A 3-D Printer That Uses the Sun to Create Glass Objects Out of Sand | Popular Science (http://www.popsci.com/diy/article/2011-09/you-built-what-seven-foot-high-3-d-printer-uses-sun-transform-sand-glass-object?dom=tw&src=SOC)

Our solar system to scale

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If you want something interesting about the universe check out this actual video of Mars.

Mars' North Pole Fly-Around Delivered By European Probe | Video | Space.com (http://www.space.com/23883-mars-north-pole-fly-around-delivered-by-european-probe-video.html)

Because it's really, really hard to be All Serious All the Time:
39 Test Answers That Are 100% Wrong But Totally Genius At The Same Time | Distractify (http://distractify.com/fun/fails/test-answers-that-are-totally-wrong-but-still-genius/)

Note: When I was attempting to teach "how to read a tape measure/the concept of fractions" to 19 year old kids in a carpentry class, I bought a copy of Calculus For Dummies to remind me, daily, to be humble, in terms of knowledge stuff. No kidding. That Calculus Dummy Book might as well have been written in Romulan . . . upside down and backwards.

Note: When I was attempting to teach "how to read a tape measure/the
concept of fractions" to 19 year old kids in a carpentry class, I bought a
copy of Calculus For Dummies to remind me, daily, to be humble, in terms
of knowledge stuff. No kidding.
LOL! I learned much applicable math in Shop when I was in Junior High.
Applying it to real world applications made more sense than a formula
in an Algebra book.

Later in life, when I was calculating the distance of lenses, and the
curves necessary to create the designated formula, I had no idea I
was using Algebra and Geometry.

Then came my awareness of English and Grammar... I hated school.

One day, in my 20's and I believe I was mowing the lawn at the time, it
hit me like a ton of bricks. "Hey" I thought, "that crap in high school math
really works!"

Because it's really, really hard to be All Serious All the Time:
39 Test Answers That Are 100% Wrong But Totally Genius At The Same Time | Distractify (http://distractify.com/fun/fails/test-answers-that-are-totally-wrong-but-still-genius/)

Note: When I was attempting to teach "how to read a tape measure/the concept of fractions" to 19 year old kids in a carpentry class, I bought a copy of Calculus For Dummies to remind me, daily, to be humble, in terms of knowledge stuff. No kidding. That Calculus Dummy Book might as well have been written in Romulan . . . upside down and backwards.

Laughed a bunch at that link. It led me to this:
These Are The 31 Worst Puns Ever But You Can?t Stop Laughing! | Distractify (http://distractify.com/fun/humor/horrifyingly-cringeworthy-puns/)

Laughed a bunch at that link. It led me to this:
These Are The 31 Worst Puns Ever But You Can?t Stop Laughing! | Distractify (http://distractify.com/fun/humor/horrifyingly-cringeworthy-puns/)

I also clicked on the Puns link on the above website.
Did you see the one about responses to Wrong Numbers on cell phones?
It's hilarious.

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It should show the color of regret also for when your bowels move for the last time after you pass.

This 3D Printer, Capable Of Building A House In A Day, Could Change Construction Forever (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/21/3d-printer-house-mars-slums_n_4639046.html)

Miley Cyrus and Justin Bieber are the same person...

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Click at your own risk!!

Beiber got busted in Miami (http://miami.cbslocal.com/2014/01/23/justin-bieber-arrested-in-miami-beach/)

I saw that earlier. All I have to say, is com on' maaaaaan, a Gallardo??? Should at LEAST be in an Aventador!

I saw that earlier. All I have to say, is com on' maaaaaan, a Gallardo???
Should at LEAST be in an Aventador!
The Aventador is one bad Lambo.

Here's some fun. Lexus vs McLaren vs Lamborghini vs Bugatti.

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How about a super charged ZR-1 Corvette vs a Blue Angel fighter jet?

The video is 19 minutes but the race is over over by 7 minutes. Quite a bit of
suspense has been added to the show.

If you want to see the race start at 5:00 minutes.


