New music is often just old music put together in different ways. There’s only so many notes you can play, tunes you can sing, words you can string, you know? It’s just how it works, music sampling happens whether it’s acknowledged or not . For an entertaining look at the history of sampling, watch the video above. It’s everywhere. Read more…
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Listen to the fascinating history of sampling songs in music
The numbers may be shrinking a bit in recent years but, when you look at it, the sheer aggregate of people who’ve made a toon, joined a raid or bought a pet in World of Warcraft is still mind-boggling. Read more…
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World of Warcraft’s Impressive First Decade, By the Numbers
According to theory, it may be possible to create an advanced propulsion system that would harness the available energy from an evaporating black hole, a so-called Schwarzschild Kugelblitz drive. Here’s how it would work. Read more…
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How to power a starship with an artificial black hole
Dark Horse has just announced that they are losing the Star Wars comics license, as Disney has chosen to give it to their more-or-less in-house publisher Marvel. Damn. Read more…
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Disney is giving the Star Wars comics license to Marvel in 2015
As winter settles in, many of us are getting an up-close look at more snowflakes than we might care to. Let’s take a moment to look at just what forces are shaping (literally) our winter weather. Read more…
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How snowflakes get their shape
On April Fool’s Day 2012 , ThinkGeek featured the Technomancer Digital Wizard Hoodie among their fake products. Now they’ve introduced the real thing, a hooded jacket that lights up and makes spell sounds based on the movement of the wearer’s arms. Read more…
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Light-up wizard hoodie transforms its wearer into a Technomancer
Scary. Insane. Ridiculous. Invasive. Wrong. The Washington Post reports that the FBI has had the ability to secretly activate a computer’s camera “without triggering the light that lets users know it is recording” for years now. What in the hell is going on? What kind of world do we live in? Read more…
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FBI can secretly turn on laptop cameras without the indicator light
A new photo captured by Artyom Anikeev shows Russia’s new Sukhoi T-50 stealth fighter—America’s F-22 Raptor’s nemesis. According to The Aviationist, its new camouflage—inspired by a typical white tip Red Sea’s shark—will make it look “as a rhomboidal shaped aircraft, smaller than the actual airplane” from a distance. Read more…
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Newly captured photo shows Russia’s new badass shark stealth fighter
This is a great idea: buy a landscape at a thrift shop and add in a monster. Make sure you use the same kind of materials as the original landscape! Read more…
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Spice up Goodwill paintings by adding monsters
Did we stutter? Almost one million Toyotas. Recalled. Because spiders. Read more…
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870,000 Toyotas Recalled Due to "Spider-Related Problem"