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Evolving an eye
via Bad Astronomy Blog by The Bad Astronomer on May 07, 2008
The folks at the NSCE and Expelled Exposed have done it again: made a great instructional video about evolution. This one is how an eye can evolve, and is so easy to understand that it should be shown to every single school student in the country, and indeed the world.
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Band "shoots" video by sending Freedom of Information requests to CCTVs that
via Boing Boing by (author unknown) on May 09, 2008
Shared by SharonG crappy song, but cool concept!
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The trials and musical triumphs of Mario
via MetaFilter by mullingitover on May 08, 2008
Some people like to makethingsdifficultforMario, but others like to make it easy (and musical!).
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Jealousy
via xkcd.com by (author unknown) on May 07, 2008
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BioWare and EA: Dumbass Effect
via Twenty Sided by (author unknown) on May 07, 2008
Previous in Video Games: Sins of a Solar Empire:GameplayOh boy! Mass Effect is coming to the PC. I’ve been looking forward to this since February of 2007. And I just upgraded so my machine should be more than up for it.Oh, wait. Wasn’t Bioware bought by EA? Does that mean they’re going to tie SecuROM / online activation around the neck of Mass Effect?Yes.SecuROM has been a part of every...
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Math is cool, right?
via Ask MetaFilter by tomcochrane on March 27, 2008
[Math filter] What fascinatingly cool mathematical topics do you wish you knew about in high school?I'm giving a talk to a group of students (grades 10, 11, 12) at the end of April, who are attending a Math Camp at my University. The talk is called "What I Wish I Knew About Math In High School" and I'd like to discuss things that I've discovered about math that I think are really...
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help me find a famous old photgraph
via Ask MetaFilter by arcadia on March 26, 2008
I'm looking for a famous old photograph. I can see it in my mind but don't know what its title is. It's possible it's by Henri Cartier-Bresson, but maybe not. The photo is taken from inside an art gallery, and through the window can be seen a middle aged man and woman. The woman is saying something to the man about a painting that's in front of them, but the man is peeking...
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Denial By Way Of Refund
via Not Always Right | Funny & Stupid Customer Quotes by admin on March 26, 2008
Me: “Hi, how are you? How may I help you?”Lady: “Yes, I’d like return this pregnancy test.”Me: “Okay, what’s wrong with it?”Lady: “It came out positive.”Me:*confused* “Okay?”Lady: “I can’t be pregnant, so this test MUST be defective. I want to return it.”(For anyone who doesn’t know, it is very rare for a pregnancy test to mistake a positive pregnancy. A negative,...
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Getting Your Priorities Straight
via Not Always Right | Funny & Stupid Customer Quotes by admin on March 25, 2008
(A guest approaches the hotel front desk.)Guest: “Um, hi…it looks like there was a pretty bad accident right down the street there…”Me: “Oh okay, I’ll call 911.”Guest: “It looks like a cab and a bus.”Me: “Okay, thank you.” *picks up the phone*Guest: What are you doing?Me: “Calling 911.”Guest: “Look, a lot of people have cell phones, I’m sure it’s fine. What...
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China accuses Dalai Lama of being a terrorist - Times Online
via Don't Tase Me, Bro! by (author unknown) on March 24, 2008
Why rhetoric is important, and why dragging America's reputation through the mud is Mr. Bush's greatest crime - In the Times Online today, we're told that "[f]ar from heeding international calls for dialogue with the Dalai Lama, China has accused Tibet's exiled god-king of colluding with Muslim terrorists to destabilise the country before the Olympic Games."Doesn't that sound...
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