zomg

http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid716091875/bclid686943766/bctid687029421

String Theory in Two Minutes

from Slashdot by samzenpus

An anonymous reader writes "Most of us have heard of string theory, many of us know what it is and some of us may even be experts in the field. But could you explain it in two minutes? Discover Magazine recently had a contest to do precisely that: create a two minute or less video of everything you need to know about string theory. You can view some of the best entries (video) as well as the winning video: String Ducky!"

Dumbledore is a Wizard and a Fairy

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/movies/la-et-dumble22oct22,1,4127942.story?track=rss


With author J.K. Rowling's revelation that master wizard Albus Dumbledore is gay, some passages about the Hogwarts headmaster and rival wizard Gellert Grindelwald have taken on a new and clearer meaning.

The British author stunned her fans at Carnegie Hall on Friday night when she answered one young reader's question about Dumbledore by saying that he was gay and had been in love with Grindelwald, whom he had defeated years ago in a bitter fight.

'"You cannot imagine how his ideas caught me, Harry, inflamed me,'" Dumbledore says in "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," the seventh and final book in Rowling's record-breaking fantasy series.

The news brought gasps, then applause at Carnegie Hall, the last stop on Rowling's brief U.S. tour, and set off thousands of e-mails on Potter fan Web sites around the world. Some were dismayed, others indifferent, but most were supportive.

Rechargeable USB Flashdrive and Battery!!!

http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.8748



While one may assume that the above device is simply a USB flash drive in disguise, it's actually quite a bit more useful than that. You see, this rechargeable USB battery actually fits into any device that readily accepts AA cells, making it quite possibly the most 1337 (not to mention affordable) rechargeable cell we've ever seen. Reportedly, it takes around four hours to juice one up, and while we've no idea how many channels you can flip through on a set of these bad boys, at least they're sold in pairs. Pick up a pack (or two, or three) now for $7.51/set.

Korean UAV

http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/tech/2007/10/129_11573.html



Researchers at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology recently demonstrated a fuel cell system that can power an RC plane for up to 5 hours on just 500 grams (17 ounces) of liquid hydrogen, and is expected to power a UAV variant of the plane for up to 10 hours when the autonomous pilot system in completed. KAIST hopes to use the tech in a future Korean military UAV, and, pending funding, expects to have a complete production-ready drone within two years. Sadly, there's no word on when Korean kids will be able to hold all-night drone-flying stamina contests, but we're waiting for that YouTube video pretty eagerly.

youtube picks

LOLOL

Now wait, you mean to tell me that you're NOT from the future?



Taken from Fair Game from PRI.

Where do retiring republicans go?

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15512580

Growing older is scary enough, why do it surrounded by liberals?

Brian Unger Report.



Experience life without the Left, live life Right.

Told ya

http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=mg19626263.900&feedId=online-news_rss20

Family planning lowers abortion rates

• 21 October 2007
• Andy Coghlan
• Magazine issue 2626

Passions undoubtedly run high on whether abortion should be legal. But whether you accept the need for abortion or oppose it outright, the most comprehensive survey of global abortion trends since 1995 seems to confirm what many might have suspected - that women will continue to seek out abortions regardless of whether they are legal or not. It also showed the fastest way to reduce the number of abortions is to provide access to reliable contraception.

The study, which shows that the total number of abortion - both legal and illegal - fell worldwide between 1995 and 2003, was published in The Lancet last week (vol 370, p 1338). It compares abortion data from 2003 and 1995 assembled by the World Health Organization and the New York-based Guttmacher Institute, which studies sexual and reproductive health. "The total number of induced abortions declined from 46 to 42 million

i LOLed

So good

I guess this is only funny to me because i love the Enders Game series but i never can get all the way through Xenocide. I've tried many times but never quite make it.

Dim those lights, baby!

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/10/071019093814.htm

An ancient light-sensitive gene has been isolated by researchers from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies (CoECRS) that appears to act as a trigger for the annual mass spawning of corals across a third of a million square kilometres of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, shortly after a full moon.

The genes, known as a cryptochromes, occur in corals, insects, fish and mammals - including humans - and are primitive light-sensing pigment mechanisms which predate the evolution of eyes

wavez!

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2007/11oct_undularbore.htm?list1043252

Undular bores are a type of "gravity wave"—so called because gravity acts as the restoring force essential to wave motion. Analogy: "We're all familiar with gravity waves caused by boats in water," points out Coleman. "When a boat goes tearing across a lake, water in front of the boat is pushed upward. Gravity pulls the water back down again and this sets up a wave."

look at the red waves

Sim City Tech

Umm.. i'm pretty sure that SIM CITY already came out with technology a few years ago. Do you remember building the orbiting satellite that would beam microwave energy back down to earth?
Well it seems that it's a real deal now: http://environment.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn12774&feedId=tech_rss20

A futuristic scheme to collect solar energy on satellites and beam it to Earth has gained a large supporter in the US military. A report released yesterday by the National Security Space Office recommends that the US government sponsor projects to demonstrate solar-power-generating satellites and provide financial incentives for further private development of the technology.

I suppose this is better research then gay bombs:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_bomb

In one sentence of the document it was suggested that a strong aphrodisiac could be dropped on enemy troops, ideally one which would also cause "homosexual behavior". The aphrodisiac weapon was described as "distasteful but completely non-lethal".

this could work well in Iraq.

FIRST

First posting. lol.