December 2009
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Sustainable Aliens: A New Theory On Why E.T.... →
No present observations suggest a technologically advanced extraterrestrial intelligence (ETI) has spread through the galaxy. However, under commonplace assumptions about galactic civilization formation and expansion, this absence of observation is highly unlikely. This improbability is the heart of the Fermi Paradox. The Fermi Paradox leads some to conclude that humans have the only advanced...
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Photons and vast distances →
You are a photon that was created as a result of nuclear chemistry in a star in that galaxy, 100 million miles away. As a photon, you move at the speed of light, but that’s only in the reference frame of an observer. In your reference frame, speed has no meaning because there’s no distance; length has been contracted to zero. The time that you exist, from your point of view, is zero....
Why Do We Rape, Kill and Sleep Around? The... →
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Decorations: How To
Dimensional Felt Ornament (on Craftzine)
Folded German Bell (on all things paper)
Umbrella Tree (on Craftzine)
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Egypt's strongest man generates 240 horsepower, is... →
Of course reading the comments after watching the clip is mandatory. Funniest thing I read all day.
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Man in a Chicken suit plays “What is Love” on Pianica
“I was in Melbourne for Game Connect Asia Pacific (GCAP) 09, and I found this busker standing outside Flinders Street Station in Melbourne. He was playing the hit 90’s track “What Is Love” on bass guitar, Pianica, with the assistance of a loop pedal. What is remarkable (evidently) is that he did the entire...
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There once was a man who said, “Damn, It has borne in on me that I am A creature that movesĀ In predestinate grooves; I’m not even a bus, I’m a tram!”
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Visual, Perceptual Tricks Bamboozle Brain (via Wired)