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    Grant Imahara passes away at 49

    I didn't see an existing thread, and I think he had plenty of fans among us to warrant one. Grant was known for Mythbusters and White Rabbit Project on TV. He was also extremely popular in the Battlebots scene for his robot Deadblow. Prior to Mythbusters, Grant worked with Adam, Jamie, and Tory...
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    Spacefest IX - July 5-8

    Spacefest IX tickets are now available! (Pardon some outdated info; there's some transitioning to be done from last year) Spacefest IX will take place July 5-8, 2018 at the Starr Pass Resort in Tucson, Arizona, USA. Spacefest is an annual reunion of NASA Apollo astronauts, famous space...
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    Google's DeepDream

    PopSci: Now You Can Turn Your Photos Into Computerized Nightmares With 'Deep Dream'
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    Mission StarTalk: Contest by Celestron

    http://www.startalkradio.net/announcing-the-mission-startalk-contest-sponsored-by-celestron-mission-1/ Some of you may know StarTalk, the podcast and now TV show hosted by Neil deGrasse Tyson, director of the Hayden Planetarium and all-around badass astrophysicist. And I know all of you are...
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    News Chilean Earthquake - 8.2

    Massive 8.2 earthquake near Chile two hours ago. ~2m high waves reported in one coastal city. Tsunami threat to others areas is being investigated. http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usc000nzvd#summary ---------- Post added 04-02-14 at 02:38 AM ---------- Previous post was...
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    News Fertilizer plant explosion near Waco

    As the death toll rises, I feel this deserves a thread. Mushroom cloud out of a Texas fertilizer plant. Multiple casualties. http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/17/us/texas-explosion/index.html ---------- Post added at 10:44 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:44 PM ---------- People several...
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    Gaming The Polynomial: Space of the music

    http://store.steampowered.com/app/67000/ Something like Audio Surf, off the track, and with flashy pretty fractals. Goal: Get the highest score you can. Gameplay: Fly around in 3D space (Star Wars physics), pick up power-ups, shoot the bad guys before they eat/shoot you, fly through allies and...
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    Gaming Ouya

    Ouya - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia I just learned about this system by accident. The Ouya appears to be everything I would put into a game console. The Ouya runs on Android 4.0, has nVidia GPU and quad-core ARM CPU, and will release at $99 (according to wiki). It will be rootable without...
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    Orbiter download sites

    It appears the downloadorbitersim and downloadorbiter domains are no good. They're the first two sites listed on the Orbiter Download page, and are also the torrent and highres textures sites, so this problem should probably be addressed ASAP.
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    DNSChanger Virus

    http://news.discovery.com/tech/dns-changer-fbi-warning-july-9-doomsday-120426.html DNSChanger is a virus that, in short, redirects addresses to spam. The temporary solution to this problem will be taken down in...a few minutes actually. Leaving quite a few computers unable to use the Internet...
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    News Two dead in Virginia Tech shooting

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16099552 Just saw this when viewing the downed UAV article in another thread. Evidently, this just happened a few hours ago.
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    Stanford Engineering online classes

    Stanford Engineering is offering basic introductions for free. ai-class.com is an Introduction to Artificial Intelligence ml-class.com is an Introduction to Machine Learning db-class.com is an Introduction to Databases There are already tens of thousands of people registered for each, and you...
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    Internet Google+

    http://slatest.slate.com/posts/2011/06/29/google_google_facebook_social_network_google_launches_its_own_so.html
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    What college did you attend?

    As my senior year of highschool is coming up, I'd like to know about others' college experiences. Specifically, I'd like to know where you went, what you liked or disliked about the specific school, and what your major was. Personally, I'm interested in STEM majors and highly esteemed...
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    Rant Public education budget cuts

    In the past few weeks it has become clear that next year, billions of dollars may be cut from school budgets. On my school district's website (www.gccisd.net), the superintendent has posted a notice that our district may be cut $50 million over the next two years, and to write to...
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    Question Virus?

    In a random look at the router logs yesterday, I noticed something fishy and really looked into it tonight. The firewall log shows occasional connections through an open port that my mother uses for Vuze. This is followed by attempted connections FROM my mom's computer to countless IP addresses...
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    Tron: Legacy

    Anyone else watch this movie yet? I saw the original just a couple days before in my Computer Programming class. I noticed how much a knowledge of computer science helps when watching it, so I was afraid that the new movie would be too dumbed down. But this movie vastly exceeded all my...
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    Wireless Energy / Powermat

    I don't know about everyone else, but I find this pretty awesome even if it isn't fully developed yet. Check out some videos here: http://www.powermat.com/us/innovation/ I believe it works as described on this site: http://www.wirelesscharger.org/nobattery.html This could have so many uses if...
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    News Color blindness cure?

    http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/09/16/colorblind-monkey.html Scientists have cured monkeys of colorblindness, against expections. It seems that the same method might also work for humans. Any thoughts? And for others who are colorblind, would you be willing to try the cure if it was...
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    Orbiter on TV!... again!

    I just saw a view of Orbiter and it's website on Fox news 'previews'. (before commercial) Any Houston area residents with Fox 26 should tune to that station and get ready to see the story about it! :) (I sort of wish I could record it :lol:) -----Post Added----- More commercials. :P I guess...
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