Here's one for any programmer who's ever spent hours trying to solve a problem, only to find that there was no solution. Read the full story.

A new government study declares that "poor diet and lack of exercises" are killing more and more Americans and the Centers for Disease Control is alarmed.

The Associated Press story "CDC: Obesity gains on tobacco as top death factor" (read it) talks about how in 1990, 14% of Americans died from poor diet and inactivity and 19% died from tobacco. As of 2000 though, 16% of Americans had croaked because of their slothful ways, while 18% had passed on because of death sticks.

The story quotes CDC officials who breathlessly gush about the coming apocalypse, but I find it hard to muster much surprise.