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Flickrvision is a mashup of Flickr and Google Maps. Strangely addictive. Better than television.

How early could something like this have been built? The Greeks could certainly have managed the construction; the Antikythera device (100 BC or so) is much more complicated. Binary arithmetic, in its modern form with the ones and zeros, dates to Leibnitz in 1703. But as far as I can tell, the first binary adders were build out of relays in 1937.

In 1937, Claude Shannon produced his master’s thesis at MIT that implemented Boolean algebra and binary arithmetic using electronic relays and switches for the first time in history.

Someone with a lot of spare time has photoshopped animals with plants. There’s a penguin/eggplant, a horse/tomato, and other strange things. Reminds me of The Island of Dr. Moreau.

Engine: 49 cc 2-stroke (2 cycle)

Suggested Gas/Oil Mixture - 25:1

Carburetor: 16mm fully adjustable carburetor, w/ velocity stack and 17mm intake manifold

Exhaust: Tuned Aluminum

Transmission: Single Speed-Centrifugal Clutch

Brake: Disk Brake

Auto Chain Tensioner

Stainless Steel Frame

Tuned Aluminum Exhaust

Strong Poly Carbonate Shell

Knobby Tires: 10″ Pneumatic

Ignition Type: C.D.I.

Fuel Capacity: +/- 0.9L ( +/- 0.26G)

Range: 1 hour +

Max Speed: +/- 30mph (45 km/h)

Max Load: 265 lbs (120 kg)

Max Power: 3HP

Colors: Black, Yellow, Red, White and Blue

Footing: Regular (Natural) or Goofy: You can change any time, only a couple bolts to change the side of the swing arm.

Net Weight: 57 lbs (26 kg)

If Google Earth isn’t enough for you, there’s Google Sky. Also Google Moon and Google Mars. I just wish it had a flight simulator mode like Google Earth.

I also have a slide show of some non-copyrighted APODs.

Garfield minus Garfield is a site that shows Garfield comic strips minus Garfield:

Who would have guessed that when you remove Garfield from the Garfield comic strips, the result is an even better comic about schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and the empty desperation of modern life? Friends, meet Jon Arbuckle. Let’s laugh and learn with him on a journey deep into the tortured mind of an isolated young everyman as he fights a losing battle against loneliness in a quiet American suburb.

I’d love to see a Youtube of that sermon!

Reader jde pointed out that Reason and Faith have co-existed quite nicely since ancient times.  He’s right, if by Reason we mean Rationalism.  There is a long tradition of Reason in the service of Faith, say approximately Augustine through Descartes.  We can see a faint reflection of Rationalism today in Intelligent Design.

However, if by Reason we mean Empiricism and scientific method, say Hume forwards, then Faith and Reason are opposed.  The conflict is epistemological;  we can accept revealed truth, or we can follow the evidence, but if they disagree, we have to choose one or the other.