Women love to be surprised with affection.  When a man brings home flowers for no apparent reason, many women melt.  A bottle of wine and flowers and you have set yourself up for a good night.  Sneaking into a bedroom in the middle of the night with a bottle of wine and flowers may sound like the most romantic move ever, but that entirely depends on the woman, and if you have any outstanding warrants.

While a particular woman was lying in bed, she hears someone climbing into her second story balcony.  Her first thought?  A burglar is trying to rob her.  Logical, if she ignores the fact that her man isn't the most law abiding citizen.

Police discovered the "burglar" was a man carrying flowers and a bottle of wine who turned out to be the woman's boyfriend, but then arrested him on an outstanding warrant.

"He was trying to surprise her with the flowers and a bottle of wine but it all went wrong," said Korbach police spokesman Volker Koenig. He said the man jumped down from the balcony and tried to escape but was quickly tackled by police.

Source: tvnz.co.nz

Ah, the stupidity of criminals.  While this isn't a stupid act in and of itself, it ended badly, so you have to blame someone ... why not the criminal?

The story has a happy ending, though.  The criminal in question was apparently so pleased with the way the police treated him, unlike his ungrateful woman who called the police in the first place, that he decided to give the police officers the bottle of wine.  See, somewhere out there exists a small band of police officers that are nice ... imagine that!

Women love to be surprised with affection.  When a man brings home flowers for no apparent reason, many women melt.  A bottle of wine and flowers and you have set yourself up for a good night.  Sneaking into a bedroom in the middle of the night with a bottle of wine and flowers may sound like the most romantic move ever, but that entirely depends on the woman, and if you have any outstanding warrants.

While a particular woman was lying in bed, she hears someone climbing into her second story balcony.  Her first thought?  A burglar is trying to rob her.  Logical, if she ignores the fact that her man isn't the most law abiding citizen.

Police discovered the "burglar" was a man carrying flowers and a bottle of wine who turned out to be the woman's boyfriend, but then arrested him on an outstanding warrant.

"He was trying to surprise her with the flowers and a bottle of wine but it all went wrong," said Korbach police spokesman Volker Koenig. He said the man jumped down from the balcony and tried to escape but was quickly tackled by police.

Source: tvnz.co.nz

Ah, the stupidity of criminals.  While this isn't a stupid act in and of itself, it ended badly, so you have to blame someone ... why not the criminal?

The story has a happy ending, though.  The criminal in question was apparently so pleased with the way the police treated him, unlike his ungrateful woman who called the police in the first place, that he decided to give the police officers the bottle of wine.  See, somewhere out there exists a small band of police officers that are nice ... imagine that!

While Gottfrid Svartholm and Fredrik Neij still have their own legal problems to contend with, it seems that The Pirate Bay itself will not be blocked by its providing ISP, Telenor.  Personally, I don't think it would have mattered too much because they would simply move to another ISP, likely in Eastern Europe, where such laws don't exist.  Regardless, this is a great victory for The Pirate Bay and other Torrent sites.

Slashdot gives a great summary:

Copyright holders have given up legal efforts to force Norwegian ISP Telenor to block filesharing site The Pirate Bay, one of the parties to the case said. The copyright holders, led by Norway's performing rights society TONO and by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry Norway (IFPI Norge), have lost two rounds in the Norwegian court system, and have now decided against appealing the case to Norway's supreme court.

While Gottfrid Svartholm and Fredrik Neij still have their own legal problems to contend with, it seems that The Pirate Bay itself will not be blocked by its providing ISP, Telenor.  Personally, I don't think it would have mattered too much because they would simply move to another ISP, likely in Eastern Europe, where such laws don't exist.  Regardless, this is a great victory for The Pirate Bay and other Torrent sites.

Slashdot gives a great summary:

Copyright holders have given up legal efforts to force Norwegian ISP Telenor to block filesharing site The Pirate Bay, one of the parties to the case said. The copyright holders, led by Norway's performing rights society TONO and by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry Norway (IFPI Norge), have lost two rounds in the Norwegian court system, and have now decided against appealing the case to Norway's supreme court.

People do the strangest thing to find a significant other.  The strangeness seems to amplify when pressured by parents.  Why do parents insist on marriage? ... children? ... don't they realize that this can have drastic consequences?

Well, in this case, not quite so drastic.  A group of 8 beautiful Chinese girls became tired of their parents persistent harrassment, so they decided to take action.  On March 8th, Womens Day for those not in the know, the women went hunting.

