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Dear BBC, I am writing to inform you that I am available to take over immediately as the next Doctor. I'll even bring my own sonic screwdriver (mine actually works). Looking forward to hearing from you. Sincerely, Maurice Moss.

The House on Wednesday afternoon defeated a Republican proposal to kill all funding for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) in the 2014 Department of Homeland Security spending bill.

Rep. Paul Broun (R-Ga.) brought up the idea during amendment debate, and said that by eliminating the bloated and ineffective TSA, taxpayers would immediately save about $5 billion.

Drew Baird, via Mac Rumors:

For what it’s worth - a couple of months ago I received a call from Douglas Brooks, Apples project manager for the new Mac Pro to address my concerns about the new machine. Obviously he didn’t tell me anything about the new MP, but asked me what I wanted to see. I told him expandability for extra graphics cards support, and memory expansion were at the top of my list amongst other things. His reply was simple:

“You are going to be really glad that you waited [to buy a new tower]. We are doing something really different here and I think you’re going to be very excited when you see what we’ve been up to. I can’t wait to show this off”.

First, some reasonable doubt here is warranted: it’s somebody on a forum recalling a phone conversation, months after it happened, in which an Apple employee allegedly gave vague hints about a future product. Even if Baird is credible, it’s probably safe to say that we can’t rely on these specific words. But the gist matches a common rumor that whatever replaces the current Mac Pro will be significantly different.

Lots of rumors have suggested significantly reduced internal storage and slots, relying on Thunderbolt for expansion, but the message from Apple has also been pretty clear that current Mac Pro fans won’t be disappointed by the update. I believe these are mutually exclusive.

Scaling down the Mac Pro without ruining the biggest reasons to buy it is no easy feat, and people who buy it aren’t really asking for it to be scaled down. We already have two Mac desktops that rely heavily on Thunderbolt for expansion, and most Mac Pro buyers don’t want them. Even Thunderbolt 2.0 still won’t be fast enough for extra RAM or high-performance GPUs, and the mass availability of Thunderbolt media peripherals still hasn’t happened — partly because Mac Pro owners still can’t use them. And while we can lose the optical bays without angering many people, it’s going to be tough convincing Mac Pro fans to give up internal hard-drive bays.

If the Mac Pro’s replacement doesn’t have at least 4 internal RAM slots, 2 PCI-Express slots, and 2–4 drive bays, Apple’s going to get a lot of angry professionals, and a lot of them are going to rush to buy refurbished 2010 Mac Pros.

One big question is whether they’ll still offer dual-socket configurations — their omission would anger many buyers, but not as many as those other changes, and the benefits could be substantial: they could stop relying on Intel’s less-frequently-updated 2P Xeons and make a much smaller, cheaper, cooler, more frequently updated lineup using the Xeon E3 series. But the E3, being only slightly different from Intel’s desktop chips, is limited to 32 GB of RAM, which wouldn’t be well-received in a system that has supported 128 GB since 2009.

Then there’s the Retina question. It feels like desktop Retina displays are still very far off, but by my calculations, Asus just announced a 31.5” one, as long as you usually sit at least 25 inches from it. (I sit almost exactly 25 inches from my 30” monitor, so this works.) The big limitation is GPU power, but…

Intel’s new Haswell processors promise to rectify this ailment, having made 4K support a headline feature of their integrated GPU…

Fortunately, Apple’s probably about to update their laptops to Haswell.

The other limiting factor for an external monitor is transmitting all of that video data over a cable: it would require Thunderbolt 2.0, which is coming this fall, at about the same time as the rumored Mac Pro replacement. Retina/4K-display capability in the Mac Pro’s GPU and interconnect, and a new display released with it, is a feature that many pros will pay quite a bit for.

The Mac Pro is usually only updated about every 18 months (cough), so if it can’t go Retina this fall, it might be a while. The technical needs and timing are tight for desktop Retina displays to make it in time for the Mac Pro replacement, but it does look possible, and that would indeed impress people and make us happy to have waited.

