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We all know that technological advancements have been taking place, compared to human history, at astounding rates since the advent of computers. Every year that rate almost seems to be doubling in most categories. We are not all that far away from computers that can write their own programs...

http://www.vintagewings.ca/VintageNews/Stories/tabid/116/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/367/language/en-CA/Manufactured-Victory.aspx Subject: Fwd: Photos of WW2 aircraft under construction These are pictures and stories I had not seen before. Also click on '.'Lower than a...

Elk hunting with only a camera and a playful/curious young bull elk. http://m.koreus.com/video/wapiti-vs-photographe.html -John

I decided not to sell it. -John

> > Lost Tsunami camera > > Read the info before watching the video > > > > > This is quite amazing footage. > > Yu Muroga was doing his job making deliveries when the 11 March 2011 earthquake hit in Japan. >...

http://www.flyingmag.com/technique/proficiency/video-more-amazing-uk-crosswinds .

The news was making a big deal about the pilot of the 777 that went missing having a simulator in his home, like it was unusual and strange. It seams to me that many pilots probably have at least some sort of simulator, that it is not at all unusual. -John

For 8 years, Michael Marten has been taking photos from different spots of the British coast line, documenting the daily rhythms of the tides. This gave way to a special landscape project. Marten took photos of the same locations 8 and 16 hours apart, and showed the contrast between those...

For 8 years, Michael Marten has been taking photos from different spots of the British coast line, documenting the daily rhythms of the tides. This gave way to a special landscape project. Marten took photos of the same locations 8 and 16 hours apart, and showed the contrast between those...

My primary care physician retired back in October of last year. We, at one time simply referred to our own doctor as "my doctor". I moved over to the family practice across the court from his office. I guess it was about a year before he retired, maybe less, that he started bringing his...

Anyone have an old turntable that they are not using anymore? Want to get rid of it? I can't afford a lot, am looking for an older one, the kind with the wood base, automatic or manual. -John

http://www.tickld.com/x/this-ladys-cat-went-missing-but-when-she-asked-for-helpthis-happened -John

An amazing place. http://www.buzzfeed.com/bennyjohnson/inside-the-armys-spectacular-hidden-treasure-room -John

How many years we are away from a computer, completely on its own, and autonomously, designing and building a more advanced computer than itself? It would use automated machines, robotics, 3-D printers, etc. No human involvement at any stage of the process. -John

Ever wonder how a hawk with a huge wing span can fly through the forest without hitting the trees? This is a really cool video that shows how that happens…. http://www.youtube.com/embed/2CFckjfP-1E

This clip gives you are rough idea of what the greatest generation had to endure to give us what we have today. -John https://www.dropbox.com/sh/4zkp7hvrgbcd7gd/D-qPNsG9ym#lh:null-Laffey%20Enhanced%20vo%203.wmv

Here is a story about a kitten that two girls set on fire. The responses from the public were tremendous, which upset the people in the neighborhood where the crime took place, because no such attention was given to a boy who had been killed there a year earlier...

A license to fly a drone, or a license to fly an airplane? Are there different standards between public sector and the private sector? What has the most likelihood of inadvertently killing someone on the ground, and airplane or a drone? -John

I think most of us have heard of him, but you can never be sure. http://biggeekdad.com/2012/07/the-man-who-rode-thunder/ -John

This is good! HISTORY OF THE CAR RADIO Seems like cars have always had radios, but they didn't. Here's the story: One evening, in 1929, two young men named William Lear and Elmer Wavering drove their girlfriends to a lookout point high above the Mississippi River town of...