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Imagery for Sichuan, China Earthquake
via Google LatLong by elaine on May 15, 2008
Posted by Wei Luo, Technical Lead Manager, Google EarthAn earthquake of a magnitude of 7.9 hit Sichuan, China on May 12, with its epicenter about 50 miles northwest of Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan. According to the latest news reports, authorities fear that as many as 50,000 people could have lost their lives. We now have post-earthquake imagery from our satellite providers; as of this...
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Houston being overrun by electronics-killing ants
via Engadget by Nilay Patel on May 15, 2008
Filed under: Misc. GadgetsWe'll let you read the hed again -- nope, it's not a joke. Apparently millions of tiny swarming ants called "crazy raspberry ants" are causing quite a ruckus down in Houston after they accidentally arrived on board a cargo ship and started busily invading homes and offices, where they are attracted to electrical equipment. So far they've messed up sewage...
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The Savage Colors of Naked, Toxic Sea Snails [Mega Sea Creatures]
via io9 by Annalee Newitz on May 15, 2008
There is a kind of soft, toxic snail that lives in the sea called a Nudibranch. The many kinds of Nudibranch all have intense coloration and weird shapes — so weird, in fact, that National Geographic just devoted an entire gallery to the strange creatures. See below for more multicolored, deep-sea weirdness worthy of Cthulhu's spawn. According to National Geographic:Nudibranchs crawl...
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Air Force Aims for Control of 'Any and All' Computers
via Slashdot by Jeremiah Cornelius (posted by timothy) on May 15, 2008
... enable user and/or root level access,' a request for proposals notes, 'to both fixed (PC) or mobile computing platforms ... any and all operating systems, patch levels, applications and hardware.' This isn't just some computer science study, mind you; 'research efforts under this program are expected to result in complete functional capabilities.' The Air Force has a...
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California Supreme Court overturns gay marriage ban
via Waxy.org Links by (author unknown) on May 15, 2008
systemic discrimination of same-sex couples is unconstitutional, period
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Taking pictures on LA's Red Line violates the "9/11 Law"
via Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow on May 14, 2008
... You mean the Patriot Act?Him: No pictures.Me: Could you explain? What law do you mean?Him: You are lawyer?Me: No.Him: No pictures. You could be a terrorist. Very strict!Me: How about I take a picture of you?Him: F**k you...(I couldn't believe it either)He then proceeded to huddle in the corner and speak into his radio. Next thing I knew, a booming female voice very loudly announced over th...
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Muto: An Ambiguous Animation Painted on Public Walls
via Cool Hunting by Josh Rubin on May 15, 2008
Blu has created one of the most incredible stop-motion animations I've seen. Painted on walls in Buenos Aires and Baden over this past winter, the piece features a black-and-white creature that morphs into various blobby forms. Starting off as a multi-armed monster, it constantly shifts with the most consistent tropes involving head changes—from spiky to cubed to round, etc. and sometimes...
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Read England's Secret UFO Documents [Ufos]
via io9 by Meredith Woerner on May 15, 2008
Britain's Ministry of Defence (MOD) has released the first batch in a series of the government's UFO files. Now available on the internet, the papers include a number of claimed sightings, detailed descriptions and the MOD's assessment of each report, stretching from 1978 to 2002. Some witnesses even took the initiative to draw out what they saw in the sky. Which means, bad UFO...
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Early Review Calls New Indiana Jones Film Dreadful
via Slashdot by timothy on May 15, 2008
bowman9991 writes "Hope this one isn't true! An early negative review calls the upcoming "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" movie predictable, lacking in tension, and a fan's worst nightmare. SFFMedia believes this new Indiana Jones movie could create a similar reaction a lot of people experienced after watching the first of the last three Star Wars movies, 'The...
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Platinum Games: MadWorld eyes-on, first screens
via Joystiq by Christopher Grant on May 15, 2008
Filed under: Nintendo Wiiclick to enlargeMadWorld currently has the distinction of being the only Platinum Games game that we've actually seen -- first-time director Shigenori Nishikawa (adorned with an incredible MadWorld shirt) demoed the game for us live at last night's Platinum Games event. First, he prefaced the gameplay with the following sentiment: "We didn't want to create a...
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