They braved the weather to strip down to their bras and pants outside a subway station in Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong province, and danced for passers-by.

The girls handed out sheets of paper with their personal details and the kind of men they hoped to marry, reports Guangzhou Daily.

And they held boards with slogans such as: 'Brother, marry me!', 'My mom is pushing me for marriage!', and 'Time flies, let's date!'.

Source: www.ananova.com

I can't see the others too well, but the one in red is a definite beauty.

Organiser Xing Zi said: "We planned this to stand as a declaration. This is to prove we have enough confidence and determination."

One participant, Xiao Xuan, explained: "We think we are beauties, but we can't find our Mr Rights. Our age is close to 30, so we have to do something."

Another dancer, with the nickname Ali Nerd, said her mother was driving her crazy: "She calls me all day long, nagging me to get married," she said.

Source: www.ananova.com

Someone has got to find more pictures, or better yet, the girl's personal info ;)

People do the strangest thing to find a significant other.  The strangeness seems to amplify when pressured by parents.  Why do parents insist on marriage? ... children? ... don't they realize that this can have drastic consequences?

Well, in this case, not quite so drastic.  A group of 8 beautiful Chinese girls became tired of their parents persistent harrassment, so they decided to take action.  On March 8th, Womens Day for those not in the know, the women went hunting.

They braved the weather to strip down to their bras and pants outside a subway station in Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong province, and danced for passers-by.

The girls handed out sheets of paper with their personal details and the kind of men they hoped to marry, reports Guangzhou Daily.

And they held boards with slogans such as: 'Brother, marry me!', 'My mom is pushing me for marriage!', and 'Time flies, let's date!'.

Source: www.ananova.com

I can't see the others too well, but the one in red is a definite beauty.

Organiser Xing Zi said: "We planned this to stand as a declaration. This is to prove we have enough confidence and determination."

One participant, Xiao Xuan, explained: "We think we are beauties, but we can't find our Mr Rights. Our age is close to 30, so we have to do something."

Another dancer, with the nickname Ali Nerd, said her mother was driving her crazy: "She calls me all day long, nagging me to get married," she said.

Source: www.ananova.com

Someone has got to find more pictures, or better yet, the girl's personal info ;)

With cyber crime growing at an exponential rate every year, it is a bit distressing to learn that they have now surpassed traditional bank robbers in total loot stolen in the 3rd quarter of 2009 ... no word yet on the 4th quarter, unfortunately.

Security is a major concern, but there are numerous ways to get at and manipulate data.  Some of the most effective, it turns out, is social engineering.  With criminal organizations becoming more attuned to the technological front, and even countries taking up technology as a means for fighting wars, the fear of a total technological meltdown is now almost warranted.

More from Slashdot:

Organized cyber-criminal gangs stole $25 million in the 3rd quarter alone last year, by pilfering the online bank accounts of small to midsized businesses, the FDIC reported last week. In contrast, traditional bank robbers hauled just $9.4 million in 1,184 bank robberies during that same period, according to an analysis of FBI bank crime statistics by krebsonsecurity.com. From that story: 'The federal government sure publishes a lot more information about physical bank robberies that it makes available about online stick-ups. Indeed, the FBI's bank crime stats are extraordinarily detailed. For example, they can tell you that in the 3rd quarter of last year, bank robbers were more likely to hold up their local branch between the hours of 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. on a Wednesday than at any other time or day of the week; they can tell you the number of tear gas and dye packs taken with the loot, the number of security cameras activated, the number of food stamps taken, even what percentage of suspected perpetrators had illegal drug habits at the time of the robberies. About the only thing the stats don't tell you is what brand of jeans the perpetrators were wearing and whether the getaway car had cool vanity plates. What do we get about e-crime statistics from the federal government? One guy from the FDIC giving a speech at the RSA conference.

With cyber crime growing at an exponential rate every year, it is a bit distressing to learn that they have now surpassed traditional bank robbers in total loot stolen in the 3rd quarter of 2009 ... no word yet on the 4th quarter, unfortunately.

Security is a major concern, but there are numerous ways to get at and manipulate data.  Some of the most effective, it turns out, is social engineering.  With criminal organizations becoming more attuned to the technological front, and even countries taking up technology as a means for fighting wars, the fear of a total technological meltdown is now almost warranted.

