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#41One thing wrong with that as a combat robot, in my opinion. Lack of flamethrower... Rather than catching yourself when some jerk kicks you, it'd be much better to just use aforementioned flamethrower, and crisp him first. Also, it can be used to make snow and ice navigatable. :D -
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#42Need a quick and dirty research paper and don't want to worry about those darn cheating engines that might catch you.
Then get an original research paper in seconds from MIT!
http://pdos.csail.mit.edu/scigen/
SCIgen is a program that generates random Computer Science research papers, including graphs, figures, and citations. It uses a hand-written context-free grammar to form all elements of the papers. Our aim here is to maximize amusement, rather than coherence.
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#43When is the last time you used google maps? maps.google.com
You HAVE to check out the new "Street View" they have!
It is AWESOME! -
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#44Ever seen this one Strolen: http://www.google.com/codesearch ? -
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#46Anything is possible in Windows, especially when you are using a spread sheet.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-a9kriUrDQ
http://graphjam.com/2008/04/05/funny-graphs-anythings-possible-with-windows/ -
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#47Wow, this is like Real BTL (Better Than Life) Chips! It's crazy "music" that can make you feel different ways. From relaxed to hallucinating... I'm skeptical, but i was wondering what you guys thought: http://i-doser.com/ -
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#48Haven't tried it yet, though it sounds scientifically possible. I did find interesting one of the user comments:
"i'm a big cyrstal meth user and have been since i was 7. if you like crystal meth then you gotta try this. me and my buddy still do crystal meth but this is better."
So, it's apparently good in conjunction with methamphetamines. Yay? :shock: -
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Anything is possible in Windows, especially when you are using a spread sheet.
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http://graphjam.com/2008/04/05/funny-graphs-anythings-possible-with-windows/
You might have seen the parent of that one:
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#50Dooooomed! Doomed I tell you!
[http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/90339] -
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#51http://ui.jquery.com/home
oooooohhhhh preeeeettty.
(now, how can I use it, especially the sortable page layout. :) ) -
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#52
Dooooomed! Doomed I tell you!
http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/90339
NOOOOOOOOOOO!
Don't force me to live in this frigid forest devoid of the pleasures of insulting people worldwide!
I... NEED... BANDWIDTH! -
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#53Dragonfly is here. :)
http://www.opera.com/products/dragonfly/ -
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#54http://code.google.com/apis/ajaxlibs/
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I just got to announce the Google AJAX Libraries API which exists to make Ajax applications that use popular frameworks such as Prototype, Script.aculo.us, jQuery, Dojo, and MooTools faster and easier for developers.
Whenever I wrote an application that uses one of these frameworks, I would picture a user accessing my application, having 33 copies of prototype.js, and yet downloading yet another one from my site. It would make me squirm. What a waste!
At the same time, I was reading research from Steve Souders and others in the performance space that showed just how badly we are doing at providing these libraries. As developers we should setup the caching correctly so we only send that file down when absolutely necessary. We should also gzip the files to browsers that accept them. Oh, and we should probably use a minified version to get that little bit more out of the system. We should also follow the practice of versioning the files nicely. Instead, we find a lot of jquery.js files with no version, that often have little tweaks added to the end of the fils, and caching is not setup well at all so the file keeps getting sent down for no reason.
When I joined Google I realised that we could help out here. What if we hosted these files? Everyone would see some instant benefits:
* Caching can be done correctly, and once, by us... and developers have to do nothing
* Gzip works
* We can serve minified versions
* The files are hosted by Google which has a distributed CDN at various points around the world, so the files are "close" to the user
* The servers are fast
* By using the same URLs, if a critical mass of applications use the Google infrastructure, when someone comes to your application the file may already be loaded!
* A subtle performance (and security) issue revolves around the headers that you send up and down. Since you are using a special domain (NOTE: not google.com!), no cookies or other verbose headers will be sent up, saving precious bytes.
This is why we have released the AJAX Libraries API. We sat down with a few of the popular open source frameworks and they were all excited about the idea, so we got to work with them, and now you have access to their great work from our servers. -
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#56And the next step will be a neat little browser plugin into Firefox and other browsers, that will keep track of the newest versions automatically, for speeding up some websites. The scripts, already good on their own, will improve some more.
