes-Benz, which supplies the engines to the McLaren team where British rookie Lewis Hamilton and Spanish champion Fernando Alonso have been battling it out on and off the track all season, is hunting down one of its employees in Spain. The as-yet unidentified employee, evidently an Alonso fan, ......
VIDEO: Run your car on saltwater? It could happen. Sorta.
Monday, July 9th, 2007
4kKtKSEQBeIFormer broadcast executive John Kanzius hoped his use of radio frequencies would be a cure for cancer, but when the researcher turned his machine toward a test tube of salt water, out came hydrogen.Apparently, the radio frequencies emitted by Kanzius's machine weaken the bonds between the......