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"The Interface Message Processor was The Original Router. Two of these machines connected in October 29 1969: One was at the laboratory of Dr. Kleinrock—who established the mathematical theory of packet networks, which made the internet possible—at the University of California-Los Angeles. The other was in the laboratory of Douglas Engelbart at the Stanford Research Institute. Engelbart, who later became famous as the creator of the mouse, was working on online collaboration and human interfaces for Darpa during that time." - chaz2b from Bookmarklet

Yes he actually go himself in that position! [photo taken 3 years ago btw]. - Kol Tregaskes from Bookmarklet

It's good to be lazy :D - Acharad Sami vanJoulee

Bedtime for godwits? - John (a.k.a. dendroica) from Bookmarklet

Maple is one of my favorite flavors this time of year. - manielse (Mark Nielsen) from Bookmarklet

The kids enjoyed it and thought I was a GENIUS for adding green dye to the white frosting. They got to share a cupcake and said it was good. - Admiral Anika from Bookmarklet

Save me one, please! - Michael Fidler

Oops! - Keiko Yamada

Now what? - John (a.k.a. dendroica)

Nothing like beautiful fall colors to feel inspired... - Jannifer @wordsforliving from Bookmarklet

"This time of year, I’m one of many throughout the West enthralled by – and worried about - one of our most striking fall color trees: Quaking Aspen (Populus tremuloides ). Utah and Colorado have acres and acres of aspens. In northeast Oregon, we have smaller groves dotting the more prevalent bunchgrass slopes and ponderosa pine forests. ... Throughout the West, aspen trees have been disappearing, though experts disagree on whether the declines are widespread or part of localized processes of natural forest succession. The causes are not agreed upon, but scientists point to climate change, prolonged drought in some areas, lack of fire opening up forest canopies, elk and deer populations that have lost their natural predators, insect infestations, fungal diseases. Of course, the precise causes may overlap and vary from place to place." - John (a.k.a. dendroica) from Bookmarklet

The individual trees are often just part of one giant organism, though, aren't they? Like Pando? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... - Kamilah Gill

Yeah, a lot of aspen stands are connected at the roots. The blog post explains a bit of that. - John (a.k.a. dendroica)

"There are only about 700 Tesla roadsters on the world's roads so far, making the new all-electric car one of the rarest as well as one of the most sought-after cars on the planet. Maybe the driver of the Prius who slammed into the back of this one in Denmark was thinking, "Wow! That's a Tesla!" Not any more, it isn't. The Prius smashed the electric car all the way underneath the Volkswagen Tuareg that had been in front of it. So now the formerly lucky Danish Tesla owner gets to find out how long the waiting time is for a second Tesla. At least it did okay on crash safety. No major injuries were reported." - John (a.k.a. dendroica) from Bookmarklet

:-( - John (a.k.a. dendroica)

Badass. - Jon, the Beartato of FF

A guy walks into a circular bar. - Micah Wittman

I have no idea! - WorldofHiglet

lol he's sooo image conscious... - T. Brent, technopeasant

"The infection in question is a familiar one - Staphylococcus aureus, a common human bacterium that's behind everything from mild skin infections to life-threatening MRSA. It causes chicken diseases too, including septic arthritis and 'bumblefoot'. But in the 1970s, broiler chickens began developing a new type of S.aureus infection called 'bacterial chrondronecrosis with osteomyelitis' or, more simply, BCO. It's a bone infection and it's a major cause of lameness in broiler chickens. This new disease had human origins. Bethan Lowder from the University of Edinburgh has shown that all of the bacteria behind BCO share a common ancestor, which jumped from humans to chickens in Poland, around 38 ago. From that point on, the bacterium's travel itinerary was set. Just as air travel has facilitated the spread of swine flu among humans, a global distribution network for chickens made it easy for S.aureus to spread all over the world aboard its new feathery hosts." - John (a.k.a. dendroica) from Bookmarklet

>:( - Ayşe E.

"The Interior Department proposed Thursday to designate more than 200,000 square miles of land, sea and ice along the northern coast of Alaska as critical habitat for the shrinking polar bear population. The area, the largest single designation of protected habitat for any species, encompasses the entire range of the two polar bear populations that exist on American land and territorial waters. Government scientists estimate that there are roughly 3,500 bears in the two groups, known the Chukchi Sea and the Southern Beaufort Sea populations. Officials said the bears’ range was shrinking because of the disappearance of sea ice linked to global warming." - John (a.k.a. dendroica) from Bookmarklet

Roberto, I hadn't remembered Sarah Palin said that, but I figured your comment was tongue-in-cheek from the wink. - John (a.k.a. dendroica)

"While it might seem obvious that it would, many eminent biologists and researchers have assumed otherwise. They have argued that most animals tend to die before age wearies them. Researchers examined how aging affects the ability of wild wolves (Canis lupus) aged one to eight years old to predate elk (Cervus elaphus) in the grasslands of the Northern Range part of Yellowstone National Park, in the northwest US." - John (a.k.a. dendroica) from Bookmarklet

"In particular, they measured how age influenced the ability of the wolves to execute three hunting tasks: attacking, selecting, and killing. The wolves' predatory performance declined with age. Also, a greater number of old wolves reduced the number of elk killed. The study is published in the journal Ecology Letters. Wolves in the wild typically live up to eight years old. In this study, they were considered to be growing old after three years." - John (a.k.a. dendroica)

HAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA - Anna Haro

either that or my laptop and my Rocket stick with me lol - Rob Cairns

"So, basically, one diet is based on a secret “amino acid” mixture coupled with food thickener, the other is a glorified water diet with 22-calorie cookies as your gorging mechanism. I, for one, am ready to start this thing. Alternately, I may just put some wallpaper paste in bottle of low-calorie Gatorade and sell it for $300 a month. Health!" - John (a.k.a. dendroica) from Bookmarklet

Sounds delicious, John. Hope you make millions. - Marvin Smith

"A flash of electric blue—that's as intimately as most people will ever know the common kingfisher. But it suffices. . "Everyone in England who has ever seen one will remember where they saw it," says photographer and kingfisher thrall Charlie Hamilton James. "I saw my first one when I was a boy. I've been completely obsessed ever since." For a few years he traipsed empty-handed after the bird near Bristol, in southwest England. Later, to justify the hours spent on the gloomy riverbanks that king­fish­ers haunt, he took along a camera. That was 20 years ago." - John (a.k.a. dendroica) from Bookmarklet

A flash-based photo gallery included with the article has a pretty cool shot of a diving kingfisher. - John (a.k.a. dendroica)

I seemed to have gone bananas sharing photos I like over here on my FF stream! - Jannifer @wordsforliving

Keep 'em coming. - Iván Abrego

I'm also looking for a high resolution photo of a butterfly to blow up to a 2 or 4 ft. size for a wall contour print. This one is very close, except the very top of the butterfly wing is cut off & I'd like the entire wing span. - Jannifer @wordsforliving

? no what Holden? - Jannifer @wordsforliving

Reminds me of a kaleidoscope! - Katy S