I want one of these! Hahaha. Honestly, it's a pretty useless gadget but it looks fun to play with. It's a missile launcher connected to a computer via USB. It comes with a software that allows you to control the launcher through your keyboard.
Yes, this might sound too common sense-ical for you, but did you know that Google actually has the answer if you search for the number of horns on a unicorn?
I'm not exactly sure how the Google Calculator computes for the results. If you enter all other dumb phrases (like "number of alphabets" or the "number of fingers on your right hand"), Google doesn't have the answer for it. But if you enter phrases like:
I don't know why it took me THIS long to find this great site. Damn, shame on me. Everything you'll need to humor and amuse yourself is in this site (Well, that is IF you appreciate sarcasm and a lot of wit). Anyway, one of the things that caught my attention is this:
The 2 most important rules in life 1. Don't tell everything you know.
I was scrolling down for the next rule, but I couldn't find it. Then as if hit on the head, the answer dawned on me and ended up rolling my eyes for not thinking "that way." Hahaha!
Be sure to check out Murphy's Laws (on Land and Warfare, on Sex, and on everything else!), Idiots, and Words of Wisdom!
Are you feeling bored? Do you feel as if you're not utilizing your brain at its maximum capacity? Do you want to stimulate yourself intellectually?
Well look no further because our favorite search engine (and probably my favorite company :3) is proud to give us its remedy for brain inactivity. Too bad, though, for us folks outside the US because we won't be able to participate huhuhu. Anyway, they're holding the US Puzzle Championship which is "a national online competition to identify America's most logical minds." For more details, click HERE.
Here are a few samples of their puzzles:
14 cards with digits are placed to make a 3x3 grid of numbers. The totals for the numbers in each row and column are given. Pick up two cards and place them back anywhere in the grid (still face-up) so that the six totals become equal.
a dimension (Latin, "measured out") is a parameter or measurement required to define the characteristics of an object. In math, dimensions are the parameters required to describe the position and relevant characteristics of any object within a conceptual space—where the dimension of a space is the total number of different parameters used for all possible objects considered in the model.
Okay, so I admit that in this lifetime, I only know 4 dimensions: the usual spatial coordinates X, Y, and Z (length, width, and height) + time. But get this, mathematicians for the past four years and with the help of supercomputers have actually constructed a map of 248 dimensions!! Wow! Something like that is definitely beyond my imagination. So what are the remaining 244 dimensions? Hmmn, let's see... Volume, Smell, Sensation, Color? What else?
Last Friday, the Thai government said that it has lifted the 4-month ban on YouTube. This is in response to the video-sharing web site's operator agreeing to not allow videos that violate the country's laws or are offensive to the Thai population. If we can recall, the government blocked access to YouTube on April 4 after Google (YouTube owner) turned down Thailand's request to remove clips that were offensive to King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the country's revered monarch.
What video clip are we talking about? Well, let's just say shoes were pointing towards the king's image with the Thailand national anthem playing on the background.
The Thai must be missing a lot without YouTube on their daily to-surf-list. That's what they get for not respecting royalty! Shame, shame.
On the other hand, the video-sharing giant was recently used by a group of hackers -- called Storm Botnet -- to propagate the latest worm to make zombies out of your PC's and do the bidding of their botmasters.
The hackers sent barrages of e-mails out over the weekend, inviting people to watch a scandalous video of themselves on YouTube.
The e-mail then offers up what appears to be a link to the clip. The link, of course, does not go to YouTube. It sends the victims to servers that download malicious apps.
The lesson? Don't just open any email with a suspicious sender or subject. That's the first tip in preventing malwares entering your system. Also don't fall prey to the glory that YouTube videos are offering. I know, they can be very tempting, but for all you know, a lot of people are just abusing YouTube's popularity.
For all you torrent-noobs out there, my good friend Paulo has discovered that you can actually download files through torrent without a client (Meaning, no uTorrent, no Azureus, etc).
Just go to this site: BITLET And paste the URL of the torrent metafile on the textbox Then click "Download Torrent"
And you're done!
P.S. This is for BOK and for my dad, who are clueless about downloading via torrents.
