November 21, 2008 – 3:38 am
In a vaguely worrying move, NASA has successfully tested a deep-space capable communication system that runs on the same lines as Arpanet, the Interwub’s immediate predecessor. Basically, the plan is to fire of a few deep space probes and satellites off, and have them act as intermediates allowing fast, clear data transference across interstellar distances (and given the speed computer tech moves at, is it too much to hope for subspace soon after?) According to the guy with the coolest sounding job title since ‘Viking’ (manager of space-networking architecture ) Adrian Hooke:
“This is the first step in creating a totally new space communications capability, an interplanetary Internet,”
Given the way the net has evolved here on Earth, it sounds like we may no longer have to pay premium Japanese sites for our alien tentacle porn. LolKlingons anyone?
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November 19, 2008 – 11:13 pm
Remember a few years ago when you got sent a link to a video that made you, our obviously nerdy and awesome audience scream with joy? You know the one…Batman, Joker, Alien, Predator. Yeah, how ace was that! Well, joy of joys – someone has thrown enough money at its brilliant creator Sandy Collora for him to make a full movie.
Entitled Hunter Prey – it’s a war film set on an alien world, filmed for very little, but from the above picture – looking awesome. IO9 spoke to the man himself…
The film centers around a crew of special forces commandos who must recapture an alien prisoner that has escaped after the military transport ship carrying it crashes on a desolate and hostile planet. There are subtle political and environmental overtones that I certainly don’t hit anyone over the head with at all, but that will hopefully make you think about things like war, politics and current events, by presenting them in situations cinematically from a uniquely different perspective.
Thank god for a sci fi film that isn’t a comic book rip off, sequel or remake. can’t wait to see this.
LINK (IO9)
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November 15, 2008 – 11:51 am
Even though Electric Spectre Towers is a pretty cool place to work (flying hollowed out volcano by the way) we are somewhat jealous of the above office.
It is a newly opened high-security data center run by one of Sweden’s largest ISPs, located in an old nuclear bunker deep below the bedrock of Stockholm city, sealed off from the world by entrance doors 40 cm thick (almost 16 inches)
Looks good, can withstand an atomic bomb, and powered by German submarine engines – sounds like my ideal woman.
LINK (Royal Pingdom – Loads more pictures)
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November 11, 2008 – 11:19 pm
I don’t often get the chance to yell ‘LEEKSPIN!’ at a Ready Brek commercial, but today I did. And not just because I enjoy shouting random words at electrical appliances. In an odd move, the soundtrack to the latest Ready Brek advert is Loituma’s Leva’s Polka – best know as the soundtrack to incomprehensible meme leekspin.
With that and Rick Astley winning Best Act Ever at the MTV EMAs, internet phenomenon are making the leap towards mainstream culture. Well, I say fuck mainstream culture. It’s much more fun when the internet stuff is a private joke between us dorks. Let’s hope the next memes to appear are so weird the mainstream leave well alone…
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November 11, 2008 – 1:18 am
Lately, I feel we may have been ignoring the pervert section of our readership, so time for some porn. Actually, time for four times as much porn. To be honest I have no idea what sexgrid is for exactly, but it did remind me a bit of the multi-channel TV from Back to the future part II (Which put that terrible image of Michael J.Fox in a dress in mind- no sleep for me tonight), and it’s nice to see breakthroughs in..uhh…wanking technology I guess.
Anyway, If you find that Redtube isn’t enough, enjoy. Alternatively- maybe try getting out more?
LINK (via fleshbot)
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