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Lucky had assured them 5 against 1 was terrific odds (9)
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Lucky had assured them 5 against 1 was terrific odds goggies nivver win against da kittehs. picture: dunno source, via our lolcat builder. lol caption: GeorgeWashingfur » Recaption ThisShared by CrazyVet (44) d1g1t (319) David Hadley (5) everyone loves a wee sombrero (126) Jason Adam Young (6) John (45) Melkir (16) Vinny (10) Yada (82)Contribute comment -
Mad Magazine on Sarah Palin (35)
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Mad Magazine has leaked its satirical Sarah Palin spread to the HuffPo -- a good 'un, too. Exclusive: MAD Magazine's Election Coverage, Sarah Palin EditionShared by Aaron (26) Adam (39) Alvin A. (23) Andrew N. Carpenter (32) brownpau (47) Clint Ecker (21) Dan (13) dave (16) Fred (5) g b (39) graham (2) Greg (14) Jason (7) Jason (8) Jason (36) Jenna (17) Jeremy Jarratt (34) jgd3 (3) jGrrl (7) Joe Turner (5) John Halton (4) Mark (29) Marshall Sponder (24) MCE (34) Melkir (16) mikebee (25) MikeD (20) Mr. Pants (9) Nicholas (9) Nirav (28) Rob (15) Steven (112) Tony (4) vergil66 (5) Wayne (49)Contribute comment -
Mythbusters live: Mona Lisa in .008 seconds (1)
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Painting Mona Lisa In .008 Seconds - Watch more free videos These video clips look like they’re from a live Mythbusters performance. The clip shows two machines they’ve built to paint using paintballs. The first one is a bit of a joke - it definitely doesn’t come close to producing the Mona Lisa. The second machine - “GPU” - has massive compressed air tanks, more than a mile of hose and 1100 fixed barrels each ...Shared by Melkir (16)Contribute comment -
The Atheon, a "Temple of Science," coming to Berkeley [Berserkeley] (3)
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The Judah L. Magnes Museum, which exhibits "art and history focused on the Jewish experience," seems to be taking a cue from Neal Stephenson's latest novel. The Atheon: A Temple to Science, Memory Lab, Projections, and Meta/Data will open on September 27. The long, long press release below promises "religion has finally been rendered wholly compatible with science ... In the case of the Atheon, the stained glass is patterned to show the cosmic microwave ...Contribute comment -
Skewered at Kushibar (1)
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Kushi are Japanese skewers, bamboo or metal. Threaded with a sardine, a prawn, peppers, pork belly or chicken hearts, they're grilled over makeshift charcoal braziers and served up to passersby in Tokyo. In Belltown, you get to sit. In fact, you'll be served on the new open-air deck along Second, a 40-seat expanse at sidewalk level, while executive chef Billy Beach grills your mushrooms or gizzards (over imported coals) inside. This is Kushibar, from the ...Shared by Melkir (16)Contribute comment - Oh punditkitchen.com! (1)
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Rumormill: BMW 8 Series on the way, no M-version planned (3)
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Filed under: Concept Cars, Sports/GTs, Euro, BMW, RumormillClick on the image above for our high-res Concept CS galleryWith their scopes aimed squarely at the upcoming Porsche Panamera and Mercedes-Benz CLS, BMW's M performance division is rumored to be working on their own four-door luxury GT for a 2010 launch. With its styling based heavily on the BMW Concept CS (pictured above), the platform for the new flagship will be shared with the new 7 Series. ...Contribute comment -
The Many Faces of Fable 2 [Fable 2] (1)
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The characters of Fable 2 are meant to be a reflection of the person playing them, to a point. The choices you make as you grow from childhood to adulthood in the game will change your character's appearance. But, your character is highly customizable. Lionhead Studios says they have tons more clothing to wear (all of which can be dyed), you can put on make-up, jewelry, change hairstyles, add facial hair. You can also morph ...Shared by Melkir (16)Contribute comment -
LHC will not destroy the universe in 5 days (14)
onIn case you're still worried that the universe will wink out of existence in 5 days when they turn on the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, rest easy: a new report from the LHC Safety Assessment Group says it ain't gonna happen. Or, as one physicist told me when I asked about this last month while researching my Petacentres article for Nature, "Look, it's a 10^-19 chance, and you've got a 10^-11 chance of suddenly ...Shared by Azeem (39) Drewcipher (4) fern (23) Filipa B (13) HokieGeek (25) Jacob (20) Jim (22) Lerch (23) Macky (14) marcusmeisel (21) Melkir (16) nicerobot (28) Tim (13) Tom (24)
- Drewcipher said: We truly are all going to die.
