Here is the link to a really HD upload on youtube. Its the first show of the Disneyland Halloween 2009 halloween show. It is freaking amazing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlb_iPg1g7Q&feature=player_embedded#t=17

Those streamers in the second half, I want some, did you see how high they went?

Here is an interesting free web browser game that just came out. Apparently you just buy out any streets you want using google maps, then you can build buildings, gain rent. I guess once it gets more popular you can battle it out to own your neighborhood and shit. Anyways, try it out.

http://www.monopolycitystreets.com

So for some crazy reason I have to take intro to computer information systems for my associates. I know about computers.

Anyways, the other day while my instructor was teaching the class what microsoft word is, I got bored. This is the result.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y51/BigBiker05/aaaa.jpg

(Image is a screenshot and doesn't fit right in these forums)

edit: OMG LOOK IT FITS WIGES hurkahurkahurka

So today in physics class we we're talking about how much it costs to get into space. My physics is also the school's astronomy teacher so we were discussing alternate ways of orbit. Anyways, I forgot the actual amount of money it costs per gram to get into space but it was a lot.

A few hours I find this article... it says that 2 MIT students managed to get pictures of space for a grand total of $148.

Materials: Weather balloon filled with helium. Digital camera. Foam ice chest full of beer (beer kept on ground). And a pre-paid cell-phone with GPS.

The MIT students used another college's weather tracker to find still winds which would keep the balloon within the state. They then attached the foam ice chest to the weather balloon. They taped the digital camera to the bottom, and put the GPS phone inside.

They used open-source firmware to hack the camera so it would take one picture every 5 seconds (used an 8gig mem card). To keep the camera and phone from freezing, they used instant hand warmers.

Finally they followed the GPS signal on the phone and retrieved the 18 mile high pictures later.

This is a cheap enough project for a fucking elementary school... why doesn't NASA think of this shit?

Source: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/09/the-150-space-camera-mit-students...?

Heres a little chart I found to help understand the height, they went 30 kilometers in the air: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Atmosphere_layers-en.svg

So on another community I'm active in a thread involved into a discussion about water cooled systems, and other ways to cool the system. (someone's PC overheated and the thread evolved from there)

Anyways, someone brought this up and I've never heard of it before. Its a computer submerged in mineral oil. It looks badass for one... But I guess (according to the second youtube link in a minute) its not really that much cooler, but it is ultra quite. Let me know if you know anything about there.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtufuXLvOok

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChOe6F1rZKQ

So the cost of a Wii right now is $249.99. I was wondering if anyone has heard anything about a price cut coming this winter? My mom wants to buy a Wii but wants to wait incase of a price cut. And with my mom, this will mean she'll never buy one because eventually it will become cheaper.

I tried to google this, but it was way too hard to find an up to date article. But then I found an article on IGN from the first saying PS3 and XBox just had a price cut, but nintendo said it wouldn't. Has anyone heard other (since PAX) that Wii will have a price cut?