The First Sushi In Space, Caught on Video | Popular Science

The First Sushi In Space, Caught on Video | Popular Science

"Afghan commander Gen Mohiudin Ghori said his soldiers had seen Taliban fighters placing women and children on the roofs of buildings and firing from

This is the type of mentality we are dealing with over there. This is not however surprising at all.

AH, Islam....So Peacful.

280 Christians Killed by Muslims in California | No Compromise when you're Right!

Another reason China is kicking our ass: Push button boob jobs with instant D-liscious results

Push-Button Bra Turns Bitsy to Bodacious

“It’s her. It’s her. It’s still her. The same person, but different breasts each time!” For every woman who has ever regretted waking up in the morning with the same size breasts she had the night before, this Chinese TV commercial wants you to know your troubles are finally over!

According to this announcer, at least, it’s every woman’s dream to have a bigger cup size. Now, with the amazing She’s Mine bra, you can turn that dream into a reality. Not only does it increase your cup size, but it lets you change it to suit your mood. Need some guidelines? The commercial suggests “a B-cup for work, a C-cup for shopping, and a D-cup for partying.”

The bra’s magic lies in its patented “God’s Hand” technology. Simply press the button, and the hidden, hand-shaped panels expand, lifting your breasts to provide cleavage like you’ve never had before. And the longer you press, the bigger they get!

But wait—there’s more! A pair of God’s hands is not all this incredible bra has to offer. It’s also made of a space-age fabric impregnated with minerals that generate ultraviolet light. This improves blood circulation, and in turn glandular health. And that, as we all know, is Mother Nature’s way of increasing breast size.

But in the end, seeing is believing. And this commercial provides abundant visual proof of the effects of the She’s Mine bra, not only on the wearers’ bustlines but on their mood. Incidentally, the announcer assures us that people are going wild for it in Europe. What more proof could you possibly need?

Push-Button Bra Turns Bitsy to Bodacious

DARPA Wants 'Precision Jamming' To Take Enemies Out of the Conversation

DARPA Wants 'Precision Jamming' To Take Enemies Out of the Conversation: "

I KNEW IT!!!!


From POPSCI:

On the battlefield, communication is key. So while improving comms between our troops is a vital part of the military's technological mission, the mad scientists over at DARPA are scheming up a new way to deny communication to the enemy in a very precise way. DARPA is seeking proposals for a way to use an array of low-power transmitter nodes in the sky and on the ground to perform 'surgical jamming' that will knock out communications signals 'on the order of a city block corner' while leaving surrounding areas unaffected.

DARPA envisions two modes of operation for the technology, known as PREW (for Precise Electronic Warfare). One method, called point-to-an-area, will utilize an ad hoc array of transmission nodes that are precisely synchronized to project energy on a limited location in space -- an area, say, 100 meters across -- from as far as 20 kilometers away. Which frequencies DARPA will jam is their little secret, of course, but the idea is to knock out GPS satellite navigation, CB-type radio bands, and cell phone signals. So if friendly troops are conducting operations in an area and command wants to disable an enemy communications bunker or a missile installation, for instance, it can simply jam signals in that precise area without knocking out friendly communication links nearby.

The other M.O., point-to-a-spot, is even more precise. The array and range are the same as above, but this time, rather than homing in on a certain geographical locale, the nodes concentrate on a beacon. This beacon can be one of the nodes in the array, an active participant in the system, or a device that is unaware it's being used as a beacon. So the system could lock onto an enemy cell phone, for instance, creating a bubble of jammed space around it that moves wherever the cell phone moves. Beacons can also be planted, if the enemy isn't carrying a suitable marker beacon.

The applications for the aforementioned technology are vast. Enemy communications could be knocked down during the insertion or extraction of troops from combat zones, minimizing an enemy's ability to respond. Commanders could disable a particular defensive installation, like a radar site or an anti-aircraft installation. It's even feasible that an enemy missile in flight could be wrapped in satellite navigation denial, throwing it from its course.