It would be unfortunate if the Haswell-generation laptops lack Thunderbolt 2.0 and can’t support an external Retina display, but the monitor is likely to cost over $2,000 at first, limiting its market to mostly Mac Pro buyers anyway. By the time the monitor is more affordable to the mass market, the laptops will be able to drive it.

Of course, it’s also possible, and probably more likely, that Apple will simply wait until the entire lineup has fast enough interconnects and GPUs to drive external $999 Retina displays before releasing them at all, but that’s probably at least 2 years away.

If Retina displays aren’t a feature of this year’s Mac Pro replacement, what will we get so excited about? What was worth skipping a major CPU generation and going 3 years without an update? And if we’re actually going to have less expansion than before in a system bought primarily for its expansion, what’s worth that?

I’m curious.

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MAX ERNST. Illustration to “A Week of Kindness”, 1934, collage on paper. Surrealism.

Captions, anybody?

Evangeline Lilly is playing an all-new character in the second movie in Peter Jackson's Hobbit trilogy, The Desolation of Smaug, an elf named Tauriel. All we knew about her character is that she has some kind of relationship with Legolas (who will be stopping by the film) but now we also know that she may have borrored her outfit from a high school production of Peter Pan.

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The Depressed Cake Shop is an upcoming pop-up bake shop organized by Miss Cakehead that will only sell grey colored cakes. The shop opens August 2nd through 4th, 2013 in London and will raise money for mental health charities.

One in four people will suffer from mental illness at some point in their lives – The Depressed Cake shop will provide a unique platform on which to raise awareness of and discuss mental health issues (with a focus on depression), whilst at the same time raising valuable funds for a mental health charity. It will open up discussion about mental illness, and engage people with the issues that stems from this disease, making sure people DO talk about the issues.

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And here’s why I think The Doctor should be played by a man. Be gentle, I think i’ve laid out some valid reasons! X

someone left an ask in my box earlier about if I thought a lady Doctor would be a good idea and so far this is the only actual contribution to that debate that I’ve heard beyond “because (buck|preserve) the status quo!”

This does actually bring up some good points - worth a watch.

Yeah I haven’t wanted to weigh in on this debate because I feel the same way as this dude

YOU PUT IT INTO WORDS

I’m personally neither opposed or unopposed to a female doctor but his reasons do make sense and he is not being sexist in any way.

Bless this entire post.

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J. Kenji López-Alt of Serious Eats Slice recently visited Huntington (Long Island), New York’s Rosa’s Pizza and tried their Ravioli Pizza (aka the “awesomest thing on the menu”), yep, pizza baked with thick, gooey cheese and ricotta-filled pillows of ravioli.

…There’s honestly not much to say about it that the pictures don’t already show. The crust at Rosa’s is decent. Crisp on the bottom, tender, not too thick. The sauce is sweet, as sauce in this type of place tends to be. But really, none of that matters. It’s the cheese you taste, and the cheese alone…

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A new attack on automotive keyless entry systems is making headlines and we want to know how you think it’s being done. The Today Show reports that vehicles of different makes and models are being broken into using keyless entry on the passenger’s side of the car. It sounds like thieves steal items found inside rather than the vehicles themselves which makes these crimes distinctly different from the keyless ignition thefts of a year ago.

So how are they doing this? Here are the clues: The thieves have been filmed entering only the passenger side of the car. They hold a small device in their hand to unlock the doors and disable the alarm. And there is evidence that it doesn’t work on 100% of vehicles they try. Could it be some hidden manufacturer code reset? Has an encryption algorithm been hacked to sniff the keyfob identifier at a previous time? Or do you think we’re completely off track? Let us know your opinion by leaving a comment.

[Thanks Mom]

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World-renowned British comedian Stephen Fry spoke out for the first time this week about a recent suicide attempt that nearly resulted in his untimely demise.

