February 2012
93 posts
Woman admits she burned down 3,500-year-old tree →
“I can’t believe I burned down a tree older than Jesus!”
“The four words that will define this century: The Earth is full.”
– @paulgilding at TED (via kateoplis)
“Right-on Ike.
There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there...”
– Isaac Asimov (via mewstew)
"In just one year, the expenditure of the U.S.'s... →
“The internet’s not broken.
So then why are there so many attempts to regulate...”
– Jeff Jarvis (via wilwheaton)
“Let me explain the position of the UK economy in simple terms.
Imagine a bus -...”
– Brian Black @ ED Fæcesbook
“Space exploration is a force of nature unto itself that no other force in...”
– Neil deGrasse Tyson, discussing his new book Space Chronicles and why exploring space still matters (via crookedindifference)
Nick Miller: “I want you to imagine a world where... →
nickmiller:
“I want you to imagine a world where writing is a very uncool talent. Imagine that there’s very little money in it. Imagine that your parents will hate you for embracing it, that your friends will make fun of you, that no girl will be impressed by it. Imagine that you’ll never truly be fulfilled…
Would you care for a jelly baby?
thebrigadiersmoustache:
Would you care for a jelly baby?
What?
Try one! They’re rather good!
Faster-than-light neutrino results were due to a... →
Ask me how unsurprised I am.
A faster than light neutrino walked into a bar. The bartender said, “we don’t serve faster than light neutrinos here.”
theweekmagazine:
And not just any mistake. A LOOSE CABLE.
“There was a good reason the measurements and reality weren’t lining up: a loose fiber optic cable was causing one of the atomic clocks used to time the neutrinos’...
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Yesterday's news from North Korea.
S. Korean Unification Ministry’s Rhetoric Flayed
Pyongyang, February 21 (KCNA) — The south Korean “Ministry of Unification” recently presented self-praising materials saying that the Lee Myung Bak regime “provided groundwork” for normalizing the north-south relations during his four-year term.
It spread the material saying about “meaningful...
“…under George W. Bush, the price of gasoline increased from $1.60 per gallon...”
– GOP Deceptions About Gas Prices (via azspot)
The point is not to blame Dubya for gas prices, but to point out that all of the shit-headed lame-brained memes for the idiot chorus to pick, blaming Obama for gas prices is almost the stupidest.
My Republican friends, bless them, have been beating...
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Yesterday's news from North Korea.
CFRK Warns S. Korean Warmongers of Merciless Punishment Pyongyang, February 20 (KCNA) —
The Secretariat of the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea Sunday issued information bulletin No. 990 in connection with the plan of the south Korean warmongers to stage a grave military provocation against the DPRK again in the West Sea of Korea. The information bulletin said: The enemy...
“Dulce bellum inexpertis.”
Yesterday's News from North Korea
Command of Forces of KPA in Western Sector of Front Issues Open Notice
Pyongyang, February 19 (KCNA) — The Command of Forces of the Korean People’s Army in the Western Sector of the Front issued an open notice on Feb. 19 as regards the plan of the south Korean military warmongers to stage a brigandish naval shelling drill in the waters around five islands in the West Sea of Korea on...
Meet the youngest person, at age 14, to achieve...
The complete article is here, fracking amazing!
iheartchaos:
What were you doing when you were 14? Probably not creating fusion reactions for fun. But you’re not Taylor Wilson, who at 14, was the youngest person to build a fusion reactor and achieve fusion. And he did it in his garage.
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