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Man Repairs Crumbling Walls With Legos 106

Lanxon writes "German-born artist Jan Vormann, 27, has spent the past three years traveling the world repairing crumbling walls and monuments with Lego, reports Wired. His "Dispatchwork" began in 2007 in the small village of Bocchignano, Italy, as part of the contemporary art festival 20 Eventi. Developing the work in situ, he became intrigued by the makeshift repairs that had been made to the crumbling walls. The approach favored function over appearance, reminding Vormann of the haphazard Lego designs created by children."

Comment Re:I am scared. I am intrigued. (Score 1) 820

It is kind of scary, but I was thinking we could have them do real work somehow while we're waiting for them to get up to size. Why waste those watts?
Then we wouldn't have to have those nasty hog manufacturing plants and the lovely cattle yards that project stink for miles and pollute the environment.

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US Air Force Buying Another 2,200 PS3s 144

bleedingpegasus sends word that the US Air Force will be grabbing up 2,200 new PlayStation 3 consoles for research into supercomputing. They already have a cluster made from 336 of the old-style (non-Slim) consoles, which they've used for a variety of purposes, including "processing multiple radar images into higher resolution composite images (known as synthetic aperture radar image formation), high-def video processing, and 'neuromorphic computing.'" According to the Justification Review Document (DOC), "Once the hardware configuration is implemented, software code will be developed in-house for cluster implementation utilizing a Linux-based operating software."

Comment When I was a kid it was much harder... (Score 1) 962

Wow, there are so many more options than when I began a little more than a century ago.
Back then unless you had access to high end hardware, there was basic and machine/assembly language. I was so stoked when I finally got the Assembler cartridge.
I lived in a small rural town so I had to scour magazines and the book store on trips to The Big City with an occasional nudge from an older brother who was in college.
You kids nowadays don't realize how easy you have it :).
Which one? Whatever gets them excited.

Comment Re:God, please let this be true. (Score 1) 1093

I'm a liberal and I support the right to self defense through methods including guns. I also support choice for women. Gun control is ineffective. The fact that *some* people will have guns is a public good. Criminals will know that they are effectively playing Russian Roulette if some of their potential victims are armed and they won't know which ones.

Comment Re:Shit (Score 2, Interesting) 568

While I believe this woman is reprehensible, I'd be okay if this were thrown out on appeal.
I'm sure Mrs. Drew's gotten her ass whuppin' by now.
Plus, I doubt anyone would move into their house even if they could sell it in this market.
They're screwed.
I wonder what would have happened if she had walked over to their house and handed the girl a rope?

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