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The Hidden Homeless of Los Angeles (1)
onPhoto: Benjamin Reed / LA Times Los Angeles has more homeless people - about 73,000 on any given night - than any other cities in the United States. But where are they exactly? In this interesting LA Times article by Jessica Garrison, you’ll find that some homeless encampments can be particularly creative: Rudy Salinas, who is in charge of outreach for PATH, recalled an encampment he encountered a few years ago under a bridge in ...Shared by Melkir (16)Contribute comment
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Star Trek: The Love Boat (3)
on{YouTube Link} What would Star Trek: The Next Generation be like if the Enterprise was an interstellar cruise ship? RT: 1 min, 35 sec. Update 9/4/08 by Alex - original link [MySpace video] - Thanks Charley!
- Simon said: My geek heart can't resist!
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Google Chrome's Full List of Special about: Pages [Google Chrome] (120)
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You already saw Google Chrome's humorous about:internets Easter egg, but reader nettleman points out that Chrome's got several special about: pages that reveal all sorts of interesting information about what's going behind the scenes. Here's the full list, with screenshots. about:memory about:stats about:network about:internets about:histograms about:dns about:cache about:plugins about:version Update: Mawin adds that you can also go to two special pages on a per-site basis. view-cache:[URL] shows you some under-the-hood cache details, and view-cache:[URL] shows ...Shared by AaronTN (36) Abhishek (11) Adam (15) Alexander Williams (18) alphakamp (30) Amir (17) Andrés Milleiro (39) Andrew (27) angus (5) AnilG (24) Bill Mensch (3) bkim (27) Brad Brooks (10) Brian Landau (20) Bwana (74) Carl (7) charlie anzman (111) Chris (1) Christian Santos (72) ckaroli (45) Cogo (20) Colin (6) Craig (20) DarkBls (73) David (1) David Givens (6) DC (11) DigitalMike (60) Dino (8) Emmett (16) Eric (52) federico silva (22) fesja (13) G. (27) Gatewayy (17) ghosttie (38) Harold (21) Henry Webb (20) Herb G (6) hidenari (11) HokieGeek (25) imabonehead (74) jccamus (15) Joelle (9) Jonathan (6) Jose (17) Josi (20) JPowers (39) Justin (9) Kevin De Mulder (24) kevinpshan (16) kidmarmite (37) kleinmatic (25) Kwasi (150) Larry Osterman (11) Lee G. (36) Library (16) lmjabreu (26) lnewcomer (38) Lou (6) marcel weiß (10) marcosvicente2005 (6) Marcus (32) Marcus Danillo (12) mediter (27) Melkir (16) metaeuphoria (20) Mike (8) Mone (6) Myk OLeary (4) Nelson (23) NeonDemon (45) Nickname unavailable (2) nikan (41) nikhil (26) Oneiros (36) Pat (59) Phil (49) Philip Spohn (25) rawwell (9) Rich (24) richtannehill (33) Rick Umali (20) Rob (9) rOckY (154) rpy (14) Rudi (22) rutawa (24) ryan.capote (100) sammy (6) Seth G (44) Shankar Ganesh (64) Shelton (51) Siddharth (2) SPE825 (5) spsneo (17) Sridhar Katakam (25) Srinvard (68) Stephan Ainley (14) Stuart F (27) Sukij (6) Terence (16) thr33 (25) tim (8) Tim Bertram (4) Tommy (3) Trindade (40) Vincent van Wylick (20) Voyagerfan5761 (18) wcaw (74) webe (5) Wei (38) Yagermeister (8) yellowchilli (7) yojibee (19) yoni (6) zer0ck (93) Zoram (20) zoso (17) 異塵行者 (29)Explore read five notes- Alexander Williams said: Oooh, extra crunchy happiness. About pages are the shiznit. Pointedly, though, there's no about:config.
- federico silva said: Chrome, chrome y mas chrome!
- Josi said: oooh interweb tubes....
