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I haven’t fully explored this yet, but Wikisky.org looks like an interesting and entertaining science / astronomy site.

I am short on online time at the moment, but I will try to check this out a bit more in the future.
[tags]Wikisky, Science, Astronomy, Wiki, Education, Entertainment, Sky Map, SDSS, Space[/tags]

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Just thought I would highlight an excellent post made on the View from the Edge blog, titled “feeling insignificant yet?”

It begins with a quote from Douglas Adams so you know it is probably going to be good , and follows up with this:

Carl Sagan used to say the universe contained “billions and billions of stars” and also that if we are the only intelligent life in the universe, then what a ‘tremendous waste of space.” The following pictures are one of the best visual depictions of that I have ever seen, and it shows pretty clearly just how insignificant this little blue orb actually is.

If you have ever wondered how big the Earth is in relation to other planets or stars - check it out. Even if you haven’t check it out anyway

[tags]Space, stars, planets, Douglas Adams, Carl Sagan, Science, Astronomy, Cosmology, Universe, Scale[/tags]

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It has been a while since I posted some interesting links, so here goes:

http://www.rense.com/general72/size.htm - visual representation of how the size of the Earth relates to other structures in the universe. The last image shows just how small the things we think are large, really are.

http://dmartin.org/weblog/things-i-can-do-in-linux-that-i-cant-do-on-windows - summary of why Linux is better than windows, as if people needed telling

http://www.pendrivelinux.com/ - how to boot and run linux from a USB drive.

http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/06/appeals_court_r.html - from Wired.com: “Appeals Court Rules Cops Can Steal Cars and Lie to Victims To Conduct a Warrantless Search”

http://www.robgendlerastropics.com/M42HeartNMCropM.html - image of the M42 Nebula in Orion.

http://www.religionfacts.com/ - information about the worlds religions, surprisingly detailed from what I have read so far and (also so far) does not call Atheism a religion .

http://www.forbiddenlibrary.com/ - “Banned and Challenged Books” - while interesting in that it shows what books have been “challenged” in the past, it also shows what wingnuts think they can get away with. Is 1984 pro-communist for example?

http://www.blifaloo.com/info/lies.php - “How to Detect Lies,” another one of those sites which have a little knowledge on a subject. This is one of the better ones, but it is still for entertainment purposes only. Do not rely on any conclusions you draw using the information here.

[tags]Science, Astronomy, Cosmology, Linux, Windows, Technology, Links,Law, Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, Orion, Nebula, Religion, Books, Body Language, Interrogation, Interview, Philosophy, Culture, Beliefs[/tags]

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