Wednesday 13 November 2013

23 Foolproof Ways To Get Someone To Stop Talking To You

It’s a skill we all must learn.

Ask for laundry help:

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Be a monster:

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Be forthcoming:

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A pound of feathers actually weighs more than a pound of gold!

Ever heard the old trick question, "which weighs more a pound of feathers or a pound of gold?"

The answer is supposed to be neither, because both would be a pound, yet that answer is technically incorrect.

Gold is universally weighed using a different measurement system than most other materials. It is weighed using the troy system, and troy ounces.

This system is measured so that 12 troy ounces makes up 5760 grains to the pound, while the common measurement for feathers would make them equal to 7000 grains to the pound.

Thus, a standard pound of feathers technically weighs more than a pound of gold!

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Today's Daily Brain Teaser (Nov 14, 2013)

Compound Directions

Can you find the one word for each list that can be added to the end of each word in its list to create a new word, compound word, or phrase?

round

show

throw

grow

out

be

in

sub

put

shake

get

hoe

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Today's Daily Trivia Quiz (Nov 14, 2013)

Chickens

What do you know about this 2 legged, egg laying animal that we call the chicken?

Take the Quiz at Braingle.com

Creativity : Opposite Perspective

The next time you are stuck on a project ask yourself this question, "If the goals of this project were completely opposite of the actual goals, what would I do differently?" When we think about a project in one particular way we can get into a mental rut which is hard to escape. A question like this gets you thinking about opposites, which will in turn get you out of the rut and get your mind thinking about new ideas. Sometimes solutions that are completely opposite of the solutions you seek can be very fruitful.

Memory : Hippocampus

In the middle of the brain, connected to the cortex, is the hippocampus. Actually there are two hippocampi, one on each side of the brain. The hippocampus helps to form new memories about experienced events. It interprets incoming sensory inputs and turns them into memories. If the hippocampus is damaged, it becomes incredibly difficult to form new memories and recall old memories. In fact, it is one of the first parts of the brain that succumbs to Alzheimer's disease.

The hippocampus also stores and processes spatial information. This is how you remember locations and know how to get from place to place. The types of people who never get lost and are good at finding shortcuts have a very active hippocampus. Taxi cab drivers tend to have a large hippocampus, indicating that if you use your spatial skills, your hippocampus can actually grow.

To prevent information overload, your hippocampus is constantly sifting through incoming sensory inputs and deciding what to save and what to discard. For a memory to get into long-term storage, it must be selected by the hippocampus. Information with emotional significance or information that relates to something we already know tends to get preferential treatment. This is why meaningfulness is important for information you want to learn.

Vocabulary : Word of the Day : Rostrum

ros-trum

noun :: A stage for public speaking.

"On the floor of this chamber, which was dotted with highly carved wooden desks and chairs, were assembled about forty or fifty male Martians around the steps of a rostrum." --Burroughs, Edgar Rice

Documentary: The Story Of Mojang

"Minecraft: The Story of Mojang (Official Version!)" by 2PlayerProductions

The 2012 documentary chronicling Mojang's meteoric rise to prominence with Minecraft is finally online for free. As one of the titles that sparked a massive game industry shift towards indie game development, we're appreciative for the type of change they brought about in an industry that was beginning to stagnate with stale ideas, an over reliance on sequels and a focus on money over innovation.

It's pretty amazing to see Markus Persson and his studios humble beginnings as the title was still under development. The documentary directed by Paul Owens was just recently released by 2Player Productions in it's complete glory, without any ads whatsoever. For all you startup minded folks, this is the perfect type of documentary to acquaint you with the types of changes whirlwind success brings about, as well as inspiring an entire generation of small developers to seek that same glory.

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Featurette: "Gravity" Compositing

"Gravity (Artist Breakdown)" by Prime Focus World Official

This video is an in-depth breakdown of the visual effects and shows just how “hand-made” the movie was. Incredible work... Now if someone could just dub the movie with better dialog, we’d be set!

"In this Artist Breakdown we analyse a scene from 'Gravity' starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney. Prime Focus World's Richard Baker (Creative Director, View-D™) and Matthew Bristowe (SVP, Production) take you on a step by step journey through the stereo conversion of the shot, describing how PFW's View-D conversion process allows for the full integration of the VFX and conversion processes."

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Short Film: Sigurdr

"Sigurdr" by ESMA MOVIES

Directed by Ludovic Begue, Thomas Enjalbert, Mathieu Gebauer,

Boris Rodrigues, and Charlotte Vallet

Sigurdr is a legendary hero of Norse mythology, as well as the central character in the Völsunga saga. Here a group of ESMA students take on the legend with wonderful results.

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Ghetto Bat Mobile

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Strange Object Boosts Kuiper Belt Mystery

There's something odd floating around in the outer solar system. Actually, there's lots of odd things floating around in the outer solar system, but 2002 UX25 is one of the most baffling. Continue reading →

via Discovery News http://news.discovery.com/space/astronomy/strange-object-boosts-kuiper-belt-mystery-131113.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1

Be In Two Places At Once With This Interface

inFORM lets users manipulate physical objects from a distance. Continue reading →

via Discovery News http://news.discovery.com/tech/gear-and-gadgets/be-in-two-places-at-once-with-this-interface-131113.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1

Secretive 'Asian Unicorn' Caught on Camera

The rarely seen saola has been photographed in Vietnam for the first time in 15 years.

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Hell Naw

I feel like these two can stay in a nice profanity filled endless circle of f*cks going back and forth.

North Dakota

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Neil Young wrote three hit songs while he had a fever of 103F!

'Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere' is the second studio album by Canadian folk star, Neil Young.

The album was critically acclaimed, and contained three songs that Neil Young would eventually perform on a regular basis.

The three songs that Neil Young would constantly perform that were on this album were "Cinnamon Girl", "Down by the River", and "Cowgirl in the Sand". These three songs were the instant hits from the album.

Neil Young, being the incredible musician that he was, wrote those three hit songs while being incredibly sick with a fever of 103 °F (39.5 °C)! The album has since been ranked number 208 on Rolling Stone's the 500 greatest albums of all time.

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Can Hazing Make a Team Stronger?

Why would violent initiation rites and hazing bond people together?

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DNews: How Graphene Might Change the World

Graphene is the most promising new material out there, likely to revolutionize the way we do or build almost anything. It's pure carbon, and totally amazing. Trace shows us all the different ways this material could change life on Earth.

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