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Paleogeographic Views of Earth History
November 21, 2006
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Paleogeographic views with time animation in Google Earth how Earth may have appeared over the last 600 million years, late precambrian to recent. Download the Global Paleogeographic .kmz-file and...
Paleogeographic views with time animation in Google Earth how Earth may have appeared over the last 600 million years, late precambrian to recent. Download the Global Paleogeographic .kmz-file and...
Fuck the Helmets
November 18, 2006
Filed under: Did You Know?, Fun Stuff — Rxbbx @ 12:07 pm
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Underlife BC scientists in "Using helmets?": "The best way to avoid injury is to cycle faster, in larger groups and stay drunk enough." Fuck the Helmets with "I have Crash Tested my Skull" and ...
Underlife BC scientists in "Using helmets?": "The best way to avoid injury is to cycle faster, in larger groups and stay drunk enough." Fuck the Helmets with "I have Crash Tested my Skull" and ...
ESA Satellite images in Google Earth
November 16, 2006
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The European Space Agency has created a layer of content with ESA satellite images from Google Earth. Just click on the Featured Content checkbox in the Google Earth sidebar and further on the ESA...
The European Space Agency has created a layer of content with ESA satellite images from Google Earth. Just click on the Featured Content checkbox in the Google Earth sidebar and further on the ESA...
New Island for Tonga
Filed under: Did You Know? — Rxbbx @ 9:52 am
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Fredrik Fransson and some friends were sailing in the South Pacific around Tonga when they saw a brand new erupting Island. Fredrik made some amazing photos. You can see them in Stone Sea and Volc...
Fredrik Fransson and some friends were sailing in the South Pacific around Tonga when they saw a brand new erupting Island. Fredrik made some amazing photos. You can see them in Stone Sea and Volc...
Browser Battle, Mozilla Safest
November 15, 2006
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Firefox 2 Phishing Protection Effectiveness Testing, The anti-phishing filter in Mozilla Firefox 2.0 browser beats Microsoft's Internet Explorer 7. Mozilla tested both Browsers against Phishing. I...
Firefox 2 Phishing Protection Effectiveness Testing, The anti-phishing filter in Mozilla Firefox 2.0 browser beats Microsoft's Internet Explorer 7. Mozilla tested both Browsers against Phishing. I...
Fastest SMS Text Messager
November 13, 2006
Filed under: Did You Know?, Fun Stuff — Rxbbx @ 3:53 pm
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Singaporean Ang Chuang Yang (16) broke the Guinness World Record for the shortest time needed to type a 160-character SMS message. She typed the SMS message in 41.52 seconds. The previous record of 42...
Singaporean Ang Chuang Yang (16) broke the Guinness World Record for the shortest time needed to type a 160-character SMS message. She typed the SMS message in 41.52 seconds. The previous record of 42...
Rumsey Historical Maps in Google Earth
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The Rumsey Historical Maps are available in Google Earth. There are 16 historical maps in the Featured Content layer of the Google Earth 3D Globe: Expand the Featured Content and check the Rumsey ...
The Rumsey Historical Maps are available in Google Earth. There are 16 historical maps in the Featured Content layer of the Google Earth 3D Globe: Expand the Featured Content and check the Rumsey ...
Timbuktu, Tombouctou, Libraries in the sand
November 11, 2006
Filed under: Did You Know? — Rxbbx @ 12:50 pm
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Researchers found Private and public libraries in Timbuktu (Tombouctou), Mali. They already collected 150,000 manuscripts. Some of them are from the 13th century. The texts were stashed under mud ...
Researchers found Private and public libraries in Timbuktu (Tombouctou), Mali. They already collected 150,000 manuscripts. Some of them are from the 13th century. The texts were stashed under mud ...
