CircleCount helps you better understand Google+

2013-05-19 14:13:26 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Sounds suspiciously like a perpetual motion machine to me

#sciencesunday  

2013-05-19 10:56:24 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

2013-05-19 10:21:58 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

Using Cornstarch to mine Gold

_ Northwestern University scientists have struck gold in the laboratory. They have discovered an inexpensive and environmentally benign method that uses simple cornstarch—instead of cyanide—to isolate gold from raw materials in a selective manner. _

This green method extracts gold from crude sources and leaves behind other metals that are often found mixed together with the crude gold. The new process also can be used to extract gold from consumer electronic waste.

Current methods for gold recovery involve the use of highly poisonous cyanides, often leading to contamination of the environment. Nearly all gold-mining companies use this toxic gold leaching process to sequester the precious metal.

He found that it was alpha-cyclodextrin, a cyclic starch fragment composed of six glucose units, that isolates gold best ofall... more »

2013-05-19 01:23:05 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

iPhone Interference Blamed For Sending Airliner Off Course

http://www.cultofmac.com/227392/iphone-interference-blamed-for-sending-airliner-off-course/

2013-05-19 01:20:11 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Critical Linux vulnerability imperils users, even after “silent” fix

http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/05/critical-linux-vulnerability-imperils-users-even-after-silent-fix/

2013-05-18 11:07:04 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 4 +1s)

The G+ Banjo Circle
Please add the circle and re-share it!

Q: What do you get when you gather 400 banjo pickers in a circle?
A: An incredibly loud jam session!

As I've been known to observe, we need more #banjo around these parts!

If you play banjo, are interested in banjo, or even if you just like banjo player jokes, add the circle and get ready for some fun!

Drop a comment if you'd like to be included (or removed).

Also, drop by The G+ Banjo Community and say howdy
https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/111937478617127176862

#circleshare #circleoftheday #publicsharedcircles #circlecount #bluegrass

2013-05-18 11:00:06 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

We need more #banjo around these parts!

This is a jam session style video of Earl picking banjo with Dr. Winston's family.
Earl Scruggs playing the banjo at Dr Nat Winston's house in Nashville. Footage taken about 1964 for a local TV feature.
#bluegrass  

2013-05-18 10:03:23 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Sony Music Entertainment, announces the first four catalog titles to be released digitally in response to the enthusiasm of music fans voting online at LegacyRecordingsVault.com. The four LP titles now available for purchase as digital downloads mark the first of a monthly series of albums to be released digitally according to crowd sourced fan feedback.

*Flatt & Scruggs with Doc Watson, Strictly Instrumental (Columbia, 1966)
*Waylon Jennings, Good Hearted Woman (RCA, 1972)
*Tammy Wynette, The Ways To Love A Man (Epic, 1970)
*Willie Nile, Willie Nile (Arista, 1980)
#bluegrass  

2013-05-17 10:52:50 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Love the way these new Circle Shares look!

Anyway, the good people inside this circle just can't get enough of everybody's favorite sci-fi show: Star Trek

[waits for backlash on the above statement]

So click +1 if you want to hang out with the cool kids in this groovy looking Circle. 

#StarTrek   #SharedCircles   #CircleShare  

2013-05-17 10:46:38 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

We need more #banjo around these parts!
Here's Tony Holt and The Wildwood Valley Boys with

                       Daylight's Burnin'

When the rooster's crowin' gonna rise and shine
Daylight's a'burnin ain't got a lotta time
When the day is over and works all done
Gonna sing and dance and have a lotta fun

2013-05-16 17:34:51 (4 comments, 3 reshares, 8 +1s)

Unlike the two-seater Transition, this new street-legal aircraft will seat four and run on electricity. That means the engine will recharge the batteries in the air or it could be plugged into a charging station on the ground. According to Terrafugia, the vehicle will also have electric ground drive and electric power assist for takeoff and landing.

2013-05-15 17:31:24 (1 comments, 2 reshares, 5 +1s)

In a surprise move, Microsoft has decided to integrate Google Talk into its Outlook.com webmail service.

Will this make you more inclined to use Outlook.com? http://muo.fm/12B6NQs

2013-05-15 15:33:50 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Software Engineer (Yadkinville, NC)

The successful candidate will be able to design, analyze, develop and implement web applications using HTML5, JavaScript, CSS3, MongoDB, JSON, and Node.js. The candidate should be well versed in development design patterns with experience working on large web applications. Knowledge of C++, Oracle, and Socket.IO is a plus. The candidate must be able to successfully interact well with technical team leaders such as architects, QA, project managers, and system administrators in order to accomplish the business goal. The ability to come up with innovative and original solutions to business problems is a must in this position.

The candidate should have excellent communication skills so they can effectively communicate technical concepts to our engineering unit. They should understand customer requirements, which impact the success of the... more »

2013-05-15 10:57:30 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

We need more #banjo   around these parts!