More from Slashdot:

Organized cyber-criminal gangs stole $25 million in the 3rd quarter alone last year, by pilfering the online bank accounts of small to midsized businesses, the FDIC reported last week. In contrast, traditional bank robbers hauled just $9.4 million in 1,184 bank robberies during that same period, according to an analysis of FBI bank crime statistics by krebsonsecurity.com. From that story: 'The federal government sure publishes a lot more information about physical bank robberies that it makes available about online stick-ups. Indeed, the FBI's bank crime stats are extraordinarily detailed. For example, they can tell you that in the 3rd quarter of last year, bank robbers were more likely to hold up their local branch between the hours of 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. on a Wednesday than at any other time or day of the week; they can tell you the number of tear gas and dye packs taken with the loot, the number of security cameras activated, the number of food stamps taken, even what percentage of suspected perpetrators had illegal drug habits at the time of the robberies. About the only thing the stats don't tell you is what brand of jeans the perpetrators were wearing and whether the getaway car had cool vanity plates. What do we get about e-crime statistics from the federal government? One guy from the FDIC giving a speech at the RSA conference.

It seems that common sense isn't so common after all.  Generally, when partaking in illegal events, you would think to avoid officers of the law.  Apparently, not everyone got the memo, and so we get funny situations like this.

Friday around 10:30 p.m. a SUV pulled along side Lubrano's vehicle and the driver asked for directions to the interstate. Lubrano gave the driver the directions, but said she had to repeat them several times as the driver was having trouble understanding them.Source: www.officer.com

For those that are lacking in the common sense department, police officers are generally paranoid about everything, that's there job.  So, obviously, officer Lubrano ran the plates of the SUV and found out it was stolen.  Police officers generally have radios, for occasions such as these, which they use to alert other officers of such events.  Hence, Lubrano called to her police buddies to alert them that a stolen vehicle is heading towards the interstate ... yeah, another good rule of thumb is to avoid letting the police know where you are going when doing illegal activities. 

It didn't take long for other officers to spot the vehicle driving down the interstate, and then an even shorter period of time to catch up to said idiots.  Stupid criminals are what make my days all the more fun.

This moron, who goes by the name of Ronnie Ricks, is now being held at St. Tammany Parish Jail on a $22,000 bond.  I get the feeling that this isn't the last we hear of Ronnie Ricks.

Headline stolen from Fark

It seems that common sense isn't so common after all.  Generally, when partaking in illegal events, you would think to avoid officers of the law.  Apparently, not everyone got the memo, and so we get funny situations like this.

Friday around 10:30 p.m. a SUV pulled along side Lubrano's vehicle and the driver asked for directions to the interstate. Lubrano gave the driver the directions, but said she had to repeat them several times as the driver was having trouble understanding them.Source: www.officer.com

For those that are lacking in the common sense department, police officers are generally paranoid about everything, that's there job.  So, obviously, officer Lubrano ran the plates of the SUV and found out it was stolen.  Police officers generally have radios, for occasions such as these, which they use to alert other officers of such events.  Hence, Lubrano called to her police buddies to alert them that a stolen vehicle is heading towards the interstate ... yeah, another good rule of thumb is to avoid letting the police know where you are going when doing illegal activities. 

It didn't take long for other officers to spot the vehicle driving down the interstate, and then an even shorter period of time to catch up to said idiots.  Stupid criminals are what make my days all the more fun.

This moron, who goes by the name of Ronnie Ricks, is now being held at St. Tammany Parish Jail on a $22,000 bond.  I get the feeling that this isn't the last we hear of Ronnie Ricks.

Headline stolen from Fark

The Catholic Church have been having a bit of a rough patch these past few decades.  With all the child molestation charges being brought up against them, they have had to spend millions of dollars trying to appease those selfish bastards that were savagely molested as children.  Be it hush money or lawsuit payouts, the Catholic Church have dug deep into their billions of dollars in surplus, forcing many of their clergy to fly around the world in coach and eat red caviar instead of black.

In order to help the poor church, Bishop Denis Brennan came up with the only reasonable solution, he asked the parishioners to help pay the spiralling compensation claims.  Seems perfectly logical, why shouldn't those that were abused and quiet about it help the church fend off those selfish bastards that expect justice?

Strangely, Sinead O'Connor seems to have a problem with that.  Seeing as how Sinead O'Connor is also a 'Godly' person, her opinion shouldn't be taken lightly.  In an interview she gave, she was asked her thoughts on God and she replied:

I would say that I'm religious by culture and nationality. It wasn't that I was dragged to mass; I went willingly because I liked going. Religion is not so much a lifestyle because I don't necessarily actively practice it. I don't go to church regularly, but I don't think you have to in order to conduct a relationship with God. Having said that, I do enjoy the times that I do go to church. I believe you can find God all over the place.Source: www.thefish.com

Regardless of whether you accept her opinion based on merit or whether you agree with it, her response to Denis Brennan is well thought out and entertaining to say the least.  The best part is at the very end, where she points out what many have been thinking for generations ... if Jesus were to come down to earth, he would burn the Vatican to the ground.  The fact that she would help, along with half the planet, is just a bonus.

