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  1. More Giant Circles on 6000-Year-Old Tomb Complex Discovered · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I just emailed this to National Geographic:
    We'll see what happens...

    "I believe I have discovered circles similar to the ones referenced in your article 'Huge Pre-Stonehenge Complex Found via "Crop Circles"'.
    http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/06/090615-stonehenge-tombs-crop-circles_2.html

    There are two 380-foot diameter circles located at Longitude/Latitude 50.977866,-1.963204
    These may be seen at Google maps: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=50.977866,-1.963204&sll=50.977866,-1.963204&sspn=177.15044,360&ie=UTF8&ll=50.977872,-1.963205&spn=0.01016,0.021865&t=h&z=16&iwloc=A
    There are variations in the color of vegetation at this site that indicate that there may be other circles as well, of similar size.
    There is also a serpentine color variation about 750 feet long and 60 feet wide.

    Please forward this to the appropriate researcher."

  2. Re:Cold on Opera's CEO to Swim From Norway to the USA · · Score: 1

    1. Rent stretch-limo with hot tub.
    2. Jump into Speedos, jump into tub, start treading water.
    3. Drive limo into cargo plane, fly to Iceland.
    4. Drive to mom's house for hot chocolate.
    5. Drive back onto cargo plane and fly to USA.

  3. Re:50 million, that is quite cheap on MicroDisplay Claims Progress Toward Elusive LCoS · · Score: 1

    Probably outsourced to Indian hampsters.

  4. Expo86 on Ultra High Definition Video · · Score: 3, Informative

    I saw a 60 fps movie at Expo86 in Vancouver, 18 years ago. It had incredible realism.

    The high frame rate eliminates the strobing effect that occurs when the camera pans, or an object moves quickly across the screen. I noticed the strobing when watching LOTR in the movie theater, but the effect isn't visible on TV.

  5. Credit where credit is due! on The Subtle Tyranny Of Spreadsheets · · Score: 1

    It's kind of ironic that the poster got his information from upFront.eZine issue #379 without giving any credit (except as "a CAD-related mailing list"). I guess he didn't read the article "When CAD News is Plagiarized" in issue #378.