Here's Kenny Ingram along with Rhonda Vincent and the Rage burning up the strings on
                      Road Rage

#bluegrass  

2013-05-15 10:50:09 (2 comments, 4 reshares, 8 +1s)

Engineer's Proof

h/t +Interesting Engineering 

2013-05-15 09:58:38 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

Android is the platform for integrators.

I love technologies - nearly any kind of technology. And I love any technology that has transformative power. At the same time, I love science fiction. That may be because science fiction gives us a glimpse of the transformations that can be driven by technology.

Sometimes, I get to mix both of these together.

Today's mix is very interesting.

1. I have the entire Babylon 5 series on an external hard drive.
2. I have the hard drive plugged into a GigE switch.
3. I have a laptop plugged into the same switch.
4. The laptop is running Plex on Windows.
5. I have the GigE switch plugged into a Powerline adapter that is plugged into the household A.C. circuit.
6. I have another Powerline adapter plugged into my Netgear router.
7. The Netgear router is running the DD-WRT custom... more »

2013-05-15 09:56:04 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

3D Printed Moon base

The European Space Agency (ESA) is looking to build a lunar base with 3D printing using local materials on the moon. The 3D structures are built layer-by-layer. The lunar material would be combined with magnesium oxide, which turns it into a "paper" to be printed with. Then, for the "ink," a binding salt is added to transform the material into a solid. The architects are trying to create a structure that can handle the harsh weather and environment that the moon can have. “3D printing offers a potential means of facilitating lunar settlement with reduced logistics from Earth,” said Scott Hovland of ESA’s human spaceflight team.

Dini's Plans for a Moonbase
Dini has lunar plans for the D-shape, and is in discussions with La Scuola Normale Superiore, Norman Foster (a UK architecture firm), and Alta Space, as part of theAuror... more »

2013-05-15 09:53:53 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 5 +1s)

GROVER

Unlike its famous cousin Curiosity, unheralded GROVER, the NASA rover takes on Greenland ice sheet.

Like its cousin Curiosity, currently busy exploring Mars this NASA rover is exploring a cold and inhospitable land. It hasn't had to travel so far to get there, though. The Goddard Remotely Operated Vehicle for Exploration and Research, or GROVER, is trundling across Greenland to measure changes in the ice sheet with ground-penetrating radar. This should help researchers to better understand the effects of climate change.

The tank-like GROVER prototype stands six feet tall, including its solar panels. It weighs about 800 pounds and traverses the ice on two repurposed snowmobile tracks. The robot is powered entirely by solar energy, so it can operate in pristine polar environments without adding to air pollution. The panels are mounted... more »

2013-05-14 18:51:37 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 6 +1s)

Go Home, Facebook, You're Drunk!
Read the Full Article  :  http://goo.gl/r9WCR

Remember when Facebook Home was a “Game Changer”?  When it “Undermined Google’s Business Model”?  When it was the beginning of Google’s “Facebook Nightmare”?

Like most “nightmares”, it looks like it didn't take long for it to end.

Read More  :  http://goo.gl/r9WCR

Remember to Circle  +Lee Smallwood  and  +imassera  News

2013-05-14 17:02:30 (3 comments, 1 reshares, 5 +1s)

Sax and Violins

#banjo #bluegrass  

2013-05-14 10:48:51 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 8 +1s)

Are you happy with your current cell provider?

#comic  

2013-05-14 10:45:06 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 2 +1s)

There will be a special attraction for deaf people in theaters nationwide soon. By the end of this month, Regal Cinemas plans to have distributed closed-captioning glasses to more than 6,000 theaters across the country.

2013-05-14 10:08:59 (4 comments, 7 reshares, 14 +1s)

Babylon 5: 20th Anniversary Visual Celebration Premium Book

From Fans of J. Michael Straczynski on Facebook:
For years fans have been asking when someone's going to do a big, hardcover, coffee-table sized, high-quality book about the making and the art of Babylon 5. Something that goes behind the scenes in an intimate way, with striking color images and a detailed look at just how we made the series.

Well, it's here at last, just in time for the 20th Anniversary gathering at Phoenix Comic Con. (Note: I have no ownership of this company and derive no money from this book, though we've worked with Publishing 180 over the years on other projects, I just believe heartily in the quality of this book.)

2013-05-14 10:01:03 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Circle of World Peace Bringers with more than 700 followers 

These folks shared publicly some of my posts related to clean air-water, world peace, science, health, thus contributing to World Peace. To connect with some of these selfless people and be added to the future version of the circle, add and share this circle publicly. Thank you. :) ☻♥ If you were notified, you are in the circle. All trillions lost in warfare can be used for ending starvation & curing aging and all diseases. It all starts with optimism about the future ► goo.gl/ssyss. As Mahatma Gandhi showed, Compassion works better than violence. Physics teaches action force = reaction force, i.e. as some nations act with kindness, the other nations will react with kindness. 

