Amesj's Odditorium

[bronco militia]

Originally Posted by alkemical

****, magnets? How do they work?

what about rainbows?!?!

[alkemical]

Originally Posted by bronco militia

what about rainbows?!?!

Blame unicorns.

[bronco militia]

Originally Posted by alkemical

Blame unicorns.

ahhhh! breading jaggalos!

[alkemical]

Originally Posted by bronco militia

ahhhh! breading jaggalos!

NOOOOOOO!!!!!

[alkemical]

Jessica Dailey
SolarWindow with Clear Spray-On Film Could Generate 300% More Energy Than Solar Panels

http://inhabitat.com/solarwindow-wit...-solar-panels/

[alkemical]

http://mysteriousuniverse.org/2011/0...eric-lifeforms

This article intrigues me, due to my position of thinking of other life forms that may exist, that we don't understand:

I had always had a posit for an idea that if there were beings on venus, being a "light" based being might make more sense than our concept of a "carbon" based life form.

The idea of "creatures" not know is an exciting and interesting brain food to help power the imagination.

[alkemical]

[alkemical]

http://inhabitat.com/finca-bellavist...-8-2/?extend=1

awesome tree houses

[alkemical]

http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2011/arp147/

Giant Ring of Black Holes

[alkemical]

http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/news/4...sity-emissions

EAST LANSING: New research sheds light on how microorganisms are able to 'hibernate' for long periods of time. This unique ability affects entire ecosystems on Earth, and could have implications for the transport of organisms between planets.

It’s commonly known, at least among microbiologists, that microbes have an additional option to living or dying - dormancy. What isn’t known, however, is how large numbers of dormant microorganisms affect the natural environments when they act as microbial seed banks.

“Only a tiny fraction is metabolically active at any given time,” said lead author Jay Lennon, who is affiliated with Michigan State University’s (MSU) Kellogg Biological Station and MSU’s AgBioResearch. “How would our environment be altered, in terms of carbon emissions, nutrient cycling and greenhouse gases such as nitrous oxide, by dramatic increases or decreases in the dormancy of microbes?”

[alkemical]

http://www.time.com/time/health/arti...048885,00.html

Why Biofuels Help Push Up World Food Prices

Read more: http://www.time.com/time/health/arti...#ixzz1Dxa0uJv6

[alkemical]

http://www.kurzweilai.net/ibm-device...-communication

IBM scientists create ultra-fast device that uses light for communication between computer chips

[Odysseus]

Originally Posted by alkemical

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/onl...ry?id=12771299

Are Online Actions Leading to Offline Anger?

As a psychiatrist, Aboujaoude said he sees many patients with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and the behavioral shifts brought about by Internet use. In 2006, he and other Stanford researchers published the results of a major study on problematic Internet habits that included more than 2,500 adults.

But Aboujaoude said that the dangers of the e-personality don't just apply to those with the most extreme Internet habits. Potentially, he said, everyone who connects to the Web is changed.

"Society at large is becoming a more angry, uncivil place," he said, pointing to the violent rhetoric that preceded the recent tragedy in Tucson and the vitriol surrounding the health care law debates last summer. "We should ask ourselves if one reason we've become so uncivil is because of what we do online and how we act on our blogs and in our chat rooms."

His arguments echo those of Nicholas Carr, who recently published "The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains." Aboujaoude says the fast-moving, information-overloaded Internet conditions people to become impulse-driven, impatient and unfocused.

What? Huh?

[Odysseus]

Originally Posted by alkemical

http://inhabitat.com/finca-bellavist...-8-2/?extend=1

awesome tree houses

This is cool!

[alkemical]

http://open.salon.com/blog/emagill/2...es_in_politics


We need to overcome these traps to solve our problems.

[alkemical]

Originally Posted by Odysseus

What? Huh?

Does online behaviour result in "real world" behaviour action?

[alkemical]

HOLY SHAITE


http://techcrunch.com/2011/02/13/sna...8TechCrunch%29

’ve been writing about the mobile industry for a few years now, and there’s one thing that still blows my mind each and every day: the rate at which these companies are able to make new feel old. Everytime something comes along and rocks our world, someone else in the industry responds with “Oh yeah? Well our new thing is twice as fast! And twice as efficient! Oh, and ours is completely powered by the laughter of unicorns! Beat that!”

And then someone does.

Just 3 weeks ago, a document leaked out NVIDIA detailing the Tegra 3, a 1.5 GHz, Quad-Core chipset for smart phones and tablets. Madness, right? Texas Instruments responded with their own quad-core chipset — except theirs clocked in at 2 Ghz.

Now it’s Qualcomm’s turn. Their rebuttal? 4 cores, each running at a theoretical maximum of 2.5 GHz. Punch it, Chewie!

[Arkie]

Idaho's problem is a good thing.