- Rick Umali said: Yes, I've succumbed. I am reading and posting on Google's Chrome. Nifty "about:" URLs here.
- rpy said: DNS pre-caching - cool idea. Users get a faster web experience, DNS infrastructure is already distributed enough that it can take the hit. Expect to see this in the next generation of all other browsers.
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Speed test: Google Chrome beats Firefox, IE, Safari (28)
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Google introduced Chrome in part because it wants faster browsing and the richer Web applications that speed will unlock. So how does Chrome actually stack up? Google's Chrome overpowers the other browsers on the five subtests by which Google measures its browser's JavaScript performance.(Credit: Stephen Shankland/CNET News) Lars Bak, the Google engineer who was the technical leader for Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine, said at the launch event Tuesday he's confident Chrome is "many times faster" ...Shared by (jeff)isageek (52) Alan (28) alireza (87) alireza (18) alphakamp (30) Chrigu (12) Deep.ed (48) Edney Souza (60) fseixas (12) Hamed Safa (41) Kathy Brewis (74) kenmat (12) LouCypher (57) louisgray (148) Mani (18) Martin (4) Melkir (16) Michael (28) Mike F (460) Milad (37) ndvsky (16) Nuno (15) robert steburg (42) rOckY (154) rpy (14) Ryan S (45) vcamaral@gmail.com (22) WillinYo (13)- Hamed Safa said: wow
- rpy said: Gone are the days of the browser freezing due to poor JavaScript design! All hail compiled optimised JavaScript bytecode!
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Pax To Address Overcrowding For 2009 [Penny Arcade Expo 2008] (1)
onThe Penny Arcade Expo hit 58,500 attendees this year - way up from 2007's 37,000 and just a shade lower than E3 in its prime. Although the general feeling was that the con was a big success, there were complaints that some panels and demos were difficult/impossible to get in to due to overcrowding and the organizers admit that there is work to be done for next year. "We finally stopped doubling our attendance," said ...Shared by Melkir (16)Contribute comment
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John McCain is a Cylon, and Palin is Roslin. (20)
onA fearless truth-seeker who isn't afraid to go where mainstream media is terrified to tread sneaks us this breaking (!) blogsclusive, a deeply troubling discovery at the highest levels of power. Many have noticed that famously short-tempered Vietnam war veteran John McCain, famously imprisoned and tortured in Hanoi, bears a more than passing resemblance to famously short-tempered Cylon war veteran Saul Tigh, famously imprisoned and tortured on New Caprica: Oh, but it doesn't stop there...Shared by Adam (36) Adam Selwood (22) Alex (5) Alvin A. (23) Chris Metcalf (13) Clay (41) Crossbar (36) Doug (37) Jakob (28) JenniferG (17) Jeremy Jarratt (34) Jim (38) jon|k (17) Melkir (16) Patrick (8) RapidEye (14) Ryan S (45) sideb0ard (12) sven (4) Terrence (27)
- Alex said: YES!
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Whedonesque : Comments on 17474 : Dr. Horrible Soundtrack now available on iTunes. (3)
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http://phobos.app... we get to see the definitive song titles - and the clarity's nice too!ETA: as theonetruebix notes, it's an iTunes Plus release. This means it should be DRM free and higher than normal quality. Also, the track list is: Horrible Theme (No maniacal laughter) My Freeze Ray Bad Horse Chorus Caring Hands (Includes Penny's spoken words) A Man's Gotta Do My Eyes Bad Horse Chorus (Reprise) Penny's Song Brand New Day So They Say ...- CKL said: Huzzah! 256kbps AAC files with *no* DRM.
