teh Kittehs? I can has first kitteh post.

"By the time matter passes the blackholes event horizon it's been torn to elementary particles by gravity." - I thought that for sufficiently large black holes, the tidal forces at the event horizon can be small enough that a human would not even notice passing the horizon? Maybe I am mis-remembering :-)

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...is going to hit it. With an impactor.

Early Tweets for geeks :-)

From Stephen King's Dark Tower series. Dad-a-chack, dum-a-chum!

Equivalent functionality has been available for years. For example: Computrainer from http://www.racermateinc.com/ (popular in the USA) or Fortius from http://www.tacx.com/ (popular in Europe)

No no no, it's only W.H.O.P.P.E.R. that wants Global Thermonuclear War, not the kid in the basement who randomly dialed NORAD with his modem!

Majority opinion here on /. may be that creationism/ID should at most be taught in a religion course, not a science course. However I find it interesting that nobody has commented from a constitutional or federalist viewpoint. Shouldn't the power of federal or state governments continue to be limited such that local school boards can do as they please? National or state-level standards can be established via standardized tests etc. If local school board buffoons want to teach garbage, then their students can be left to cry when they are unable to pass standardized tests and continue on to higher education outside of their localities. Sure, I'd like to teach all kids everywhere the things I believe are correct & useful, but I'd most prefer that government leave me alone to decide for myself. Nationally mandated curricula sound good in this case, but what about if that curricula also includes a strong bias toward socialism in its sections on Government & Civics? Or only highlights the evils (and not the benefits) of gun ownership? Or only presents certain sides of sensitive historical topics? Or *insert issue of your choice here* ?

Ho hum. Electric assist bicycles have been on the streets for years over here in Japan, most often seen on the "Mama-rin" or shopping/school commute bikes used by mothers around town. Moms load them up with groceries and one or even two kids. Typically can be had for around 800-1000 USD in price. Ugly beasts but practical and popular. Por ejemplo:

http://www.yamaha-motor.jp/pas/

The Kraken! The name of a lake on the moon of Titan, no less.

Perhaps it's simply the camera field of view / bokeh?

In Japanese the chemistry term for base (vs acid) is "enki" which means "salty material". Salts make the soil basic.