Pew-Pew. Gotcha
I don’t even need to say anything except…Fucking Lasers.
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“The Office of Naval Research has awarded Raytheon a year-long contract to develop the preliminary design of a 100 kilowatt experimental Free Electron Laser (FEL) for naval warships. A FEL uses superconducting electron accelerators to produce high-power laser beams that could target cruise missiles, airplanes or boats.”
Take that, terrorism.
Filed under: Neat Things
The first thing I think about when holding a knife is its effectiveness as a weapon. So to put it shortly, this knife is completely useless. They make knives that can be used as combat weapons. It’s not like normal people carry around kitchen knives awaiting the moment where they’ll have to stab someone. If you’re going to stab someone, you’re going to buy a knife that’s made for stabbing, not something that can slice bread.
“The knife has a rounded edge instead of a point and will snag on clothing and skin to make it more difficult to stab someone.
It was invented by industrial designer John Cornock, who was inspired by a documentary in which doctors advocated banning traditional knives.
Mr Cornock, 42, from Swindon, said that the knife will cut vegetables, but will make it almost impossible to stab someone to death and will reduce the risk of accidental injuries.” [via]
Look on the bright side–this could be the start of an entire line of kid-safe knives.
It sounds straight out of a sci-fi movie, but researchers managed to find small bacterium housed under 3 kilometers of ice. I don’t really know why they’re calling it a bug because it’s super small. And when I say super small, I really mean SUPER-DUPER small…like micrometer small. This may not be so exciting to the rest of you, but this bug could provide some answers about the evolution of microbes on other planets.
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“Researchers in the team coaxed it back to life by keeping it at 2 °C for 7 months, then at 5 °C for a further four-and-a-half months, after which they saw colonies of very small purplish-brown bacteria.
Loveland-Curtze speculates that similar microbes may have evolved in the ice on other planets and moons, such as the ice at the poles of Mars and the ice-covered ocean on Europa, one of Jupiter’s moons.”
So let me get this straight…the word bug is also synonymous with bacteria and microbes? Well, not only are scientists bad at naming things, they’re also liars. Hey scientists, why don’t you discover something interesting like flying cars, flux capacitors, or hover boards? Better yet, just make everything about Back to the Future a reality.
Should Have Happened Already
Americans are great at two things…
- Overindulgence
- Overspending
Well technically, overspending is a form of overindulgence, but we’re just so good at overindulging that i’ll just overdo the list. America is setting its sights for the Moon once again.
“Some scientists oppose the new moon program, saying NASA should focus instead on research on Mars and other planets.
Supporters argue that manned moon spaceflights are essential if humans ever hope to travel to Mars and beyond. They say the moon is the best testing ground for how astronauts will handle extended stays in space.”
I don’t know about you, but I don’t really think that going to the Moon is priority 1 on America’s to do list. I’m pretty sure we’re in an economic crisis and that money could definitely be more helpful elsewhere…like..maybe…I don’t know…creating more jobs for the unemployed?
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Whether you’re into sci-fi or not, there’s no doubt that you’ve contemplated the existence of intelligent life beyond our planet. This one story provided inspiration for hundreds of books, movies, tv shows, action figures, and maybe even some erotic fantasies. In 1974, there were reports of a UFO crash landing in the town of Roswell, New Mexico. I can’t tell you how many “documentaries” I’ve seen on the sci-fi channel about this story. Some people said weather balloon, others said alien spacecraft, but I think we can all agree on one thing…Will Smith was awesome in Independence Day.
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“At the VLA (that centre of government radio telescopy) they will tell you that around the time of the crash, the US government was sending up special high-altitude weather balloons made of a then-classified material.
They were looking for atmospheric evidence that the Russians were testing their own nuclear bomb.
On the night of the Roswell incident, one of those balloons went missing.
Until, perhaps, it was found by the boys of the 509th.
And all that stuff about alien bodies being recovered and autopsies being performed? Well I leave you to speculate about that for yourselves.”
I know the quote is a little long, but I don’t want you to waste 5 minutes of your day reading the entire article, only to be disappointedby the ending. So there you have it–no UFO, no aliens, no more worrying about anal probes. Sorry fan-boys, looks like you’ll have to give up your search for extraterrestrial life and get real jobs now.
Get Out There and Be Somebody!
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Last night the L.A. Lakers beat out Orlando Magic 99-86. You played a great game Orlando, but L.A.’s still got it.
“Led by their always-defiant, sometimes-dazzling guard, the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Orlando Magic 99-86 on Sunday to win the franchise’s 15th NBA title. Only the Boston Celtics have more, with 17.” USA Today
Of course, Kobe Bryant won the MVP. A well deserved win in my opinion.
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