Last weekend, I had nothing better to do than watch TV, and since it's early in the morning, the shows I usually like aren't being aired yet. And so i flipped the remote to Discovery Channel, and one of the shows I've always wanted to watch but never got its schedule was on: Mythbusters. I instantly got hooked to what they were showing me.
The first myth they were trying to bust was on cars submerged in water. The myth is that you can escape a car submerged in water only if the interior is flooded as well. Surprisingly, the myth is true! Haha, in case your car gets submerged (God-forbid) and you're inside, you'd have to prepare yourself for the big plunge -- meaning, hold your breath -- and wait until the interior is totally flooded so you can easily escape. This is because the pressure INSIDE the car equals with the pressure outside, and that makes it easier for you to push the door.
Some other discoveries related to this myth are:
You CAN escape the car that has fallen into the water IF the water inside the car is at ankle level or knee level. This is because the pressure outside is not yet strong enough to push the doors and keep it shut.
You CAN STILL escape the car that has fallen into the water IF the water inside the car is at waist level, however it will require great strength from you to match the pressure being exerted by the water outside.
You CANNOT escape a car that has fallen into the water IF the water covers the car window from the outside. The pressure will keep the doors from opening.
You CANNOT open the windows of a car that has fallen into the water unless you use hammer-like (or with pointed-tip tools) to break the glass. Which means, you can't open it using manual crank or power windows because the pressure is too great.
Interesting eh? And here's another extra myth they busted: A piece of paper cannot be folded (in perpendicular halves) more than seven times. They tried it using ordinary letter-sized bond paper, and they couldn't fold it more than 7 times. Then they tried using a larger paper (Table-sized), but they still couldn't fold it more than 7 times. The reason here is that each time you fold the paper, the number of layers grow exponentially (1 fold = 2 layers; 2 folds = 4; 3 folds =8, 4 folds = 16; 5 folds = 32; 6 folds = 64; 7 folds = 128). Imagine folding over 128 layers of 3/100 of a inch of paper! So what they did to bust this myth? They went bigger and thinner. They laid out a football-field sized paper interconnected with double-sided adhesive tape! As a result, they were able to fold the paper 11 times.
Okay, after taking a break on researching Google stuff, I have finally come across some interesting finds. Once a year, Google geniuses develop a page that would drive users nuts on April Fool's Day. Here are some interesting pages that they've come up with:
The Google Romance Finder:
Are single, lonely, and miserable? Fear not, Google has the answer you've been looking for! If you want to find the perfect date, the perfect somebody to hold you so tight, then go to Google Romance right NOW!
The Google MentalPlex
If you want faster and smarter searching on the internet, then the MentalPlex is the answer. Its hypnotizing powers draw in the positive vibrations of hundreds of fortune tellers and astrologers in the world.
The Google Pigeon Rank
Have you ever wondered how Google delivers your search inquiries fast and accurate? Well, wonder no more because the big company has finally revealed how it works its magic. Behold the PigeonRank: Google's army of hardworking birds to give you the best results.
Hehehe, simply shows that Google has a great sense of humor. Damn, I wish I were one of their employees. Haha, bitter.
With the big hype that the iPhone made, Google has started its own project of re-creating that hype with the rumored development of their own handset: the gPhone, or the Google Phone. Here are some "rumors" that have made its way on the internet:
- The gPhone will be built on a Linux-based operating system - Google is working on a sophisticated new Web browser for mobile phones - Hundreds of millions have been invested for the development of the GPhone - Google has already developed prototype phones, LG as one of its partners - HTC Corporation (High Tech Computer) will be the ones to develop the OS
Facts or Fiction? I'm not so sure. But I'm not that excited with this gPhone. It's just that this is not Google's specialty. I have my doubts, but then again, we'll just have to wait and see. If the mobile Google is as powerful as its world wide web counterpart, then why not?
Last weekend, I had nothing better to do than watch TV, and since it's early in the morning, the shows I usually like aren't being aired yet. And so i flipped the remote to Discovery Channel, and one of the shows I've always wanted to watch but never got its schedule was on: Mythbusters. I instantly got hooked to what they were showing me.
The Google Pigeon Rank
