Whoa - tag a tune is addictive.

They should add a big countdown timer:
Only 703,799,999 years 364 days and 23 hours to go!

@ Twoshort

As a side note, who uses a bike lock that can be defeated by bolt cutters? Even my $10 fairly light cable lock is thick enough to prevent that.

Show me a cable lock that is thick enough to prevent cutting and I will show you a bigger pair of bolt cutters!

That why I now park my bike in my cubicle.

@LearnToLoveTheBomb,

You've had enough? That was your one and only comment... Me thinks that you need to chill and try to remember the rest of the Dr Strangelove title.

...but if you made it smaller or a different shape, would it still exert the same nostalgia?

I think not.

Two nights in the woods is fun, but not really enough to test out your gear.

In 2005, I hiked for 6 months with a Nikon camera, garmin GPS, iPod (for storing the photos), a sharp Zaurus palmtop computer(to write logs and edit photos), a cell phone (to send out the logs and photos) and a solarroll 4.5 to charge everything.

All of the gear worked flawlessly and I would recommend all of it. However, getting it to all work together was tricky. There was soldering involved and I even had to write a driver to connect the zaurus to the cell phone.

Technology + Outdoors = Awesome!

It's funny because the entire time I was thinking: the Instinct's user interface is more complicated...

But, props to narrator for using the word ginormous.

No mention of Maurizio Cattelan?

Several years ago, I played on his 22 person table that was being displayed during LET'S ENTERTAIN at Portland Art Museum. Here is a photo of the original table.

Would have been geekier to use the power button icon... and just #000

Very cool - May I suggest the we make the next contest have something to do with audio ;)

Also, I have to point out that Hemidemisemiquaver forgot his opening "nitpick" tag...

Poor lil' Mona... With only 1000 pixles, she looks so tiny and scared up there.

I know! Her sister Big Mona will take care of her. She takes up 100,000 pixels - but thanks to the magic of PNG compression, still weights in under 1000 bytes.

@Anantha

Essentially it was a safety issue.

I disagree. To Mazda it was a "brand issue" and to me is an "environmental" issue. They could have spent a little money to have the vehicles safety inspected, slapped on a salvage title and given them to a good cause. I am sure that there are a lot of low income people out on the road in much more unsafe vehicles. This route would have given them a great return on investment when it comes to branding.

Instead, they decide to do the above interview where they casually talk about destroying the cars. They didn't even try to label it recycling...

... but, we do agree on one thing: That was a great Seinfeld episode.

Seems to me that donating them would have done a heck of a lot more for the "brand". Now, I will forever equate Mazda with Wasteful.

I remember reading the wired article about the brave workers that risked their lives to save the ship and it's cargo. What a shame.

@rebdav,

A mule is the offspring of a male donkey and a female horse Although donkey's and horses have a common ancestor, they have each evolved along different paths to the point that they now have a different number of chromosomes. Donkeys have 62 chromosomes, whereas horses have 64.

This means that they are still genetically similar enough to reproduce, but different enough that (for the most part) the offspring are sterile. Mules are a type of F-1 hybrid.

Eventually, the lizards on this island may evolve to the point where they can no longer breed with the lizards from the other island. However, they can still mate with each other. If a genetic mutation occurred that did not allow a lizard to mate there would be no way to pass on that genetic information...

@Evidence and others,

I would say true evolution would be the change of one species into another species. Dog to a cat.

Your saying that only demonstrates a misunderstanding of evolution. It's just as silly as saying that people came from monkeys... Rather, evolution shows us that dogs and cats (or people and monkeys for that matter) had a common ancestor. A dog will never become a cat. However, given enough time, a change of environment and maybe some gamma radiation - it's ancestors will become something other then a dog.

Yes everyone, it takes a very long time for a complex organism to evolve. If you don't trust the fossil record, why not instead look at simpler organisms. Viruses and bacteria are readily evolving.

Thanks for the nod, Rob.

Here is my real entry: Tiny Mona

I decided to create an image - a 1K reproduction of the famous Mona Lisa by Leonardo Da Vinci.

* Image Size: 25×40 = 1000 pixles
* File Size: Exactly 1000 Bytes

And yes, I used PngSlim for maximum compression. It actually took a lot of trial-and-error to get exactly 1K.

P.S. The Seagate logo up top? Too big. It's 1,025 bytes!

Well just hold on a minute Rob...

Thats a PNG. Did you remember to crunch it? I bet that it is full of unnecessary metadata. Reordering the bits would probably help a little too!

Thanks to a little program called PngSlim, that image is now only 799 bytes. Thats a loss of 226 bytes or 28%. All without changing a single pixel.

You could now fit 275,954,704 more of them on that 1 Terabyte drive.

You do know that it's earth day? Maybe we could find something better to do with that organic matter then wash it down the sink...

Nice design though.

That last "of" was tough to get!

I used to have a professional table in my home - and I agree with CHICO. The table is beautiful, but the players need rubber feet for real play.

"airing her grievances"

Festivus seems to come earlier each year...

