IIT Post Things That Are Interesting (From an Intellectual Standpoint)

[Trotskilicious]

i.e. don't post game videos and pornography you feel me DOGG

THE FALKIRK WHEEL


The Falkirk Wheel is a rotating boat lift in Scotland. It connects the Forth and Clyde Canal with the Union Canal. Named after the nearby town of Falkirk in central Scotland, the lift opened in 2002. The two canals it serves were previously connected by a series of 11 locks, but by the 1930s these had fallen into disuse. The locks were filled in and the land built upon.[1]
The plan to regenerate central Scotland's canals and reconnect Glasgow with Edinburgh was led by British Waterways with support and funding from seven local authorities, the Scottish Enterprise Network, the European Regional Development Fund, and the Millennium Commission. Planners decided early on to create a dramatic 21st-century landmark structure to reconnect the canals, instead of simply recreating the historic lock flight. Designs were submitted for a boat lift to link the canals; the Falkirk Wheel design won. As with many Millennium Commission projects the site includes a visitors' centre containing a shop, café, and exhibition centre.
The difference in height of the two canals at the wheel is 24 metres (79 ft), roughly equivalent to the height of an eight-storey building. But the Union Canal is 11 m higher than the aqueduct which meets the wheel, and boats must pass through a pair of locks to descend from this canal onto the aqueduct at the top of the wheel.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falkirk_Wheel

[yo soy el mejor]

http://meritbadge.org/wiki/images/6/...s_of_Chess.pdf

[MyOneAndOnly]

robots

The company may have another robotic sensation: PETMAN, a two-legged, 180-pound machine nearly six feet tall. Boston Dynamics, which has created a slew of robots for the military over the years, is expected today to publicly unveil the first video of the nearly fully developed PETMAN, power-walking on a treadmill in the company’s labs.

[Radiofred]

I didn't know about that and I live in Scotland.

[Trotskilicious]

isn't it way cool? engineering + art = awesome.

[duovamp]

Seriously how is a fleshlight the closest we've come to a sexbot?

[killtrocity]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013...-hunger-strike

Originally Posted by theguardian

The strikers have issued a number of demands, including the end to group punishment, an overhaul to the policy of identifying suspected gang members, an end to long-term solitary confinement, better education and rehabilitation programmes, and the provision of adequate and nutritious food.

The principal grievance is California's unusual policy of indefinitely putting suspected gang members in solitary and moving them back into the regular jail only if they identify fellow gang members.

The protest has united black, Latino and white inmates, including members of racist gangs. "It's phenomenal. They are coming together because they know in unity is where ultimate victory lies," said Dolores Canales, co-founder of California Families to Abolish Solitary Confinement.

[Bread Regal]

Are u a bad enough dude to construct all these Euclidean shapes using only a virtual compass and straightedge?

http://sciencevsmagic.net/geo/

[Bread Regal]

Rules:


"To draw a straight line from any point to any point."
"To produce [extend] a finite straight line continuously in a straight line."
"To describe a circle with any centre and distance [radius]."
"That all right angles are equal to one another."
The parallel postulate: "That, if a straight line falling on two straight lines make the interior angles on the same side less than two right angles, the two straight lines, if produced indefinitely, meet on that side on which are the angles less than the two right angles."

[TuralyonW3]

I HAVE RIDDEN ON THE FALKIRK WHEEL. IT WAS PETTY COLL

[Future Boy]

Originally Posted by scottytheoneand

robots

[Tchocky]

The early writing systems that emerged in Eurasia in the early 3rd millennium BC were not a sudden invention. Rather, they were a development based on earlier traditions of symbol systems that cannot be classified as writing proper, but have many characteristics strikingly similar to writing. These systems may be described as proto-writing. They used ideographic and/or early mnemonic symbols to convey information yet were probably devoid of direct linguistic content. These systems emerged in the early Neolithic period, as early as the 7th millennium BC.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-writing

[slunken]

http://collider.com/wp-content/uploa...ovement_01.jpg

[Shallowed]

Originally Posted by Bread Regal

Rules:


"To draw a straight line from any point to any point."
"To produce [extend] a finite straight line continuously in a straight line."
"To describe a circle with any centre and distance [radius]."
"That all right angles are equal to one another."
The parallel postulate: "That, if a straight line falling on two straight lines make the interior angles on the same side less than two right angles, the two straight lines, if produced indefinitely, meet on that side on which are the angles less than the two right angles."

This will keep me busy for a while.

[wHATcOLOR]

[slunken]

Icing vs. Frosting

Most people think that frosting and icing are two different terms used to describe the same thing. In the U.S., for example, many use the term frosting rather than icing. However, in most European countries, including the U.K., the word icing is preferred. This is one of the reasons why there has been much debate about the two either having a difference, or whether they can be utilized interchangeably. Nevertheless, more and more experts agree that there are really some important disparities between them.

It is not a mere case of semantics. Icing is indeed different from frosting. For one, it is said to be thinner, and has a glossier appearance than the latter. Icing is said to be the term used in a more professional sense. It is like confectioner’s sugar combined with milk.

Frosting is more of a thick, usually fluffy layer, like buttercream. Because of this, it is preferably used to cover the outer surface of the cake. The confusion sets in when the frosting is applied in such a way that it is purposely coated thinly on the cake. It is also spread on cakes as a topping, or as an overall outer coating that provides an added layer to the cake. Hence, frostings can be mounded as opposed to icing that just slips, or runs off the cake by nature.

In terms of texture, frostings usually remain soft. They are also a lot creamier, and that’s why people often get the idea that it tastes better, most likely attributed to its buttery flavor. Icing is more fluid, but once it becomes dry, it appears thin and hard.

Frosting is applied either by using a spatula or knife to make a mound over the cake, or by placing it inside a decorating bag with a small outlet at the tip for the frosting to pour (pipe) out. The latter is what’s usually seen in decorating cookies. In the case of icing, the piping approach is the only method to be used, because of its fluid consistency. It is too hard to apply by using a spatula, for it will just run off too easily.

In summary, if ever you’re not that particular with word definitions, it is still okay to use either icing or frosting interchangeably. The ‘right’ usage of the two terms depends on where you are located anyway. but in its most technical sense, they differ because:

http://cdn.differencebetween.net/wp-...ng-cook-pd.jpg

1. Icings are runnier in nature compared to frosting.

2. Frostings are thicker than icings.

3. Frosting is the term more commonly used in America, whereas icing is often used in Europe to pertain to the exact same thing.

[Trotskilicious]

shut the fuck up slunken

[Future Boy]

[Starla]

I don't like atlas :[

[cocksure]

let's learn together!

[killtrocity]

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[Trotskilicious]

what's so intellectually stimulating about white trash and clown rap

[Future Boy]

[null123]

http://socium.ge/downloads/komunikac...m%20(1991).pdf

[Shallowed]

Originally Posted by Trotskilicious

what's so intellectually stimulating about white trash and clown rap

Maybe he's implying that sarcasm is intellectually stimulating and hoped that making a sarcastic post would stimulate your intellect.