Her article was posted in Ireland's Independent.  The entire article is copied blow.

PLEASE allow me to express my astonishment upon reading the statement made on the evening of March 1 by the Bishop of Ferns, Denis Brennan.

His statement attempts to dictate to us -- in the same way the Inquisition did -- how Christians should behave. It says directly that it would be anti-Christian of us to feel that the church should pay its own bills for its own abuse with its own billions that it throttled from our grandparents, whom it also abused, physically, emotionally, psychologically and sexually.

Evidence of sexual abuse by clergy, according to the Murphy report, can be traced as far back as 320 AD and the first treatment centres for paedophile priests were created in 1940, named Servants of the Paraclete.

These centres were opened all over the world.

I would like to know exactly whose idea this latest plan was and from where were issued the instructions or permission for Bishop Brennan to make such a statement.

The statement and its attempted manipulation of good Catholic people could be described as unbelievable and stupid.

But in my opinion, the only word that does it justice is 'evil'.

How long do they expect us to restrain ourselves? We have put up with this bull dung for hundreds of years.

A true Christian is someone who, in any given situation, is supposed to ask themselves what would Jesus do, then try to do that.

How an organisation which has acted, decade after decade, only to protect its business interests above the interests of children can feel it has the right to dictate to us what Christians should do is beyond belief.

From the Pope on down, through the Vatican and therefore through the lower echelons, the whole organisation, in my belief, is utterly anti-Christian and evil, as proven by centuries of torture, bloodshed, burnings, terrorism, and coverings-up of "the worst crime" known to man.

And if Jesus Christ is to be seen in the vulnerable of this world, then all the church has done is crucify the man over and over and over again.

If Christ was here, he would be burning down the Vatican. And I for one would be helping him.

The Catholic Church have been having a bit of a rough patch these past few decades.  With all the child molestation charges being brought up against them, they have had to spend millions of dollars trying to appease those selfish bastards that were savagely molested as children.  Be it hush money or lawsuit payouts, the Catholic Church have dug deep into their billions of dollars in surplus, forcing many of their clergy to fly around the world in coach and eat red caviar instead of black.

In order to help the poor church, Bishop Denis Brennan came up with the only reasonable solution, he asked the parishioners to help pay the spiralling compensation claims.  Seems perfectly logical, why shouldn't those that were abused and quiet about it help the church fend off those selfish bastards that expect justice?

Strangely, Sinead O'Connor seems to have a problem with that.  Seeing as how Sinead O'Connor is also a 'Godly' person, her opinion shouldn't be taken lightly.  In an interview she gave, she was asked her thoughts on God and she replied:

I would say that I'm religious by culture and nationality. It wasn't that I was dragged to mass; I went willingly because I liked going. Religion is not so much a lifestyle because I don't necessarily actively practice it. I don't go to church regularly, but I don't think you have to in order to conduct a relationship with God. Having said that, I do enjoy the times that I do go to church. I believe you can find God all over the place.Source: www.thefish.com

Regardless of whether you accept her opinion based on merit or whether you agree with it, her response to Denis Brennan is well thought out and entertaining to say the least.  The best part is at the very end, where she points out what many have been thinking for generations ... if Jesus were to come down to earth, he would burn the Vatican to the ground.  The fact that she would help, along with half the planet, is just a bonus.

Her article was posted in Ireland's Independent.  The entire article is copied blow.

PLEASE allow me to express my astonishment upon reading the statement made on the evening of March 1 by the Bishop of Ferns, Denis Brennan.

His statement attempts to dictate to us -- in the same way the Inquisition did -- how Christians should behave. It says directly that it would be anti-Christian of us to feel that the church should pay its own bills for its own abuse with its own billions that it throttled from our grandparents, whom it also abused, physically, emotionally, psychologically and sexually.

Evidence of sexual abuse by clergy, according to the Murphy report, can be traced as far back as 320 AD and the first treatment centres for paedophile priests were created in 1940, named Servants of the Paraclete.

These centres were opened all over the world.

I would like to know exactly whose idea this latest plan was and from where were issued the instructions or permission for Bishop Brennan to make such a statement.

