Quit Complaining About Your Job ThreatTrack was established in 1994 as Sunbelt Software Inc. to provide best-of-breed security solutions to the rapidly growing Windows user base. For the next decade, the company created a broad array of security solutions for consumers, businesses and large enterprises, including its popular CounterSpy anti-spyware software, iHateSpam email security product and the CWSandbox (now ThreatAnalyzer) automated malware analysis sandbox. In 2008, the company launched its VIPRE antivirus product line. VIPRE combined anti-malware and anti-spyware into a single, small-footprint antivirus solution designed to provide comprehensive malware protection to users without slowing down their PCs or networks. Sunbelt Software was acquired by GFI Software Inc., in 2010, becoming the GFI Software Security Business Unit. GFI Software announced plans to spin off its Security Business Unit in 2013, when ThreatTrack began operations as an independent company.
Girl, 3, feet won't stop growing due to mystery condition Little Yu Yu is forced to go barefoot as her poverty-stricken family are unable to afford shoes big enough for her Shuffling along the road, holding tightly onto her grandmother’s hand, every step three-year-old Yu Yu takes is painful. The toddler suffers from an undiagnosed condition which causes her feet to grow at an alarmingly rapid rate. The youngster is forced to walk barefoot as her poverty-stricken family are unable to afford shoes big enough for her. Yu Yu’s feet are constantly swollen and heavy, making moving around extremely difficult. An x-ray clearly shows the deformity, which forces her feet to curve outwards. View gallery China Foto Press / Barcroft Media Despite struggling to make ends meet, her family are slowly raising funds to take the little girl to a doctor to ask for help with her condition. Yu Yu’s grandfather is planning to take her to Beijing to seek medical assistance after collecting money by selling several pigs.
The Solway Firth Photo, 1964,(Spaceman) UFO Casebook Files On 24th May 1964, Jim Templeton, a fireman from Carlisle in the North of England, took his young daughter out to the marches overlooking the Solway Firth to take some photographs. Nothing untoward happened, although both he and his wife noticed an unusual aura in the atmosphere. There was a kind of electric charge in the air, though no storm came. Some days later Mr Templeton got his photographs processed by the chemist, who said that it was a pity that the man who had walked past had spoilt the best shot of Elizabeth holding a bunch of flowers. But sure enough, on the picture in question there was a figure in a silvery white space suit projecting at an odd angle into the air behind the girl's back, as if an unwanted snooper had wrecked the shot. The case was reported to the police and taken up by Kodak, the film manufacturers, who offered free film for life to anyone who could solve the mystery when their experts failed. A few weeks later Jim Templeton received two mysterious visitors.
6 Insane Discoveries That Science Cant Explain We like to feel superior to the people who lived centuries ago, what with their shitty mud huts and curing colds by drilling a hole in their skulls. But we have to give them credit: They left behind some artifacts that have left the smartest of modern scientists scratching their heads. For instance, you have the following enigmas that we believe were created for no other purpose than to fuck with future generations. The Voynich Manuscript The Mystery: The Voynich manuscript is an ancient book that has thwarted all attempts at deciphering its contents. It appears to be a real language--just one that nobody has seen before. Translation: "...and when you get her to put the tennis racket in her mouth, have her stand in a fountain for a while. There is not even a consensus on who wrote it, or even when it was written. Why Can't They Solve It? Could you? Don't even try. As you can imagine, proposed solutions have been all over the board, from reasonable to completely clownshit. Our Guess:
10 More Enigmas That Defy Explanation Mysteries What is it about the bizarre and mysterious that piques our curiosity? It entertains our sense of wonder and excites our imagination, for sure. Luckily for us, history is marked with strange, logic-defying occurrences to amuse us. Here is a list comprised of 10 more unexplainable and interesting phenomenon and incidents that we crave so much. Nature performs many astonishing feats, yet it is a different matter altogether when we human beings push past the boundaries of normal. The hospital staff did everything possible, yet the situation was dire. Iron, the king of metal, is used for just about everything from the skeleton of your house to the chains on your bike. Approximately 50 years after the mysterious disappearance of the crew of the Mary Celeste, a similar event occurred when the schooner Carroll A. Is it just me or doest that stain on the wall look like a person staring at you? The townspeople of Oakville, Washington, were in for a surprise on August 7, 1994.
- StumbleUpon 1994's MOST BIZARRE SUICIDE At the 1994 annual awards dinner given by the American Association for Forensic Science, AAFS President Don Harper Mills astounded his audience in San Diego with the legal complications of a bizarre death. Here is the story. "On 23 March 1994, the medical examiner viewed the body of Ronald Opus and concluded that he died from a shotgun wound of the head. "When one intends to kill subject A but kills subject B in the attempt, one is guilty of the murder of subject B. "The continuing investigation turned up a witness who saw the old couple's son loading the shotgun approximately six weeks prior to the fatal incident. There was an exquisite twist. "The medical examiner closed the case as a suicide."
The Egg The Egg By: Andy Weir You were on your way home when you died. It was a car accident. And that’s when you met me. “What… what happened?” “You died,” I said, matter-of-factly. “There was a… a truck and it was skidding…” “Yup,” I said. “I… I died?” “Yup. You looked around. “More or less,” I said. “Are you god?” “Yup,” I replied. “My kids… my wife,” you said. “What about them?” “Will they be all right?” “That’s what I like to see,” I said. You looked at me with fascination. “Don’t worry,” I said. “Oh,” you said. “Neither,” I said. “Ah,” you said. “All religions are right in their own way,” I said. You followed along as we strode through the void. “Nowhere in particular,” I said. “So what’s the point, then?” “Not so!” I stopped walking and took you by the shoulders. “You’ve been in a human for the last 48 years, so you haven’t stretched out yet and felt the rest of your immense consciousness. “How many times have I been reincarnated, then?” “Oh lots. “Wait, what?” “Well, I guess technically. “Sure.
10 Creepy Mysteries You Haven't Heard Of Mysteries We have had numerous mystery lists in the past, but, due to a recent question I asked on the Listverse fanpage on facebook, I decided to put together a new one. This list covers mysteries that are, hopefully, not well known to most of you (but including one previously published item with updated information), and ones that have something creepy about them. I hope you enjoy the list and be sure to mention other creepy mysteries in the comments. In 1930, aged 4, Shanti Deva from Delhi, India, told her parents that she had once lived in a place called Muttra (now known as Mathura), that she had been a mother of three, who died in childbirth, and that her previous name was Ludgi. In 2008, a creepy gnome was caught on film in Argentina. He said: “We were chatting about our last fishing trip. Other locals have since come forward to say they have spotted the gnome, and the town has been covered in a pall of fear ever since the first sighting. Some believe that the bridge is haunted.
9 Strange Things Found While Searching for Waldo Martin Handford's Where's Waldo books have been adored by kids the world over since the absent minded candy striped hitchhiker first made his debut in 1987. That being said, this is not an effort to defame the Waldo (or "Wally" depending on where you're reading this) books because frankly, life would be much less cool without them. Instead, our ambition is to point out some of their most noteworthy peculiarities -- things that we didn't necessarily find mentioned on the scrolls and postcards adorning each map, or on the checklists in the back of each book. 8) Aztec Human Sacrifice in "The Last Days of the Aztecs," Find Waldo Now When he wanted to, Martin Handford took off the kid gloves and decided to give fun the hook so that historical accuracy could take over the spotlight; evidence-a-plenty was available when Waldo found himself visiting the Aztecs during their "last days." 7) The Transvestite in "Having a Ball in Gaye Paree," Find Waldo Now Okay. More links from around the web!