The Muppets Performing Bohemian Rhapsody

The Muppets Performing Bohemian Rhapsody: "

This is a video of the Muppets performing Queen's iconic 'Bohemian Rhapsody'. It was really well make except for the part with Animal repeatedly yelling 'Mama'. That part made me want to cry blood out of my ears. Which I've done before (Lady Gaga). Except 'Poker Face', I'll shake my ass to that jam any day. And you'll like it. But no pictures -- it'll break your camera!

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Thanks to Zach, Michael, scottie and Ana, who want to ride their bicycles, they want to ride their bikes."

Don't Copy That Floppy!: Evolution Of Storage

Don't Copy That Floppy!: Evolution Of Storage: "

This is a little graphic charting the progress in music storage. It's part of a larger graphic which also includes the evolutions of photo and data storage. Click THIS BIG-ASS LINK RIGHT HERE to see the whole thing. But warning: prepare to be wowed. Or at least moderately impressed with how far we've come. Now let's put a man on the moon! Or a cat. Oh. My. God -- SPACE FURBABIES -- WANT!!

Man, We've Come a Long Way From Floppies [gizmodo]"

Scarewaves

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Nuclear fusion: Coming to a basement near you soon

Nuclear fusion: Coming to a basement near you soon: "

Lawrenceville Plasma Physics Inc. debuted their Focus-Fusion-1 dense plasma focus research reactor in mid-October, after nearly 8 years of research and building. In the blink of an eye, this freezer-sized nuclear fusion demo machine can push more than 100 gigawatts of power through a space smaller than a pin point. By comparison, the entire U.S. uses about 430 gigawatts of electricity every hour.

Unlike standard nuclear fission — which involves bombarding a fuel, like plutonium or uranium, with neutrons to break it up into isotopes and releasing massive amounts of energy — the Focus-Fusion-1 bombards boron atoms with neutrons, turning it into helium and even more massive amounts of energy.

Then there's the price. A new nuclear fission plant costs billions, and requires a community willing to have one. Focus-Fusion-1 costs several hundred thousand dollars, and could shrink the land footprint of typical power plants from acres to basement-water-heater-size, while reducing the cost of electricity to 1/10th of our cheapest available power today.

And the end-products are way better. While the waste from fission will make the lab techs glow in the dark and die horrible deaths if exposed, Focus-Fusion-1's waste products will just make them talk funny.

Via FocusFusion.org and Lawrenceville Plasma Physics Inc.

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Why Don't House Cats Grow Into Lions?

Why Don't House Cats Grow Into Lions?: "

This is a clever answer to a query posed in Yahoo! Answers. You can't argue the answerer didn't give them exactly what they asked for, even if it's not what they wanted. Because, let's face it, a lot of people don't even know what they want. I'm looking at you, Mrs.Takes 8 Minutes To Order at the Taco Bell Drive Thru. Next time I'm ramming!

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Thanks to TARDISlover, who likes it bigger on the inside."

Get five bars with 5BARz cell signal booster

Get five bars with 5BARz cell signal booster: "

You'll encounter weak cell signals or no bars (especially if you're an iPhone user in midtown Manhattan) everywhere you go, which is where this CellLynx 5BARz booster ($300) comes in. About the size of a paperback book, you just plug the box into an AC outlet or cigarette lighter and it somehow corrals and amplifies weak signals to create drop-free conversations and speedy Web surfing where you had neither before, on the road or at home.

No, if won't create signal where there isn't any, but it's fairly portable. It comes with a CLA car mount for use in a car — but just remember its dangerous, if not illegal, to use a cellphone while driving. Your cellphone has to be within a couple of feet of the cradle, which must be a transmitter or some sort, but the main receiver/amplifier box doesn't necessarily have to be near a window such as similar (and less portable) cell boosters. It also works with either GSM or CDMA signals. The company guarantees five bars anywhere within your carrier's coverage area. Let us know how that goes.

