Recent content by trOver

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    Woosta's road to dunking, gaining 30 lbs and mixed martial arts journal [ VIDEOS!! ]

    A few tips for dunking- I was in the state dunk contest as a senior in high school at 6'3" 185lbs. You go off two feet just like I do, so you seem to have similar a technique. I find that A LOT of jumping high has to do with approach and incorporating your arms into the jump. The approach should...
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    ATHF: post your workout playlist here!

    Lil' Wayne (Da Drought 3 mixtape and Carter III)
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    Looking for a watch - good brands?

    I've had good luck with Skagen. Very minimalistic and incredibly light. http://www.skagen.com/products/Men/Watch/All/1.fx
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    Default Scientists create a living organism

    might as well post it in off topic too... http://edition.cnn.com/2010/TECH/science/05/20/scientists.organism.ft/?hpt=T1 (FT) -- Scientists have turned inanimate chemicals into a living organism in an experiment that raises profound questions about the essence of life. Craig Venter, the...
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    Scientists create a living organism

    http://edition.cnn.com/2010/TECH/science/05/20/scientists.organism.ft/?hpt=T1 (FT) -- Scientists have turned inanimate chemicals into a living organism in an experiment that raises profound questions about the essence of life. Craig Venter, the U.S. genomics pioneer, announced on Thursday...
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    college financial aid question

    To those who have done the college application process recently: I have filled out my Fafsa and got back an EFC of ~$20k. As I understand it, you take the college's cost of admission and subtract the EFC, and that's the amount of federal aid you're expected to receive? I am even more...
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    Why would an IKEA worker be fired?

    Lets hear it!
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    Need to come up with an invention of some kind

    and wish there was a machine to do it for you? All ideas are welcome, give me your wildest!
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    Question about streaming tv onto 2nd monitor

    The video stream is ran through the internet, so essentially from a cat-5 cable. This is plugged into my laptop, which has an external "monitor" hooked up to it via vga, which is the TV. When I play video locally off the laptop, it runs fine on the TV, so I don't think my video card is the...
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    Question about streaming tv onto 2nd monitor

    At my University, the cable tv is run through the internet, meaning I have to use my computer to stream the tv service to my tv via vga cord. When I watch it on my computer monitor, it works beautifully, but when I drag the box over to the 2nd monitor (the TV) it gets all choppy and jittery...
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    District 9 on Rotten Tomatoes

    After seeing a 94% RT rating, I had to see this movie. It did not let me down. The movie keeps you on the edge of your seat the entire time, its not too long and its not too short, and by the end of it, you'll be thinking to yourself, "holy shit!". Being a Peter Jackson film, I did not expect...
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    That song in the bacardi original mojito commercial

    Every time I see the commercial I love the song in the background and its been driving me nuts not being able to listen to the entire thing. I finally found it, it's called Daylight by Matt and Kim. Enjoy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgBeu3FVi60 edit: The original commercial...
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    A true breakthrough in battery technology!

    It is mostly chemical engineering... the place where I did my research was called the "catalyst center" if that helps...
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    A true breakthrough in battery technology!

    Correct. I haven't read that particular article, I'm just going off the research and experiences I had in the lab, but the general idea is the same.
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    A true breakthrough in battery technology!

    This is exactly right. Current research is all focused on the anode side of the cell, so once they figure it out they will move onto the cathode, where the real improvements can be made. One step at a time though.