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Phoenix lander in descent, shot by the Mars Orbiter
via Boing Boing by (author unknown) on May 26, 2008
Shared by SugarSmax Have a look at this beautiful motherf*&king dog! He was last seen being awesome in my huge ass back yard...See that thing in this image that looks like a Martian vehicle descending by parachute to the surface of Mars? That's the Phoenix lander, captured in mid-drop, still glowing from entry into the atmosphere, by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. How badass awesome is it...
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Photographers aren't terrorists and vice-versa
via Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow on June 04, 2008
Bruce Schneier's latest Guardian column points out the absurdity of harassing photographers "to prevent terrorism":Except that it's nonsense. The 9/11 terrorists didn't photograph anything. Nor did the London transport bombers, the Madrid subway bombers, or the liquid bombers arrested in 2006. Timothy McVeigh didn't photograph the Oklahoma City Federal Building. The Unabomber...
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Entertainment industry accuses campus laser-printers of downloading Indiana Jones
via Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow on June 04, 2008
Researchers at the University of Washington have discovered serious flaws in the way that the copyright cartel's enforcers detect and complain about copyright infringement. The methods used by these enforcers are so sloppy that they sent a DMCA takedown notice to three campus laser-printers, alleging that the inanimate objects were downloading Iron Man and Indiana Jones.And yet these...
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Jesus hit by lightning
via Boing Boing by David Pescovitz on February 13, 2008
This photo is so amazing I'm not entirely convinced it's real, but it reportedly shows Rio de Janeiro's 130-foot-tall Christ Redeemer statue getting hit by lightning. Link
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Eyeball stickers to place over eyelids
via Boing Boing by Mark Frauenfelder on February 14, 2008
These fake eyeball stickers look like they'd come in handy, but The Museum of Hoaxes is having a hard time tracking down a place that actually sells them. They look easy enough to make yourself, though. Link
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XKCD comic on Internet arguments
via Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow on February 19, 2008
Boy, does today's XKCD ever resonate with me -- every year, my New Year's resolution is "stop arguing with strangers on the Internet" and every year, I break it within days. Link
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Do coat hangers sound as good as Monster cables?
via Boing Boing by Mark Frauenfelder on March 02, 2008
The cables made by Monster Cable (the company that enjoys suing other companies that have the word "monster" in their name) sound no better than coat hangers, according to a man who ran a blindfold test to compare the quality of audio running through each. Can you tell the difference between music that passed through a pricey Monster stereo Cable, and a coat hanger? A reader forwarded us a post...
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Pig bladder powder regrows human finger
via Boing Boing by Mark Frauenfelder on March 23, 2008
A man cut off his finger tip while working on a model plane. His brother, a medical research scientist, sent him a vial containing powdered pig bladder and told him to sprinkle on the severed finger tip. It grew back -- "flesh, blood, vessels and nail" -- in four weeks.That powder is a substance made from pig bladders called extracellular matrix. It is a mix of protein and connective tissue...
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SMS data rate is 4x more expensive than data from the Hubble
via Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow on May 12, 2008
... because there are only 7 bits per character in the text messaging system, and we assume the average price for a text message is 5p. There are 1,048,576 bytes in a megabyte, so that's 1 million/140 = 7490 text messages to transmit one megabyte. At 5p each, that's £374.49 per MB - or about 4.4 times more expensive than the ‘most pessimistic’ estimate for Hubble Space Telescope t...
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Taking pictures on LA's Red Line violates the "9/11 Law"
via Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow on May 13, 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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