They are trying to go for a less “geeky” image:

In some universe, the name “Syfy” is less geeky than the name “Sci Fi.” Dave Howe, president of the Sci Fi Channel, is betting it’s this one….

“What we love about this is we hopefully get the best of both worlds,” Mr. Howe said. “We’ll get the heritage and the track record of success, and we’ll build off of that to build a broader, more open and accessible and relatable and human-friendly brand.”

If I was an investor in the Sci Fi channel, I’d be scared for their future. But since I’m not, I’ll just laugh.

As Cynical-C said, “Looks like the SciFi network just changed their brand from one that is instantly recognizable to one that sounds like an abbreviation for an STD.”

Though their tagline is pretty good: “Imagine Greater.” I just think they left off “Names” from the end.

Update: As Jonathan points out in the comments, another reason for the change is they can trademark “SyFy” whereas they cannot trademark “Sci Fi.”

Can Crushing — Put a small amount of water in a can, bring it to a boil, then put it in cold water. Voila, a crushed can.

Khmer Rouge Torturer on Trial — The chief torturer for the Cambodia regime is now on trial for crimes against humanity “for his role in the deaths of at least 12,380 prisoners at Phnom Penh’s notorious Tuol Sleng torture centre.” He is now a born again Christian. What makes me sick is that most Christians believe this man will go to heaven because he “repented and turned to Jesus,” while an atheist who has never killed anyone and has tried to do good goes to hell.

Psycho Kidnaps Woman to Preach to Her — Troy Brisport kidnaps a woman, puts a adult diaper on her and keeps her for three days. He feeds her nothing, tries to suffocate her a few times, and reads Bible passages to her. Charming guy, I’m sure.

Questions for Ex-Muslims — Mathurine is writing a post about Islam and is requesting “that atheists, freethinkers, agnostics, humanists … submit some questions about Islam and Muslims [to] have them answered by a few former Muslims who don’t have blogs.” If you have questions about Islam, here’s your chance to have them answered by former insiders.

Home Invasion FAIL — Good thing this guy had a surveillance system and a gun. It’s nice to see criminals run and their plans thwarted.

Surprise! O’Reilly is a hypocrite! — I love Jon Stewart.

Religious Fervor Between Nations  — Is there any surprise that the poorest countries are the most religious? This is the same poll as the most/least religious states, but I didn’t see the countries part before.

Astronaut Drinking Coffee in Space — So weird.

Perch on your throne and strain over full colour brain training puzzles that will have you in the bathroom for hours.  There are hundreds of mind boggling games on the Brain Training Toilet Paper and the answers are on there to!

Brain training quizzes are all the rage at the moment as people want to test their memory and brain skills to keep our minds healthy and active.  Our Mind Trainer Toilet Roll helps squeeze out your knowledge and challenge your perseverance and ‘wee-knesses.’

So many puns come to mind, but they’re all so crappy. Er, oops.

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Maybe I should make my own quiz about contradictions and absurdities in the Bible…