We all know that crop circles come from aliens right? Some people seem to think that the mysterious patterns are created by smart-ass humans… but come on, this can’t be true! Don’t believe us? Here’s the proof:
Ok, jokes aside, this small segment was actually filmed as part of an ad for the Belgian State Bond. We have absolutely no idea what’s the relation between crop circles, aliens and that state bond thing, but hey, this is pretty cool nonetheless.
[Via Neatorama]
As the LHC’s activation date approaches (only two days left now, folks!), scientists working on the super-collider have started receiving large amounts of pleas, some which include death threats, asking to stop the potential apocalypse-bringing machine.
According to an article published on the Telegraph, CERN, the organization behind the project, has been bombarded with calls, faxes and e-mails from concerned, wanna-be scientists assuming that the LHC will end the universe as we know it. Yes, folks, they believe the universe, which is billions of years old, can be destroyed by an insignificant, man-made machine. Don’t you find this just a bit ridiculous? Reactions like the ones the LHC tries to replicate have been happening on a galactic-level for far longer than what our mind can conceive, so I don’t think there’s really a reason why anyone should worry.
Oh, and if you want to try and imagine the kind of attention CERN is receiving right now, you should see some of the search-engine traffic we’re getting on the only article we’ve ever published that mentions some of the potential risks of the LHC. Thousands of people every week search for “CERN risks” and similar keywords. Our guess is that as the month passes, we’ll see this trend become exponential… while the universe, planet Earth included, continues to safely prosper.
Edit: Oh, and for those of you who’d like to watch when the Large Haldron Collider goes live on Wednesday, CERN has put up a live webcast section on their site. You too can now be part of the party when the world goes BOOM! Pretty cool eh?
A while ago, we wrote about how magazine covers would eventually go high-tech, and specifically, how Esquire would soon revolutionize the world of offline publications by featuring an animated E-Ink cover on one of their upcoming issue. Well folks, a video showing the magazine’s cover has just been released, and I must say, I’m quite disappointed by the result. Ok, I know that this is the first e-cover ever, but still, I was expecting something a little flashier. Video after the jump.
Starting with four basic questions (that you may be surprised to find you can’t answer), Jonathan Drori looks at the gaps in our knowledge — and specifically, what we don’t understand about science that we might think we do.
By Mark O’Neill
Contributing Writer, [GAS]
They won’t be able to poke one another or post photos of their drunken one night stands. Or install widgets that plays games or sends virtual Winnie The Poohs. But the US Intelligence community’s “A-Space”, the ‘Facebook and YouTube for Spies’ which is about to begin, will be hopefully able to better co-ordinate the fight against terrorism by bringing case officers and analysts closer together to discuss raw material.
Open to 16 U.S. intelligence agencies, A-Space will have opinions and raw intelligence gathered from agents out in the field. A-Space participants will then be able to sift through it, discuss it, and debate it together. They can even collect “friends” like on any other social network.
Obviously you’ll need the proper security clearance to see certain information and to friend certain people. The guy at the front desk isn’t going to be able to send a friend request to the director and offer his opinions on raw intel coming in from Iraq!
But if you can’t have a poke, how about a stab? “Agent Smith has just stabbed you in the back! Would you like to stab him back?”. Plus, instead of sending someone a virtual teddy bear, how about sending them a virtual bomb instead?
Then again, we don’t want the spooks to have TOO much fun…..
Produced as a graduation project by several students from the “Gobelins” French animation school, Oktapodi is a short computer animated film featuring two young octopus lovers fighting to escape from the hands of a brutal deliveryman. Video after the jump.
By Mark O’Neill
Contributing Writer, [GAS]
The sight of Harrison Ford running around cracking his whip must have inspired them because now the four original Ghostbusters are set for a comeback, nearly 20 years since they last saved New York from ectoplasmic slime.
Columbia has hired two scriptwriters from the Ricky Gervais sitcom “The Office” to begin writing the script for Ghostbusters 3. When completed, the four Ghostbusters Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis and Ernie Hudson will be asked to come back and reprise their roles. Murray and Aykroyd will likely ask for a huge amount of cash.
But it seems questions are already being asked about the likelihood of the film succeeding. All four men are in their late 50’s or early 60’s. With bad reviews of Harrison Ford in the Crystal Skull, partly because of Ford’s age, industry watchers and pundits are wondering if movie watchers will warm to 4 old men running around chasing ghosts.
As I mentioned, it’s been 20 years since the last movie. As with Indiana Jones, have they missed the boat when it comes to making a third movie? Has the Ghostbusters era come and gone? What do you think?
Are you the kind of person who is sometimes so focused on his work that when you start working on your computer during the day, you don’t realize how long you’ve been staring at your screen until everything is dark around you? I know it has happened to me a few times in the past. However, I wasn’t a parent back then. There’s nothing quite like a child to bring you out of that kind of meditative trance.
So for those of you who can still do that kind of thing, you’ll love what designer Chris Natt has come up with: “[Stimuli 3.0 is] a lighting system whose shape and therefore light output sensitively varies inversely with the surrounding natural light intensity. For example, at dusk, illumination gradually increases as natural light recedes. At the heart of this device is a unique 3 axis gear box which enables this subtle alteration of lighting through an attractive and striking change in form of the device.”
Not only is the concept of “Stimuli 3.0” very interesting, but it also looks totally amazing. Additional pictures after the jump.
If you’ve been searching for a good domain name for a new site, but are getting depressed because you think all the best ones are already taken, listen to the following video. The fact is, there are still plenty of great domain names laying around, you just have to be a little imaginative.
[Via Self Made Minds]
Before saying anything, watch as Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates make total fools of themselves.
Now is it only me, or are you guys also thinking that this is utterly pointless? I know that Microsoft and Mr. Gates are astronomically rich, but they could at least try to spend their money on something that would have the potential of having a positive impact on future customers.
Let’s just hope that the rest of the campaign makes a little more sense than this.