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Re: Interesting "stuff"
« Reply #650 on: February 21, 2015, 04:34 AM »

Next-generation http/2 protocol is done, promises faster, safer browsing. (see attachment in previous post)


And...

HTTP/2 also uses fewer connections between server and client, and allows servers to push content straight to a browser.

Are we laying odds/bets on just how fast that gets exploited? :P
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Re: Interesting "stuff"
« Reply #651 on: February 21, 2015, 06:52 AM »
Beamer for everyday use. Price is a bit steep, but it is a novel idea.

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Re: Interesting "stuff"
« Reply #652 on: February 21, 2015, 05:20 PM »
Beamer for everyday use. Price is a bit steep, but it is a novel idea.

Not to mention the geo-limited delivery areas.

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Re: Interesting "stuff"
« Reply #653 on: February 22, 2015, 08:37 PM »
Hey buddy! It snowed in Canada, eh?

http://www.buzzfeed....js538/snow-what-snow

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Re: Interesting "stuff"
« Reply #654 on: February 23, 2015, 03:22 AM »
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Re: Interesting "stuff"
« Reply #655 on: February 23, 2015, 06:06 AM »
Aliens invade Canada!  8)

That image just looks like a Mountie hat thrown in the air  :P

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Re: Interesting "stuff"
« Reply #656 on: February 23, 2015, 06:40 AM »
Aliens invade Canada!  8)

That image just looks like a Mountie hat thrown in the air  :P

It's a low budget hoax - times are tough all over.

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« Reply #657 on: February 23, 2015, 08:01 PM »
Aliens invade Canada!  8)

That image just looks like a Mountie hat thrown in the air  :P

The species of aliens there are called "Stetsonites". They typically raid maple syrup farms, but have been known to also raid craft beer breweries, which, as you might expect, is often followed up by a crash like this one. :P

Aliens invade Canada!  8)

That image just looks like a Mountie hat thrown in the air  :P

It's a low budget hoax - times are tough all over.

Oh sure. Laugh it up! You're safe way down south there where you won't be getting anal probed like all those poor people in Manitoba, eh? 8)
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Earthfiles.com Science | Update with Press Release - John Burroughs Has Received Full V. A. Medical Coverage Due to Injury Caused by Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) Radiation at RAF Bentwaters/Woodbridge in December 1980
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...February 22, 2015 Albuquerque, New Mexico - Today retired USAF Tech Sgt. John Burroughs and his attorney, Pat Frascogna, from Jackson, Mississippi, announced in a press release the "U. S. Government's De Facto Acknowledgement of the Existence of UFOs." This breakthrough comes with the Veterans Administration finally granting John Burroughs in January 2015 full medical disability for bodily injury in the line of duty when John twice encountered mysterious aerial lights in the U. K.'s Rendlesham Forest on December 26 and 28, 1980, a dense, tall forest growing along RAF Bentwaters/Woodbridge. ...

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Why are there so many engineers among Islamic radicals? (paper)
« Reply #660 on: February 28, 2015, 04:32 PM »
From a Spanish website (some English): Oriente Miedo
This one rather surprised me. If you are a computer engineer, then you might like to see how you fit the demographic profile here...

Why are there so many engineers among Islamic radicals (paper) - Diego Gambetta + Steffen Hertog.pdf

Having read and studied the Koran over several years now, my reaction on reading this paper was the observation that the rather convincing evidence/hypotheses given in this paper had probably been staring me in the face all that time, without my consciously registering it or even becoming intuitively aware of it.
A most interesting paper (assuming that it is genuine).

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Re: Interesting "stuff"
« Reply #661 on: March 03, 2015, 02:10 PM »

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Re: Interesting "stuff"
« Reply #663 on: March 06, 2015, 10:08 PM »
People Explore Abandoned Buildings All The Time. But What This Guy Found... OMG.jpgInteresting "stuff"

People Explore Abandoned Buildings All The Time. But What This Guy Found... OMG.

Anyone here interested in abandoned buildings?

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Re: Interesting "stuff"
« Reply #664 on: March 07, 2015, 12:11 AM »
(see attachment in previous post)
People Explore Abandoned Buildings All The Time. But What This Guy Found... OMG.

Anyone here interested in abandoned buildings?

That was insane.

Here's the original imgur post: http://imgur.com/a/qi3kq

There are more pics in there and NSFW descriptions.

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Re: Interesting "stuff"
« Reply #665 on: March 07, 2015, 06:13 AM »
How Dark Were the Dark Ages?



Some really good stuff in there.
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Re: Interesting "stuff"
« Reply #666 on: March 07, 2015, 10:14 AM »
@Renegade: Very interesting and factual history video. Thanks. Some more interesting and factual history videos there too.

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Re: Interesting "stuff"
« Reply #667 on: March 08, 2015, 09:09 AM »
@Renegade: Very interesting and factual history video. Thanks. Some more interesting and factual history videos there too.

The thing that ticks me off is that I was taught a lot of the wrong stuff in school... sigh... I'd come across this stuff since, but that video was nice & short and had some of those points that should've been taught in grade 9 (or whatever).
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Re: Interesting "stuff"
« Reply #668 on: March 11, 2015, 09:39 AM »
Some local ruins.

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03-10-15 Ruins .jpgInteresting "stuff"
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« Reply #669 on: March 11, 2015, 11:09 AM »
Google Earth satellite view of the ruins.

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Administration Building wildflowers.

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Re: Interesting "stuff"
« Reply #671 on: March 11, 2015, 02:20 PM »
It may be Pi Day, but what does the hypotenuse say?

If the high-pot-in-use is sensimilla then he probably says "Oh wow man!"

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« Reply #673 on: March 12, 2015, 01:11 PM »

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Re: Interesting "stuff"
« Reply #674 on: March 13, 2015, 05:15 PM »