crp Posted December 29, 2015 Author Share Posted December 29, 2015 That's amazingly good quality video--was it enhanced/cleaned up in some way? I didn't even realize that it was possible to film in color in 1900. Of course it was enhanced. The world was in black and white in 1900 (if you don't get the Calvin & Hobbs reference, for shame!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crp Posted December 31, 2015 Author Share Posted December 31, 2015 I remember when scientific consensus was that this was a mythical creature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Temmu Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 true. i believe that huge sea monsters depicted in 1700's etchings were closer to reality than myth. why? we later had the power to hunt them in the seas, killing them, and thus their young never lived long enough to grow huge. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crp Posted January 6, 2016 Author Share Posted January 6, 2016 this might be funny , http://itunestandc.tumblr.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Temmu Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 cool comparison of star wars, and the french space art that preceded it. about 3 minutes. this might be funny , http://itunestandc.tumblr.com/ it is amusing! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Temmu Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 and... the superior squirrel from the "ice age" movie, in a new short - about 3 minutes - hilarious! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crp Posted January 22, 2016 Author Share Posted January 22, 2016 oof, hope they gave this as much headlining as the original story. http://www.cbc.ca/marketplace/blog/we-gave-you-wrong-information.-heres-what-happened Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Temmu Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 nasa's day of remembrance, january 28, 2016 remembering 3 crews that died in the service of their country. https://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/DOR2016/index.html 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Temmu Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 oof, hope they gave this as much headlining as the original story. http://www.cbc.ca/ma...s-what-happened well, at least it is good to see that there are honest reporters out there.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebrke Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 I found this rather frightening. I wonder how military pilots feel about it: http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/01/f-35-software-overrun-with-bugs-dod-testing-chief-warns/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Temmu Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 shuttle columbia more - the possibility of their rescue, by a nasa engineer who was there at the time - http://arstechnica.com/science/2016/02/the-audacious-rescue-plan-that-might-have-saved-space-shuttle-columbia/1/ I found this rather frightening. I wonder how military pilots feel about it: http://arstechnica.c...ng-chief-warns/ yes, scary to me too, not from a, o, we lost another airplane, but from a, we've compromised our defenses point of view! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Excellent Temmu!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Temmu Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 thanks, mac! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crp Posted February 25, 2016 Author Share Posted February 25, 2016 you think you know the story, but .... http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/gadgets/a19567/how-the-microwave-was-invented-by-accident/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Temmu Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 you think you know the story, but .... http://www.popularme...ed-by-accident/ cool! er, hot... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crp Posted February 28, 2016 Author Share Posted February 28, 2016 new shade! http://oregonstate.edu/ua/ncs/archives/2015/may/licensing-agreement-reached-brilliant-new-blue-pigment-discovered-happy-accident 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crp Posted March 4, 2016 Author Share Posted March 4, 2016 another old computer http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/a19668/1953-video-how-mechanical-computers-work/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Temmu Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 of the 2, the blue pigment is most amazing - who would think that by now we'd be discovering such? the wonderful colors of the old masters (think michael angelo, leonardo devinci ) have been around for centuries - yet! we find a new blue! very cool! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 Father Robert Palladino, priest and calligrapher, died on Friday, Feb. 26 http://www.catholicsentinel.org/main.asp?SectionID=8&SubSectionID=33&ArticleID=31054 The intersection of art and technology http://forums.appleinsider.com/discussion/192147 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Temmu Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 in another life, i used to do calligraphy and illumination. (my logo, for example) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 Brand New Edison format Brown Wax cylinder recording Phonograph Graphophone blanks 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebrke Posted March 12, 2016 Share Posted March 12, 2016 For those interested in 200+ year old technology, here's a short video about an automaton built in the 18th century that can write text and is, in the words of the narrator, a distant ancestor of today's programmable computers: http://www.chonday.com/Videos/the-writer-automaton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 (edited) How to send an email Edited March 15, 2016 by Robert 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Temmu Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 ebrke, wow, and you could move the letters around and make another phrase! robert, had to laugh when the fellow used the rotary phone to dial up the bbs! both are amazing pieces of technology! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt.Crow Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 Still got a rotary phone on the wall here. Last time it was connected to the line it worked after a fashion . But no use if a automated answer service is called up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjCiudBsny0 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crp Posted April 7, 2016 Author Share Posted April 7, 2016 getting to Mars may be more difficult than thought http://www.geekwire.com/2016/astronaut-scott-kelly-hints-psychological-stress-year-space/ 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 The old new world Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crp Posted April 14, 2016 Author Share Posted April 14, 2016 playing with electricity: http://lushprojects.com/circuitjs/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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