Gladius Versus Sarissa: Roman Legions Against Greek Pike Phalanx

https://warandgame.wordpress.com/2008/09/18/gladius-versus-sarissa-roman-legions-against-greek-pike-phalanx/

Guess What I've Been Doing For the Past Few Hours

http://www.cracked.com/article_18587_8-real-grade-schools-that-went-completely-insane_p2.html

Number 3 is particularly good.

Law of Unintended Consequences

http://www.cracked.com/article_18600_6-laws-that-were-great-paper-and-insane-everywhere-else.html

The 6 Most Misguided Causes Ever Made Famous by Celebrities

http://www.cracked.com/article_18628_the-6-most-misguided-causes-ever-made-famous-by-celebrities.html

6 Completely Legal Ways The Cops Can Screw You

http://www.cracked.com/article_18620_6-completely-legal-ways-cops-can-screw-you.html

WikiLeaks Insurance File

http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2010/08/wikileaks_insur.html

In the wake of strong U.S. government statements condemning WikiLeaks' recent publishing of 77,000 Afghan War documents, the secret-spilling site has posted a mysterious encrypted file labeled "insurance."
The huge file, posted on the Afghan War page at the WikiLeaks site, is 1.4 GB and is encrypted with AES256. The file's size dwarfs the size of all the other files on the page combined. The file has also been posted on a torrent download site.

Regardless of what you think about Wikileaks it is an interesting story.  

If programming languages were religions...

http://blog.aegisub.org/2008/12/if-programming-languages-were-religions.html

There's a lot of these if program languages were X things out there.  However, I thought this one was pretty good.

WWII Photos Over Modern Photos of the Same Locations

http://sergey-larenkov.livejournal.com/

FBI Instructs Wikipedia To Drop FBI Seal

http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/08/03/1342224/FBI-Instructs-Wikipedia-To-Drop-FBI-Seal

"The FBI got in contact with Wikipedia's San Francisco office to inform them they were violating the law in regards to 'unauthorized production' of this seal. The FBI quoted the law as saying, 'Whoever possesses any insignia... or any colorable imitation thereof... shall be fined... or imprisoned... or both.' Wikipedia refused to take the image down and stated that the FBI was misquoting the law. The FBI claims that this production of this image is 'particularly problematic, because it facilitates both deliberate and unwitting violations of restrictions by Wikipedia users.' Wikipedia's lawyer, Mike Godwin (please omit certain jokes), contacted the FBI and asserted, 'We are compelled as a matter of law and principle to deny your demand for removal of the FBI Seal from Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons,' adding that the firm was 'prepared to argue our view in court.' Wikipedia appears to be holding their ground; we shall see if the FBI comes to their senses or proceeds with litigation."

Tor Developer Detained At US Border, Pressed On Wikileaks

http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/08/01/1751212/Tor-Developer-Detained-At-US-Border-Pressed-On-Wikileaks?art_pos=4

"A security researcher involved with the Wikileaks Web site — Jacob Appelbaum, a Seattle-based programmer for the online privacy protection project called Tor — was detained by US agents at the border for three hours and questioned about the controversial whistleblower project as he entered the country on Thursday to attend a hacker conference. He was also approached by two FBI agents at the Defcon conference after his presentation on Saturday afternoon about the Tor Project. Appelbaum, a US citizen, arrived at the Newark, New Jersey, airport from Holland flight Thursday morning, was taken into a room, frisked and his bag was searched. Officials from the Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the US Army then told him he was not under arrest but was being detained. They asked questions about Wikileaks, asked for his opinions about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and asked where Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is, but he declined to comment without a lawyer present, according to the sources. He was not permitted to make a phone call, they said." Appelbaum told me that he just spoke at length with The New York Times, and quipped that his Defcon talk about Tor was "just fine, until the FBI showed up"; this post will likely be updated with more details.