It seems that Listverse removed this post! What a tragedy! The need for security is essential to our survival. This is especially the case with certain things, whose secrets are so important that they require some of the highest levels of security in the world: below, you’ll see military bases, intelligence centers and other facilities which are given unbelievable protection …
Computers with small monitors weren’t really meant for multitasking, yet today that’s all that we use computers for. Of course, large-screen computers can easily handle email, Facebook, Minecraft, and whatever other applications a user might have open. Unfortunately, the vast majority of us don’t carry around giant-screen computers capable of multitasking.
Hello blog readers! As you may have noticed I have not posted here in a while. It’s one of those times in the year where my life gets chaotic and the blog gets tucked away for a bit. I do wish that I could write a blog post every single day, but that’s still a dream. But rest assured, Thought …
Online games encompass a huge variety of genres, from FPSes to MMORPGs to Sandbox games, of which my personal favorite, Minecraft, resides. However, all of these big genres over-shadow a small yet important category of games: Room escapes. These sorts of games are excellent for the wanna-be detective, the future FBI agent, or anyone who enjoys a couple hours of …
This post was reblogged from Futility Closet. It was originally written on 22 May, 2011 by Greg Ross. View the original article here. In 2001, USCD psychologist Vilayanur Ramachandran presented these shapes to American undergraduates and to Tamil speakers in India. He asked, “Which of these shapes is bouba and which is kiki?” Around 98% of the respondents assigned the name kiki to the spiky …