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Arcade Sign WIN
Nov 21st
Probably has been there for years… But only today I noticed this sign of an arcade hall near the cinema I went to today.
They just keep coming: Space Invaders
Health research we can all believe in! [NSFW]
Sep 14th
Click to read the article…
Things you find in pirate girl’s bios in EVE. Really.
Tacos in space
Aug 22nd
Wait what? That’s pretty much the same thought that I had when I saw this. I took a break from EVE but got back into it over the last few days.
So there I am, trying to get somewhere in the game. And what do I see? An array of cargo containers floating in space, in a very creative way… But see for yourself.
Watch this – Tacos, Fettuccine, Linguine, Martini, Bikini.
This is the end, my only friend: The Pirate Bay is closing
Aug 17th
The page is one of the greatest pioneers in the BitTorrent movement and has withstood many trials and tests over the years. With the invention of one of the greatest protocols of all time, The Pirate Bay eventually came to life.
Pirates won’t stop at radio like it was done in the 60′s. The Pirate Bay will be remembered for what it was
But like everything in this world, everything comes to an end. ThePirateBay.org will be given to new owners, and this pretty much marks the end of what was one of the biggest strongholds on the web.
In just a few days The Pirate Bay will be passed onto its new owners, marking the end of an era but not the end of BitTorrent. The nostalgic torrenters among us might want to download a copy of the site for archival purposes. It never hurts to have a backup of important data in place, especially when it’s free.
Download a copy of the Pirate Bay before it’s gone
Some of you may want a copy of the entire BitTorrent domain. With just under 900,000 torrents hosted there, the entire database weighs in at about 22 Gigabyte. So if you want a piece of the Pirate Bay, you better get it now as long as it’s there. Mount Sharemore will not be gone, but the Pirate Bay is off the map.
I respect the people who were able to keep it up for so long. You’ll find a job quickly, I’m sure about it.
Crows able to invent tools
Aug 7th
You read that right. Apparently scientists at the Oxford University made the startling discovery that crows are able to invent tools required to achieve a goal, plus, use them in a ordered sequence if necessary. The animals seem to be able to use up to three tools to accomplish something.
This is extremely interesting to me as there seems to be a very intelligent chain of thought in those birds’ heads. Currently no non-human animal has shown these characteristics (inventing tools and/or making new tools with invented tools) and raises serious questions about these kind of animals.
New experiments by Oxford University scientists reveal that New Caledonian crows can spontaneously use up to three tools in the correct sequence to achieve a goal, something never before observed in non-human animals without explicit training.
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In the wild, New Caledonian crows use a range of tool types for extracting invertebrate prey from holes and crevices, and in captivity, they have been shown to make, or select, tools to retrieve food rewards. In previous experiments, the Oxford team reported that a crow (named ‘Betty’) was capable of spontaneously inventing new tool designs according to what was required by the tasks. In all these cases, however, objects were used to act on pieces of food.
But not only that – the article further states:
In their new study, the Oxford scientists tested seven captive New Caledonian crows on a range of tasks requiring the use of up to three different tools in a sequence to retrieve food. Five crows successfully used tools in a sequence (four from their very first trial), and four repeatedly solved the most demanding three-tool condition
It is indeed a mind-boggling study and development. And if you don’t believe this, or my words, well then watch a crow inventing a hook in order to get some food.
O hai, I haz inventd a hook to gets foodz. WOW!!
To me this is extremely interesting and I think I gonna have a closer eye on these studies.
Original article:
Physorg.com: Crows can use ‘up to three tools’
New friend request
Aug 6th
Extra WIN for the Facebook logo in the upper left corner (look closely)
Believer or not – it IS a creative sign!
Fakebook
Aug 5th
A German online newspaper branch imagined Barack Obama’s Facebook profile… See for yourself!
Click for full blast!
Extra WIN for the “Which World Leader are you?” Quiz
Rap Chop remix now real commercial
Jul 30th
A while back, I posted an infomercial inside which a man named Vince is trying to demo and consequently sell a kitchen helper named Slap Chop. The device supposedly cuts practically any sort of vegetable into handy pieces with just one or two slaps.