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10 Futuristic Materials. (http://lifeboat.com/ex/10.futuristic.materials) Read the article for full details. There's some cool stuff out there and some coming down the pipe. I, for one, would love to insulate my home with aerogel. :)


1. Aerogel
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2. Carbon Nanotubes
http://lifeboat.com/images/carbon.nanotubes.jpg

3. Metamaterials
http://lifeboat.com/images/invisibility.cloak.jpg

4. Bulk Diamond
http://lifeboat.com/images/diamonds.jpg

5. Bulk Fullerines
http://lifeboat.com/images/fullerenes.jpg

6. Amorphous Metal
http://lifeboat.com/images/amorphous.metal.jpg

7. Superalloys
http://lifeboat.com/images/superalloys.jpg

8. Metal Foam
http://lifeboat.com/images/metal.foam.jpg

9. Transparent Alumina
http://lifeboat.com/images/transparent.aluminum.jpg

10. E-Textiles
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The crayons and heat reminded me of some art I did some 50+ years ago.

We'd put crayons through a grater then place the shavings on waxed paper.
The paper would be folded and an iron was placed on it. Made for some
very interesting art. If only the waxed paper had been clear.

The Earth seen from Mars

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Think I might have posted this before, but I'll post it again. Very cool to see this.

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Underground Refrigerator

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This is beautiful and amazing!

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Underground Refrigerator

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I'd hate to wake up and go to kitchen for a snack and find out the hard way
that I forgot to close the door to the fridge.

The Earth seen from Mars

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Reminds me of Carl Sagan's reflections on a picture of Earth from Voyager 1.

From this distant vantage point, the Earth might not seem of any particular interest. But for us, it's different. Consider again that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader," every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there – on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.

The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena. Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that in glory and triumph they could become the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot. Think of the endless cruelties visited by the inhabitants of one corner of this pixel on the scarcely distinguishable inhabitants of some other corner. How frequent their misunderstandings, how eager they are to kill one another, how fervent their hatreds. Our posturings, our imagined self-importance, the delusion that we have some privileged position in the universe, are challenged by this point of pale light. Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity – in all this vastness – there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves.

The Earth is the only world known, so far, to harbor life. There is nowhere else, at least in the near future, to which our species could migrate. Visit, yes. Settle, not yet. Like it or not, for the moment, the Earth is where we make our stand. It has been said that astronomy is a humbling and character-building experience. There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known.

Pale Blue Dot (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pale_Blue_Dot:_A_Vision_of_the_Human_Future_in_Spa ce)

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Unbelievable.

Sure is amazing how much we take for granted. Was at a car wash today washing some of my father's rental cars and thought, I'm using water to wash off a price a metal and using tons of it when people in Somalia are having to walk up to 10 miles a day just to try and get a gallon of clean water and we'll use that to flush our toilets multiple times a day... people here get mad over having to wait in traffic or missing their TV show.... When you want something, just be thankful for you already have. Not saying don't try and get better things, just be appreciative of our life style here in America, a lifestyle that the majority of the world will probably never get to experience.

$20,000 robot does Gangnam Style


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yP9NCMMqxCs

Chaohusaurus Fossil Shows Oldest Live Reptile Birth | Paleontology | Sci-News.com (http://www.sci-news.com/paleontology/science-chaohusaurus-fossil-live-reptile-birth-01763.html)

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Hey, one of my newest likes is the Taco Lingua at the Dolar Taco Truck at
SW 44th and S. May Avenue.

Lingua means tongue. It's incredible! Seriously.

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And here is the most interesting part of that observation, at least to me: Neither the grains of sand nor the stars would be aware that those atoms existed if it weren't for the peculiar arrangement of the atoms comprising our brains. (I didn't invent that idea. It's a mix of Teilhard de Chardin and Carl Sagan c/o my college astrophysics prof (Kim Malville) back in about '72. There are no "new" thoughts . . . We are all compilers.)

P.S.: Loved seeing the word "Metacognition" pop up in the post immediately above. =)

And here is the most interesting part of that observation, at least to me: Neither the grains of sand nor the stars would be aware that those atoms existed if it weren't for the peculiar arrangement of the atoms comprising our brains. (I didn't invent that idea. It's a mix of Teilhard de Chardin and Carl Sagan c/o my college astrophysics prof (Kim Malville) back in about '72. There are no "new" thoughts . . . We are all compilers.)