And soon, there will be an operating system of sorts on the loose. :twisted: -
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#57The script it comes with will automatically download the newest versions so you never have to manually update your code to get the most current version.
And as far as the OS part..... http://gears.google.com/ -
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#58So it, among other things, allows you to use some web applications offline?
If that thing grows, it will be truly impressive. -
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#59hmmmmm
http://www.phpbench.com/
Except for the commas instead of periods in the echo statement, I am doing pretty good. -
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#60http://www.p01.org/releases/DHTML_contests/files/DEFENDER_of_the_favicon/
Playing Defender in your favicon....ummmmmmm
Best played in Opera of course. -
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#61Back to the hardware!
Improve your car's doors into something more futuristic.
Or perhaps make your submarine for cheap. You know you want to. -
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#62ZOT!
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/21/AR2008092102432_pf.html -
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#63In light of the current quest:
2:37 pm: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrdeZ-4rqyU
2:37 pm: Steam engine video 1
2:38 pm: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ud8JZLgNFHE
2:38 pm: Video 2
2:38 pm: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJGpbvvJA2I
2:38 pm: Video 3 -
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#64[http://www.pewinternet.org/pdfs/PIP_FutureInternet3.pdf] -
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#65http://blogs.pcworld.co.nz/pcworld/tux-love/2006/05/propeller_head_dept.html
Propeler Head Department, for those loving obscure Linux error messages. -
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#66http://brian-mcdermott.com/fusion_is_easy.htm
Make a fusion reactor in your own home! Just don't expect to generate surplus electricity with it. -
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#67http://www.chromeexperiments.com/detail/browser-ball/
You can throw a ball from one frame to the next. crazy!
and
http://code.google.com/webtoolkit/overview.html
Google web toolkit. A java to javascript crosscompiler? -
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#68Holy Crap!
No description, watch a few moments of the screencast or go to the webpage and click on some examples. CRAZY!
Kids won't have to learn anything anymore.
http://www.wolframalpha.com/screencast/introducingwolframalpha.html
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#70Researchers Build Anonymous, Browser-Based 'Darknet'
A pair of researchers has discovered a way to use modern browsers to more easily build darknets - the underground, private Internet communities where users can share content and ideas securely and anonymously.
Now darknets are nothing new, but this one doesn't require to install any software, it can run completely in the browser (they say HTML 5-based browser, so it's probably still some time away, but it's coming).
Spies and conspirators, bad guys and secretive good guys, take heed! -
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#71I don't even know how to use it, but it's still kinda cool. I'm also sure it's useful, if you know what to do with it:
http://www.colorotate.org/
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#74As someone mentioned Wave, have a look at this:
Google Wave: we came, we saw, we played D&D
Using a brand new technology for gaming. Could be worth trying. -
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#76live collaborative code editing in the browser:
squadedit: https://squadedit.com/ that is soo cool!
bespin: heavier version of the above, but open source. https://bespin.mozilla.com/ -
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#78I see your impulse drive, and raise you a Heim Warp Drive. -
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#79Now you're just getting silly :P
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#80http://www.projectrho.com/rocket/index.html
Your imagination has been captured by the roaring rockets from Heinlein's SPACE CADET or the Polaris from TOM CORBETT, SPACE CADET. But are such rockets possible? How does one go about defining the performance of these atomic-powered cruisers?
This document gives some hints and equations that will allow back-of-the-envelope calculations on such matters. Though horribly simplistic, they are far better than just making up your figures.
This site was mainly intended for science fiction authors who wanted a little scientific accuracy. But anybody who is interested can play with the toys contained within, designing their own Planet Rangers Rocketships. It is assumed that the reader has enough knowledge to know the difference between a star and a planet, high school mathematics, and enough skill to use a pocket calculator. Computer spreadsheet and computer programming skills are a plus, spreadsheets in particular will make your life much easier.
The engine and the torchship pages explain how easily do some of the calculations using Nomograms. PDF versions of the nomograms can be downloaded from those pages, or printed versions can be purchased from
While this site originally focused on rocketry equations, as you can see it has grown to encompass other topics of interest to SF authors and game designers.