» New York Times 50 Most Challenging Words (defined and used) - Currently Obsessed. The New York Times recently published a list of 50 fancy words that most frequently stump their readership. They are able to measure this data thanks to a nifty in-page lookup mechanism, which you can try here. Try double-clicking the word “epicenter”. Since the NYT didn’t include definitions of these words, I decided to post a job to MediaPiston to produce an article defining and using each word in the list. Voila! The New York Times 50 Fancy Words (defined and used) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50.
Nerd Blerp - 10 Great Horror Films You've Never Seen. Being a fan of all things horror, I thought it high-time I showed some love for the genre on this site. Horror films are great because they appeal to our most base natures, but also because they are allowed to be as loopy and imaginative as they want...well, at lest they used to be. These days, imagination has been replaced by lots of gore and cheap 'jump-out-of-your-seat' shocks. Horror films no longer follow you home and haunt your dreams in the stillness of the night. So, here are ten great horror films that you've never seen before (I hope). They will provide you with a much needed antidote to the teeny-bopper and remake hell that we are stuck in today. More importantly, each one of these films is very imaginative and will provide you with the nightmares you've been lacking. 10.
This twisted gem from the eighties owes a lot to Freddy Krueger, but is also original and creepy in its own way. 9. This Finnish horror film moves at a delibarately slow pace, but is unsettling as all hell. Deindividuation. The Misconception: People who riot and loot are scum who were just looking for an excuse to steal and be violent. The Truth: You are are prone to losing your individuality and becoming absorbed into a hivemind under the right conditions. Source: Improv Everywhere When a crowd gathers near a suicidal jumper something terrible is unleashed. In Seattle in 2001, a 26-year-old woman who had recently ended a relationship held up traffic for a little too long as she considered the implications of leaping to her death.
As motorists began to back-up on the bridge and become irate, they started yelling “Jump, bitch, jump!” Until she did. Cases like this aren’t unusual. In 2008, a 17-year old man jumped from the top of a parking garage in England after 300 or so people chanted for him to go for it. In San Francisco, in 2010, a man stepped onto the ledge of his apartment window and contemplated dropping from the building. Within a crowd like this many will retain their sense of right and wrong. Links: Electronics 101 - Fundamentals of Electricity - Lesson 27 - Enough is Enough!! Ok, a human being can only be subjected to so much math before their head explodes. I don't know about you, but I've about reached my limit for now. So let's discuss something a little less math intensive. If we have two coils of identical length and diameter, but one has 4 turns of wire, while the second has 8 turns of wire, the coil with 8 turns will have more inductance than the one with 4 turns.
CORE MATERIAL: A coil wrapped around an iron core will have a much greater inductance than one wound with nothing in the middle but air. This is because iron has a much higher PERMEABILITY than air. LENGTH OF COIL: If the coil has the same diameter, and the same number of turns, but is made longer (say, by stretching it out), the inductance of the coil will decrease. When we first created our coil of wire, we were working with DC. You see, electricity, as we have found, moves at a given speed (the speed of light). Did we say that a coil acts like a resistor in some circumstances? Electronics 101 - Fundamentals of Electricity - Lesson 3 - Conductors, Insulators, and Resistors. This Course was written by Ray Dall © All Rights Reserved. This page and all its content Copyright, Trademarks, Intellectual Properties and other legal issues 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 Ray Dall.
All Rights Reserved. And for what it's worth... this page was last updated HexDate 01-11--7D1. 70 Things Every Computer Geek Should Know. | Arrow Webzine. The term ‘geek’, once used to label a circus freak, has morphed in meaning over the years. What was once an unusual profession transferred into a word indicating social awkwardness. As time has gone on, the word has yet again morphed to indicate a new type of individual: someone who is obsessive over one (or more) particular subjects, whether it be science, photography, electronics, computers, media, or any other field. A geek is one who isn’t satisfied knowing only the surface facts, but instead has a visceral desire to learn everything possible about a particular subject.
A techie geek is usually one who knows a little about everything, and is thus the person family and friends turn to whenever they have a question. If you’re that type of person and are looking for a few extra skills to pick up, or if you’re a newbie aiming to get a handhold on the honor that is geekhood, read on to find out what skills you need to know. How to become a real computer Geek?
