Kurt Starnes

offer them donuts and beer? - Big Joe Silenced

I told 'em I was waiting on my Buzz. - Kurt Starnes

"This limited edition collection brings together two celebrated icons that have long been respected and admired by discerning connoisseurs worldwide. Recently named Best Malt in the World*, The Macallan remains the Single Malt against which all others must be judged. Underpinning this peerless reputation is the commitment of The Masters of Spirit and Wood, those craftsmen at the heart of The Macallan for almost two centuries. Their obsessive pursuit of perfection has ensured the consistent quality that has characterised The Macallan since it was legally licensed in 1824." - Kurt Starnes

Laphroaig is actually my favorite. I'd take thirty bottles of it over the one above. - Kurt Starnes

"For the first time, scientists have reconstructed the nuclear genome of an extinct human being. The innovative technique can help reconstruct human phenotypic traits of extinct cultures. It also allows for finding those contemporary populations most closely related to extinct cultures revealing ancient human expansions and migrations. Finally, the discovery improves our understanding of heredity and the disease risk passed down from our ancestors. The spectacular findings are being published in Nature." - Kurt Starnes

AFAIK, still not enough genetic material to clone these old folks. - Kurt Starnes

"The first infrared-emitting germanium laser has been created by researchers in the US. The development could be an important step towards creating optical components such as lasers from silicon – which like germanium is an indirect-gap semiconductor – rather than direct-gap materials such as indium phosphide. The breakthrough could lead to cheaper and more efficient optical communications systems and even optical computers." - Kurt Starnes

"One such station--dubbed a "village station"--can handle hundreds of users. Groups of such village stations feed signals to a required larger VNL base station within five kilometers. In turn that larger station, which is also solar-powered, relays signals to the main network. The village station can turn a profit even if customers spend on average only $2 a month on the service, instead of the $6 required to make traditional systems cost-effective, the company says." - Kurt Starnes

"And given the limits on what we can ever know about other universes, it's likely that we'll never be able to do much better than that." Full story here: http://www.technologyreview.com/blog... - Kurt Starnes

The above quote prompted me to share this story. Likely never be able to do better? How about in 100 years, 1,000 years or 1,000,000 years? I am much more hopeful that humans will eventually be able to understand whatever we are within and whether or not we are alone. - Kurt Starnes

at the rate we're going, we'll be lucky to still exist in another 300 years. - Big Joe Silenced

That's for sure. I should have added "should humans not destroy themselves." - Kurt Starnes

"Trexa has revealed details of a lithium-powered, all-wheel vehicle development platform that will enable engineers and developers to create custom "vehicle apps", doing for builders of electric vehicles what the iPhone did for application developers. Modular and scalable, the standard Trexa platform will feature an aluminum, carbon steel tubing and thermoplastic shell containing open source and user programmable electronics and advanced battery technology." - Kurt Starnes

"It is the official watch of the Musée International d‘Horlogerie (MIH), the international museum of watchmaking, which is situated in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland. The watch is unlike any you may have encountered in museum shops. The MIH Watch personifies the mission of the museum, which is to convey to a broader public the importance of horology, and of mechanical watchmaking in particular. The MIH Watch is not being produced by a watch brand on behalf of the museum, nor does it already exist under some other name. It has been designed from the ground up and incorporates a mechanism that you will not find in any other watch. The MIH Watch has a mechanical movement and its casing is fashioned from high-grade titanium." - Kurt Starnes

"Globus is a compact personal mobile workstation that offers flexibility thanks to it's rotating chair, the pull out table top and castors. You can work with or without a notebook. You can work where ever you want. You move your flexible workstation to a place where you want to be, open it and work. Flexible and functional, Globus can be used in the office but also at home. A sophisticated work station demonstrating a truly appealing example of innovative design." - Kurt Starnes

"A huge oarfish was caught on camera in the Gulf of Mexico recently, giving scientists a rare glimpse of the bizarre fish in its native deep sea habitat. Researcher Mark Benfield describes the fish, a likely inspiration for the sea serpent myth." - Kurt Starnes

I'm at [email protected] FYI. - Kurt Starnes

Okay, I was just able to add you. My Buzz is back. - Kurt Starnes

"ODD OGG was a great toy made by the Ideal Toy Corporation in 1962. It was powered by 2-D sized batteries and a motor made in Japan. There was no on/off switch for Ogg, he was always ready to roll. Odd Ogg came with 5 colored plastic balls which you rolled toward him, attempting to roll it underneath the him directly below his tongue. If you rolled it dead center, Odd Ogg rolled forward a foot or so. If you rolled it off to the side, Ogg rolled backwards and opened it's mouth, sticking out it's tongue and making a razzing noise." - Kurt Starnes

ROFLMAO - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Wait, there's a cliff? I so want to see that! - Scoble, Alex Scoble

He has deceived us all. - Josh Haley

"Poor transmission efficiencies and safety concerns have plagued attempts at wireless power transfer, but a handful of start-ups - and some big names, like Sony and Intel - are having another go at making it work. The last few years have seen promising demonstrations of cellphones, laptops and TVs being powered wirelessly. Are we on our way to waving goodbye to wires once and for all?" - Kurt Starnes