Oct 14, 2011
Oct 13, 2011
Op-Ed: After iPod, iPhone, and iPad....iGamingConsole?
..not sure it needs it? Xbox Live is a pretty good one already...I think.
Oct 12, 2011
News: UK tests speed-sensitive stop lights, turn red if you speed
Old article, news to me. This is interested. If you're speeding, the light turns red. Neat.
Oct 11, 2011
Op-Ed: Ken Jennings debunks taste areas of tongue myth
Myth? Really? I had no idea. I still thought that was true...and that I was a freak since it didn't matter one bit where I put food... So...I'm still a freak, just not for that anymore. Score!
Oct 10, 2011
Oct 5, 2011
Obit: Steve Jobs DEAD at 56
Holy crap. I really thought this was a joke. But he's really dead. An unmatched visionary in the technical world. His innovation will be sorely missed.
Oct 3, 2011
News: Song pulled from MNF after writer's Obama/Hitler comment
FTA - ESPN is pulling Hank Williams' classic intro song from Monday night's broadcast of the game between Tampa Bay and Indianapolis after the country singer used an analogy to Adolf Hitler in discussing President Barack Obama.
News: Firefly poster at UW-Stout declared 'threatening'
I love the smell of dumb people in the morning....oh wait.
News: Cancer kills scientist days before winning Nobel Prize
That's really sad. He did make amazing strides in immune therapy. But died from the disease he worked so hard to fight, just days before winning the Nobel Prize for Medicine.
Sep 30, 2011
Sep 28, 2011
Op-Ed: Euthanasia Roller Coaster
Lithuania designer developed the Euthanasia Coaster, in part, under his PhD work.
Two minute, 1600 foot climb allows the rider to reflect, and, maybe more importanlty, really decide. At the top is the go-no-go button. Press the 'FALL' button, and it's all but over. Then 1600 foot drop followed by successively smaller, and, therefore, increasingly G-force imparting loops. If you remain conscious, the loops will impart 'disorientation, anxiety, confusion, and, most importantly, euphoria -- is crowned with GLOC (G-force induced Loss Of Consciousness), during which the body is completely limp and vivid bizarre dreams occur such as being in a maze and unable to get out, or floating in a white space, not knowing who you are, why you are here, etc.'
Interesting stuff. It's just a theoretical model (at 1:1600 scale), but it's interesting food for thought. I guess I'm not in that position, but I can't imagine hitting the FALL button...or at least not regreting it after the fall starts.
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