Here is an abstract of the article in the Orlando Sentinel that PJCAMP mentioned. I am too cheep to pay for the full version.

@Kieran O'Neill
Triangle!

@Man On Pink Corner

I'd contribute a metric fuckload of money

US or Canadian?

Wait a minute...
What "calendrical significance" does 2014 heave?

Marine professor Gilly?

Yeah, this is real...

I have always used "litmus test" instead of "acid test". A quick jaunt to wikipedia indicates that they are, in fact, subtly different idioms:

Acid test: A rigorous test or appraisal of the quality or worth of someone.

Litmus test: Any kind of social indicator used to classify someone either favorably or unfavorably.

Q. Is this really a "Moderation Policy"?
A. No, it's more of an FAQ!

Q. Why did this need to appear on the front page?
A. I have no idea, but it really seems like Teresa is trying to justify her often over-zealous moderation...

PS. I hv nvr bn hrshly mdrtd, bt hv bn arnd lng engh t s Trs tk hr frstrtns n thrs. Gss thr s frst tm fr vrythng!

Like my granddaddy used to say:

"It's the eleventh bear that you need to worry about!"

No, but seriously - I would love a total on the weight he will be carrying. As someone with long distance trekking experience (albeit in less harsh climates) the packed weight of these items seems like the major concern. I know that other trans-arctic trekkers have pulled items on sleds.

@paulatz
Sounds like you have reached:

Stage 7--Sober and in denial

Tibet's stockpile of gold == http:/// ?

Correct Link.

@Teresa Nielsen Hayden / Moderator

Citation needed - or I might start calling shenanigans!

Lung size varies widely: 4,000 and 6,000 cm3

@voalse,
Wow, I didn't even know that Unicef sold prescription meds! The worst part is that I went to report the spam to Unicef, but all of the feedback forms were broken.

And where the hell are the BB moderators?

(At least I know that I won't be moded for swearing)

It looks like everyone and their mom is trying to download the SDK at the same time. The main developer site goes up and down, while the download link just 404’s.

Don't you mean "30th Century Fox"?

@Agent,
It took me a little while to see it to. The link is the disc image that says "free download" on the left.

Here is a direct link to the torrent. Let's all try to speed it up a bit for @Lone ;)

Or, is it that you have comcast?

@Lone

Otherwise expect gridlock quality torrent speeds.

Me thinks you need a refresher on the advantages of bittorrents! wikipedia

And the sigg bottles appear "suspiciously similar" to the MSR Aluminum fuel bottle...

Neither of which can catch the elusive interstellar dust...

Speaking of graffiti "enhancing" natural areas...

Reminds me of this poem I came across in the Southern California wilderness.

@Rob Cockerham,

I wonder how many people there are, alive today, who can say that they have produced made a million of some object.

Does hair count? I "produce" about a 100 of those every day!

@Jeff,
Well, are you rich?

...

Then you can't have it!

I too was a little disappointed that "hand cut" did not mean "hand tools". At that point why not use a cnc? You would still be "hand"ling the wood at some point...

At least he plants a tree for each one sold...

...better, better, better... Ahhhhhhhhhhh!!!

Love it!

Maybe they read this xkcd comic.

But in all seriousness, why would there be a "prohibition on one-letter naming"? My great-grandmother's second husband was named J!

@GLATTI
Thanks- that makes even more sense!

+ I love the crown of um, rods that they gave him

@the_pants

Lightning forms along the path of least resistance, which is not necessarily the shortest path to ground. I found several pictures on flikr where the bolt seems to hit off center. Here's one of them.

Wikipedia says that the O Cristo Redentor is constructed from reinforced concrete meaning that it is full of metal rebar. If the photo is real, then strike probably occurred where the rebar was closer to the surface of the concrete.

The one thing that make me judge the authenticity is the quality of the photo. If someone went through all the trouble to set up the shoot, why not use a decent camera?

1) Photographing lighting at night is easy. You just need a storm and a camera that can take long exposures. Here is a shot I took this summer.

2) As others have stated that statue is the tallest thing around and probably gets struck often.

1 + 2 = likely to be a real photo.

That being said, I don't put much religious significance in the photo. I bet the statue of liberty gets struck all the time.

I would like to salute Officer Rivieri for all the fine work he is doing to dispel the cops==bullies stereotype.

If you have the money, go for the Brunton Solar Roll. We carried one on our 2650mi thru hike of the pacific crest trail.

It is lightweight, flexible and pumps out power even with cloud cover. The 4.5 fit perfectly on the back of large pack.

Looks like this guy had the same idea for a container. If only he had patented it rather then posting it to the half bakery.

Photo

Funny you should post this. I just took a time lapse while cutting down my x-mas tree. What kind of camera/setup did you use?

Only 6 planets? Is he making a statement on Pluto's behalf?

Very impressive none-the-less!

That is sure some hot blur-on-blur action!

"enjoy a BoingBoing experience untroubled by differing points of view"

Seems like an oxymoron.

PS: Am I one of the three?

