Early in June a B2 Stealth Bomber departing from Andersen Air Force base in Guam crashed on a few moments after take off. At the time of the crash the only available from the Air Force at that time was that “Water distorted preflight readings in three of the plane’s 24 sensors, making the aircraft’s control computer force the B-2 to pitch up on takeoff, resulting in a stall and subsequent crash.” Both pilots ejected safely. A short time later, a video was released showing the crash.
The idea that huge herds of cows produce enough methane from various bodily functions to effect the earths climate has been floating around for awhile now. Although one common misconception is that most of this methane comes from, well… cow farts. In actuality most of the methane is burped up during digestion. Cellulose in the grasses the cows eat are digested by the help of certain bacteria in the the cows stomachs. However, this is some what inefficient and a byproduct of this digestion process is the methane that is burped out in a process called eructation.
But what if you truly wanted to see what kind of green house gases were released by an average cow? What kind of device would be required and just how weird would it look strapped to that patient bovine? A group of Argentinean scientists think they might have the answer.
On the list of things that might still be alive after a nuclear war or a massive disaster on a planetary scale, the cockroach always seems to rank highest on what might be capable of surviving such a disaster. This notion has been repeated by popular culture for many years. However, the cockroach may not be the only bug that is suited for life on a radioactive world.
These were just a few at the top of my bookmark list. In the future there will probably be less links, but each will have a description. Right now it looks like I sneezed a bunch of links on to the page. Links after the jump.
I just saw this link on digg this morning. A guy over at ripten had just gotten a new dell laptop and everything seemed peachy until he attempted to set up some audio recoding sessions. After some searching it was discovered that there were many reports of audio recoding problems on groups of dell laptops an desktops.
Remember that scene in Aliens 2 when the space marines used several automated sentry turrets temporarily hold off a horde of alien xenomorphs? Well, if this youtube video is any indication this kid has created a near perfect replica using a computer controlled painball gun. Its accuracy is uncanny, even several attempts to fool the turret with another moving object only resulted in a few second head start. Video after the jump. Read the full story »
Ever wondered how the price of gas was reflected across the U.S.? Well, this handy map from gasbuddy lets you check it out, weather map style. The extra cool comes in when you drill down and view gas prices by zip code, city, county, etc. Pretty handy way to seek out the lowest gas prices, especially if you on the road.
Apparently the people over at ecomodder have been following a story about a guy claiming to have modified his 1987 Ford Mustang to achieve an amazing 110mpg, while still cranking out 400 HP. Needless to there were some questions and not a lot of answers. More after the jump. Read the full story »