News Thursday, February 4, 2010 D Todays menu Keep public transport clean and tidy by taking your Metro Herald with you when you leave the bus or train Contact usGuilty Pleasures P8 Mailbox P12 MetroLife, inc TV P14-18 60 Second Interview P17 Puzzles P18 Business P19 Sport P26-28 Lotto Last nights draw: 3, 10, 11, 22, 36, 42 Bonus: 17 Monday Million: 3, 10, 18, 22, 24, 25 Bonus: 6 Saturday Draw: 3, 4, 13, 29, 34, 36 Bonus: 5, 7 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 Fact of the day The collection of spikes on the end of the tail of dinosaurs such as the Stegosaurus is known in scientific circles as the Thagomizer a term coined not by a palaeontologist but by a cartoonist. Gary Larson used it in a 1982 Far Side drawing, in which a caveman said it was named after the late Thag Simmons. The Ridiculant Something we found down the back of the internet Wikipedia is a wonderful resource. a superb mine of information that is of enormous educational benefit... as long as you dont mind an encyclopaedia where the entry on fictional characters such as Luke Skywalker is longer than inventor Johannes Gutenbergs. But do you ever worry that it might just be a bit, you know, wordy? if so, here is the solution to your problems: Ten Word Wiki. it is brilliantly described as an encyclopedia for the add generation, in which every entry uses up just ten words no more, no less. So amy Winehouse is defined as: Singer told to go to rehab. Maybe should have gone. dogs are: Not cats. Stupid. The internet is not made of them. and apple chief executive Steve Jobs might be a little disappointed to see the new ipad branded: essentially a giant $500 ipod Touch. No Flash, no porn. Ten Word Wiki also has a pretty enjoyable go at more abstract concepts, includ- ing nice sit down (correctly defined as a pleasant experience to enjoy with tea and maybe a biscuit). Belfast Dublin 2day Max: 9c Sunrise: 8.05am Max: 8c 2dayaroundEurope Athens Barcelona Berlin Brussels London Geneva Madrid Paris Rome 13c 13c 3c 8c 10c 6c 11c 9c 14c Min: -1c 8c8c 7c 6c 7c 8c Sunset: 17.14pm 2night Limerick Cork Galway Cavan Derry Tipperary WaterfordKerry Kilarney Donegal 8c 9c 7c 8c 8c 6c Rain and wind persisting in southern areas with heavy showers at times. The rain will spread to all parts by early afternoon. Highest temperatures 6 to 9C. Wet and windy with heavy rain in most areas. The rain will gradually clear throughout the night. Expect some frost in the south and west of the country. Cold today with some sunny spells and scattered showers.The evening will be cold and mostly dry with frost and fog in places. Target: Steve Jobs with the iPad, criticised on Ten Word Wiki 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