But the technology could also be beneficially turned toward our own troops. If DARPA can harness the technology to place a bubble of cell phone blockage around traveling Humvees while still keeping soldiers' radio bands clear, they could rob insurgents of a primary means of remotely detonating IEDs. It's the closest DARPA's come to a force field yet; at least, as far as we know.

[via DARPA via The Register]

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Is Quantum Mechanics Selectively Erasing Our Memory?

Is Quantum Mechanics Selectively Erasing Our Memory?: "

Scary to think about.....


From POPSCI:

In a paper published last week, MIT physicist Lorenzo Maccone hypothesizes that, yes, quantum physics is messing with our minds. The laws of physics work just as well if time is running forwards or backwards. But we all seem to experience time running in only one direction, and in the same direction as everyone else -- a mystery of physics that's yet to be solved.

So life as we observe it presents a quandary. Randomness -- or entropy -- naturally increases. A drop of food coloring in water will spread out. Heat from a pizza dissipates. But the laws of physics that govern the tiny particles that make up everything could just as well run backwards, so something doesn't jibe. Why don't we see more instances of molecules ordering themselves (sugar un-dissolving itself from my coffee, ice cubes spontaneously forming in my water) if it's just as likely according to the laws of physics?

Maccone says that we do see these events. We just don't remember them, because some quantum weirdness erases the memories. Using a bunch of math, he says that your memory and the event are in a state of quantum entanglement, and that when that state gets broken, the memory is erased.

What do you think is going on? Is time running backward sometimes? Are molecules organizing themselves behind our backs? All I know is that my brain hurts right now.

[Via Guardian Science Blog]

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Mercedes to Launch Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Car Into Production by 2010

Mercedes to Launch Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Car Into Production by 2010: "

Finally!!!!!!!



From POPSCI:

Mercedes-Benz says the company will bring a fuel-cell hatchback to buyers in the US and Europe by early next year. But will there be enough filling stations to support it?

Just like its counterparts at Honda and GM who've announced they'll produce hydrogen fuel-cell cars, Mercedes-Benz hopes the whole 'if you build it' thing doesn't just apply to Shoeless Joe Jackson. Mercedes announced today the company will build a hydrogen-fueled version of its European B-Class hatchback called the F-Cell for the US and Europe. It'll arrive by early 2010, far ahead of the massive hydrogen infrastructure the company acknowledges will be required for wide adoption of such cars.

The company says it will build 200 units of the F-Cell, a car powered by a 136-horsepower electric motor with current generated by a fuel-cell generator. Power storage comes by way of a lithium-ion battery (35 kW output / 1.4 kWh capacity) supporting a driving range of 250 miles and a top speed of 106. According to a press release, the F-Cell will perform similarly to an economy car with a 2-liter, four-cylinder engine. The company also touts good cold-start capability at temperatures as low as -13 degrees Fahrenheit. Not likely a problem in California, where most of the country's hydrogen refueling stations are.

Still, with the number of such stations in California still in the low double digits, and few stations elsewhere in the country, the F-Cell's limited rollout will likely remain centered on the Golden State. Mercedes-Benz officials say the company is working with oil companies, utilities and government agencies in California and Germany to expand the hydrogen infrastructure to support F-Cell drivers.

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Warming Oceans May Cause the Earth to Tilt

Warming Oceans May Cause the Earth to Tilt: "

As if we do not have enough to worry about. Now we have to worry about the earth tilting over.


From POPSCI:

Global warming and expanding oceans, beyond immediate effects on the surface of our planet, may even cause the earth's axis to shift

Human activity has widely affected our planet, reshaping surfaces, moving or extinguishing species, and warming the air and water. Now scientists say our reach has been extended even further -- warming oceans may even start to shift the Earth's axis of rotation.



