►WHIRLED GNUS◄: Aug 30, 2011

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

FYI: Viagra Will Make Flowers Erect

Did you know that Viagra also make flowers erect? Oui, Viagra is good not only for treating male impotence.

Israeli and Australian researchers have discovered that small concentrations of the drug dissolved in a vase of water can also double the shelf life of cut flowers, making them stand up straight for as long as a week beyond their natural life span.

They have tested Viagra on strawberries, legumes, roses, carnations, broccoli, and other perishables.

In this research they found that 1 mg of the drug (compared with 50 mg in one pill taken by impotent men) in a solution was enough to prevent two vases of cut flowers from wilting for as much as a week longer than might be expected.

JOKE: Socrates the Philosopher

In ancient Greece (469 - 399 BC), Socrates was widely lauded for his wisdom. One day the great philosopher came upon an acquaintance, who ran up to him excitedly and said, "Socrates, do you know what I just heard about one of your students...?" "Wait a moment," Socrates replied. "Before you tell me, I'd like you to pass a little test. It's called the Test of Three." "Test of Three?" "That's correct," Socrates continued. "Before you talk to me about my student let's take a moment to test what you're going to say. The first test is Truth. Have you made absolutely sure that what you are about to tell me is true?" "No," the man replied, "actually I just heard about it." "All right," said Socrates. "So you don't really know if it's true or not. Now let's try the second test, the test of Goodness. Is what you are about to tell me about my student something good?" "No, on the contrary..." "So," Socrates continued, "you want to tell me something bad about him even though you're not certain it's true?" The man shrugged, a little embarrassed. Socrates continued, "You may still pass though because there is a third test - the filter of Usefulness. Is what you want to tell me about my student going to be useful to me as his teacher?" "No, not really..." "Well," concluded Socrates, "if what you want to tell me is neither True nor Good nor even Useful, why tell it to me at all?" The man was defeated and ashamed and said no more. This is the reason Socrates was a great philosopher and held in such high esteem. It also explains why Socrates never found out that Plato was banging his wife.

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Hurricane Irene's Destruction in Vermont..Entire Towns Devastated..No Roads Open

this is what remains of Rte. 7 the major north south corridor in western Vermont..a 4 lane road

this is Rte #4 the road I used to travel daily..this road travels east to west from Rutland to Killington ski area..obviously it will be some time until repairs can be made..entire towns are cut-off without roads and food is running short..many towns and cities are without power

VIDEO: Snowboarder Jumps Over Moving Train

VIDEO: Worst Hail Storm Ever?

VIDEO: Remote control F-16 with 'helmet cam'

A micro camera is installed onboard an r/c plane F-16. The camera transmit live the video to ground and I wear video goggle to fly the plane in real time like if I was in the cockpit. The camera replace the head of the pilot and the movement of the cam is control by the movement of my head on ground via a head mount gyroscope (head tracker)

The whole system cost around $1500 including the plane. But it is many hours of hand made modifcation. You can start with simpler video system that cost around $500 and install it on your own r/c plane.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5OZCWaJBdc&feature=channel_video_title