Showing posts with label wtf. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wtf. Show all posts

Monday, 15 April 2013

UFO draining the sun?

Little green men, greys, and other alien ideas seemed to a far stretch to me. Not that I don't believe there is alien life out there in the universe. In fact I think its statistically impossible for there not to be. I just never really bought the idea that they would bother to make their way here to kill cows and ass probe us. Over the years I have scoured  the internet in a vain attempt to find anything that could prove to me, beyond a shadow of a doubt that extraterrestrial life was visiting our universe. I've searched endless "UFO expert" sites, tons of youtube videos, and spent countless hours trying to find a scrap of anything that might give me hope that there is a chance of visitation. Yes I am a self professed geek...but a video I saw tonight may have changed my views for good. I don't pretend to understand what I've seen in these videos. And after digging myself, holy shit! you need to see this for yourself.

This is the original video I watched. As a subscriber to Wowforreeel I've seen many interesting things, some convincing, some not so much. Until this video... the final segment was what caught my eye. Just for a bit of background Wowforreeel, is the host and the name of the channel that covers ufos, strange events, aliens, Nibiru , anomalies, and other strangeness. Very interesting, so subscribe. So this video begins like some of videos do, with some theatrics..hard to exp[lain just watch..take note of final segment.


  

WTF was that??!! So I dug deeper and found this video...



Ok, adding some credibility..I found the original clip that caught my eye..this is it.


Meh, has to be a photoshoped video or something...I thought the same thing. But on a whim I went to this link:


a NASA site dedicated to observation of the sun. and entered the following dates into the parameters:

March 11, 2012 and March 13, 2012
AIA 171(gold) default one 
resolution 1024 x 1024
and left bottom one blank

Lo and behold there it is....

Now I know it won't make a believer out of all of you..but man, it sure is perplexing and worth seeing.

~Kount Kreepy  

interesting video after the fact:

Tuesday, 9 August 2011

IBM Mysteriously Halts Work on the World's Fastest Academic Supercomputer



Since 2007, IBM has been working with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to construct the world’s fastest academic supercomputer. This week we learn that work has been mysteriously halted by IBM, which is taking back the parts it recently delivered to the school, giving U. of Illinois its money back, and ceasing work on the project just months before the massive computer is slated to be completed.
Usually we’d spend the second paragraph telling you why, but in this case we just don’t know. IBM said the supercomputer became more expensive and more complex than the company foresaw. A company spokeswoman said IBM is capable of meeting the technological goals outlined for the project, but nonetheless it is choosing not to.
That’s all a bit odd. The computer, known as Blue Waters, is a building-sized behemoth costing roughly half a billion dollars, much of which was funded by the National Science Foundation. It was based on IBM’s Power7 series chip that is not yet on the market. Which makes one wonder if there was a problem with the chip or with the architecture of the computer itself. Or maybe upon building the first few racks of hardware the computer started to think for itself (with few answers to work with, we’re taking license to speculate here).
But the world’s biggest, baddest academic computer isn’t necessarily lost. The National Center for Supercomputing Applications (you may remember it from our coverage of U. of Illinois’Advanced Visualization Lab earlier this year), which is heading the effort, is seeking other means to finish the computer without IBM. But it only has a few weeks to get another plan in front of the NSF.
Unfortunately, this kind of hardware doesn’t exactly exist in plug-and-play format, so we’ll have to wait and see if some other chip developer can step in and make the NCSA’s new supercomputer as super as it was supposed to be.

