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The DNA of the comedian Stephen Colbert will be digitized and sent to the International Space Station, The Associated Press reported. Richard Garriott, a video-game designer, is planning to travel to the station in October and deposit Colbert's data as part of a project called "Immortality Drive." For the project, Garriott is creating a time capsule composed of digitized human DNA. "In the unlikely event that Earth and humanity are destroyed, mankind can be resurrected with Stephen Colbert's DNA," Garriott said in a statement. "Is there a better person for us to turn to for this high-level responsibility?"

Stephen Colbert to Have His DNA Sent Into Space

NEW YORK (AP) — Should this world ever cease to exist, Stephen Colbert will live on. The comedian's DNA will be digitized and sent to the International Space Station, Comedy Central was to announce Monday. In October, video game designer Richard Garriott will travel to the station and deposit Colbert's genes for an "Immortality Drive."

Measuring the "Colbert Bump"

An anonymous reader writes "Democratic politicians receive a 40% increase in contributions in the 30 days after appearing on the comedy cable show The Colbert Report. In contrast, their Republican counterparts essentially gain nothing. Moreover, even a cursory analysis demonstrates that despite being a comedy program The Colbert Report appears to exercise 'disproportionate real world influence' — likely due to the 'elite demographic' of its audience." In my home we refer to Stephen as "Loud Daddy" because my child would scream bloody murder when we paused him (and only him) on screen. Even at 8 months old the kid has strange taste.

iPhone killswitch disabled by hack... Stephen Colbert breaths sigh of relief

Just days after Steve Jobs revealed to the world that the iPhone has a kill-switch, allowing Apple to remotely remove any dodgy apps from your iPhone, hackers have already found a way to disable it. This will no doubt please US comedian Stephen Colbert, who's reaction to the kill-switch news you can see by viewing the full story.

DNA To Be Digitized And Sent To The International Space Station (ISS) With Famed Game Designer Richard Garriott In October

Professional athletes, writers, musicians and entrepreneurs have nothing on Operation Immortality's latest DNA recipient: Stephen Colbert. The star of the hit Comedy Central show The Colbert Report will have his DNA digitized and sent to the International Space Station with Richard Garriott for the wildly-popular Tabula Rasa promotion Operation Immortality.

Jackson Browne and Copyright

This is old news for those who follow the legal machinations of musicians, but I didn’t know about it until I saw Jackson Browne appear on “The Colbert Report� on Monday (no, I don’t get ALL my news from Colbert, just the stuff related to musicians who sue people). Jackson Browne, apparently, is suing John McCain and the GOP over the use of the song “Running on Empty� by the Ohio Republican Party in a television advertisement. This follows a number of high-profile demands from other musicians, such as Van Halen and Heart, to prevent McCain from playing their songs at campaign rallies.

Colbert to Have DNA Sent into Space

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Colbert: iPhone 'kill switch' kills you

Earlier this week, Steve Jobs confirmed that the iPhone does indeed "phone home" from time-to-time and, after talking with Apple's black ops group, could delete "malicious software." The fan boys in tin foil hats call this functionality a "kill switch."

'Daily Show,' 'Colbert Report' win Emmys

In an Emmy show as awkward as the banter between its five hosts, "Mad Men" and "30 Rock" took home the top prizes at the 60th annual Primetime Emmy Awards Sunday night -- best drama series and best comedy series -- while HBO's miniseries "John Adams" set a new record with 13 trophies.

In the U.S. capital, free attractions abound, from monuments to museums

Jacqueline Canales, 19, right, poses for a camera phone photograph with a portrait of mock television pundit Stephen Colbert at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery in Washington. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Jacquelyn Martin, File

In the U.S. capital, free attractions abound, from monuments to museums

Jacqueline Canales, 19, right, poses for a camera phone photograph with a portrait of mock television pundit Stephen Colbert at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery in Washington. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Jacquelyn Martin, File

Playboy model to join TR's Operation Immortality

Massively reports: The list of celebrities donating their digitized DNA for Tabula Rasa's Operation Immortality is becoming a bit staggering, but this latest one should help perk your interest. Jo Garcia, Playboy Magazine's Cyber Girl of the Year for 2008 will be the latest to store her digitized DNA on the International Space Station along with others like Stephen Hawking, Stephen Colbert, Tim Draper and more.

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