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Friday, June 17, 2011 at 12:39AM Ok, think of something, an item, person, place, thing and go to this website. It will ask you 20 questions and chances are high that it will figure out what you are thinking. I played and almost passed out that it figured out what I had in my mind. I now see how a computer won on Jeopardy.
Friday, June 17, 2011 at 12:06AM wechoosethemoon.org is where you want to go. It is a complete interactive experience that allows you experience every aspect of the Apollo 11 space mission to the moon. Complete with photos, video and audio, it is if you were there in the moment.
Thursday, June 16, 2011 at 11:54PM Want to know what a car crash looks like up close and personal? Check out autotopsy.ca, a site that simulates a horrific car accident. Surpringly solid visual effects and live-action cut scenes combine to give you an entertaining look at how car insurance companies determine who gets paid and who does not.
Thursday, June 16, 2011 at 11:49PM Then find out with the Wayback Machine, a website that collects past versions of websites and makes them available for you to see. Want to see what the Post Gazette looked like in 2001, find out..
Thursday, June 16, 2011 at 11:46PM Clocking in at 80 Gigapixels (8,000 times the resolution of a typical point and shoot camera) is a panoramic picture of London. Check it out, so good that you can see the whole city and the ability to zoom in and read the license plate off of a bus. Amazing...
Thursday, June 16, 2011 at 10:18PM The scam of the week involves people claiming to be representatives from Microsoft cold calling people with offers of free technical support help. After getting unsuspecting victims to believe that their computers are infected, the scammers then convince the victims to buy worthless software. In short, Microsoft and almost every other computer related company on the planet will not call you to do a free security check. Hang up. You can barely understand the conversation you have when you call them, let alone them calling you....