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Here is a key difference from prior CAPTCHA services :

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They're using captchas to solve text analysis and digitizing problems.

Also one of the most polluted places on earth.

Totall agree. These people are the modern day seafarers. Heading out into unknown waters.

Its very sad but inevitable. At this cutting edge of technology and human endeavour, accidents are bound to happen.

I wasnt objecting to your intelligence theory. Its perfectly ok to assume there may be intelligences in the universe far superior to ours. I was referring to your comment on the "common objections to UFOs".

"Simply impossible" is not correct. "Highly unlikely" or "Highly improbable" is the right phrase to use.

I'm wondering if this could be a vehicle not just for reconnaissance but also delivering a kinetic energy projectile from space ? (Note - i'm merely speculating)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinetic_bombardment

No, it doesnt.

I've been a reader of Lapham's Quarterly for about 2 years now. So much better than watching TV and crappy movies.

Its kind of meant to be a starting point for readers to find something interesting and follow it through in more detail.

Similar to a curated list of topics with short bits of content to pique interest.

I love it.

Wonderful video. There are a few more intersting ones on that website (AT&T's archives).

Thanks for posting this.

I have the primitive coffee brewing system too .... its fantastic :-)

Can you post some more details on your situation - location, jobtype etc ?

And therefore it must be because the US did something, right ?

So is there any inside info on whats going on ? I despair that corporate funded computer science and engineering research is on the decline.

The middle ages were a period of great turmoil in Europe, so even if there were scientific, literary or artistic advances they could easily have been destroyed. We only know what we know from stuff that has survived the turmoil and the following thousand or so years.

Also, I'm very surprised the quora article did not even mention the plague and the effect it had in those days.

Isnt this a re-post ? It was a bad idea then and its a bad idea now. Distractions while driving are potentially dangerous.

Sad ending. However its heartening that someone tried to save the baby elephant. The world needs to do so much more to protect wildlife. It seems things have gotten so much worse over the last decade or two.

Maimonides was Jewish.

I've seen this before, this and another, younger Italian guy. Excellent and impressive display of mechanical skill.

Interesting, thanks for posting. I new about semi-automatons created for the Turkish rulers for entertainment but not about Al Jazari.

I would like to add that the Persian, Arab and Turkish empires benefited greatly from Chinese, Indian, Roman and Greek math, technology and science that had been developed much earlier. This frequently gets glossed over or completely ignored.

I've long suspected this and have been off social networks since 2007/08. Have taken a lot of grief from friends about it though.

Portland has a lot more than Stumptown and Heart. Spella, Coava, Extracto, Clive, Oblique .... and more.

I've seen this approach tried before - it has problems :

"Due to the sun’s movement throughout the day, Henry needs to repeatedly shift the container to match the focal point. "

Very nice article and writing - and a great subject.

To wander the woods all day, read when you want,

To be free of all connections, to not even need a name. There is something to it.

Oh ..and Rudyard Kipling ... wonderful.

What about a Kickstarter/Indiegogo type campaign to pay the developer to opensource it ?

For good coffee - go to Portland, Oregon.

I've had some of the best coffee I've ever had in North America there.

I recall reading about how they did this back during the plague days in France. Cordon off an affected town and don't let anyone in our out.

I've seen this photo before. If I recall correctly it was from a story or article called "Highway of Death" or something like that.

Tragic and gruesome.

When an organization gets too big, it is statistically likely there will be leaks.

I think the US has forgotten or willfully ignored the lessons learned from the past 100 years of espionage.