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Mathematics, Food, and Idiocy

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Martha on Vimeo

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From the description

This is an original music video from the song “Martha” in THE GREAT IMMENSITY, a new play and media project from investigative theater company The Civilians. The song is about a passenger pigeon named Martha and a golden lemur, both of whom were the last of their species alive before their extinction.

(via Radiolab)

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IN THE EVENT OF MOON DISASTER:
Fate has ordained that the men who went to the moon to explore in peace will stay on the moon to rest in peace.
These brave men, Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, know that there is no hope for their recovery. But they also know that there is hope for mankind in their sacrifice.
These two men are laying down their lives in mankind’s most noble goal: the search for truth and understanding. They will be mourned by their families and friends; they will be mourned by their nation; they will be mourned by the people of the world; they will be mourned by a Mother Earth that dared send two of her sons into the unknown.
In their exploration, they stirred the people of the world to feel as one; in their sacrifice, they bind more tightly the brotherhood of man.
In ancient days, men looked at stars and saw their heroes in the constellations. In modern times, we do much the same, but our heroes are epic men of flesh and blood.
Others will follow and surely find their way home. Man’s search will not be denied. But these men were the first, and they will remain the foremost in our hearts.
For every human being who looks up at the moon in the nights to come will know that there is some corner of another world that is forever mankind.

I am so glad that this speech never had to be given.

Read the speech Nixon prepared in case the Apollo 11 astronauts died on the moon(via io9)

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I have been a Star Wars fanboy since I first saw the films, and no matter how poorly George Lucas continues to treat me I will continue to be a Star Wars fanboy. It turns out that I am not alone. I had heard about the Uncut project a while ago and boy am I ever happy that it exists. 

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This video, made as an add for Social media Week, is a great look at exactly how all of us are going to act when we are elderly. I am actually looking forward to being able to tell young whippersnappers about my days as the most prolific mathematical podcaster in the world.

(via boingboing)

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Martin is a digital fixer. He wants me to call him a “mercenary hacker,” although “renegade IT guy” probably better represents his skillset. Through a long history of hanging out with hackers, selling surveillance gear, and laboring on the fringes of the tech industry, Martin has developed a combination of technical skill and lack of scruples that makes him perfect for dirty jobs involving electronics. Many of Martin’s clients are what he refers to, reverently, as “HNIs”: High Net-worth Individuals. They’re ambitious, wealthy New Yorkers for whom the Internet has amplified the status anxiety that has always haunted the kind of person who might be flattered by the label High Net-worth Individuals. A lot of what Martin does is sort of blackhat online reputation management. His HNIs want someone to burnish their online image by any means necessary, to game the algorithms and stats of the web like a skilled publicist greases reporters in the real world.

Fascinating story, never thought that rich people would need to hire people to fix their Google results but if you have the money…

The Mercenary Techie Who Troubleshoots for Drug Dealers and Jealous Lovers

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“Where are we from?”

“The Dark Side of the Moon”

“And?”

“We come in peace!”

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“Who are these guys anyway?”

“Nazis…from the moon”

This is going to be the movie of 2012, I am declaring it right now.

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I know that a lot of Hollywood insiders are reading this and all I have is one simple request, please option this right now and get me a full length movie by the beginning of next year(Aaron Sims, the director, says he is already working on it so now you just need to give him some funding). Thank you.