News Friday, January 8, 2010 D Todays menu Keep public transport clean and tidy by taking your Metro with you when you leave the bus or train Contact usGuilty Pleasures P6 E-mail P12 MetroLife, inc TV P14-18 60 Second Interview P17 Puzzles P18 Business P19 Sport P22-24 Lotto Saturday Draw: 05, 14, 20, 32, 39, 42 Bonus: 09 Monday Millions: 03, 12, 24, 26, 27, 31 Bonus: 02 Wednesday Draw: 01, 02, 10, 15, 32, 34 Bonus: 04 Recycle for DUBLIN E-mail: news@metroherald.ie Visit: www.e-metro.ie Newsdesk: 01 637 5975 Advertising: 01 637 5972 Distribution: 01 637 5901 Classified: 01 637 5979 The Ridiculant Something we found down the back of the internet Fact of the day Twins are always born at about the same time, right? Wrong. The world record for the longest gap between one twin being born and its sibling emerging is held by American Peggy Lynn, who gave birth to twins on November 11, 1995, and February 2 1996 an incredible 84 days apart. Many of todays nerds were first introduced to the world of video games by Pong (for younguns out there, Pong was a game in which a round blob was batted from side to side, complete with blippy noises). But what game was it really meant to be and how would you play it in real life? Thats what the creative chaps at Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories wanted to find out. So they set about building a physical, playable version of the game. Despite its name, real-life Pong turns out not to resemble ping-pong but rather a strange blend of air hockey, pinball and table football as a ball bearing is batted across the smooth table surface using paddles controlled by two knobs on the side of the device. Helpfully, theyve posted plans on their website for how to build your own so we enthusiastically look forward to the Real Life Pong World Championships some time in 2011. Retro delight: But will the Xbox generation understand the old- school? Belfast Dublin 2day Max: 2c Sunrise: 8.38am Max: 1c 2dayaroundEurope Athens Barcelona Berlin Brussels London Geneva Madrid Paris Rome 18c 8c -2c -2c 1c 0c 4c -1c 15c Min: -1c 0c1c 0c 1c 1c 1c Sunset: 16.25pm 2night Limerick Cork Galway Cavan Derry Tipperary WaterfordKerry Kilarney Donegal 2c 2c 0c -1c 0c 1c Very cold and frosty with ice and fog persisting in places. Mostly dry and bright with sunny spells, but a few hail and snow showers may well push onto parts of the east coast at times. Top temperatures - 3 to + 3 C. Temperatures tonight and over the weekend will be well below freezing. but not as low as recent cold nights. Expect more of a biting easterly wind with a significant wind chill factor, and more snow over a wider area. There is still no sign of any mild Atlantic weather, Further snow showers at times on eastern coasts. Later a cold night with widespread ground frost, ice and freezing fog patches too. The northeasterly airflow will persist into the weekend. index.html2.html3.html4.html5.html6.html7.html8.html9.html10.html11.html12.html13.html14.html15.html16.html17.html18.html19.html20.html21.html22.html23.html24.html25.html26.html27.html