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Melissa Lawrence was arrested and charged with assault by Providence, R.I., police after she threw a rock at WLNE-TV cameraman Marc Jackson and set her dogs upon reporter Abbey Niezgoda.

“It felt good, didn’t it?” asks mom.

WANA, PAKISTAN—Calling it a chance to get some fresh air and learn about the unmanned aerial vehicles inhabiting the Middle East, President Barack Obama took his daughters Sasha and Malia out to the tribal territories of Pakistan for an exciting aft...

MTV may be busy filling you in on pregnant teens, Snooki, and catfishing scams, but the network hasn’t forgotten about music altogether. The channel that once actually showcased music on television is teaming up with its sister networks, VH1 and CMT, along with its parent network Viacom to launch a 24-hour online music festival. The “Live Music Day Festival” is part of Viacom’s O Music Awards which celebrate the best in digital music while also seemingly insulting it by handing out awards like “Best Artist Instagram,” “Our Favorite Musical Cat,” and “Too Much Ass For TV.” And because any artist would be lucky to be discovered as part of an award show honoring cats and asses, the OMAs are also introducing a brand new “Make A Band Famous Award” which could theoretically (but not really) launch the career of one of the five groups nominated.

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Cronuts are donuts made from croissant dough and they are all the rage here in NYC. They were invented by chef Dominique Ansel and they are only available in limited quantities at his bakery in Soho. Apparently people start lining up for them at 6am and all 200 of the world's daily supply of cronuts are gone within minutes of opening. Naturally, a black market has sprung up, with cronuts selling on Craigslist for upwards of $25/item:

Kevin Roose has some ideas for Ansel about expanding the reach of the cronut, but in the meantime, Edd Kimber replicated the treat at home with a quickie croissant dough.

Since I wont be in New York any time soon I thought I would see if I could replicate them at home, and you know what? They are pretty damn good! Now the dough I'm using isnt a proper croissant dough, its my quick dough made with just 20 minutes active work which, compared to traditional croissant dough is a snap to make.

Update: Pillsbury has gotten into the act as well with a cronut recipe that uses their crescent dough.

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In France, imbibing six or more alcoholic beverages in one sitting is officially known as an alcoolisation ponctuelle importante—”serious intoxication episode.” Perhaps because of the term’s blandness, the French also use the English expression “binge drinking,” tacking on the definite article “le.”

In fact, le binge drinking appears in the glossary of a recent report (pdf, in French) by the French Observatory for Drugs and Addiction, which also shows that the behavior itself has become much more prevalent among young adults.

From 2003 to 2011, the number of French between the ages of 18 and 25 who reported binge drinking within the past month grew by 57%; the number of 17-year-olds, by 14%. France raised the legal drinking age from 16 to 18 in 2009.

What’s surprising about the trend, aside from the fact that the French have a reputation for drinking in moderation, is that alcohol consumption in the country as a whole has been dropping steadily since the early 1960s. Soft drinks and fruit juice have come to replace wine as the beverage of choice at the dinner table; in 1980, wine was served at about half of all meals, but in 2010, it only appeared at one out of four.

According to Le Monde, the reason is that there has been a shift in class, both among the wine of the country and its people. As the economy grew in the late 20th century, the number of blue-collar workers, who tend to be heavier drinkers, diminished. Meanwhile, wine went from being a quotidien commodity to a gourmet product: 65% of French wine was simple table wine in 1979, but that number dropped to 11% in 2005. It’s now a more expensive and less frequent indulgence.

So why the recent spate of le binging? A popular, if dubious, interpretation among the French is that their kids picked up the habit from Brits. In a 2011 story in the Guardian, the writer interviews a waiter in Paris bemoaning drunken adolescent boisterousness:

“The French kids are the worst because they want to be Anglo-Saxons,” said Jean-Christophe, a waiter, shaking his head in front of the Saint Michel archangel fountain, which dominates the square and is currently full of white bath foam and at least one mooning reveller.