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Posted on 04.01.08 by John @ 4:26 pm
(from the PR page) "Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Virgin Group today announced the launch of Virgle Inc., a jointly owned and operated venture dedicated to the establishment of a human settlement on Mars. This is trurlly a banner day for the human race! Virgle: The Adventure of Many Lifetimes (I love days like these) 
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Looks like the mega corps of Virgin and Google have decided to reach higher than anyone has ever thought possible. They have she their goal on a journey to the red planet Mars 
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Posted on 12.04.07 by John @ 6:59 pm
[via futurismic]
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Soon you may be seeing squads of power suited troops on your evening news reports from international hot spots. Or at least that is what the Utah based start up company SARCOS wants. The |
Posted on 11.23.07 by John @ 6:35 pm
This website is here to help others who are interested video piloting in the newly growing and exciting Hobby of First Person View (FPV or RPV) that has become popular with Radio Controlled airplanes, R/C helicopters, cars and boats. [via MAKE]
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Just over a year ago I noted a page where a guy had rigged up a
Posted on 10.02.07 by Alexandria @ 7:43 pm
 Alexandria writes: Fan site: Umbrella Chronicles- Myspace.com Buy (OK, pre-order) your own copy from Amazon: Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles
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Posted on 10.01.07 by John @ 8:57 pm
Approach - The Navy and Marine Corps Aviation Safety Magazine
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I was browsing the Internet today for random stuff and happened across this. It’s the online version of the Naval Safety Center’s publication ‘Approach’. All sorts of astounding stories about mid air collisions, shattered canopies, and others tails of how things can go bad and what can be learned from them. I’m sure that most people will never be in a position where they are running through an emergency checklist because they have lost their starboard flight side hydraulics and most of their port stab, but the lessons about keeping a cool composure and the value of training are ones that we can all use.|
Posted on 09.19.07 by John @ 8:27 pm
is a resource for all things about amateur Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs): How-to’s, links, videos, images and a discussion group. Among other things, this is where we’ll be listing all the parts, software and instructions to build each of our UAVs. I know that I’d like to have a plane with a camera built into it. An autopilot would make lining up a good photo a lot easier. How cool would that be? It’s simply amazing what you can do with off the shelf stuff and some brains. Oh yeah, and LEGOS. Yes, one of these planes has a servo actuated camera mount that is built from LEGO parts. That in mind your not going to be loitering over your target all day looking for the guy that has been stealing your newspaper every morning. These UAVs get about 20 minuets in the air and can only go about five miles. Still, it is very cool.
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I’m sure this is going to end up like the guy that |
Posted on 09.07.07 by John @ 10:07 pm
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Posted on 08.27.07 by John @ 6:06 pm
While on the subject of polls, lets see what science fiction writer you are. Apparently I’m the late Frank Herbert. Not sure I fully agree with everything he wrote but I’m sure that I have not writen as much as he did. Still, I did like Dune.
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Posted on 08.27.07 by John @ 5:54 pm
I’m not sure that this is all that accurate but it’s close. Go have some fun and see how you rate.
Your Score: Centrist You scored 52% Personal Liberty and 43% Economic Liberty!
 A centrist believes in moderate government intervention in both personal and economic matters. They tend to be somewhat ambiguous, as they may have the oppurtunity to pick the side of any group surrounding them on any given issue. They generally believe in a moderate social safety net and what they consider to be a balanced stance on personal liberty. Centrists tend to emphasize compromise and cooperation between partisan groups. Link: The Politics Test written by brainpolice
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Posted on 08.21.07 by John @ 8:34 pm
For too long we have been told lies. The existence of the supposed European country of Belgium has been taken as gospel for years by members of the Liberati. It has long been held up as a shining example of Liberal philosophies in action. However, now is the time the truth be known. Belgium doesn’t exist… I ,like you, were shocked to discover this. I can only hope that more people will see through the hoax and right the wrong that is the hoax of Belgium. BTW, don’t miss the shocking truth about the moon (it’s a fake no matter what your eyes tell you) and "Wisconsin: The Innocent State That Isn’t".
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Posted on 07.08.07 by John @ 8:33 am
The pilot of a Lan Chile Airbus A340, which was travelling between Santiago, Chile, and Auckland, New Zealand, notified air traffic controllers at Auckland Oceanic Centre after seeing flaming space junk hurtling across the sky just five nautical miles in front of and behind his plane about 10pm last night. thewest.com.au : Flaming space junk narrowly misses jet
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This happened a few months ago but it highlights the dangers of keeping Earths orbital real estate clean.|
Posted on 07.04.07 by John @ 6:21 pm
ArtRage 2 is a rather nice little illustration program that gives you the feeling that your working in the actual medium that is being simulated. I have a 4×6 Wacom graphics tablet with a pressure sensitive pen and all that stuff so I get a big kick out of being able to actually use the eraser in a program,. Oh sure, I could use Photoshop if I wanted to but that’s like chartering a bus just to go to the corner store. I like being able to doodle around with different kinds of ‘media’ effects with the pen. ArtRage 2 does just that and more. It’s easy to switch from pencil (variable lead hardness available by the way) to felt tip marker to acrylic paint just by clicking a button. It even blends paint like on a real canvas, except canvas doesn’t have layers and an erase feature. The whole thing reminds me of the old program ‘Fractal Design Painter’. That program is gone and any replacements cost quite a bit. ArtRage 2 is under $20US. Sweet!
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Posted on 06.29.07 by John @ 4:17 pm
The project live.linuX-gamers.net was founded with the idea to present Linux games at the Linuxtag exhibition in a novel way. A collection of games should be shown to directly run from DVD without the user in need to know about Linux or care about his system. After some intense brainstorming sessions the team decided to create and publish this DVD as a live distribution project. Thus an additional and very difficult problem had to be solved: The dvd should run on every x86 PC out there. [via hackerzen]
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Posted on 06.29.07 by John @ 2:46 pm
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I found some great driving tips, handy things like never let your arms cross over the wheel. Why? Because if there was an accident and your hands were in the way of the air bag you might break your own jaw. I never thought about that, bet you didn’t either. It has some other tips like how to back your car up in a safer fashion. It won’t teach you how to do a bootlegger turn or how to do a rolling roadblock but it might help save your life.|
Posted on 06.22.07 by John @ 5:52 am
A reader left a comment on my DIY Cricket bat project and he was saying that this weekend is the zombie themed Portland (Maine) anime convention. So if your in the area you might want to grab some brains and head on over… PortConMaine 2007: Reanimated!
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