The statement and its attempted manipulation of good Catholic people could be described as unbelievable and stupid.

But in my opinion, the only word that does it justice is 'evil'.

How long do they expect us to restrain ourselves? We have put up with this bull dung for hundreds of years.

A true Christian is someone who, in any given situation, is supposed to ask themselves what would Jesus do, then try to do that.

How an organisation which has acted, decade after decade, only to protect its business interests above the interests of children can feel it has the right to dictate to us what Christians should do is beyond belief.

From the Pope on down, through the Vatican and therefore through the lower echelons, the whole organisation, in my belief, is utterly anti-Christian and evil, as proven by centuries of torture, bloodshed, burnings, terrorism, and coverings-up of "the worst crime" known to man.

And if Jesus Christ is to be seen in the vulnerable of this world, then all the church has done is crucify the man over and over and over again.

If Christ was here, he would be burning down the Vatican. And I for one would be helping him.

There is something to be said about being thrown in jail, but being let out to go to a concert.  Is there something I should know in case I am being prosecuted for, oh, say killing my neighbors dog?  How do you present your defense?  "Uh, yeah, I killed the dog and all, and I am cool with jail, but I really want to see Hank Williams Jr, so maybe you could let me out for a few hours on the 16th?"

The situation unfolds like so ... it seems that Charles Wiant was bored one day and decided to shoot his neighbors puppy with a bow and arrow.  Needless to say, the neighbors were not too pleased with his decision and decided to call the cops.  The cops were less pleased, and so arrested Charley.  Our deer friend Chuck was then given a plea option, which he took. 

The plea option meant that he had to plead guilty to the charges, after which he would not be convicted of a felony ... kind of a good break considering he killed a dog in cold blood.  In the end, the kid has to do 5 weekends in jail, 50 hours of volunteering at the Kanawha-Charleston Animal Shelter, pay $1000 to the owners of the puppy in intervals of $83/month.

So, in my honest opinion I would say that they were extremely linient on the kid.  If he had killed my dog, I would want blood ... and LOTS of it.  Not only is his sentence linient, but he doesn't start his jail term until after high school is over, and he gets to go to a concert ... Hank Williams Jr of all people.  The logic? ... his girlfriend paid a lot of money for the tickets.  My only thought, "TOUGH SHIT!  If you didn't kill the dog, you wouldn't have this problem."

Whats the deal with our justice system?  How is it that that the law is blind, but only when convenient?  I wonder if the kid has friends in high places, or the judge simply got laid that morning.

Headline inspired by Fark

There is something to be said about being thrown in jail, but being let out to go to a concert.  Is there something I should know in case I am being prosecuted for, oh, say killing my neighbors dog?  How do you present your defense?  "Uh, yeah, I killed the dog and all, and I am cool with jail, but I really want to see Hank Williams Jr, so maybe you could let me out for a few hours on the 16th?"

The situation unfolds like so ... it seems that Charles Wiant was bored one day and decided to shoot his neighbors puppy with a bow and arrow.  Needless to say, the neighbors were not too pleased with his decision and decided to call the cops.  The cops were less pleased, and so arrested Charley.  Our deer friend Chuck was then given a plea option, which he took. 

The plea option meant that he had to plead guilty to the charges, after which he would not be convicted of a felony ... kind of a good break considering he killed a dog in cold blood.  In the end, the kid has to do 5 weekends in jail, 50 hours of volunteering at the Kanawha-Charleston Animal Shelter, pay $1000 to the owners of the puppy in intervals of $83/month.

So, in my honest opinion I would say that they were extremely linient on the kid.  If he had killed my dog, I would want blood ... and LOTS of it.  Not only is his sentence linient, but he doesn't start his jail term until after high school is over, and he gets to go to a concert ... Hank Williams Jr of all people.  The logic? ... his girlfriend paid a lot of money for the tickets.  My only thought, "TOUGH SHIT!  If you didn't kill the dog, you wouldn't have this problem."

Whats the deal with our justice system?  How is it that that the law is blind, but only when convenient?  I wonder if the kid has friends in high places, or the judge simply got laid that morning.

Headline inspired by Fark

While I don't know what these goregeous Ukrainian girls are really protesting, something about Olympic cows, but all I know is that they have my support.

What do you think?  Should we help the girls out?  Maybe buy them some vodka to warm them up?

While I don't know what these goregeous Ukrainian girls are really protesting, something about Olympic cows, but all I know is that they have my support.

