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aaron's picture

Bin Laden's a douche.

"If there is no check on the freedom of your words, then let your hearts be open to the freedom of our actions"
--Osama Bin Laden (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7306002.stm)

Nope, no check on the freedom of our words. That's called a free society. If you have a problem with free societies, then bring it on. We can take it.

That was specifically directed toward the EU... they survived the blitz.. What the hell could you possibly bring that they can't stand?

What a self important pissant... Keep calm and carry on people.

 
aaron's picture

everybody sucks.

google: you suck for not recognizing a '.' in the search term ".Net"

microsoft: you suck for making a product with a completely common and unsearchable name.

 
Batty's picture

Sam Harris is awesome.

This is the best little essay I've read in a long time!

 
Batty's picture

Cory Doctorow is a terrible writer.

I keep trying to read his drivel, but it's just so godawful bad that I can't take it. It reads like high school fiction. I'm not saying I could do better (but given the amount of practice he's had, I don't see how I could possibly do worse), but that, compared to actual writers who don't make their money blogging and talking about things they're not qualified to be regarded as experts on, he's awful.

 
aaron's picture

Peter Sagal From Wait Wait don't tell me about running

http://www.runnersworld.com/article/0,7120,ssssss6-243-297--11736-1-1X2X...

Probably something only I am interested in, but there are some pretty good chunks in this interview that explain running, and why your average joe would want to do it.

 
aaron's picture

The JPL's Athlete bot prototype

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/videos/technology/athlete-20070806/

This is a freaking rad design. I'm really impressed by the interchangeable tools and power taps on each leg. Such great ideas!

 
aaron's picture

Woot! Darpa Urban challenge!

This year it's about fully autonomous cars navigating an urban environment. (with traffic!)

Here's an article about it

I assembled all the videos from each school after the break

 
aaron's picture

New Egg.com: sneaky bastards.

So, I'm ordering something at newegg, and I get this log in prompt..

Don't read the words and tell me what that checkbox is usually for.. (remember my login.. right?)

In fact it's to fracking sign up for their spam! Grrr.

I've been conditioned when I see a login prompt to type my username *tab* my password *tab* press *space* on the checkbox *tab* press *space* again to submit the form..

They almost got me.

 
aaron's picture

Happy Halloween!


My friend Orf sent me this today. Gotta love the internet.. it's got it all.

 
aaron's picture

extremely high altitude remote camera balloon flight

http://www.natrium42.com/halo/flight2/

some spectacular images/video. Along with a picture of the guy's strung together hardware.