This is several years old, but for some reason it really makes me happy.
Falling with style indeed!
And as a contrast on the theme… This makes me laugh… but not in a happy way.
(Sound required as there isn’t really a picture.)
Ouch.
(Really blow your mind and play them both at the same time!!!)
I admit I’m somewhat annoyed that someone else thought of this first.
As found on USGS Latest Earthquakes page.
I think two or three other movies could fit into this framework. Feel free to name them in the comments.
This speaks entirely for itself. Those crazy Canadians.
Optics Picture of the Day brings us this beautiful video of a circumzenithal arc that appears periodically as the high altitude clouds float by.
This link to Dragon*Con TV goes out to my sister.
We knew all along.
Thanks to a post at Me and My Boys, I learned that Nantucket island is actually mining their landfill.
Beyond the environment winning here, I’m am amused because this is truth following fiction as this is just what Stirling predicted would happen in his book Island in The Sea of Time.
For those unfamiliar with the book, the island of Nantucket is arbitrarily plucked from the modern era and transported to circa 1250 B.C. Geographically, they are still on Nantucket Island, it is only the when that changes. Faced with a lack of refining and technological assets they eventually begin mining the landfill for electronic components and other refined materials. Cool, huh? This was one of my favorite details from the book. Necessity meets ingenuity and bang: elegant solution.
With the price of copper and some precious metals skyrocketing, it does make you wonder when this becomes financially worthwhile on a grand scale. What percent of the material needs to be useful for the separation process to be worthwhile? I have no idea, but it is a compelling thought.
Yes, I love our new world order.
Skip to 1:04 for the launch. I especially like the sound they make… like some cross between a light saber and an electric mixer. [1]
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XKCD has given away the secret, check out today’s cartoon.
Date: 07/12/2008