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Video: Pelosi Says Jail “Very Fair” Punishment For Not Buying Health Insurance

Video: Pelosi Says Jail “Very Fair” Punishment For Not Buying Health Insurance: "

According to the non-partisan Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT), the House health care bill passed last Friday empowers the federal government to imprison people for up to five years if they willfully refuse to buy federally regulated and approved health insurance.

Shomari Stone of Komo 4 News in Seattle pressed the Speaker on this point yesterday. Watch:

Click here to view the embedded video.

UPDATE: This video has since been marked “private” by an unknown party. We are trying to track down a public version.

UPDATE: It’s back up!

President Barack Obama recently told ABC News’ Jake Tapper that he shares Pelosi’s belief that jail time is an appropriate punishment for not buying health insurance. Obama did not always believe this. Debating Hillary Clinton in 2008, Obama said:

And I think that it is important for us to recognize that if, in fact, you are going to mandate the purchase of insurance and it’s not affordable, then there’s going to have to be some enforcement mechanism that the government uses. And they may charge people who already don’t have health care fines, or have to take it out of their paychecks. And that, I don’t think, is helping those without health insurance.

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Video: The View From the Highest Man-Made Point on Earth

Video: The View From the Highest Man-Made Point on Earth: "

Video from the tip of the Burj Dubai's spire will test even the most latent acrophobia

There aren't too many YouTube videos capable of inducing measurable feelings of vertigo while you watch comfortable at your desk, but this is one of them. It was filmed by a brave, brave Scotsman standing on top of the world.

At 818 meters (2,684 ft), the Burj is the tallest structure humans have ever built. And it takes an even braver human to mount the top of spire and stick his video camera over the ledge.

The tower reached its maximum height in January of this year, and is currently slated to begin occupancy in January 2010. Dubai real estate isn't the commodity it once was, but we still have a monument to extreme engineering.

'The tower wobbles, dreadfully, so if my hand is shaking, it's not just me.' Indeed.

[YouTube via Skyscraperpage Forums - thanks Nate and Nate!]

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Dell Inspiron Zino ready to grace home theaters everywhere

Dell Inspiron Zino ready to grace home theaters everywhere: "

Dell teased us with its tiny Inspiron Zino PC last summer, and finally it makes its way to the real world. It looks like an excellent addition to any home theater or desktop, especially if you configure it with a terabyte of hard disk space, 8GB of RAM, 64-bit Windows 7, a 512MB ATI Radeon HD 4330 graphics card capable of blasting out 1080p, and its upcoming optional TV tuner. Sounds like hot competition for Apple's newly updated Mac Mini.

There's no Intel Atom processor or the NVIDIA Ion platform on board as we had hoped, but we're still satisfied with the highest-end processor available on it, the 1.8GHz dual-core AMD Athlon Neo X2 6850e. Decked out with all this goodness, the Zino's not the cheapest home theater PC in the world, but its price of around $700 fully configured ain't bad. Or if you go with its basic trim, you'll have a fully functioning PC for a rock-bottom $229.

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Tauntaun sleeping bags available for preorder

Tauntaun sleeping bags available for preorder: "

When ThinkGeek's Tauntaun sleeping bag debuted last year as an April Fool's joke, a million voices cried out demanding it be made. The company picked up on this disturbance and, now, you can finally preorder your very own alien kangaroo Snuggie for $100.

From ThinkGeek:

This high-quality sleeping bag looks just like a Tauntaun, complete with saddle, printed internal intestines, and a plush lightsaber zipper pull. Now when your kids tell you their favorite Star Wars movie is 'Attack of the Clones' you can nestle the wee-ones snug in simulated Tauntaun fur while regaling them with the amazing tale of 'Empire Strikes Back'.

The zipper pull is a lightsaber! You can gut this Tauntaun just like in the film. Let's hope it doesn't smell worse on the inside because, really, just wash the damn thing.

The Tauntaun sleeping bag is due out at the end of this month, right in time for the holiday season. Check out ThinkGeek's epic promo video down below.

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Blind Spot

Blind Spot: "