Wednesday, 13 July 2011

Beware Kids! Gonorrhea Superbug Resists All Antibiotics



 new strain of the gonorrhea bacteria can resist all available antibiotics, doctors say. Gonorrhea is one of the world’s most common sexually transmitted diseases, so this could portend a major threat to public health.
This should actually not be surprising, because for some time now, just one class of drug has been able to successfully treat the infection.
Now researchers in Sweden and Japan identified a new variant of Neisseria gonorrhoeae, the bug that causes gonorrhea, that can survive that last remaining drug, the cephalosporin-class antibiotics. Researchers isolated the strain from the throat of a sex worker in Japan, the Los Angeles Times reports.
“This is both an alarming and a predictable discovery,” said Dr. Magnus Unemo, of the Swedish Reference Laboratory for Pathogenic Neisseria, in a statement. The bacteria has been evolving to resist antibiotics since they became the standard treatment for the infection in the 1940s, during World War II.
The researchers were able to pinpoint four new genetic mutations that enable the bacteria’s resistance. Even worse, it readily passes on this resistance to other strains, increasing their resistance 500-fold, the Times says.
Gonorrhea is a particularly troubling and interesting bug. It is one of the only diseases that is unique to our species, and it’s one of the oldest known human pathogens. Earlier this year, researchers found a fragment of human DNA in the genome of Neisseria gonorrhoeae, evidence that it has adapted to its hosts quite well. The bacterium apparently picks up a genetic sequence from the host it’s infecting, according to that research, which was published in February. This may lend N. gonorrhoeae the ability to develop different strains of itself — and can explain why it has been so effective at morphing to evade antibiotics’ assaults.
The first treatments against gonorrhea used sulfonamides, but the bacteria evolved to resist it; later treatments used penicillin, which also no longer works; tetracyclines and fluoroquinolines like Cipro don’t either, the L.A. Times notes.
It’s too early to tell whether this new super-STD is already spreading, but it’s likely to do so unless new therapies are developed, Unemo said.
Gonorrhea impacts about 700,000 Americans every year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. If untreated, it can lead to serious health complications in both genders, the CDC says. It can lead to infertility in women and especially men, and it increases the risk of transmitting other STDs, like HIV. Babies born to infected mothers are at high risk of developing serious infections and blindness. About 3 to 4 percent of the time, it can spread to the skin, blood, heart and joints in infected adults.
The report on this new strain was presented Sunday at a Quebec City meeting of the International Society for Sexually Transmitted Disease Research. Just last Thursday, the CDC reported growing numbers of gonorrhea infections that require unusually high doses of cephalosporins to cure them, the LA Times said. For now, treatment should include cephalosporins and the antibiotic azithromycin, while the CDC and National Institutes of Health work on new drugs.

Sunday, 3 July 2011

Japanese Dental-Bot, kinda creepy


A new dental robot made in Japan, actually simulates a patients pain, choking, and other realistic problems associated with dentistry. Creepy but cool.

Sunday, 26 June 2011

Dual Tank Drink Dispenser

Backpacks aren't just for books! Clever and cool field day fun, this acrylic backpack beverage dispenser serves up shots, your favorite brew, or most delicious tailgate kool-aid in a style that's no-nonsense merriment. With a lightweight nylon design, fully padded shoulder straps, two, 24” gravity-fed hand taps, a whopping 210-ounce capacity, and mesh bag for holding those extra cups, this backpack drink dispenser ensures you stay completely comfortable as you become the most popular person in a party-mile radius. Tailgate tank backpack drink dispenser measures 25½”x12”x4”


Buy it here: http://www.homewetbar.com/tailgater-dual-tank-backpack-drink-dispenser-p-2020.html

Rob Zombie Woolite commercial


Rare Hitler art...Failed Leader, Failed Artist


Some of his work is good, but most is boring and amateurish. Judge for yourself.

http://www.stellasmagazine.com/img/arts/hitler-drawing/hitler-drawing04.jpg

Saturday, 25 June 2011

Because Porsche Sucks

Owner of this car was fed up with problems and a $20000 estimate to fix newest problem, he did what some of us only wish we could do.....he donated it for a charity shoot at gun range :)



OH THE HORROR!!!

It was the day when the world stopped turning for every beer lover in Croatia. 10,000 (yes, it’s ten thousand) bottles of beer were spilled all over the road after the accident. What a waste.


Utah Man uses Facebook during armed standoff

Crazy world we live in...and the funny thing is you can read it all yourself as his profile is open and all can see and read, until Facebook suspends his profile.

http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2011-06/utah-man-posts-status-updates-during-swat-standoff-gets-help-facebook-friends

Everyone is a Spy!!

WELLL......Now we can all be spys...hmmm....little 1984 anyone? Buy these camera sunglasses and record up to 4 hours at 720p only $150 and off to be a "Creeper" Yay!




http://www.popsci.com/gadgets/article/2011-05/spy-sunglasses-film-and-share-videos