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Friday, July 9, 2010

Workaround

I once worked on a friend's dad's computer. He had the hard drive divided into six partitions, C: through J:, with a 'Documents' directory tree on each one. Each new file appeared to be saved to a partition at random. I knew enough not to ask.

3 x 9 = ?

Handy exam trick: when you know the answer but not the correct derivation, derive blindly forward from the givens and backward from the answer, and join the chains once the equations start looking similar. Sometimes the graders don't notice the seam.

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When gravity fails: 10 inspiring photographers and 40 mind-blowing photos

When gravity fails: 10 inspiring photographers and 40 mind-blowing photos:

Denis Darzacq

Ivo Mayr

Julia Fullerton-Batten

Li Wei

Lissy Elle

Nam

Romain Laurent

Miss Aniela

Toby Burrows

Mohammed Amine Nasseri, Magda Klukowski

NASA: Robonauts on Moon By 2013

This week, NASA announced plans to 'land an operational humanoid robot on the moon in 1,000 days.' The contractor of choice? Armadillo Aerospace, founded by gaming godfather John D. Carmack (Doom, Quake, Wolfenstein, etc.).
The Dallas Observer has extensive coverage, including NASA's 'Project M' whitepaper. Read more at the NASA robonautics website.
(thanks, Nick Rallo, image: NASA/GM)

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