Original by Kevin Kelly
I could not believe you can demonstrate the scale of the universe any better than Charles and Ray Ames' classic film, Powers of Ten, but two bothers have made an on-line portal that blows Powers of Ten away.
Check out The Scale of the Universe 2. Takes a minute to load and then have your mind stretched.
I just confirmed with probability wizard +Matthew Neagley that the Castles & Crusades SIEGE Engine mechanic is functionally no different than setting the base DC for all checks at 18 and giving PCs a +6 to their prime attribute checks. No probability difference whatsoever from the actual mechanic (which ...more...
Changelog: #16 * CFQ completely pushed to 3.1 * Changed back to Fast No HZ RCU. jRCU and hotplugging isn't a good combination * Stock voltages. This will rule out any possible issues coming from bad voltages on my side * Bye bye the rest of the debug shit. This will give a little performance boost * Added Dynamic Hotplug: Dynamic hotplug for francoTurtle is a simple check: if currentfrequency is equal to minimum frequency and th ...more...
Original by Marianna Limas With a sea of information coming at us from all directions, how do we sift out the misinformation and bogus claims, and get to the truth? Inspired by Carl Sagan, Michael Shermer of Skeptic Magazine lays out a "Baloney Detection Kit," ten questions we should ask when encountering a claim. The 10 Questions: 1. How reliable is the source of the claim? 2.Does the source make similar claims? 3. Have the claims been verified by somebody else? 4. Does this fit ...more...
The Baloney Detection Kit by Michael Shermer With a sea of information coming at us from all directions, how do we sift out the misinformation and bogus claims, and get to the truth? Inspired by Carl Sagan, Michael Shermer of Skeptic Magazine lays out a "Baloney Detection Kit," ten questions we should ask when encountering a claim.
The 10 Questions:
1. How reliable is the source of the claim?
2.Does the source make similar claims?
3. Have the claims been verified by somebody else?
4. Does this fit with the way the world w ...more...
Chris Liebing & Sven Vath – Live at Mixery Castle – Kusel – 2001-08-17 – Crowd Noise
Chris Liebing & Sven Vath - Live at Mixery Castle Kusel [2001-08-17]
Visit Kramnik on Kramnik.DJ
http://beatbird.wordpress.com/2011/09/25/chris-liebing-sven-vath-live-at-mixery-castle-kusel-2001-08-17/
Original by Euro Maestro Bill Gates says he doesn't pay enough tax
Gates joins the list of the rich who say they don't pay enough tax.
Warren Buffet and other billionaires have said this before.
Does anyone have a list ?
#Occupy #OWS
Gates: I don't pay enough tax
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates says he does not think he pays enough tax, and says wealthy Americans should contribute more in order to solve the deficit problem.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16714480
The Awesomeness of Clementines I've been bringing clementines to work as a snack. This is awesome because:
1. They're awesomely easy to peel. 2. They taste awesomely sweeter and are less acidic than oranges. 3. They're nearly seedless. Awesome. 4. Each bite is like an explosion of fresh, sweet, citrus awesomeness. 5. They add a nice awesome aroma to my office.
Clementine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A clementine is a variety of mandarin orange (Citrus reticulata), so named in 1902. The exterior is a deep orange colour with a smooth, glossy appearance. Clementines can be separated into seven to fo...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clementine
"Where Do Your Dreams Go? When you awake Do they fall to the floor Like leaves from a tree Little memories that slowly die And reminders when you look down Where do your dreams go When you awake Do they bud deep green On a life anew In the branches of time Little memories when you look up Where do your dreams go When you awake?" < ...more...
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http://poptech.org/blog/bird_brains_chattering_elephants_savvy_cephalopods_what_defines_animal_intelligence.html
Really impressive fast shooting archer. Pretty accurate too. Makes me think of the ten second combat rounds, or even minute-long combat rounds, of some game systems!
Archery - Fast Shooting (Murmansk)
a dagger technique
Seregedel's school.
Iza Privezenceva (Иза Привезенцева)
nocks:
http://walker30.narod.ru/abakan.htm