XKCD: Seismograph
Posted by General Leon in Webcomic on March 9, 2010
The reverse only works if the subject has a nervous twitch.
BBC – Top Gear – Disco Climbing Challenge part 2
Posted by General Leon in BBC, Jeremy Clarkson, TV, Top Gear, Videos on March 8, 2010
Part two of three. With Jeremy’s toughest car challenge ever how will the new Discovery cope going where no car has gone before? Go to http://www.youtube.com/TopGear to see a full list of all high quality videos available on the Top Gear YouTube channel and don’t forget to visit http://www.topgear.com for all the latest news and car reviews.
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-07
Posted by General Leon in Twitter on March 6, 2010
- Suze Orman Advises Mark Zuckerberg Against Buying Twitter [SPOOF VIDEO]: http://bit.ly/cut9Vs #
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XKCD: Collatz Conjecture
Posted by General Leon in Webcomic on March 6, 2010
The Strong Collatz Conjecture states that this holds for any set of obsessively-hand-applied rules.
BBC – Top Gear – Disco Climbing Challenge part 1
Posted by General Leon in BBC, TV, Top Gear, Videos on March 5, 2010
Part one of three. A proper car review to start with here Jeremy Clarkson looks at the pros and cons of the new Land Rover Discovery. But, this is Top Gear so Jeremy sets the new Discovery a real challenge in the Scottish mountains! Go to http://www.youtube.com/TopGear to see a full list of all high quality videos available on the Top Gear YouTube channel and don’t forget to visit http://www.topgear.com for all the latest news and car reviews.
Twitter Updates for 2010-03-04
Posted by General Leon in Twitter on March 4, 2010
- Suze Orman Advises Mark Zuckerberg Against Buying Twitter [SPOOF VIDEO]: http://bit.ly/cut9Vs #
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XKCD: I Am
Posted by General Leon in Webcomic on March 4, 2010
Great, LO-M. Do you speak Bocce? I'm supposed to find one that speaks Bocce.
TWiT 237: Master Iterator
Posted by General Leon in TwiT, Twit.tv on March 3, 2010
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jason Calacanis, Dwight Silverman, and Brett Larson
Secret Twitter desktop client, Facebook’s news feed patent, Foursquare goes mainstream, Wal-Mart now streaming live, and more.
http://twit.tv/237
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NASA Image of The Day
Snapshot of the International Space Station
On March 13, 2008, the International Space Station passed across the field-of-view of Germany's remote sensing satellite, TerraSAR-X, at a distance of 195 kilometers, or 122 miles, and at a relative speed of 34,540 kilometers per hour, or more than 22,000 mph. In contrast to optical cameras, radar does not 'see' surfaces. Instead, it is much more aware of the edges and corners which bounce back the microwave signal it transmits. Smooth surfaces such as those on the station's solar generators or the radiator panels used to dissipate excess heat, unless directly facing the radar antenna, tend to deflect rather than reflect the radar beam, causing these features to appear on the radar image as dark areas. The radar image of the station therefore looks like a dense collection of bright spots from which the outlines of the space station can be clearly identified. The central element on the station, to which all the modules are docked, has a grid structure that presents a multiplicity of reflecting surfaces to the radar beam, making it readily identifiable. This image has a resolution of about one meter (about 39 inches). In other words, objects can be depicted as discrete units--that is, shown separately--provided that they are at least one meter apart. If they are closer together than that, they tend to merge into a single block on a radar image. Since this image as taken, the station has expanded and is more than 90 percent complete, including a full complement of solar arrays. Image Credit: DLR
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