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[quote=RedskinRat;928441][B]This guy is nuts[/B]:

[URL="http://bryanlewissaunders.org/drugs/"]Bryan Lewis Saunders - DRUGS[/URL]

[I]For his Drugs series, artist Bryan Lewis Saunders allegedly took a different mind-altering intoxicant daily and on each occasion drew a self-portrait. He has since dialed down the intensity of the experiment after suffering mild brain damage and being hospitalized, but it remains a noble endeavor and one which reveals a startling journey. The substances imbibed include Xanax, crystal meth, cough syrup, Klonopin,the jailhouse drink pruno, PCP, and, results seen below, mushrooms, morphine, and bath salts.[/I][/quote]

The bolded part of your quote just about sums it up.

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[quote=That Guy;928442]oh btw, [B]possible [/B]HIV cure. google the berlin patient.[/quote]


[COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]I was reading a couple months ago about how he got the hiv again. [/FONT][/COLOR]

[COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]His life has become part lab rat part spokes figure for aids. A simple blood test isnt the most precise way to test for aids, so they do things like spinal taps, intestinal sampling, and other nasty sounding biopsies of tissue and fluids to see if aids still exist in any parts of his body. Not to long ago one of these more invasive test, tested positive for aids.[/FONT][/COLOR]

[COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]Furthermore his most recent positive test was for a different, yet still common and well known, strand of aids. So theyre all thinking 2 things. There was contamination somewhere in the test. Or he got himself re-infected. For science sake i hope its the latter. While we may all be kind of offended that this guy got aids [I][FONT=Verdana]twice,[/FONT][/I] i think more could be learned from it. This guy could teach us a lot by being irresponsible. [/FONT][/COLOR]

[COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]Regardless the real cure for things like viruses and cancers are vaccines. Preventing something is a lot easier than fixing it. [/FONT][/COLOR]

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[I][URL="http://www.slashgear.com/curiosity-rover-tags-mars-with-morse-tire-tracks-06241847/"]NASA’s Curiosity rover[/URL] may not look like an urban menace, but the robot explorer will in fact be steadily tagging the Martian surface as it trundles, leaving a name-check of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory back home. The clandestine graffiti is thanks to part of the rover’s visual odometry system, John Graham-Cumming points out, which tracks the marks left by a series of asymmetrically arranged holes in the wheels. The position of those holes, however, isn’t random: in fact, it’s Morse Code.[/I]

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[quote=RedskinRat;928441]This guy is nuts:

[url=http://bryanlewissaunders.org/drugs/]Bryan Lewis Saunders - DRUGS[/url]

[I]For his Drugs series, artist Bryan Lewis Saunders allegedly took a different mind-altering intoxicant daily and on each occasion drew a self-portrait. He has since dialed down the intensity of the experiment after suffering mild brain damage and being hospitalized, but it remains a noble endeavor and one which reveals a startling journey. The substances imbibed include Xanax, crystal meth, cough syrup, Klonopin,the jailhouse drink pruno, PCP, and, results seen below, mushrooms, morphine, and bath salts.[/I][/quote]

I like the mushrooms and huffing gas portraits the best. G13 first runner up after those.

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The Invasion of Mars Continues!

NYT has a good link below.

[URL="http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/05/curiosity-is-set-to-land-on-mars/"]LINK[/URL]

If this rover lasts half as long as Spirit... it could find a lot of evidence about past life on Mars.

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[url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/9449489/Has-the-Loch-Ness-monster-finally-been-caught-on-camera.html]Has the Loch Ness monster finally been caught on camera? - Telegraph[/url]

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[quote=Chico23231;928895]I like the mushrooms and huffing gas portraits the best. G13 first runner up after those.[/quote]

Wow, who knew Nicotine gum made you feel like Mr. Peanut???

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[quote=mlmpetert;929139][url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/9449489/Has-the-Loch-Ness-monster-finally-been-caught-on-camera.html]Has the Loch Ness monster finally been caught on camera? - Telegraph[/url][/quote]

That is without a doubt some serious weak shit. For as long as people have wanted to believe in the Loch Ness Monster, if they are ever going to prove its' existence they are going to have to come forward with an amazing unedited video or picture if we are going to believe it.

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[quote=mooby;929158]That is without a doubt some serious weak shit. For as long as people have wanted to believe in the Loch Ness Monster, if they are ever going to prove its' existence they are going to have to come forward with an amazing unedited video or picture if we are going to believe it.[/quote]


What are you talking about!?!?! There is clearly a Loch Ness Monster in that pic. You probably dont belive in my dragon either?

mlmpete's Dragon:

[IMG]http://www.dvdizzy.com/images/pete1.jpg[/IMG]

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[quote=mooby;929158]That is without a doubt some serious weak shit. For as long as people have wanted to believe in the Loch Ness Monster, if they are ever going to prove its' existence they are going to have to come forward with an amazing unedited video or picture if we are going to believe it.[/quote]

There is a clear pic. its at 15 sec into the clip.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cn7xfBpZ3M"]3 fiddy - YouTube[/ame]

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[quote=firstdown;929406]There is a clear pic. its at 15 sec into the clip.

[URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cn7xfBpZ3M"][COLOR=#0066cc]3 fiddy - YouTube[/COLOR][/URL][/quote]



I love that couple

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[url=http://finance.yahoo.com/news/life-telecommuting-robot-015200319.html]My Life as a Telecommuting Robot - Yahoo! Finance[/url]

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[YT]8_-A5-lclQk[/YT]

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[url=http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/15/travel/computer-border-official-avatar/index.html?hpt=hp_c2]Meet Elvis: The virtual border official who knows if you're lying - CNN.com[/url]

interesting

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Oops We didn't need that:

[url=http://news.yahoo.com/unmanned-us-military-hypersonic-craft-failed-182018735.html]Unmanned US military hypersonic craft failed - Yahoo! News[/url]

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[IMG]http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/169523_401120753271239_220385349_o.jpg[/IMG]

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WOW!!

[url=http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/09/a-massive-explosion-on-the-sun-with-the-earth-shown-at-scale/262233/]A Massive Explosion on the Sun, With the Earth Shown at Scale - Rebecca J. Rosen - The Atlantic[/url]

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[quote=SmootSmack;939634]WOW!!

[url=http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/09/a-massive-explosion-on-the-sun-with-the-earth-shown-at-scale/262233/]A Massive Explosion on the Sun, With the Earth Shown at Scale - Rebecca J. Rosen - The Atlantic[/url][/quote]that's awesome and scary

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Another groundbreaking innovation from DARPA.
If this pans out it will make our field soldiers lives a lot easier.

[img]http://media.tecca.com/2012/04/04/kmg-630-alphadog-darpa-630w.jpg[/img]

[url=http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2409628,00.asp]DARPA's Robotic 'AlphaDog' Could Give Soldiers' Gear a Lift | News & Opinion | PCMag.com[/url]

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[quote=firstdown;929406]There is a clear pic. its at 15 sec into the clip.

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cn7xfBpZ3M"]3 fiddy - YouTube[/url][/quote]

Hah! A SP reference. I love it.

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[quote=Alvin Walton;940126]Another groundbreaking innovation from DARPA.
If this pans out it will make our field soldiers lives a lot easier.

[img]http://media.tecca.com/2012/04/04/kmg-630-alphadog-darpa-630w.jpg[/img]

[url=http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2409628,00.asp]DARPA's Robotic 'AlphaDog' Could Give Soldiers' Gear a Lift | News & Opinion | PCMag.com[/url][/quote]when skynet becomes self-aware, we're cooked

[YT]9EeUwopy5II[/YT]

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the alphadog has been around for about 5 years now (7 if you count the mule that it's based off of), though i guess it's gone from bigdog to alphadog and it's better now, the conept and look haven't changed much.

it's scary that that cheetah thing could run people down though. now all it needs is a laser (it'll be great/scarier when it can go that fast on sand or through a forest).

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DARPA, those boys need to find a woman....

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Better steer clear of NIH until they figure this one out.

[url=http://www.foxnews.com/health/2012/09/15/superbug-kills-7th-person-at-maryland-nih-hospital/?test=latestnews]Superbug kills 7th person at Maryland NIH hospital | Fox News[/url]

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Martian blueberries! Now I have something to add to my cereal.

[IMG]http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/tim/2012/09/17/mars-rover-opportunity-blueberries_620x350.jpg[/IMG]

[I]A strange picture of odd, spherical rock formations on Mars from NASA's Opportunity rover has scientists scratching their heads over what exactly they're looking at.
The new Mars photo by Opportunity shows a close-up of a rock outcrop called Kirkwood covered in blister-like bumps that mission scientists can't yet explain. At first blush, the formations appear similar to so-called Martian "blueberries" -- iron-rich spherical formations first seen by Opportunity in 2004 -- but they actually differ in several key ways, scientist said.[/I]

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Shyam Sankar: [URL="http://www.ted.com/talks/shyam_sankar_the_rise_of_human_computer_cooperation.html"]The rise of human-computer cooperation[/URL]

[I]Brute computing force alone can’t solve the world’s problems. Data mining innovator Shyam Sankar explains why solving big problems (like catching terrorists or identifying huge hidden trends) is not a question of finding the right algorithm, but rather the right symbiotic relationship between computation and human creativity.[/I]

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[quote=RedskinRat;942201]Shyam Sankar: [URL="http://www.ted.com/talks/shyam_sankar_the_rise_of_human_computer_cooperation.html"]The rise of human-computer cooperation[/URL]

[I]Brute computing force alone can’t solve the world’s problems. Data mining innovator Shyam Sankar explains why solving big problems (like catching terrorists or identifying huge hidden trends) is not a question of finding the right algorithm, but rather the right symbiotic relationship between computation and human creativity.[/I][/quote]

Having not listened to the speaker, I did however read the comments, which I liked very much:

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1 day ago: This talk was a bit of an insult to one's intelligence--the very subject it which it was classified.