What do you think?  Should we help the girls out?  Maybe buy them some vodka to warm them up?

If you are like me, you are likely asking yourself, "Why the Hell would Ferrari make a Hybrid?" ... but, I guess in our current eco friendly environment, Ferrari likely doesn't want to be the last one to develop the technology.  Not to mention, considering its a Ferrari, they likely will have a quite a waiting list for the car willing to pay a significant premium, at least at launch.

Since we are discussing Ferrari, it shouldn't come as much of a surprise that their Hybrid technology is a step above the rest.  With this car built using the 599 GTB framework, Ferrari did everything in their power to improve the cars performance, rather than hinder it with a weak electric motor.

Batteries are skinny (120mm thick) and highly efficient lithium-ion jobs lying flat on the undertray. The motor is neatly integrated with the dual-clutch transmission at the back of the car. It is controlled by a neat electronics module located beneath the boot floor - not an inch of boot space has been lost, though. In fact there's more, because the standard 12-volt battery has been taken out of the boot and its function replaced by the module.

The hybrid 599 has regenerative braking and stop-start, and the net result is a 36 percent improvement in fuel consumption (and roughly the same in emissions) over the standard V12. And an 80kg weight gain is neatly offset by an 80bhp upgrade in power via that electric motor. There are other clever things going on too, like using said motor to fill torque holes in the V12's power delivery. They're really thinking about how this can work for a Ferrari.

Source: www.topgear.com

By placing the batteries and motor low to the ground, Ferrari effectively lowered the center of gravity.  This single motor also provides an additional 117 Horsepower and 111 pound-feet of torque, which considering is being added to the original horsepower of the V12 engine already in place (likely 612, unless they improved it), this is quite a significant boost.

Unlike Porsche's new 918 Spyder, the Ferrari only gets 25 miles per gallon ... wait, ONLY?  Can you imagine, this Ferrari gets a whopping 25 miles per gallon.  I find this substantially more believable than Porsche's 80 miles per gallon, although I still have doubts when I hear fuel ratings on hybrids.

The Ferrari 599 Hybrid also seems a little slower than Porsche's 918, attaining 0 to 60 in 3.5 seconds, rather than 3.2.  Regardless, this car is still a monster.  I am sure some millionaire will be very happy when, or rather if, this car hits the showrooms.

If you are like me, you are likely asking yourself, "Why the Hell would Ferrari make a Hybrid?" ... but, I guess in our current eco friendly environment, Ferrari likely doesn't want to be the last one to develop the technology.  Not to mention, considering its a Ferrari, they likely will have a quite a waiting list for the car willing to pay a significant premium, at least at launch.

Since we are discussing Ferrari, it shouldn't come as much of a surprise that their Hybrid technology is a step above the rest.  With this car built using the 599 GTB framework, Ferrari did everything in their power to improve the cars performance, rather than hinder it with a weak electric motor.

Batteries are skinny (120mm thick) and highly efficient lithium-ion jobs lying flat on the undertray. The motor is neatly integrated with the dual-clutch transmission at the back of the car. It is controlled by a neat electronics module located beneath the boot floor - not an inch of boot space has been lost, though. In fact there's more, because the standard 12-volt battery has been taken out of the boot and its function replaced by the module.

The hybrid 599 has regenerative braking and stop-start, and the net result is a 36 percent improvement in fuel consumption (and roughly the same in emissions) over the standard V12. And an 80kg weight gain is neatly offset by an 80bhp upgrade in power via that electric motor. There are other clever things going on too, like using said motor to fill torque holes in the V12's power delivery. They're really thinking about how this can work for a Ferrari.

Source: www.topgear.com

By placing the batteries and motor low to the ground, Ferrari effectively lowered the center of gravity.  This single motor also provides an additional 117 Horsepower and 111 pound-feet of torque, which considering is being added to the original horsepower of the V12 engine already in place (likely 612, unless they improved it), this is quite a significant boost.

Unlike Porsche's new 918 Spyder, the Ferrari only gets 25 miles per gallon ... wait, ONLY?  Can you imagine, this Ferrari gets a whopping 25 miles per gallon.  I find this substantially more believable than Porsche's 80 miles per gallon, although I still have doubts when I hear fuel ratings on hybrids.

The Ferrari 599 Hybrid also seems a little slower than Porsche's 918, attaining 0 to 60 in 3.5 seconds, rather than 3.2.  Regardless, this car is still a monster.  I am sure some millionaire will be very happy when, or rather if, this car hits the showrooms.