Previously, the effect of warmer water temperatures was thought to be negligible and not strong enough to tilt the earth. But in a new study in Geophysical Research Letters, researchers have found that global warming and the resultant expansion of the oceans could actually shift our rotational axis significantly.

Warming causes our axis to shift because warmer water takes up more space than cooler water, and actually expanding upward and outward as it warms. Increased water volume pushes up onto shallow continental shelves, redistributing weight on the planet and causing the Earth to tilt. According to the report, the north pole of our rotational axis will travel around 1.5 centimeters a year in the direction of Alaska.

That's not much, in the context of other forces and movement. (The earth wobbles around as much if not more under other influences, including seasonal changes, melting glaciers, and retreating ice sheets.) But it is significant enough that the effect of warming should be taken into account when monitoring the way our axis moves in the future, the researchers report. Moreover, it represents just how strong the effects of human caused global warming can be -- even moving the planet itself.

[via New Scientist and Discovery News]

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The Equilibrium Concept: A Car That Acts Like A Person

The Equilibrium Concept: A Car That Acts Like A Person: "

Out standing. I will take two!!!



From POPSCI:

You love your car, but would you want it to be more human? One designer thinks so

Ask anyone who's ever talked back to their GPS navigation system: Product developers are pretty good at using technology to humanize inanimate objects. But how would you like it if your car responded to your presence -- lighting up with delight or panting like a pet dog? What if, more helpfully, it recognized your touch on the steering wheel, and queued up your favorite MP3s and set your seating position just the way you liked it? Creepy or no? Either way, that's the future envisioned in the Equilibrium (EQ), a concept car by Dutch designer Bob Romkes that uses artificial intelligence to simulate life and the personality of an individual. Imagine rows of faceless sedans parked at the mall suddenly springing to virtual life, each becoming a sort of Tamagotchi with a purpose.

Sure, some of Romkes's ideas for the all-electric, artificial-intelligence-laden vehicle are far-fetched -- or at least, have yet to be invented -- like the exterior surface. Romke calls it 'rubber metal,' and it's made both flexible and rigid by the use of nanotechnology. The fictional material can also change from opaque to transparent, opening up the possibility for a car that can blush if embarrassed (fluid leak maybe?). The seats are envisioned to be covered with a polymer inner skin that's dynamically formed into different shapes by electricity, to adapt to a driver's body.

Other features of the electric-powered HQ are possible, though largely the domain of the experimental vehicles automakers trot out at motor shows, like a steering wheel with biometric sensors to detect the driver's heartbeat. That might also come in handy if he or she dozes off behind the wheel.

Still, the most compelling vision put forth by Romkes's HQ is that of using technology to make cars more reactive to who's behind the wheel, both for convenience and safety's sake. Whether or not we want them to be more like the companions they already are may be a different conversation.

[via Yanko Design]

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DARPA Wants Morphing Helicopter Blades By Yesterday

DARPA Wants Morphing Helicopter Blades By Yesterday: "

Future whirlybirds may change their rotor blades to suit the mission

Helicopters won't transform into rampaging Decepticons anytime soon, but near-future rotor blades could actively change shape on the fly.

Military lab DARPA has put out a call for rotor blades that could boost payloads by 30 percent and range by 40 percent, as well as reduce sound by 50 percent and vibration by 90 percent compared to the usual fixed rotor blades.

The agency envisions helicopter blades that can morph into different modes for 'fuel efficiency' or 'high maneuver,' as examples. Adaptive technologies could change the diameter, sweep, chord, and tip shape of the blades, as well as other features. Airfoil sections of the blades might incorporate flaps, slats and active flow control.

'Active rotor technology will enable morphing of the rotor to optimize performance, resulting in rotorcraft with revolutionary advances in mission robustness, and facilitating multi-role capabilities,' DARPA noted in its announcement earlier this month for the 'Mission Adaptive Rotor' program. It plans to invest in key technologies that could lead to such adaptive rotor blades for next-generation military aircraft.