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Felicia Day Singing at PAX08! (2)
onhttp://www.youtub... Day sang Jonathan Coulton's "Still Alive" (from Portal) with the singer/songwriter/cewebrity.You can kind of hear her over the crowd sometimes :PShared by Bishma (14) Melkir (16)Contribute comment
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Credit-card companies killed Mythbusters segment on RFID vulnerabilities (120)
onCheck out the first two minutes of this clip of Mythbusters' Adam Savage telling the folks at the HOPE hackercon about how the Discovery Channel was bullied by big credit-card companies out of airing a program about how crappy the security in RFID tags is. Arphid Watch: Mythbusters and RFIDShared by Adam (3) Alan Cheslow (49) Alec Resnick (135) Alex Plank (3) Allen (11) Andrew (4) Andrew Ferguson (10) ArtLung (4) Avi (709) Benjamin (1050) Benno (5) BilliamJ (9) bkim (27) Cai Chen (995) cgsheldon (151) chrishawn (3) CKL (18) Colin (20) Corey Porter (1) Crutcher D (48) David (5) David T. Cole (3) Dean Clark (139) Derek (7) digits12 (716) djspark (55) Dominik (33) Donnie Berkholz (5) dopegroove (11) dwfrank (9) Eater (20) Erica (1) Freddy (6) g b (39) Gary M (13) GeniusBoyWonder (27) Geoff Gresh (15) Guy (702) Haltse (17) Harper (91) humanrocketjlb (3) InformationHigh (10) Ingotheranchhand (6) J. James B (41) Jack (91) Jason (3) Jason Gooljar (25) jborneman (20) Jeff (19) Jeff Daly (42) Jeff Kubina (12) Jeremy Jarratt (34) jim (4) Jim (22) Joe Breen (6) John (14) Jon Lorenzini (17) Jon Lowder (5) Jouni Seppänen (5) Kevin (30) kiOwA (5) Kris (27) Kristen (10) Lance (4) Leena (1060) Liz (2) Logical Extremes (13) looprock (15) mabisa (48) macshaggy (6) marcusmeisel (21) mario r (18) Matt (19) Matthew (4) maxyRO (482) mejaredme (262) Melkir (16) meta (9) Mich D (169) Michael (14) Michael Lockyear (1) Mike (4) Mike Todd (2) Mr. BabyMan (366) neal (530) Nick Sanders (0) Olivier (48) Pedro (13) pericles (760) Phillip (3) Rami Taibah (475) Rebekah (9) Richard (24) Ricky (19) Ritu (675) rveguilla (5) Sarah (11) Scott (22) Sebastiaan (1) Shirizaan (6) snoopdave (9) Steven (112) StevieB (71) Strange Kid (20) Stuart (12) Tanath (42) Thomas (3) Thomas (6) TO-Double-D (20) Tobey (16) Toby (176) Tom (14) Veritas Noctis (38) War-N (5) Wayne (49) webtime (482) Will (9) Yuwen Memon (1) Zac (5) Zak M. (601)Explore read nine notes
- Corey Porter said: The great thing is that, rather than fix the problem, the credit card companies just try to keep it quiet. That's... great?
- Gary M said: The first 2 mins of this are great.
- Shirizaan said: Very interesting piece. Also interesting to see all the people boo Smash Lab which I've hated since it debuted.
- macshaggy said: This was great. I really love this show and Adam Savage is just the best.
- Haltse said: oh noes busted:O
- Jason said: @Daniel Thought you'd be interested in this.
- Sebastiaan said: Oh I really love mythbuster Adam Savage!
- Jeff Kubina said: holy crap!
- Rebekah said: I have a crush on Adam, doubly so after watching this clip.
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Ask the pilot: Who cares what planes look like? I do! Why do they have to look so ugly and boring? (3)
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This column was slated to run in last week's slot, sidetracked at the last minute by the plane crash in Spain. Apologies to those of you hoping for something newsier -- oh gawd, not another rant about liveries and aesthetics! -- but hey, it's a holiday weekend and I'm trying to keep it light. We begin with a quote: "Who cares what it looks like?" That was the sentiment of a certain David W in ...Contribute comment -
Why Flies are So Hard to Swat (7)
onWhy are flies so hard to swat? Professor Michael Dickinson of Caltech, who spent two decades studying the neurobiology and biomechanics of locomotion in the annoying bugs (for real!) knew the answer: He took high-speed digital video of fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) when faced with a swatter, revealing how the creature’s pinpoint sized brain is hard wired to turn the looming shadow into an appropriate pattern of leg and body motion to prime it for ...Shared by Aaron R (74) everyone loves a wee sombrero (126) Jeff Daly (42) Melkir (16) Mr. Matt (12) Robert Cortez (11) Walter DeFoor (33)
- everyone loves a wee sombrero said: I left the screen door open when getting the mail and let one in this morning. I've been trying to kill it ALL FREAKING DAY.
- Walter DeFoor said: This is really really cool.
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