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fords - number 1 all over heaven Posted Sep 17, 2010
And to think we sent men to the Moon with less technology than the power of my wee Samsung Genio...truly awesome.
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Baron Grim Posted Sep 17, 2010
I love some of the experiment images I scan from the Apollo era. Usually the images will include a section to indicate the time and orbital location. Today they use digital displays as I'm sure you can imagine. In the Apollo era they would often use a wristwatch sans band bolted to the experiment package.
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Baron Grim Posted Sep 28, 2010
Well, I've said it before (and after someone previously said it), teh lottery is a tax on the mathematically challenged. Well, Challenge yourself.
The Incredibly Depressing Mega Millions Lottery Simulator.
http://www.cockeyed.com/citizen/poker/lottery_simulator100.php
You can simulate playing the same set of numbers twice a week for 10 years. I won $120 (spent $1040)
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Baron Grim Posted Nov 24, 2010
URBAN COYOTES!
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2010/11/16/let-loose-the-coyotes-chicago-embraces-rat-hunting-predators/
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Hypatia Posted Nov 24, 2010
Interesting. I certainly wouldn't expect to see coyotes in Chicago. However, they're probably as well behaved as the Cubs fans.
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Baron Grim Posted Nov 24, 2010
You don't have that problem with Astros fans. Their spirits were broken many years ago. They're more like feral pomeranians that were kicked too many times.
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Hypatia Posted Nov 24, 2010
I know. Royals fans are like that, too. At least the Cards give me something to cheer about now and again. Cardinals fans are pretty loyal. We hang tough in the bad years. We aren't just fair weather fans.
Remember when the mods pulled three consecutive nicknames of mine for insulting the Cubs in Latin? 
Those were the days.
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Baron Grim Posted Dec 9, 2010
This is from a Discovery Channel show that features high speed footage of things. I gave up watching the show when they seemed to run out of neat things to shoot, like bullets hitting bubbles and started showing stuff like parkour nobs jumping off walls.
Luckily, the interwebs pointed me to one of the coolest mundane every day occurrences I've ever seen shot at 2,000 fps.
We've all seen slow motion drops of water, and they look pretty, but I never thought it would get cooler just by slowing it down more.
Check this out.
http://www.thatvideosite.com/video/drop_of_water_at_2000_frames_per_second
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There is only one thing worse than being Gosho, and that is not being Gosho Posted Dec 9, 2010
I love watching stuff like that 
Like this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kag4tU6B3yc&feature=channel
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There is only one thing worse than being Gosho, and that is not being Gosho Posted Dec 9, 2010
Yeah I know, I'm predictable 
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Baron Grim Posted Dec 9, 2010
I had to watch that in HD full screen.
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There is only one thing worse than being Gosho, and that is not being Gosho Posted Dec 9, 2010
It's, er... pretty impressive
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There is only one thing worse than being Gosho, and that is not being Gosho Posted Dec 9, 2010
*Thinks*
I have a Firefox add-on for downloading YouTube videos
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Baron Grim Posted Dec 16, 2010
DUCK... AND COVER!
Sing along, everyone! 
Seriously, how does someone write an article like this one, [ http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/16/science/16terror.html?_r=1 ] without using the words Duck and Cover or mentioning Bert the turtle (google Duck and Cover).
Their point may be valid about sheltering in place after a nuclear attack, but I am one of that generation that grew up with a fatalistic attitude about it. The mere idea of anything sounding even vaguely like "duck and cover" sounds like something meant to mollify a panicking public more than anything else. At the same time, after living through the Bush years, I also can't help but suspect (at least a little) that this could be the trite tactic of fear mongering to distract the public.
Now, how much are fallout shelters running these days?
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Baron Grim Posted Jan 25, 2011
Here's a wonderful little story set in the land of Möbius.
http://vihart.com/blog/mobius-story/
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Baron Grim Posted Feb 3, 2011
After recently watching Exit Through The Gift Shop, I asked a coworker if he'd seen it. He hadn't yet, but he asked me if I'd heard of The Underbelly Project.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/01/arts/design/01underbelly.html
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2010/10/29/arts/design/20101101-underbelly-ss.html
http://gothamist.com/2010/10/31/the_underbelly_project.php
You can search for more images.
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Baron Grim Posted Mar 5, 2011
OK... which one of you is this? http://i.imgur.com/B1aaE.jpg
Nice tats.
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There is only one thing worse than being Gosho, and that is not being Gosho Posted Mar 5, 2011
As a matter of fact, I have been pondering a new tattoo recently...
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