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Seriously?
Genius scientists hope to use ultrasound to image tissues in the body! Breakthrough in medicine! Totally not decades-old technology and even older physics!
Ok, so maybe the ultrasound techniques are more sophisticated than before, but the idea certainly didn't come from bats, the big bug scourge of the skies.
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There's Something in the Water at Valve
Somehow, the mysterious software developer Valve seems to excel at just about everything. They continue to make great games with beautiful graphics with low system requirements. Their facial and body animations have been unsurpassed in the gaming industry since 2004 when Half-Life 2 was released (the facial animations in Halo 3 look crude by ( Read more... ) -
So....
I beat Halo 3 already. It took about 5:30 on normal difficulty. Granted I was pretty much blasting through it as fast as I could but that's still damn short. It also felt just like a continuation of Halo 2 with more polish. It's probably best that they're ending at 3, because I think they ran out of ideas for the franchise. I may have been ( Read more... ) -
Nominee for Best/Worst Section Title in a Physics Book
7.2: Hooke'd on Sonics - Elastic Waves
Two puns in three words. Superb/terrible.
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New Contender for the Blah Wars
So, this is a Slashdot article. Apparently a company has just announced themselves as a third party to the HD format wars, or as I like to call it, the wars nobody seems to care about. Nobody seems to care because Blu-Ray and HD-DVD are simply too expensive for most people and there aren't many people who care enough about high def images to buy ( Read more... ) -
End of Camp Miniupdate
Another year of camp is over. I appreciate it more and more every year. This summer was amazing. I hate to think that it may have been my last, and if it wasn't, next summer likely will be. This year's crop of staff was amazing. Program was amazing. I wish I could have stayed a couple more days but some...unforeseeable problems arose. ( Read more... ) -
In case you don't read Slashdot
I expect (hope) that these will become the standard replacement for wheelchairs by the time I'm debilitated enough to use one. -
Funny Headline
I didn't even read the story, but I think the headline is funny.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18922113/?GT1=9951
Better watch out people. Once I get my physics degree I'll be able to tell if you've been sleeping around. What an amazing prospect for extortion. -
Wow
I thought American reality TV was bad.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6699847.stm
The network says it's a way to bring attention to the Netherlands' poor organ donor program, but still.