A single sperm has 37.5MB of DNA information in it. That means that a normal ejaculation represents a data transfer of 1,587.5TB.
– from Reddit
Of course, one could claim that the majority of that is duplicate data, so really the transfer rate is much lower, with lots of effort to make sure the data is not [...]
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I haven’t posted in a while; my camera’s been broken and I’ve been way too busy. I have a lot that I’d like to capture here (my adventures in homebrew, for one), but for now I just wanted to post a note to the world as to what I want for Christmas: my very [...]
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I recently stumbled across this, and will present as it is itself, with few words. A movie of 100 people of ages 1 to 100 hitting a drum.
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Theo Jansen refers to himself as a “kinetic sculptor”, but words can hardly do justice to what he creates. Well, I suppose there would be some debate over whether or not the word “he” fits into that last sentence, given the evolutionary way in which his ideas develop, but hey, I’m getting too wrapped [...]
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From what I can tell, these all come from a Japanese children’s educational TV show, where such devices are often used for the intro/ending of to the show. Just amazing stuff! It is reminiscent of the Pointer Sister’s pinball number song on Sesame Street.
Of course, thinking about Sesame Street got me going [...]
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