P.S.: Loved seeing the word "Metacognition" pop up in the post immediately above. =)I have never heard of this particular collection of atoms. I did a quick search and I must say, what a brilliant guy!

Here's a related thought: Since no two arrangements of atoms comprising brains, or the sensory organs that supply the brain with information, are exactly alike, there are as many different "universes" as there are observers (people). The views of the universe may be the almost the same in most ways, but there are billions of subtle differences. This is why I like to say that "Perception is Reality" is The Big Lie of All Time. Perception is only Perception. It is not "Reality" (with a capital R =). One could substitute the word "Truth" here, although I absolutely believe there is an objective Truth behind our perception of the "cosmos".

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I just found this on Stumble Upon. I'm not saying they are real. But it's a
lot of fun.

45 Unusual Items Confiscated by U.S. Customs and Postal Service (http://www.viralnova.com/confiscated-by-u-s-mail-facility/)

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HAHAHA, nice find.

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Personally I believe cool facts and articles are better when
there's at least a modicum of believability.

alright. So how do you think humans came about? I believe in a higher power, but I don't believe that a higher power bestowed two human beings in a garden belonging to Eve and here we are. I think we are part of a bigger plan, but that is my opinion. I think 'he' works in ways we are unable to comprehend and that is why I am hesitant to believe in any religion.

That's my opinion, in short, so whats yours? Why are we here? How did we get here? Did we come from monkeys or did 'he' bestow two people on this earth to populate it? Tell us...

... I think we are part of a bigger plan, but that is my opinion...
A bigger plan? Seriously. Who's bigger plan? Any ideas?

Personally, the pro evolutionists have yet to provide compelling evidence
of what they want to believe is credible. Not a single shred. However,
they expect us to believe what they say without compromise.

No thank you. The holes are there and the evolutionists, I refuse to call
them scientists, can't fill in the blanks. They have to make things up.

Making things up isn't very scientific. In fact it's not scientific at all.

A bigger plan? Seriously.Yes


Who's bigger plan?You know the answer to that...


Any ideas?That is the same question just phrased differently


Personally, the pro evolutionists have yet to provide compelling evidence
of what they want to believe is credible. Not a single shred. However,
they expect us to believe what they say without compromise.

No thank you. The holes are there and the evolutionists, I refuse to call
them scientists, can't fill in the blanks. They have to make things up.

Making things up isn't very scientific. In fact it's not scientific at all.That wasn't my question, but I hear you.

What do you believe is the origin of our species, Prune? Note, that I'm not asking what you don't believe, or what you think others believe. I'm asking where do you believe we came from? State your case for the record.

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They are self-disciplined.

THAT'S why I couldn't get laid in high school. Or college. Because I'm so smart. Gotta be it.

What do you believe is the origin of our species, Prune? Note, that I'm
not asking what you don't believe, or what you think others believe. I'm
asking where do you believe we came from? State your case for the record.
I've answered questions like this and they are on record.

I believe we were created by God.

I've answered questions like this and they are on record.

I believe we were created by God.
Thank you. I don't mean to make you repeat yourself, I just didn't recall seeing a clear answer on this from you before. I have more questions, but I think it best to save further discussion for the proper thread.

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Thank you. I don't mean to make you repeat yourself, I just didn't recall
seeing a clear answer on this from you before. I have more questions,
but I think it best to save further discussion for the proper thread.
PM me. I'm not worried about any questions you might have. Should be
fun.

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I don't get the flu shot every year. The one time I did I had a horrible
few months of the flu.

Not getting the flu shot is the best thing I've ever done as far as my
health is concerned.

I don't get the flu shot every year. The one time I did I had a horrible
few months of the flu.

Not getting the flu shot is the best thing I've ever done as far as my
health is concerned.I haven't got a flu shot ever, as far as I know. I have not had the flu either. That picture wasn't directed at you btw....

I haven't got a flu shot ever, as far as I know. I have not had the flu
either. That picture wasn't directed at you btw...
I know that. However, it was somewhat agreeing with the myth of
evolution.

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