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I just read a fascinating article today at bbc.co.uk in which it is theorized that, if certain quantum-level characteristics related to the Higgs boson exist, that at some point in the future a bubble of vacuum will appear. The bubble will then expand at the speed of light and sweep away everything in its path.…

Ok, ok. I posted this a few days ago. It was online and listed as the meteor crater. Dumbasses. No its not. Its actually a site somewhere in Russia where about 40 years ago they had installed a rig to drill for natural gas when the ground caved in and swallowed the rig. An extensive…

King Street cyclists ‘at mercy of cars’ – http://pulse.me/s/ivo7s

San Francisco: Officer fires shots at car to stop fleeing suspect – http://pulse.me/s/iweP4

Police: San Jose man slain at unlicensed massage parlor in East Oakland – http://pulse.me/s/ixE6y

A bicyclist died Saturday morning after she was struck and dragged by a cement truck in front of AT&T Park, where thousands of people were waiting to enter the San Francisco Giants Fan Fest. The incident was reported about 9:38 a.m., according to San Francisco fire Capt. Neils Tangherlini. Both the woman, believed to be…

I installed Windows 8 on a “new” used computer I got a couple weeks ago. Its a 3-year-old Thinkpad model with an Intel Centrino 2 dual-core processor, 13.1 inch 300 NIT LED display, and 120 GB solid state drive. Installing Windows 8 was pretty much identical to installing Windows 7. I chose to do a…

Many if not most people who use the site Facebook have the mistaken understanding that as users of the site, the site exists primarily for them. In this context, they see themselves, the users, as similar to customers in the real world. In the real world there is a relationship between a business and its…

Beset by a freezing winter and stifling fuel and electricity shortages, Syrian civilians desperate to stay warm in a northern forest have no choice but to cut down trees for firewood. Once a tourist destination for Syrians and other Arabs across the Middle East, the formerly pristine national park to the north and west of…