Aviation Week reports that aircraft manufacturers have already begun experimenting with more limited adaptive blades. Sikorsky has begun experimenting with a rotor system that uses active blade flaps controlled electromechanically, and plans to put the active rotor through a wind tunnel next year at NASA Ames in California. That's the same wind tunnel where Boeing tested a SMART rotor with piezoelectric-controlled flaps.

Any proposals that respond to DARPA's call would do well to account for the trickiness of helicopter rotor dynamics. We say bring on the transforming blades.

[via Aviation Week]

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Iran: Israel a 'Cancer,' Holocaust a 'Big Lie'

NUKE IRAN?......HELL YEAH!!!! Israel a cancer? The holocaust is a big lie? These are things you would expect a mentally challenged 8 year old to come up with, not a supreme leader of a nation.

Source:
FOXNews.com - Iran: Israel a 'Cancer,' Holocaust a 'Big Lie' - International News | News of the World | Middle East News | Europe News

More 3D Sidewalk Art

These are amazing......












































































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Mind the crevasse: The amazing 3D pavement art that has pedestrians on edge | Mail Online

For Me to POOP on!!!!!

This maybe a bit old, but a classic.

Ailing man's family finds kidney donor on Craigslist - CNN.com

Here I thought I was cool buying a new DVD player off of Craigslist.......

Aritcle:
Ailing man's family finds kidney donor on Craigslist

This just makes me feel lazy....

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Armless pilot's goal is to inspire others

HOLY SHIT!!!

Mexican Navy seizes over 7 tons of cocaine. Uh....7 tons? WTF? I have never hear of an amount of cocaine measured by the ton. Quick somebody revive Weinhouse, I think she just fainted.


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Mexican Navy Seizes Over 7 Tons of Cocaine

Buffalo Disaster

As you may have heard a Continental Airlines prop jet crashed into a house killing 50 people, including the person living in the house that was struck.

CNN Article:
Search for answers begins in Buffalo plane crash - CNN.com

2004: Muzzammil Hassan founds TV station to combat negative stereotyping of Muslims. 2009: Muzzammil Hassan beheads wife

Wow, isn't Islam such a peaceful religion.

Source:
Prominent Orchard Park man charged with beheading his wife : Police Blotter : The Buffalo News

BOO

I will have to say the video looks pretty good. Do you believe in ghosts?


Julian Banks of the British Paranormal Society said the film was “potentially the best image of a ghost in years”.

The schoolboy who filmed this mentioned he was curious on why his jigsaw puzzles were mysteriously completed every morning when he woke up.

Bishop arrested for taking two young boys up the chimney. For once, this is not a metaphor

Article:
Bishop Fuming At Chimney Arrest

Nude photo of Madonna sells for $37,500

Has this world gone MAD? Or is just this dumb ass?
















Here we are in a financial crisis, and this dipshit is paying 37 grand for a nude photo of Madonna three hundred years ago when she was actually young. I have seen the pic, seeing how it is all over the net, and have seen better looking scabs on my knee. Too much hair in all the wrong places. Somebody should have clued in this person about the INTERNET and saved that money for therapy.

The photo shoot was done by Lee Friedlander in 1979. Madonna was paid 25 dollars for the shoot.

DAVID RULES!!!!!!!

Wakeem Phoenix has decided to ditch the acting career in order to pursue his musical career. And by musical career, I do mean Hip Hop. Don't get me wrong, I love Hip Hop, but on certain people should do it. Anyway, here is Wakeem with David Letterman. I actually thought it was funny trying to see David carry on the show without the participation of his guest. This was funny, but did not top Crispen Glover's appearance a few years back.

You know you are old when.........

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Husband Left Wife on Floor for 10 Weeks Before She Died, Police Say

If the sign says "Free Surgery", just let it go man

Enough said....

