Well I'll be damned

[EQnoble]

Agree with you there for the most part...as far as you average consumer goes and the availability of service.

In my area (well north of me to be exact as my small state which fios is in, is not allowed to offer it to consumers except for in one county on the coastline...because all of the citizens in that town are either actors or just filthy rich and bought out of their charter if I understand correctly.) I actually hit about 8 MB/s down but I can only hit 4 MB/s up at this point which to me is not bad but imo as long as they are using copper to send the signals there will always be loss. The whole country should just be wired for fiber and leave the old copper up as a redundancy in case of some incredible failure of the fiber network.

My friend is on TW...I do honestly feel quite sorry for you. I wish I could send you some internet but can't...instead please watch this

http://www.southparkstudios.com/full-episodes/s12e06-over-logging

 

[Saeed]

Truly breathtaking...

This time-lapse video, created from a series of 345 images shot from the International Space Station, showcases Auroras in the upper atmosphere of the Earth in a way we never see them from way down here.

Source: Amazing Time-lapse Video of Auroras as Seen From the ISS

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[EQnoble]

Oddly enough as beautiful as that is...without our magnetosphere that beautiful light show would could kill us...

 

[jmurrayhead]

Here's another Space Station video...

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[Saeed]

Wow, loved the lightening within the clouds.

 

[AdamD]

Here's another Space Station video...

Darn that's great.
I'd love to see an actual video, HD, covering the entire planet, that'd make a great background screensaver or wallpaper.

 

[AdamD]

Speaking of images, I had the two Blue Marble images printed out as a mouse mat and coffee mat set as gifts, it's such a great image.

http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=2429
and
http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/features/bm_gallery_6.html

 

[grant sarver]

Upper atmosphere electrical "sprite".

 

[Saeed]

An interesting little "Facts about you" infographic.

 

[Saeed]

Drilling a square hole

This would probably appeal to the geeks only.

Ask any woodworker if he can drill a square hole, and he'd say that of course ... with a hollow square mortise chisel & bit. But that's kind of cheating: it's basically drilling a round hole and chiseling the rest to make the square hole.

But did you know that there is a way to actually drill a square hole? With a Harry Watts square drill bit (named after its inventor, who patented it back in 1917). Here it is in action:

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Confused? Here's a neat animation that shows what exactly is happening (hint: the bit is shaped like a Reuleaux triangle):​

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Pretty nifty, huh?​

 

[grant sarver]

Another way of making odd holes including square:

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[TheLaw]

I figure whatever...start a thread for posting things you have never seen or just can't believe even if you see it.

 

[EQnoble]

Another way of making odd holes including square:

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That is kinda slick. Gotta love anything that the "machine that can rebuild itself" can do. Not to mention the inner rotating cylinder that holds the bit looks like it is doing a hula dance , that is a sexy setup right there.
and speaking of machines and sexy things...

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not bad, tbh never heard of them...they seem to be only in a few select urban area's.

 

[Pope Viper]

This may have been posted around here, but it definitely qualifies for this thread.

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[EQnoble]

This may have been posted around here, but it definitely qualifies for this thread.

this machine has been posted but I will never get tired of seeing the commercial models of these (3d printers in general actually) at work

 

[jonsidneyb]

This may have been posted around here, but it definitely qualifies for this thread.

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The world has people doing things that I find hard to comprehend. This is amazing.

 

[Digital Doctor]

Is this true ?
I must have seen more naked chicks IRL than I remember !
Here I thought my imagination was inventing hot chicks with blue hair with metal lingerie.

 

[jonsidneyb]

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Is this true ?
I must have seen more naked chicks IRL than I remember !
Here I thought my imagination was inventing hot chicks with blue hair with metal lingerie.

You probably saw it in a movie or something.

 

[EQnoble]

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Is this true ?
I must have seen more naked chicks IRL than I remember !
Here I thought my imagination was inventing hot chicks with blue hair with metal lingerie.

what someone looks like and what your brain renders them to look like while dreaming are two different things...try not focusing on the lingerie and see if you can pick em out.

 

[Kier]

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