And #49's beard is almost freaky.

Wait - she doesn't appear to have a beard...

I agree that the floor-display shut off is hilarious, but screwing with presenters is just mean spirited.

Karma will catch up...

My dad got one of those for xmas. There are lots of hammer-nail pullers out there, but this one goes a step further.

The "tearing, armour-penetrating beak" is for grabbing/straitening/ripping out 2x4's.

And what a great name!

RAGINGRED - it was not actually on the trail, but on a side road we crossed which hitching to a town.

I get that "MOLESTING" refers to vandalizing. It’s the "SAME" that I find confusing. Originally, I thought that it was simply a typo, that’s why I was surprised to find that the sign specification still lists it.

OK all of you sign experts. Can you tell me what this road sign means? It reads:

ANY PERSON REMOVING OR MOLESTING SAME WILL BE PROSECUTED

Thanks in advance!

Get this guy a :Cuecat!

Wait... this doesn't add up. They were forced to close because business was too good? Disabled or not, patrons were shelling out $50 an hour.

So that's why my lady got me an iphone for Xmas!

This is why I love the boing.

The posts make me think and the comments make me LOL.

The reason that they don't usually register a domain is because then you can just do a whois:

WHOIS information for: secure-your-credit-card.com:

Domain Name.......... secure-your-credit-card.com
Creation Date........ 2007-12-19
Registration Date.... 2007-12-19
Expiry Date.......... 2008-12-19
Organisation Name.... Kirsi Yli-Kaitala
Organisation Address. P O Box 99800
Organisation Address.
Organisation Address. EmeryVille
Organisation Address. 94662
Organisation Address. CA
Organisation Address. US

Admin Name........... PrivateRegContact Admin
Admin Address........ P O Box 99800
Admin Address........
Admin Address........ EmeryVille
Admin Address........ 94662
Admin Address........ CA
Admin Address........ US
Admin Email.......... contact@myprivateregistration.com
Admin Phone.......... +1.5105952002
Admin Fax............

What, no direct link?

I want to secure my credit cards!

When we lived in NY, my father was once pulled over for avoiding gridlock by not pulling into the intersection. The cop handed him a "Gridlock Buster" award signed by the major (Koch?). Attached was a single subway token.

Luckily, he was not in a rush at the time.

I would be pissed.

Just for everyone coming late to the game - Looks like Mark has now updated the typo in the quote.

OK everyone! Now, how do I get one without traveling to Asia?

Really - someone needs to corner the import market!

"private pnvestigator"
Anyone remember the show: Magnum P.P. ?

My first thought was that they ripped off TEDDY - an intuitive, sketch-based 3D modeling software that I heard about a few years ago. Then I realized that Takeo Igarashi worked on both programs. I love the new application and will have to try it out.

More on TEDDY:
http://www-ui.is.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~takeo/teddy/teddy.htm

Then according to K'Shawndra Jenkins' estimate:

2,873,321 = Total population of Chicago (2006)
2,120,511 = 73.8% are 18 or over
212,051 = Chicago-area adults have read or contributed to a blog in the last 30 days

Way to go BoingBoing!

@ MATT

As the site states "Vector art is useful because it allows you to scale an image without making it blurry or pixelated."

Now, converting a photo of an eye to vector art may seem a little silly (no offense mark), but check out the logo examples on the site. They have turned the pixelated based images into items that will look as good on the side of a building as they do on stationary.

I was lucky enough to get my hands on some seeds and grew my very own ghost chillies this year. The last of them are just turning red and when they are all ready I plan to make some kicking sauce.

There is no doubt in my mind that burning these chillies could ward off elephants. They are by far the hottest thing I have ever tasted and just handling them makes your fingers go numb.

@ Tubman

"but the most likely reason is that they simply recycled the layout of a 12-hour, 4 digit LCD watch display"

Like I said lazy!

;)

They have a link to the original manual:

"When score reaches 19990. it automatically turns back to 0"

Now that is just lazy programing! why not 99999 or at least 19999?

Not to be confused with Flaming Dr. Pepper.

Those used to get me into a lot of trouble...

@ dagdasamildanc

If your against eating any meat - well OK...
Otherwise, the the hen houses in the video are palaces compared to industry chicken farms.

I love how Yahoo! other news organizations pull the most extreme photos that they can find. I took one look at the ripped, soiled "couch" in the article and was about the cite shenanigans.

"No one would pay US$216 for that!"

Then I noticed the small AP file credit.

Why would you need to use biometrics to find the terrorists? It is a widely known fact that all terrorists have tattoos! Check out the the phrenology guy in the photo. He has German tattooed all over his head!

Some are even more obvious - just check out this one I found....

Now if they could just figure out what the liver is for.

Between this and the LOL Conservatives poster that BoingBoing posted a few days ago - I think that they need to hire a real designer. Any graphic design 101 student could do better then that. It is too complex, not recognizable from a distance - oh and it looks like a dead elephant!

Draconum,

OK - Here' mine.

There is also a blank on that page for anyone that wants to play along!