Silliam » Interesting http://www.silliam.com Just a few words... Thu, 19 Mar 2009 23:03:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Something strange is going on here. http://www.silliam.com/interesting/something-strange-is-going-on-here http://www.silliam.com/interesting/something-strange-is-going-on-here#comments Wed, 05 Nov 2008 05:43:35 +0000 silliam http://www.silliam.com/?p=93 http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=40.758156,-73.977664&spn=0.002913,0.005997&t=k&z=18

Apparently this is what happens when an airplane, or satellite taking pictures from over the poles, takes pictures from different angles and then puts them together.

]]> http://www.silliam.com/interesting/something-strange-is-going-on-here/feed 0 Awesome Air Traffic Video http://www.silliam.com/interesting/awesome-air-traffic-video http://www.silliam.com/interesting/awesome-air-traffic-video#comments Wed, 22 Oct 2008 04:46:30 +0000 silliam http://www.silliam.com/?p=82 This is an awesome air traffic video that I found on YouTube the other day.  It shows the global air traffic over a 24 hour period.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XBwjQsOEeg

You can also download the video in high quality at

http://radar.zhaw.ch/resources/airtraffic.wmv or http://radar.zhaw.ch/resources/airtraffic.mov

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEtIoGQxqQs

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There Can Be Only One

]]> http://www.silliam.com/interesting/there-can-be-only-one/feed 1 Raccoon Pwnage http://www.silliam.com/interesting/raccoon-pwnage http://www.silliam.com/interesting/raccoon-pwnage#comments Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:46:50 +0000 silliam http://www.silliam.com/?p=33 Pwned.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tpsHzO1siw

]]> http://www.silliam.com/interesting/raccoon-pwnage/feed 0 The Reality of Facebook http://www.silliam.com/interesting/the-reality-of-facebook http://www.silliam.com/interesting/the-reality-of-facebook#comments Sun, 25 May 2008 04:21:47 +0000 silliam http://www.silliam.com/?p=43 This is facebook.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrlSkU0TFLs

]]> http://www.silliam.com/interesting/the-reality-of-facebook/feed 0 Solar Tsunami http://www.silliam.com/interesting/solar-tsunami http://www.silliam.com/interesting/solar-tsunami#comments Fri, 04 Apr 2008 03:08:52 +0000 silliam http://www.silliam.com/?p=35 So I just read/watched the link on the recent solar tsunami and that is some really crazy stuff.  According to my envelope calculation, the article says that the tsunami covered 1000000km in half an hour.

I am having ridiculous trouble converting km/hr to ft/sec.  According to google calculator, it would be 1822688.83ft/sec.  That sounds much more reasonable.  My original number of 23622047244000ft/sec was a bit off. (Thanks Thomas) ;)

That tsunami was traveling pretty darn fast.  So, I believe that would be pronounced 1 million 822 thousand 688.83 feet per second.  Compared to the fastest tsunami on earth that moves about 911ft/sec I would say that things are a bit faster on the sun.

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