Archive for April, 2008
Quote of the day: The difference between an idealist, cynic and realist
A quote from one of America’s best columnist:
“An idealist believes the short run doesn’t count. A cynic believes the long run doesn’t matter. A realist believes that what is done or left undone in the short run determines the long run. “ …
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Time waster: Proximity of Needs
A great way to watch time passing by and how beautiful mathematics can be visualized.
It is an interactive animation where you can change the parameters for the calculations and graphical simulation.
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Games: Hitchhicker’s Guide to the Galaxy
If you enjoyed the Movie Hitchhicker’s Guide to the Galaxy then you will like this game. It is based on the classic text-adventure from Douglas Adams enhanced with some graphics and can be played entirely online at the BBC web site.
If you remember the old version, well this might also be a possibility to show your kids the kind of games you played when you’ve been their age.
Hint: The BBC shop still sells DVDs from their legendary series…
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Science: Time / Space continuum breaks open around the globe
Today, April 1st after various warnings raised by leading scientists during the last months, the selective opening of the Time / Space continuum could be observed at locations around the world.
Renown astronomer Gabriel Sunbreek had alarm bell ringing about 3 months ago when he together with his team for the first time discovered the brief opening of wormholes inside our solar system. Closely to Mars two of these phenomenons had opened up for about 5 to 7 minutes – enough to allow alien matter to enter our galaxy close to earth (in astronomical terms).
Together with colleagues he attributed the selective occurrence of breaks within the Time / Space continuum to global warming and increased pollution. The connection to the newly found wormholes is still being evaluated…
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Humor: The best 2008 April Fool Pranks
Good morning all you fools out there and yes we know it’s April 1st again.
Like always there will be hundreds of pranks pulled on web sites around the planet. We will create our personal selection of the best April Fool jokes from the ones we find browsing around the web or get notified about. Where possible we include screen-shots and additional information.
This post will be updated continuously throughout the day so check by a few times….
7 update(s) including this final update – 28 new pranks added with last update – 66 pranks in total so far.
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