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For the most part, being near- or farsighted today isn't that big of a deal. The only cultural zeitgeist folks like me have missed out on recently has been in the resurgence of glasses-required 3D technology in consumer media. And let's be honest, it isn't a tremendous loss.

In fact, the Oculus Rift is the only thing on the horizon that is as potentially game-changing as it is unfriendly to glasses. That thing straps directly onto your whole face, there's no way a pair of fashionable specs could fit under there.

Well, as it turns out, the Oculus Rift really was accommodating to my Converse frames and their too-old lenses, so much so that for the first time ever I'm legitimately excited about the once-lofty possibility of a virtual reality future.

Continue reading A bespectacled look at the Oculus Rift

A bespectacled look at the Oculus Rift originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 24 May 2013 15:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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What you’re looking at is the first direct observation of an atom’s electron orbital — an atom's actual wave function! To capture the image, researchers utilized a new quantum microscope — an incredible new device that literally allows scientists to gaze into the quantum realm.

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Florida teen Kaitlyn Hunt, who has been charged with a felony for having a sexual relationship with her younger girlfriend, has rejected a plea deal that would have included two years of house arrest and having to register as a sex offender. A statement released by her lawyers argued that she is being selectively prosecuted for having been in a same-sex relationship when she turned 18:

Our client is a courageous teenager who is choosing not to accept the current plea offer by the State of Florida.

This is a situation of two teenagers who happen to be of the same sex involved in a relationship. If this case involved a boy and girl, there would be no media attention to this case. [...]

If this incident occurred 108 days earlier when she was 17, we wouldn’t even be here. [...]

Along with Kaitlyn and her family, we are going to fight to have the law changed so no other teenager finds themselves in this same position created by the State of Florida and prosecuted unfairly.

Kaitlyn’s father, Steven Hunt Jr.,  explained this week that the charges seem to stem entirely from the parents of her girlfriend, who knew of the relationship, but waited until Kaitlyn turned 18 to object. According to Hunt, “Kate has offered to permanently cease contact and leave the state if charges are dropped, but that offer has been rejected by the prosecutor and the girlfriend’s parents.”

Over 270,000 people have signed a Change.org petition started by Hunt calling on Assistant State Attorney Brian Workman to stop Kaitlyn’s prosecution. The ACLU of Florida has condemned the prosecution, pointing out that it’s “a life sentence for behavior by teenagers that is all too common” and that “one cannot seriously maintain that Kaitlyn’s behavior was predatory.”

 

 

The Rowley Market Basket is getting a little frisky. I know what I will be doing this raining Memorial Day weekend.

For the past year, Van Halen frontman David Lee Roth has been living in Tokyo, where he’s found time to both date a girl half his age and make a short film in which he plays an assassin. The short—which is billed as a trailer for a movie that may or may not ever exist—is online now, and its bananas. In it, Roth, complete with giant dragon back tattoo, takes on three Japanese card players, one of whom may or may not also be a sumo wrestler. While the card players aren’t afraid of the American—they even throw fried chicken at him—they begin to fear the Gigolo once he takes off his shirt and produces a gun. It makes no sense, but would you expect it to, considering that Roth wrote the film himself?

Seriously, watch the clip. There’s tons of overdubbing, including ...

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In 2010, lucasdee helped create an excellent 37-second compilation video of cats drifting around corners, complete with real car sound effects.

First 3 scenes are original (glory to the authors out there). The rest was edited by me (lucasdee).

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Oregon Bikes, the Dill Pickle Club, Sarah Mirk and Shawn Granton

WASHINGTON—Weeks after accepting a workers’ compensation settlement for a personal injury he purportedly sustained on the job, Vice President Joe Biden is under investigation for allegedly filing a fraudulent claim, sources confirmed Friday.

Aiyiyiyiyiyiyiyiyiyiyiyiyi! Bust out your breast plates and headband braids, because Xena: Warrior Princess might be up for a revival!

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On May 18th, Alaska's Pavlof volcano exploded in a paroxysm of gas, ash and magma – a violent eruption which was photographed from aboard the International Space Station.

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WHOEVER IS INVOLVED WITH THIS MAN?

YOU TREASURE HIM. YOU FUCKING TREASURE HIM.

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Should I Drink This Fucking Beer? is a website created by “a fan of good beer” that encourages users to support craft breweries. Users can enter a beer they like and the site will either congratulate them on having good taste or insult them — it called me a “douche canoe” for liking Blue Moon — and suggest a beer for them to try instead.

images via Should I Drink This Fucking Beer?

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Instructables user crapsoup has made a tutorial on how to make Deep Fried Pizza Donuts which are donut-like balls filled with pizza fillings like meat and melted cheese.

What could be better than pizza? Deep fried Mini Calzone balls with fluffy, yet crispy donut-like breading, That’s what.

A girl and her pizza.

This fascinating time-lapse video shows nine months of the Mars Curiosity Rover digging and moving its way across the red planet, in just one minute. Unlike the typical Mars beauty shots, the video shows the rover actually getting its work done.

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