Billings, MT police office Samantha Puckett was caught speeding above the legal alcohol limit. She even admitted to being under the influence of alcohol. But after fighting the results of her breathalyzer test, she got them to call it a mistrial. How the hell? More »
It would probably be rather itchy. Agustina Woodgate, in her "I Wanted to Be a Princess" series really took the Rapunzel story and ran with it. This first work, called "Tower," uses 3,000 bricks made out of human hair. More »
In the really old days of the 60's...hurricane landings were called within the last few hours only. I remember being let of school early because something called Betsy was heading inland.
Today, there are numerous stations and radars as well as sea bouys and planes.
* At 60 years old with a really
Given the choice, which would you fund?
1. Symmetrical Tokamak (~30 billion, Nuclear Fusion Power Generator)(Link)
2. Turboencabulator (~2 billion, Inverse Reactive Current Supply) (Link)
3. Neither
Try to limit
You're a police officer. You've just gotten a call that a baby's trapped in a hot locked car. The only reasonable thing to do is the break in to save the baby's life, right? Except when it's a doll. Embarrassing! More »
Imagine pouring these into your morning bowl of cereal. Genius! Titled "Ecohols" by designer Jorn, I can see this turning into a whole new food group. [Fubiz] More »
Hi,
1) Can this thing ( http://blokle.com/design ) be molded using methods and materials that are used to mold conventional plastic
1.1) bottles?
1.2) jars?
2) How much more expensive will it be (percentage and/or absolutely ) compared to 1.1/1.2?
3) In a case that it is impossible o
Back in 1969, the Apollo 11 mission put mankind on the moon. It was a massive accomplishment. Two years later, though, people were getting bored. 40 years ago today, it become the moon buggy's job to make space fun again. More »
After what I'm sure was an enormous editorial process, Iceland finally finished drafting their constitution, the first ever to be written on the internet. And I am shocked to see that there is nary a dick pic in sight. More »
If you're a "biker" you probably know what hand turn signals mean and use them daily. But if the people behind you don't know them, they're essentially useless. That's where the YouTurn turn signaling glove comes in. More »
Fashion is a fickle beast, but it gets strange when putting snail slime on your face becomes a thing. Come again? Apparently, snail goo is being marketed in such places as South America and South Korea as the best thing for your skin. More »
New pictures just popped up at the AirVenture symposium showing off two pics of what the Air Force hopes will eventually wage air war in the years to come. More »
Around 02:00 UTC last night (July 30, 2011), a sunspot named Active Region 1261 erupted with a short solar flare, which was caught by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory. Using Helioviewer I created a short video of the event:
[Make sure to set the resolution to at least 720p!]
Those bright regions are actually sunspots, which are dark at wavelengths our eyes can see, but are quite bright in the ultraviolet. Solar flares occur when the Sun’s magnetic field lines get twisted up. They store a lot of energy, and when tangled they can suddenly snap, releasing that energy. Astronomers classify flares by the energy released in X-rays, from Classes A,B, and C (weak) to M (moderate) to X (yikes!). This one was an M9, which is on the low end of the M class. Powerful, but probably not enough to affect us here 150 million kilometers away. If anything, there may be a stronger than normal aurora in a day or two.
The Sun’s activity waxes and wanes on a roughly 11 year cycle, and we’re on the upswing of Cycle 24. There was an unusually long quiet period after Cycle 23 and ...
Remember the Eee Pad Slider from way way back? We certainly do. Which is why it's excellent to see it finally come out, in all its full QWERTY keyboard, Android 3.1-having glory. More »
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So, feeling witty today, are we?
I have a riddle I think you might enjoy. It may seem a bit of a challenge on first glance, but I have the utmost confidence in your abilities. No, really; I’m being serious. What? You don’t trust me to be sincere? Moi?
For today we’re back in reality, so take a few deep breaths to get some oxygen to those caffeine-infused neurons you’re carrying around, and let’s see how you like this one:
Pretty picture, isn't it?
It’s not there.
This is a modern discovery.
It’s true nature was unknown for 20 years.
Image by Jesse Pavlick
It took an Einstein to figure this one out.
This has something in common with Barnard’s star.
We’ve watched what this does over 3 billion times.
A gorgeous floor clock.
There you have it. I’ll be waiting in the comment section for your answer to the riddle.
Run away! Run away! It's SpiderBart!
What is the rating of conventional rewirable fuse, MCB etc.
What is the rating of polyfuse(resettable fuse or PPTC fuse). Polyfuse are normally used in electronic circuits.
Can we replace conventional household power supply main rewirable fuse with these polyfuse. Is it available in such hig
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