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Tremont Electric was in Las Vegas for the Consumer Electronics Show, where it will tout the nPower PEG (personal energy generator) as ideally suited for today's gizmo-dependent lifestyles. "It's for any outdoors enthusiast who is deep in the woods and doesn't have access to a power outlet or for a commuter who constantly needs backup battery power," said Jessica Davis of Tremont. "You could use this for an emergency situation or just for your commute. " Advertisement PEG batons measure nine inches (23 centimetres) and weigh 11 ounces (312 grams). The batons can be put in a backpack, brief case, or runner's pouch where they synch to up-and-down motion to generate power. "It tunes to optimise the amount of power being produced," Davis said. Texas Man Arrested for Warning of Speed Traps. Italy to ban plastic bags in New Year. Italy is banning plastic bags from shops on January 1 -- every Italian uses on average 300 plastic bags a year.
Shopkeepers will be forbidden to give them away starting in 2011They will be allowed to use up their existing stocks of bagsSome shopkeepers complain of confusion over the ban Rome (CNN) -- Italy is a nation known as much for its food as for the ubiquitous plastic bag, given out freely with every purchase around the country and often left to litter streets or landfills. A new ban coming into effect January 1, however, may change that. The Italian Environment Ministry is banning shopkeepers from handing out plastic bags in order to help the environment. "It is a great innovation," Environment Minister Stefania Prestigiacomo said of the ban. The environmental group Legambiente estimates each Italian consumes about 300 plastic bags a year, and that 180,000 tons of gasoline would be saved if everyone used just 10 bio-degradable bags a year for their shopping. HTML5: the language aiming to make the web wider. 29 December 2010Last updated at 11:09 By Bobbie Johnson Technology reporter, BBC News Sir Tim took the web worldwide but its capabilities are about to undergo another big leap Just 20 years after it took its first tentative steps into the world, the web has become a revolutionary phenomenon.
Almost 2 billion people are now online globally, and internet connections are now a vital part of international trade, communication and even politics. Despite the web's rapid growth, however, the technology underpinning it has changed surprisingly little - in many cases remaining more or less the same as when Sir Tim Berners-Lee built the very first web pages in his lab in Switzerland in 1990. That could all be about to change, however, thanks to a new web technology called HTML5 that promises to shake up the web from top to bottom.
Backed by some of the internet's biggest companies, it is a long-awaited update to HyperText Markup Language, the basic dictionary used by almost every web page. Play time. Crayon. Pressing the ingredients into the crayon mold. Processed nuts, sesame seeds…and moistened with melted marshmellow. The consistency should be somewhat dense and clump together with a squeeze. Another color set, processed corn, nuts, yellow fruity pebbles, bee pollen, super healthy. Before it was powdered, here are the whole ingredients..I used freeze dried corn as well (this stuff is SO good as a snack…SO GOOD..better than popcorn..it tastes like real corn but just dried…but super light not like normal dried corn), I also used peanuts, bee pollen, dried bananas Each crayon was made with color divisions. Yes the flavor is based on colors, not actual flavors… This was the brown color, it had almonds, black sesami, wild sesame, and some other ingredients…You can use whatever you want, even prunes..
Bee pollen is really good for you as well. These were the green crayon ingredients, peas, green beans, dried kiwi, green fruity pebbles, dried pumpkin seeds. Goji berries for the red crayon. Check here. Kaylene Kau's Prosthetic tentacle @Makezine.com blog. Kaylene Kau’s Prosthetic tentacle via jwz. She writes - For this project we were pushed by our Professor to push the boundaries of current upper-limb prosthetic design. Through extensive research I found that the prosthetic functioned as an assistant to the dominant functioning hand. The prosthetic needed to be both flexible and adjustable in order to accommodate a variety of different grips. Phillip Torrone Editor at large – Make magazine. Related. Why The Salvation Army Doesn’t Deserve Your Money. Posted on December 7, 2010 in Articles Every holiday season, people open their hearts and wallets for family, friends, and charities alike, including the Salvation Army.
Unfortunately, some large organizations who regularly solicit for money are often using funds for political motives or ‘overhead’ costs. In a series of posts, we’ll be investigating three popular charities that don’t deserve your charity. Everyone knows the Salvation Army. However, the Salvation Army’s virulent opposition to gay rights both in public and through persistent legislative lobbying raises the question how donations intended for the needy are being spent.
In fact, the Salvation Army goes so far as to say gay people shouldn’t be having sex. Starting at the beginning of George W. In 2004, the Salvation Army threatened to close all its soup kitchens in the New York City area—which would have ended $250 million worth of contracts with the city—if they were forced to offer benefits to same-sex couples.
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