contributed by Jason McLaughlin
It’s time for the football!
As a United Statesian, I understand that the rest of the world loves the sport of soccer with a passion. It’s hard to find people outside of the U.S. that don’t jump at the opportunity to trample children at the stadium when their team loses (or wins). I don’t really follow the sport but hey, it’s the World Cup — I might as well tune in. The last time I watched I got to see a dude get a forehead in the chest and that was pretty awesome.
Now, apparently, I get to listen to some sort of massive bee swarm.
<Insert “global hivemind” joke here> Continue Reading
written by henchmen
Well, we can’t carve our names into the moon with it, mainly because people don’t trust us around lasers. The Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) announced that their new toy — a factual ray gun — works and has effectively tracked and obliterated a drone in flight over water. What makes this system unique is that the moist environment of the sea more or less absorbs the laser as it makes it way to break things. This isn’t the first ray gun the Navy has developed, just the latest and greatest model. Continue Reading
written by Evil Sofa Leg
The HP Zr30w S-IPS LCD Display…
Until we actually get to play with one, we have to say this thing has bragging rights and awesome stamped all over it. Here’s the rundown: 1.07 billion displayable colors, 2560×1600 resolution all in a 30″ package. In comparison, a [pathetic] standard monitor only displays 16.7 million colors. Luckily for us, HP did the math and points out that this [ultimate pr0n] 30″ monitor offers 64 times the display range.
written by Evil Sofa Leg
