In The News

[Nightlord]

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/alien-bugs-discovered-earths-atmosphere-152253962.html#eN34Leu

Pretty cool.

[SiL]

"It is generally accepted that things this size can't just float up her, ergo, aliens."

Um.

[SM]

Professor Milton Wainwright, who led the team, said: "Most people will assume that these biological particles must have just drifted up to the stratosphere from Earth, but it is generally accepted that a particle of the size found cannot be lifted from Earth to heights of, for example, 27km.

"The only known exception is by a violent volcanic eruption, none of which occurred within three years of the sampling trip."

Is three years some sort of absolute?  Just over three years ago Europe had this big ass ash cloud...



Meanwhile in other news - I'm not seeing any Cyclopean cities, so I'm thinking more Dagon than Cthulhu

[SiL]

It's a Bond villain's lair. The earthquake was a ruse.

[DoomRulz]

Criminal caught after leaving his keys behind.

I guess even when robbing a bank it pays to keep your keys in your pocket. Isn't that what most people do?

[coolbreeze]

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/people-falling-fake-apple-ios-115719246.html

apple users...

[Rong]

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/people-falling-fake-apple-ios-115719246.html

apple users...

More like People in general

me personally i'm lovin ios7

Spoiler

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[Xeno Killer 2179]

http://www.thefrisky.com/2013-08-06/orgasms-are-better-for-your-brain-than-sudoku/

[DoomRulz]

I can't open that link at work but based on the headline, I'm going say, duh. I kinda figured physical pleasure is always more satisfying than mental pleasure.

[DoomRulz]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2433175/Have-scientists-accidentally-created-lightsaber-New-form-matter-discovered-seen-science-fiction.html

You read it here first, folks. Lightsabers may one day be a reality.

[Xeno Killer 2179]

http://www.usgamer.net/articles/amds-mantle-and-why-valve-might-want-to-worry

Finally we may see more derp for our herp

[Rong]

go spacex

http://www.space.com/22975-cassiope-space-weather-satellite-spacex-launch.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVtL0hUXR4s#

Not really news but nice speculation on what might be.

[DoomRulz]

http://www.usgamer.net/articles/amds-mantle-and-why-valve-might-want-to-worry

Finally we may see more derp for our herp

The GPU Wars never end so within a year or two, I'm sure NVIDIA will have an answer to this, assuming AMD pulls it off.

[Xeno Killer 2179]

http://www.usgamer.net/articles/amds-mantle-and-why-valve-might-want-to-worry

Finally we may see more derp for our herp

The GPU Wars never end so within a year or two, I'm sure NVIDIA will have an answer to this, assuming AMD pulls it off.

They already do. It just isn't open source.

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http://www.foxnews.com/science/2013/10/02/beaver-butts-emit-goo-used-in-vanilla-flavored-foods/

[Shasvre]

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/10/03/politics/u-s-capitol-shooting-main/