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Worlds largest swimming pool

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 09:16:59 GMT

Worlds largest swimming pool

This man-made wonder is 1013 meters long covers 80 acres, its deepest end reaches 115ft and it holds 66 million gallons of water. If you want to take a dip in the world’s largest swimming pool you’ll have to travel to San Alfonso del Mar in Algarrobo, Chile, where a computer-controlled suction and filtration system continuously pumps water from the ocean, keeping crystal clear.

[Reposted from soup2go]

First Look: Dyson’s Blade-Free Wonder Fan Blows Our Minds

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 09:13:28 GMT

First Look: Dyson’s Blade-Free Wonder Fan Blows Our Minds

The gray base station silently sucks up air and forces it through the circular blue thing that sits atop the rig. When the air jets through the front of the circle, it creates a suction behind and to the sides that draws more air through the loop and makes the fan more powerful increasing pressure15-fold and spewing 118 gallons of air every minute. Watch video demonstration.

[Reposted from soup2go]

Retro modern touring bike.

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 22:17:38 GMT

Retro modern touring bike.

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Sat, 17 Oct 2009 22:15:25 GMT

I like the brake lever setup. Downtube shifters aren't the most convenient th...

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 22:14:53 GMT

I like the brake lever setup. Downtube shifters aren't the most convenient things in the world though.

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Bad ass, but heavy looking

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 21:58:22 GMT

Bad ass, but heavy looking

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Sat, 17 Oct 2009 21:47:06 GMT

Cutaway bottom bracket shells, cool because; a) weight savingsb) aerodynamicsc) rust preventiond) because you can

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 21:46:08 GMT

Cutaway bottom bracket shells, cool because;

a) weight savings

b) aerodynamics

c) rust prevention

d) because you can

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This bike is money!

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 21:42:18 GMT

This bike is money!

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Pretty, but I feel sorry for the first pedestrian to get empaled by one of these.

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 21:41:58 GMT

Pretty, but I feel sorry for the first pedestrian to get empaled by one of these.

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YouTube - Michael Jackson's Moonwalker (Sega Genesis) Smooth Criminal

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 20:49:21 GMT

YouTube - Michael Jackson's Moonwalker (Sega Genesis) Smooth Criminal

[Reposted from heather]

Yip Yips - "computoooor"

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:38:28 GMT

Yip Yips - "computoooor"

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"“Why are men, taken on average and as a whole, funnier than women?” inquired ..."

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:29:37 GMT

“Why are men, taken on average and as a whole, funnier than women?” inquired Christopher Hitchens in “Why Women Aren’t Funny,” Vanity Fair, January 2007.

That’s a good question. And by that I mean, fuck you.

–The Women Of McSweeneys.net - The Rumpus.net

[Reposted from heather]

"OAuth talks about getting users to grant access while OpenID talks about maki..."

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:50:37 GMT

"OAuth talks about getting users to grant access while OpenID talks about making sure the users are really who they say they are."

–Hueniverse: Explaining OAuth

"1. You can’t seem to focus and you procrastinate more than usual. 2. M..."

Wed, 13 May 2009 22:08:51 GMT

"1. You can’t seem to focus and you procrastinate more than usual.

2. Most of the time you feel irritable and your negativity has been noticed by friends or co-workers.

3. You constantly sense unsettled, indefinite feelings that you never seem to satisfy.

4. A major life goal or unfulfilled dream is as incomplete as it was at least a year ago.

5. You notice yourself actively seeking inspiration.

–5 Signs You Need Personal Change

(have you checked them all like me?)

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"Take, for example, the company that sold carbon offsets based on a plan to re..."

Wed, 13 May 2009 17:08:09 GMT

"Take, for example, the company that sold carbon offsets based on a plan to reduce methane gas at a landfill. It sounded great until investigations revealed that the methane reduction plan was in place long before the offsets were sold. That part of the plan is all well and good, but it completely destroys the whole concept of buying and selling carbon offsets. Nothing was being "offset.""

–5 Ways People Are Trying to Save the World (That Don't Work) - Page 2 | Cracked.com

via Eater SF: Eater Tracking: The Corner, Weird Fish's Spinoff

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:00:35 GMT

via Eater SF: Eater Tracking: The Corner, Weird Fish's Spinoff

""Done right, earmarks have given legislators the opportunity to direct ..."

