Watch as this skydiver jumps out of a plane and then catches up to another falling plane and gets in...
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Sunday, March 04, 2007
Amazing Skydiver Jumps Out Of Plane And Into Another
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We can identify "mystery faces" just 6 pixels wide!
How good are humans at identifying faces? Amazingly good, even with only a few sparse pixels' worth of information. Very cool, and very cool pics.
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13 things that scientists can't explain
13 things that do not make sense. Includes the placebo effect, dark matter, the wow signal and other mysteries that scientists have yet to explain.
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Saturday, March 03, 2007
Top 10 Worst Marketing Gaffes, Flops, and Disasters
10) McDonald's: "I'd Hit It" 9) New Coke 8) Honda's Asimo Falls Down Stairs: "Any third-grader with a circuitry board can make a dancing robot, but only Honda can make one that walks up stairs and falls on its space skull. For now, ED-209 must remain but a dream."
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Near realtime free satellite images of the Earth
The MODIS satellites gaze back at the Earth constantly circling and snapping high res images of our world. You can see what they've been up to for the last couple days and download high res versions that are in the commons and ready for you to use for whatever you like.
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See How Easily You Can Create HDR Photos (Ultimate guide)
Collection of HDR photography tutorials and techniques with some amazing examples.
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Monday, February 26, 2007
PICTURES: World's Wildest Intersections
Western drivers are understandably confounded and rightfully annoyed, when faced with such traffic-routing masterpieces as these
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Sunday, February 25, 2007
101 Amazing Earth Facts
We live on a sphere of extremes and oddities. In fact it's not really a sphere, but it is a wild planet, mottled with deadly volcanoes, rattled by killer earthquakes, drenched in disastrous deluges. But do you know which were the worst?
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Saturday, February 24, 2007
How to Live 25 Hours a Day: 61 Time-saving Tips
The average person spends less than 7 hours of their day productively. The remaining time is typically wasted, leaving you overwhelmed and stressed. Here is a comprehensive list of tips and tricks to help you manage your time more effectively.
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Friday, February 23, 2007
Photo Illusions Pics
Kind of like "I'll crush your head" - 'cept better.
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PICTURES: Construction of the World's Highest Bridge
The Millau bridge over the River Tarn in the Massif Central mountains is more than 300m (984ft) high - taller even than the Eiffel Tower. With its concrete and steel pillars soaring high above the morning fog in the Tarn Valley, the construction makes a spectacular sight.
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Thursday, February 22, 2007
Anti-Virus, Malware and Hijack Information
What to use ? Up to you, but there is lots of information out there as well as loads of free tools and online scanners. Read on...
Start with the Anti-Virus Software Review and then check out AV Comparatives for independent comparatives of Anti-Virus software. CyberNet also has an interesting list of comparisons and ratings.
Super Antispyware has a free version as has Active Virus Shield. Spybot Search and Destroy is another freebie (or donation-ware, anyway).
Need help with malware removal ? Try Geeks To Go or Wilders Security for lots of good information.
Of course some products posing as Anti-spyware are rogues - check the Spyware Warrior for more information on these.
Looking for an online scanner ? Try...
1. Panda ActiveScan
2. Kapersky Online Scanner
3. Trojan Scan
4. Virus Total
5. Jotti's Malware Scan
Going heavier into HijackThis ? Help is at hand at HijackThis Quick Start
and Bleeping Computer also have a guide and tutorial on using HijackThis to remove Browser Hijackers & Spyware.
And just to conclude with, here's a neat little security baseline overview from Windows Secrets.
Be careful out there!
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APOLLO ON STEROIDS: Behind the Scenes with NASA's New Moon Ship
With the iconic Space Shuttle nearing retirement, the pressure is on NASA to design a new manned vehicle — one that will deliver us safely to the lunar surface by 2020 before building a lasting lunar base. From ensuring safe launch to getting the vehicle back on the ground, here's a look at the toughest challenges facing the spacecraft's engineers
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Wednesday, February 21, 2007
The Most Annoying Things About Windows Vista
There's lots to like in the newest version of Windows. Vista's look is stunning, the OS should be more secure, and finding things is often easier. But Windows wouldn't be Windows without those aspects, big and small, that just drive you nuts with frustration. Here's our list of Vista features that just make us wonder, "What were they thinking?"
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Tuesday, February 20, 2007
PICTURE incredible satellite image of Mt. Etna vocanic eruption plume.
You can see how the plume traveled accross the atmosphere.
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Monday, February 19, 2007
PICTURES: Pictures of the World's Weirdest Accidents!
Here are various pictures, from various car accidents, that are just plain weird cool none the less.
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George Orwell: 12 Writing Tips
George expressed a strong dislike of totalitarian governments in his work, but he was also passionate defender of good writing. Thus, you may want to hear some of George’s writing tips.
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Saturday, February 17, 2007
HOWTO drop an egg four stories without breaking
A video showing how to safely drop an egg from 4 stories or more without breaking.
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Paraglider sucked up to 30,000 feet - and survives!
A German paraglider survived lightning, melon-sized hail, minus 50-degree temperatures and oxygen deprivation after a storm system sucked her to an altitude higher than Mount Everest.
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If You're Alive in 20 years, you may be able to Live Forever
Human Immortality: A Scientific Reality? From the moment of birth, we begin the battle against death -- against the inevitable. Statistics say that a newborn child can expect to live an average of 76 years. But averages may not be what they use to be
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