A map of the ground traversed by Neal Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin during the Apollo 11 landing, superimposed over a soccer pitch. (via history.nasa.gov)
Various bits of flotsam and jetsam I've stumbled across on the Intranet.
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Early Morning Chat
Me: (after having called and let the phone ring as a backup alarm) Are you up? Her: Up -
You owe it to yourself to watch this speech, regardless of your political standing. Barack Obama Speech: ‘A More Perfect Union’ (via )
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Amazing quadraped robot - walks on ice, in deep snow, and can’t be knocked over. Almost creepy to watch it walking in the woods. (Boston Dynamics Big Dog)
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(via Google Video)
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via the New York Times, what happens if you were exposed to D&D at an early age.
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"And reciprocal, tit-for-tat exchange would work just fine, provided that a) relativity did not slow down the exchange of information too much, and b) not too many Ohio voters watched that movie where the aliens send us their genetic information, embedded in an apparently innocuous transmission, and trick us into downloading those instructions and then cloning them en masse… "
Marginal Revolution: How easy would it be to trade with aliens?
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"Subversion airlines thrives on the concept that “photocopying is cheap”. You are encouraged to make photocopies of your ticket, or to photocopy your photo ID, and give copies of each to as many people as you can. At checkin time at the gate, if more than one person arrives with a copy of the same ticket, they are ushered into the “merging room” and each person is given a brick. The door is closed, something magical occurs, and the one person that emerges still able to walk is allowed to board the plane"
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21 Accents in Two Minutes, Thirty-five seconds
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http://www.mapsofwar.com/images/EMPIRE17.swf →
5,000 Years of Middle East History in 90 Seconds
Theme: Linear by Peter Vidani
