O.M.G.I.G.P. stands for “Oh My God I’m Gonna Puke.” Some of you will think that this acronym should be used as an Anti-IE acronym, but in the case of the following video, no, it’s to promote IE8’s new InPrivate mode. Warning: Video is a bit gross.
Oh, and before anyone mentions it, yeah, we know, Chrome already had this feature way before IE8 was even out!
This is what you get when you decide to invade a real eagle’s airspace. Fortunately for the fake eagle, a crow was there in the end to save its sorry ass.
[Via Gizmodo]
By Casey Lynn
Contributing Writer, [GAS]
As if we don’t see enough equations in physics textbooks, sometimes they sneak up on us when we’re least expecting them.
Some of the equations pictured are “famous” (though some are definitely not); please feel free to boast your equation-spotting skills in the comments. It’s like bird watching. “Oh look, there’s Maxwell’s! There’s gravitational momentum!” Of course, clicking through to the flickr page first is cheating. Those of you fond of geeky tattoos might like some of these as well. So get out your pens and paper and… begin.
problem #1 (barredo – CC), problem #2 (julishannon – CC), problem #3 (urban_data – CC), problem #4 (ztephen – CC), problem #5 (reallyboring – CC), problem #6 (mmechtley – CC), problem #7 (dfisher81 – CC), problem #8 (breakingglass – CC), problem #9 (yufengzi – CC), problem #10 (edyson – CC), problem #11 (antoniapneumonia – CC), problem #12 (xnxbox – CC)
Vodafone has launched a device which boosts reception for cellphones in the homes of British customers. It’s the first time the device, known as a femtocell, has been launched to consumers in Europe.
The device (pictured, via bandaancha.eu) works by routing cellphone signals through a home broadband connection. The femtocell, which simply plugs into the mains power and a spare ethernet connection on a router, effectively acts as a miniature base station which broadcasts mobile signals.
It works with any 3G phone and is designed to solve the problem of people having inconsistent signal throughout their homes and often having to move from room to room to make and receive calls. That’s becoming more of an issue now that many people use their cellphone as their primary communications device, with landlines often used mainly for internet services. (I can identify with this: in one home, while sitting in my favorite seat, my phone only received calls when I remembered to put it in my right-hand trouser pocket rather than the left…)
The device, which Vodafone is marketing under the name Access Gateway, costs £160 (US$264) to buy outright, or £5 a month to rent. For Vodafone customers, it’s included free with a £15 monthly tariff. Users can route calls for up to four different phones through the device, though they have to register these before they will work; this prevents neighbors taking advantage of your bandwidth.
The system also works well for network carriers such as Vodafone because the data is transferred through the broadband connection rather than its own networks. That’s a useful way of reducing strain, particularly as data-hungry smartphones are placing ever-heavier demands on networks.
There are some potential drawbacks. Vodafone says its tests show the device doesn’t have a noticeable detrimental effect on the internet connection of the broadband line its hooked up to. However, there’s no specific technology to stop this happening, so it’s always a possibility.
It may also be a tough sell as Vodafone is effectively asking customers to pay extra to make up for the fact that it hasn’t got enough masts in place to give everyone a solid signal throughout their home.
A browser is a search engine??? Really? It’s pretty hard to believe that in 2009, of all the people who were interviewed for this video, less than 8% actually knew what a browser was. I tell you folks, this is truly a sad day for the geek nation. It seems that we’ve got a lot of work on our hands to educate the infidels.
[Via TechEblog]
Since I just came back from the celebration of one of our local holidays here in Quebec, the St-Jean-Baptiste, I felt that posting this video about the science behind what a great beer should taste like was really appropriate. If you’re a beer lover such as I am, I’m sure you’ll enjoy this video.
Have you ever thought that it would be really cool if you could combine multiple RSS or Atom feeds into a single feed? I have, and I now know that it’s possible with an awesome cross-platform web application called FeedMingle, available at www.feedmingle.com. For years now I’ve relied on my RSS feeds for getting news on my Windows Mobile device or, on my desktop, via a browser.
RSS feeds are available from millions of sources, and now you can make an ultimate feed for yourself with this awesome little web application.
It’s a really simple program: you access it online and feed it your RSS URLs, and then it spits back a new URL for your feed. With that, you can enjoy this new combined feed just like you would any other.
Let’s check out how it works.
A NASA satellite has become the agency’s first unmanned device to orbit the moon in more than a decade. It’s the first step in a program planned to put a human back on the moon in ten years or so.
After correcting course midway through, NASA staff were able to guide the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) into orbit this morning. There will now be a 60 day phase where the instruments on the orbiter will be fully checked, after which the device will orbit between 31 miles and 135 miles above the moon’s surface for a year.
The device is intended to gather the most detail ever collected about the moon’s surface, including high-resolution 3D imaging. The information will form a key part of a long-term plan to put astronauts on the moon for the first time since the mid-70s. As well as mapping, the orbiter has tools which will seek out hidden ice, take temperatures and detect any radiation which could cause a risk to astronauts.
A second unmanned device has also successfully entered lunar orbit today. Unlike the LRO, the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) will orbit the around moon’s poles. Eventually it will crash into a crater in the south pole which is currently hidden by shadows. The hope is that the crash will uncover ice below the surface which gives further evidence of water on the moon which could support life.
As well as bringing modern technology to the devices themselves, NASA is using some high-tech ways of publicizing the program. It’s providing streaming images from LCROSS, including the one pictured above.
The agency has also set up a Twitter accounts under the names of, and written in the voice of, the two devices. The two almost appear to have different personalities: while LCROSS stoically reports “I am staring at Mendeleev (Lat 5.7N,Lon 140.9E), a large ancient impact basin with uniform floor deposits,” the LCO announces “The moon has capture me! I am there!”
Big Buck Bunny is an amazing 3D short that tells the story of a giant rabbit with a heart bigger than himself. When one sunny day three rodents rudely harass him, something snaps… and the rabbit ain’t no bunny anymore! In the typical cartoon tradition he prepares the nasty rodents a comical revenge.
Is it only me or does this new Transformers 2 clip makes anyone think of one of the old Gremlins movies?
[Via Topless Robot]