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roguesquirrel: The american version of Super Mario Bros 2. was...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:17:01 -0500

The american version of Super Mario Bros 2. was released in japan as Super Mario Bros. USA.
To complement this the guidebook published by APE includes a poster to introduce young players to english, a manga that recontextualizes the story as the characters visiting Mushroom America(???), and scenic photography headlining every page of the walkthrough

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Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:32:23 -0500

capnquirkl: supremesaltine: live footage from ouran academy “sorry I was late sir, I had to wipe...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:00:25 -0500

capnquirkl:

supremesaltine:

live footage from ouran academy

“sorry I was late sir, I had to wipe the anime off my car this morning.”

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Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:00:18 -0500

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Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:58:11 -0500

mathmajik: Mysterious Mathematics - Foucault Pendulum A...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:38:08 -0500

mathmajik:

Mysterious Mathematics - Foucault Pendulum

A Foucault pendulum is just like any other pendulum, nothing more than a weight attached to a wire; but to work well it needs to have a very long wire, with a really heavy weight. They’re often attached to the ceilings inside very tall buildings, such as museums and cathedrals, so that they can hang a great distance and swing impressively slowly. These sorts of locations also tend to have fairly constant temperatures, which avoids expansion and contraction of the pendulum which would cause complicated variations in its period.

What makes a Foucault pendulum different from a normal pendulum is that it is attached at the top to a universal joint which allows the pendulum to rotate freely around its fixing point as it swings. Once you set one in motion, its direction of swing will rotate at a rate of about 0.2 degrees every minute. But in fact, it isn’t really the pendulum that’s rotating: the pendulum is swinging back and forth in exactly the same direction. It’s the Earth which is rotating underneath the pendulum, which makes it appear that the pendulum is in fact changing direction.

At the North Pole, the pendulum would appear to rotate through a whole 360 degrees once a day, because the Earth rotates all the way round underneath it.

The rate of rotation of Foucault’s pendulum is pretty constant at any particular location, but in 1954, during an experiment with one, a physicist named Maurice Allais got a surprise. His experiment lasted for 30 days, and one of those days happened to be the day of a total solar eclipse. Instead of rotating at the usual rate, as it did for the other 29 days, his pendulum turned through an angle of 13.5 degrees within the space of just 14 minutes. This was particularly surprising as the experiment was conducted indoors, away from the sunlight, so there should have been no way the eclipse could affect it! But in 1959, when there was another eclipse, Allais saw exactly the same effect.

Many people have questioned his results: why should the eclipse affect a pendulum indoors in any way? Many subsequent experiments have taken place since, with mixed results: some experimenters have found no measurable effect, but slightly more have confirmed the result from several different locations, including an underground laboratory.

At the moment it is a true mystery: nobody has any real idea what the cause might be. Some suggestions have included gravitational waves, solar radiation, and the anisotropy of space (the fact that space is different in different directions). All of these physical phenomena are governed by highly complex mathematical models, and unravelling the mystery will take the combined efforts of mathematicians, physicists and astronomers the world over.

"Crying does not indicate that you are weak. Since birth, it has always been a sign that you are..."

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:36:20 -0500

“Crying does not indicate that you are weak. Since birth, it has always been a sign that you are alive.”

- Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre (via whatsthetruthruth)

roguesquirrel: halvinandcobbes: what the hell is he...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:35:29 -0500

roguesquirrel:

halvinandcobbes:

what the hell is he doing

“Lets see that drake bell hate on this shit. Aint nobody alive can hate on this shit”

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Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:35:06 -0500

bootaide: sexhaver: i have touched the face of god if you...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:32:17 -0500

bootaide:

sexhaver:

i have touched the face of god

if you wanted an unlistenable version of bad apple!! here you go

spammycrossing: OH MY GOD these nintendo assholes

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:31:30 -0500

spammycrossing:

OH MY GOD these nintendo assholes

sqetches: F & C

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:28:46 -0500

sqetches:

F & C

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Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:26:29 -0500

namface: pokemon-xy: ✰✰Pokemon XY Countdown’s site is up!! ✰✰...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:22:01 -0500

namface:

pokemon-xy:

✰✰Pokemon XY Countdown’s site is up!! ✰✰

XY Countdown is a fan run countdown for the game’s world-wide release date of October 12th. The point is~~~ to get excited about release with pictures!!

Please follow this tumblr for updates and info! If you can contribute a drawing for this countdown, please consider signing up for participating next week!

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My name is Namie and I helped run BW2 countdown last year. I’m honoured to be running another Pokemon countdown again! In BW2 count there was over 300 artist participants and it was a whole heap of fun all together!! I’m sure XY count will be a blast \^q^/ So please follow…!

-Namie (http://namface.tumblr.com/)

CHECK THIS OOOOOUT

highway62: The canonical list of films available for viewing...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:15:44 -0500

highway62:

The canonical list of films available for viewing upon the starship ENTERPRISE.

From here: http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/File:Motion_picture_library.jpg

Via the Banzai Institute FB page.

spacejard: FAMILY LOVE PICARD

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:15:27 -0500

spacejard:

FAMILY LOVE PICARD

soliels: I’m changing my giveaway up a bit. I recently got a...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:10:08 -0500

soliels:

I’m changing my giveaway up a bit.

I recently got a lot of money so here we go.

Animal Crossing New Leaf

Kingdom Hearts

A 3DS (XL or Regular + Any color)

$100 Amazon Gift card

Second place will receive

$100 Amazon Gift card

Any series of anime/tv show/movie series on DVD or Blu-Ray

Third place will receive

$100 Gift card to their favorite store, online

Rules

reblog/like once

must follow me

don’t complain if you don’t win

winners chosen at random!!!

ends july 17

begin my friends

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