Archive for the 'Off Topic' Category
For 40 Years, This Russian Family Was Cut Off From All Human Contact
January 30th, 2013Via: Smithsonian: In 1978, Soviet geologists prospecting in the wilds of Siberia discovered a family of six, lost in the taiga.
Hillary Clinton’s Fresnel Prism Glasses
January 25th, 2013Some people (with zero skills of discernment) are submitting links to stupid websites talking about “Hillary Clinton’s teleprompter glasses,” etc. Those are not teleprompter glasses, Google Glass or any technology related to digital displays. Here’s a pic of what this is all about. Here’s a crop of that image: What you’re looking at above is […]
OTP22: Calling the ‘Beautiful Minds’ of Cryptogon
January 16th, 2013I’m pretty sure that OTP22 is an alternate reality game. But, who is running this and why? This query isn’t directed to those of you who bathe regularly and/or talk to other humans in meat space more than once every few days. You guys will just be wasting your time.
Large Quasar Group 4 Billion Light-Years Across; ‘Should not Exist’
January 12th, 2013Via: MSNBC: Astronomers have discovered the largest known structure in the universe, a clump of active galactic cores that stretches 4 billion light-years from end to end. The structure is a large quasar group (LQG), a collection of extremely luminous galactic nuclei powered by supermassive central black holes. This particular group is so large that […]
One Hundred Billion Planets Just in Our Galaxy
January 8th, 2013Via: Slate: For example, you can use some statistics to extrapolate how many planets there must be in our galaxy. A new study has done just that, and the number they get is stunning: they calculate there may be a hundred billion planets in the Milky Way, with 17 billion of them the size of […]
Christopher Tolkien on the Evisceration of His Father’s Work
January 6th, 2013Via: WorldCrunch: Christopher Tolkien gave his first ever press interview with Le Monde, shedding light on his father’s vision and sharing his own deep dismay with Hobbit director Peter Jackson. … This commercial galaxy is now worth several billion dollars — most of which does not go to Tolkien’s heirs, and thus complicates the management […]
Falling Into a Dream – Brian Tyler
December 14th, 2012A friend of mine from high school made this. I thought that some of you might like it. Via: Brian Tyler:
British Police Use Alternating Current Frequency Fluctuations to Authenticate Audio Recordings
December 12th, 2012Via: BBC: For the last seven years, at the Metropolitan Police forensic lab in south London, audio specialists have been continuously recording the sound of mains electricity. It is an all pervasive hum that we normally cannot hear. But boost it a little, and a metallic and not very pleasant buzz fills the air. … […]
MexicaNZ Three Amigos: Mexican Food in Mangonui, Coopers Beach, Cable Bay, Northland New Zealand
November 30th, 2012As you may or may not know, besides an affordable and good Internet connection, Mexican food is the only thing I miss about California. Sure, we can make our own Mexican food, but it’s nice to be able to go out sometimes with our children. Now, look what I found today: MexicaNZ Three Amigos (Facebook […]
ImgLikeOpera
November 25th, 2012ImgLikeOpera is a great Firefox addon for those of us with limited data capacity Internet connections: ImgLikeOpera allows load only the images that you want in Firefox browser. This extension is very useful for non broadband users. Features: – placeholders for blocked images (hi, LJ treads!); – (re)load image from context menu or Ctrl+rightMouseClick; – […]
