DNA

Genome length, in millions of DNA base pairs:

Bacterium (Escherichia coli): 6.2
Foot fungus (Trichophyton rubrum): 22
Earthworm (Aporrectodeo tuberculata): 655
Piranha (Serrasalmus brandtii): 1600
Human (Homo sapiens): 3000
Daffodil (Narcissus jonquillo): 16000

TROLLOLOLOLOL

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=dumbass

"Nikola Goddamn Tesla"

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/tesla

Portal / Portal 2

$6.79 for Portal 2
$8.49 for Portal 1 and 2

A new SteamWorks DLC just came out so that end users can now design their own maps.

If you don't yet own it, now's the time. Even our resident curmudgeon Bill will tell you it was awesome.


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"Once, during Prohibition, I was forced to live for days on nothing but food and water." ~ W. C. Fields

Portal Theme... revisited

We need a new word, because EPIC doesn't describe this hack enough.

http://hackaday.com/2012/05/05/playing-the-song-still-alive-on-hacked-exercise-equipment

I love the changing graphics on the second display too.

Sadly, brilliant.

http://failbook.failblog.org/2012/05/02/funny-facebook-fails-but-thats-all-bee-slides-the-point