Article:
FOXNews.com - At Least 22 Lose Vision After Free Surgery

1 tequila, 2 tequila, 3 tequila, floor. 45 tequila...well, let's just say the fun stops sometime before then

The bartender was actually taking shots of WATER and let this kid douse 45 shots of tequila. Just wrong.

The chaps over at BBC News had this to say about it:
The barman is charged with having "fatally injured" the boy in his bar in February 2007. The barman has admitted responsibility, German media report.

The 28-year-old barman, identified only as Aytac G, allegedly had a drinking bet with the schoolboy, but poured mostly water for himself.

The boy fell into a coma with alcohol poisoning, and died four weeks later.

The case triggered outrage in Germany and a heated debate about binge drinking by teenagers.

Two men aged 18 and 21, who encouraged the 16-year-old to down the tequilas, were sentenced in November to complete a compulsory social training course.

Prosecutors accuse the barman of having also served alcohol illegally to youths on 173 occasions in 2005-2007.

Surprised your mixed nuts contained greater than 50% salmonella? The guy who shipped them wasn't

This is just getting down right scary.


Article:
Salmonella found at Ga. plant as early as 2006 - Food safety

Street Artist Stirs Up Street Crowd

This is actually pretty cool. I was first trying to figure out how they faked the photo until I actually read the ad. He is being held up by his "leaning arm" which actually supports his whole body in place.

UConnect got PAID by Facebook. $65 MILLION

I actually started to read this and got boring with some legal crap. Bottom line, Facebook paid out a nice chunk of change, and now some ex Harvard Law students are rich and ready to party.

InformationWeek had this to say about it:

The law firm for Harvard students who challenged Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and won, released the amount of the settlement. Terms had been ordered sealed.

There's more news this week about the money that is spun in Harvard dormitories by students with computer skills: The law firm representing the former Harvard students who sued Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg reportedly received $65 million to settle the litigation.

The law firm representing Facebook's challengers, Harvard students like Zuckerberg, reported in a newsletter that $65 million was paid out by Facebook, according to The Recorder, a legal publication.

More Internet Insights

The litigation was settled last summer with UConnect standing to receive an award of cash and Facebook stock, but the actual value of the deal was supposed to be confidential. Zuckerberg was challenged by the Winklevoss twins, Cameron and Tyler, and their partner Divya Narendra, who claimed they had enlisted Zuckerberg to work on their UConnect Harvard dating service. Zuckerberg and Facebook denied any wrongdoing and filed unfair business practices litigation against UConnect.

The Recorder said UConnect's former lawyers Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges published the settlement amount -- probably inadvertently. The law firm's newsletter trumpeted the victory stating "WON $65 million settlement against Facebook." The Recorder said firm chairman John Quinn asked it to not print the settlement award figure.

Legal bickering continued after UConnect dropped the Quinn Emanuel firm and the two parties have been fighting over fees. The Recorder said new attorneys for UConnect and other attorneys for Facebook have declined to comment on the latest developments.

A payment of $65 million isn't thought to be overly significant for Facebook. When Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) purchased a small minority stake in the social networking firm for $240 million in 2007, it established a $15 billion valuation for Facebook, according to investment banking sources at the time. While Facebook has prospered mightily since then, its market valuation is thought to have declined along with general economic conditions.

Several spectacularly successful Internet companies have had their starts in college dorms including Google and Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) -- both tracing their origins to Stanford University students. The biggest college dorm startup was carried out at Harvard several years ago by Microsoft's Bill Gates, who Forbes Magazine says is the richest man in the country.

Source:
Facebook-UConnect Settlement Valued At $65 Million -- Facebook

British Police Raid Cowboy-Themed Party Thinking Guns Are Real.....

In other news......the British have cowboys........now that is an accent I got to hear. Dibs on movie rights.



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British Police Raid Cowboy-Themed Party Thinking Guns Are Real

I AM MOVING TO CALIFORNIA!!!!

California just got a whole lot safer.....btw.....in case you could not tell.....this is my sarcastic voice.


Calif. Judges Order Massive Prisoner Release