Wed, 11 Mar 2009 18:02:46 GMT

""Done right, earmarks have given legislators the opportunity to direct federal money to worthy projects that benefit people in their district, and that's why I have opposed their outright elimination," Obama said. "But the fact is that on occasion, earmarks have been used as a vehicle for waste, and fraud and abuse. Projects have been inserted at the 11th hour, without review, and sometimes without merit, in order to satisfy the political or personal agendas of a given legislator, rather than the public interest." "

–Obama Announces Earmark Reforms, Defends 'Imperfect' Spending Bill - First 100 Days of Presidency - Politics FOXNews.com

"We believe there is real value to seeing ads about the things that interest y..."

Wed, 11 Mar 2009 18:00:20 GMT

"We believe there is real value to seeing ads about the things that interest you. If, for example, you love adventure travel and therefore visit adventure travel sites, Google could show you more ads for activities like hiking trips to Patagonia or African safaris. While interest-based advertising can infer your interest in adventure travel from the websites you visit, you can also choose your favorite categories, or tell us which categories you don't want to see ads for. Interest-based advertising also helps advertisers tailor ads for you based on your previous interactions with them, such as visits to their websites. So if you visit an online sports store, you may later be shown ads on other websites offering you a discount on running shoes during that store's upcoming sale."

–Official Google Blog: Making ads more interesting

"There's something else at work here, though, and it's almost an exploit of hu..."

Mon, 09 Mar 2009 19:02:50 GMT

"There's something else at work here, though, and it's almost an exploit of human nature itself. Once you've bid on something a few times, you now have a vested financial interest in that product, a product someone else could end up winning, rendering your investment moot. This often leads to irrational decisionmaking -- something called the endowment effect, which has even been observed in chimpanzees. So instead of doing the rational thing and walking away from a bad investment, you pour more money in, sending good money after bad."

–Coding Horror: Profitable Until Deemed Illegal

"There are more losses by using hub gears, and tensioners/idlers on bike chain..."

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 20:59:11 GMT

"There are more losses by using hub gears, and tensioners/idlers on bike chain drives than when using a belt. Allow the chain to get dirty, or use a non-aligned derailleur gear ratio and the belt wins hands down on efficiency.""

–Myth: Belt drive has poor efficiency

"Despite the wall that chip engineers have hit in juicing up raw clock cycles,..."

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 01:45:12 GMT

"Despite the wall that chip engineers have hit in juicing up raw clock cycles, transistor counts continue to explode and it seems CPUs will continue to follow Moore’s Law-like throughput gains for some years to come."

–The Free Lunch Is Over: A Fundamental Turn Toward Concurrency in Software

"At work, Wendy regularly greets her longtime colleague Richard with a hug and..."

Tue, 03 Mar 2009 18:21:18 GMT

At work, Wendy regularly greets her longtime colleague Richard with a hug and a kiss on the cheek. When Richard is stressed, Wendy often takes it upon herself to give him a back rub in his office. Recently, Wendy joined a staff meeting late and found no chairs left. Rather than get a chair from another office, she sat on Richard's lap for the duration of the meeting.

Wendy's conduct could constitute a hostile work environment for Richard. But even if Richard is not bothered by Wendy's behavior, it may make her fellow coworkers uncomfortable.

–Preventing Harassment at CBS Corporation

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"Geniuses are those who "have the intelligence, enthusiasm, and endurance to a..."

Thu, 19 Feb 2009 18:17:28 GMT

"Geniuses are those who "have the intelligence, enthusiasm, and endurance to acquire the needed expertise in a broadly valued domain of achievement" and who then make contributions to that field that are considered by peers to be both "original and highly exemplary.""

–Is Genius Born or Can It Be Learned? - TIME

"activities performed in unison, such as marching or dancing, increase loyalty..."

Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:57:12 GMT

"activities performed in unison, such as marching or dancing, increase loyalty to the group. "It makes us feel as though we're part of a larger entity, so we see the group's welfare as being as important as our own," he says."

–How to control a herd of humans - science-in-society - 04 February 2009 - New Scientist

"ConnectU founders Divya Narendra and brothers Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss cl..."

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 18:11:28 GMT

"ConnectU founders Divya Narendra and brothers Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss claimed they came up with the idea for social networking and hired Mark Zuckerburg as a programmer, but he eventually stole their idea and code to create Facebook. Their lawsuit was settled in August 2008, with the settlement to be a mix of cash and stock, and no specific dollar amount given, reports eWEEK."

–Governance: 'Secret' $65 Million Facebook Settlement Leaked

"We saw each other twice today. Once at the market on 23rd and Mission then ..."

Thu, 12 Feb 2009 02:07:56 GMT

"We saw each other twice today.
Once at the market on 23rd and Mission
then again 5 minutes later at the smoke shop
I smiled at you as i left I wonder if you noticed
i like your face
and I hope I see you again."

–I like reading Craigslist Missed Connections. People are most interesting when they are desperately lonely.

u will never read this - w4m