When you use a hammer--do you cooperate with it to perform a task?

No, you use a hammer--since it is a tool.

Computers are tools--even those with fairly advanced so-called AI.

Humans do not 'cooperate' with computers, they use them--artfully or not. All the examples the speaker gave related to humans using their tools creatively and to good effect. The talk was mildly interesting, but contained little of substance or novelty.

Perhaps in the next Carpenter's Quarterly I will read an article entitled:

The Rise of Human-Hammer Cooperation.[/quote]

My dear hammer, is it ok with you if I use your head to pound the nail. Dear nail, may I please use the hammer to pound your head. Yes, outstanding. and Repeat 1000 times.

A computer is a tool. A good tool, an amazing tool, but a tool nonetheless. unless it's a toy. then its a fun toy.

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Comparing a hammer to a computer.......f'kin' [I]awesome![/I]

Thanks for the laugh!

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OK, who put THAT there?

[IMG]http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/images/msl/20120919/pia16155-43.jpg[/IMG]

[URL="http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2012-295"]
Mars Rover Finds Odd-shaped Rock[/URL]

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^^ That silly rover he brought it up there and put it out while the computers weren't looking :cheeky-sm

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I love @SarcasticRover on twitter:

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Shuttle Endeavour gets to retire in a nice museum in California… on Earth. That lucky, lucky, lucky, lucky bitch.
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[QUOTE]SarcasticRover ‏@SarcasticRover

Discovered that I'm much cooler if I add "yo" to things I say. LASERED A ROCK, YO! SCIENCED SOME AIR, YO! Feels good.
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[quote=SmootSmack;920309][url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/06/venus-transit-video-nasa-_n_1574547.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003]Venus Transit VIDEO: NASA Footage Of Rare 2012 Planetary Alignment From Solar Dynamics Observatory[/url]

Simply awesome[/quote]

Im not saying its not real,but that looks like some fake ass shit.Looks like someone took a penny and is moving it in a straight line across a background.

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[url]http://mashable.com/2012/09/25/hubble-telescope-view-universe/[/url]

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That's it Global Warming must be eradicated:

[url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/post/weather-a-factor-in-looming-global-bacon-shortage/2012/09/25/54f1e9aa-074e-11e2-a10c-fa5a255a9258_blog.html]Weather a factor in looming global bacon shortage - Capital Weather Gang - The Washington Post[/url]

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[URL="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120926133235.htm"]Artificially Intelligent Game Bots Pass the Turing Test On Turing's Centenary[/URL]

[I]An artificially intelligent virtual gamer created by computer scientists at The University of Texas at Austin has won the BotPrize by convincing a panel of judges that it was more human-like than half the humans it competed against.
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[IMG]http://img.izismile.com/img/img5/20120224/640/soon_meme_collection_640_14.jpg[/IMG]

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[quote=RedskinRat;945958][URL="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120926133235.htm"]Artificially Intelligent Game Bots Pass the Turing Test On Turing's Centenary[/URL]

[I]An artificially intelligent virtual gamer created by computer scientists at The University of Texas at Austin has won the BotPrize by convincing a panel of judges that it was more human-like than half the humans it competed against.
[/I]
[IMG]http://img.izismile.com/img/img5/20120224/640/soon_meme_collection_640_14.jpg[/IMG][/quote]
First question: were the judges robots. (the answer is no. which ultimately points to "we ain't there yet")

2nd question: how good a definition of "humanness" are they using when the "Human players received an average humanness rating of only 40 percent"

wake me up in 2100.

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[quote=CRedskinsRule;945966]First question: were the judges robots. (the answer is no. which ultimately points to "we ain't there yet")[/quote]

Who would be a better judge of a human than a human? We are SO there!

[quote=CRedskinsRule;945966]2nd question: how good a definition of "humanness" are they using when the "Human players received an average humanness rating of only 40 percent"

wake me up in 2100.[/quote]

Google it and you'll see the criteria, seems perfectly adequate to me.

Yay! Skynet!

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[URL="http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2012-309"]JPL - Universe Expanding[/URL]

[IMG]http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/images/spitzer/20121003/pia15818-640.jpg[/IMG]

Where's they get that ladder?

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[quote=RedskinRat;948616][URL="http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2012-309"]JPL - Universe Expanding[/URL]

[IMG]http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/images/spitzer/20121003/pia15818-640.jpg[/IMG]

Where's they get that ladder?[/quote]

Dang, gonna take longer to get to Alpha Centauri now.

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[quote=RedskinRat;948616][URL="http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2012-309"]JPL - Universe Expanding[/URL]

[IMG]http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/images/spitzer/20121003/pia15818-640.jpg[/IMG]

Where's they get that ladder?[/quote]

Space Depot, it's behind the chic filet