[baja]

Originally Posted by alkemical

HOLY SHAITE


http://techcrunch.com/2011/02/13/sna...8TechCrunch%29

’ve been writing about the mobile industry for a few years now, and there’s one thing that still blows my mind each and every day: the rate at which these companies are able to make new feel old. Everytime something comes along and rocks our world, someone else in the industry responds with “Oh yeah? Well our new thing is twice as fast! And twice as efficient! Oh, and ours is completely powered by the laughter of unicorns! Beat that!”

And then someone does.

Just 3 weeks ago, a document leaked out NVIDIA detailing the Tegra 3, a 1.5 GHz, Quad-Core chipset for smart phones and tablets. Madness, right? Texas Instruments responded with their own quad-core chipset — except theirs clocked in at 2 Ghz.

Now it’s Qualcomm’s turn. Their rebuttal? 4 cores, each running at a theoretical maximum of 2.5 GHz. Punch it, Chewie!

Here's why things are moving so fast.

[alkemical]

http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.p...rticleId=23303

Genetic Engineering: Scientists warn of link between dangerous new pathogen and Monsanto’s Roundup

[Rohirrim]

Monsanto marches on.

[alkemical]

Originally Posted by Rohirrim

Monsanto marches on.

I've been helping a lot of people up my way getting starting on gardening (both soil and water media).

It's amazing to see how much people are starting to turn their backs and reject some of these companies...I just don't know how much good it will do.

[alkemical]

http://www.blacklistednews.com/index.php?news_id=12789

Monsanto Shifts ALL Liability to Farmers

Monsanto's Technology Stewardship Agreement shifts responsibility to growers for any and all losses, injury or damages resulting from the use of Monsanto seeds. There is no expiration date on the contract. The grower may terminate the contract, but: "Grower's responsibilities and the other terms herein shall survive..."

This includes contamination of other farms. Growers are purchasing seed for Spring planting right now. Alfalfa, America's 4th largest crop, is a particular problem because it is a perennial plant and the seeds may lie dormant in the ground for 10-20 years, and WILL contaminate non-GM plants. Contaminated alfalfa cannot be recalled from the environment. The liability burden can follow the grower for decades. Farmers must be made aware of the danger of being sued before they plant GM crops (especially alfalfa because it is used for cattle feed and will affect dairy farmers).

Currently, Australian organic farmer Steve Marsh, who lost his organic certification due to contamination, is suing his GM crop-growing neighbor for the GM contamination.
Contamination of processing equipment is another risk.

There is evidence from India that GM crops are linked to livestock deaths. The Monsanto Technology Stewardship Agreement contract holds growers responsible for injuries, so this is another potential consequence for farmers planting Monsanto GM crops to consider.
The Monsanto Technology Stewardship Agreement has another clause that farmers will find disturbing: it appears that the growers agree that in order to sell their farm, the new purchaser must also sign a Monsanto Technology Stewardship Agreement. According to a top real estate broker, the contract places a covenant, condition or restriction (CCR) on the farmer's land:

"GROWER AGREES: To accept and continue the obligations of this Monsanto Technology/Stewardship Agreement on any new land purchased or leased by Grower that has Seed planted on it by a previous owner or possessor of the land; and to notify in writing purchasers or lessees of land owned by Grower that has Seed planted on it that the Monsanto Technology is subject to this Monsanto Technology/Stewardship Agreement and they must have or obtain their own Monsanto Technology/Stewardship Agreement."

[Rohirrim]

Here you will find behind-the-scenes details about how a large share of America’s milk supply has quietly become adulterated with the effects of a synthetic hormone (bovine growth hormone, or BGH) secretly injected into cows…and how pressure from the hormone maker Monsanto led Fox TV to fire two of its award-winning reporters and sweep under the rug much of what they discovered but were never allowed to broadcast.

After a five-week trial and six hours of deliberation which ended August 18, 2000, a Florida state court jury unanimously determined that Fox "acted intentionally and deliberately to falsify or distort the plaintiffs' news reporting on BGH." In that decision, the jury also found that Jane's threat to blow the whistle on Fox's misconduct to the FCC was the sole reason for the termination... and the jury awarded $425,000 in damages which makes her eligible to apply for reimbursement for all court costs, expenses and legal fees.

Fox appealed and prevailed February 14, 2003 when an appeals court issued a ruling reversing the jury, accepting a defense argument that had been rejected by three other judges on at least six separate occasions. CLICK HERE for more details on latest ruling. CLICK HERE to view how Fox13 reported the ruling.

The whistle-blowing journalists, twice refused Fox offers of big-money deals to keep quiet about what they knew, filed their landmark lawsuit April 2, 1998 and survived three Fox efforts to have their case summarily dismissed. It is the first time journalists have used a whistleblower law to seek a legal remedy for being fired by for refusing to distort the news. Steve and Jane are now considering an appeal to the Florida state Supreme Court.

http://www.foxbghsuit.com/

[alkemical]

This is appalling.