Steve Porter, a known DJ and audio hacker, took the entire infomercial and added some magic to it – by creating a remix with electronic, fast-paced music. It eventually was nicknamed the “Rap Chop”.
Now, in a move that can only be described as sheer brilliance, the company who sells the Slap Chop adopted Steve Porter’s remix – and actually used the entire clip, almost unedited (that means that the original movie clips from “Breakin’”, that were in Steve’s remix, have been removed and replaced with non-copyright-material), as their current infomercial for the Slap Chop. People on YouTube report to have seen it on TV.
I like this company… they seem to be smart. People like the Rap Chop, and the company recognizes that. Awesome!
Click the image to see the actual infomercial, over at TMZ =)
WIN!!!
Microsoft Patches Linux
Jul 24th
What? o_O
Press release of Microsoft of July 20.
REDMOND, Wash., July 20, 2009 — Today, in a break from the ordinary, Microsoft released 20,000 lines of device driver code to the Linux community. The code, which includes three Linux device drivers, has been submitted to the Linux kernel community for inclusion in the Linux tree. The drivers will be available to the Linux community and customers alike, and will enhance the performance of the Linux operating system when virtualized on Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V or Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V.
So what exactly is happening? Is hell freezing over? Is Chuck Norris no longer awesome? Calm down. The answer to all of this is no.
Microsoft apparently has seen issues when virtualizing Linux on their Windows Server systems that have the Hyper-V feature, a technology that enables Windows to run multiple virtual machines on one computer. In order to smooth the operation of Linux systems on Hyper-V, Microsoft is giving these kernel drivers to the community for inclusion into the Linux Kernel.
Ultimately, it is up to the distributions to include it or not. Currently the code is submitted to the people of govern the Kernel.
Linus Torvalds, the maker of Linux, comments:
“Oh, I’m a big believer in “technology over politics”. I don’t care who it comes from, as long as there are solid reasons for the code, and as long as we don’t have to worry about licensing etc issues.
In fact, to some degree, I’d be more likely to include it because it’s from a new member of the community rather than less (again, I’d like to point out that drivers are special. They don’t impact other things, so they get merged much more easily than some core changes).
I may make jokes about Microsoft at times, but at the same time, I think the Microsoft hatred is a disease. I believe in open development, and that very much involves not just making the source open, but also not shutting other people and companies out.
There are ‘extremists’ in the free software world, but that’s one major reason why I don’t call what I do ‘free software’ any more. I don’t want to be associated with the people for whom it’s about exclusion and hatred.”
So there you have it. If Microsoft ends up in open source, you gotta admit that there’s something to it – if you don’t use this kind of software.
It is a very interesting move of them. Let’s see where this one is headed.
LinuxMag: Microsoft patches Linux; Linus responds
Search the web… and save the planet
Jul 23rd
I know what you’re thinking. Whatever there was in my food, it was strange. I can relate, I’d think the same thing. Fact is the last thing I’ve eaten is a Whopper. And it didn’t taste strange.
So what is this post about? Well. I don’t remember exactly how I stumbled upon this, but it is very intriguing. There is this new start-up called Forestle. And what they have in mind is in fact a very noble idea.
They keep track of the number of searches performed, and then donate money to save the rain forests. 0.1 m/2 with every search query performed.
Search for something… save the world – one query at a time
In their own words, the model of their business works like this:
All of our income (minus about 10% administrative costs) is donated to the adopt an acre program, which is run by The Nature Conservancy – one of the most renowned environmental protection organizations in the world. They use the money, which is generated by Forestle, for the sustainable protection of the most precious rainforests on our planet.
So far, if the statistics on their page are in fact true, then almost 1,000,000 m/2 of rain forest have been saved. That’s quite a substantial area of land… let’s keep saving our home, okay?
I wonder if you can add this in Firefox and make it the default. If their index is not enough, you can still use the page but see Google results. Now that’s smart.
I think I gonna test them, and save the planet – one search at a time.
Forestle
Type: Search engine
Company: Private, start-up
Forestle homepage