2013-05-14 09:59:18 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

My favorites - V3

Awesomeness! Specially selected interactive and interesting people that enhance your G+ experience

If you're notified, you're included

#Circle #Circles #Public #PublicCircle #CircleShare #CircleSharing #SharePublicCircle #QSC #querosercirculado   #circleoftheday #publicsharedcircles #publiccirclesproject #sharedcircleoftheday #fullcircleshare   #addmetoyourcircles #awesomeness   #awesomepeople #awesomecircle   #awesome   #awesomesauce #awesomeness #awesomepeople #sharedcircles   #sharedpubliccircles #awesomesauce #Circleday #Humor #Shared #circleday

2013-05-13 15:01:59 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 5 +1s)

X-51A WaveRider hypersonic missile successfully hits Mach 5.1 in final test

http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/4/4298270/x-51a-waverider-hypersonic-missile-successfully-hits-mach-5-1-in

2013-05-13 10:41:26 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

You seem to see them at every garage sale: a chipped and battered, faux-ornate, gold-colored frame containing a bland and boring landscape that only holds meaning for the original painter and perhaps its first owner. Others, however, see the same thing as a blank canvas of artistic opportunity

ht +Joe Newberry 

2013-05-13 10:29:32 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Plasma Device Could Revolutionize Energy Generation and Storage

Scientists at the University of Missouri have devised a new way to create and control plasma that could transform American energy generation and storage. Randy Curry, professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Missouri’s College of Engineering, and his team developed a device that launches a ring of plasma at distances of up to two feet. Although the plasma reaches a temperature hotter than the surface of the sun, it doesn’t emit radiation.

"Launching plasma in open air is the 'Holy Grail' in the field of physics," said Curry, professor of electrical and computer engineering in the University of Missouri's College of Engineering. "Creating plasma in a vacuum tube surrounded by powerful electromagnets is no big deal; dozens of labs can do that. Our innovationall... more »

2013-05-13 10:28:07 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 1 +1s)

2013-05-11 11:25:00 (6 comments, 0 reshares, 7 +1s)

Flatulence leads to knife fight, arrest

2013-05-11 11:17:11 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

A shared circle for those who are looking to increase their reach, this circle has a wide interest base with a focus on Art and promotion of Google Plus influence.

Share and enjoy the many new friends you will find

2013-05-11 11:16:50 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

ATTENTION - Since my original snowball circle(Share Circle #1) circle grew so fast it reached over 2,000 members!  It has been brought to my attention that each time the circle is shared and added to YOUR circles, you are only able to add under 500 people. SO...to make sure that this circle of awesome people continues to grow, I have divided all 2,000 members into 7 other share circles(so far) and each of those share circles 2-7 are starting out with 400 members each. That will allow each circle to snowball up to 100 more members each.  Once each of those circles reach 500 members, I will create a new share circle...and so on and so on.

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Welcome to SHARE CIRCLE #5
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Want to be added to this SNOWBALL CIRCLE and increase the number or your followers?  

To be added to thisci... more »

2013-05-11 11:14:02 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

To Sail beyond the Sunset

Two new sails are being looked at as possible variants to the solar sail...(the title is taken from a book by Robert A Heinlein).

New satellite sail is propelled by solar protons

A tiny new satellite is propelled by repulsion. ESTCube-1, which went into orbit recently, will put proton-powered electric solar sails to the test for the first time. It could pave the way for speedy trips through the solar system.  Regular solar sails have large, thin mirrors that reflect photons from the sun to push the spacecraft forward. The new electric sail, harnesses solar protons instead. Wires with a positive charge will extend from the craft and repel protons – also positively charged – to propel the tiny satellite.

ESTCube-1 is 10 centimetres wide and has a 10-metre-long wire just half the width of a human hair. It is withinthe ... more »

2013-05-10 17:12:28 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

2013-05-10 16:34:29 (0 comments, 5 reshares, 6 +1s)

Now Is a Horrible Time To Buy a Laptop

http://gizmodo.com/now-is-a-horrible-time-to-buy-a-laptop-496028699

2013-05-10 16:33:19 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

Here's How Rich You'd Be If You'd Bought Apple Stock Instead Of Its Gadgets

http://www.businessinsider.com/had-you-invested-in-apple-stock-instead-2013-5

2013-05-10 10:45:31 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 4 +1s)

2013-05-10 10:41:05 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 1 +1s)

In the upcoming comedy +The Internship, Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson spend a summer working at Google.  You can see a sneak peek of their movie here: http://goo.gl/ZPFAo

To share what internships are actually like, we’re launching a video series on REAL Google interns.  Today's video features Kitt, a former Associate Product Manager intern in Google+ Search.

If you're interested in internships at Google, keep an eye out for our openings on google.com/students this fall.

2013-05-10 10:20:44 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 7 +1s)

Saloon Gig

#banjo #bluegrass  

2013-05-09 11:03:59 (6 comments, 5 reshares, 19 +1s)

Geez man! Use the fan!

2013-05-08 16:52:31 (1 comments, 5 reshares, 21 +1s)

When Anderson Cooper asked if he would like a reward Charles pulled his paycheck out of his pocket and said "I get a paycheck. Give the reward to the girls they rescued."

Now this is the way it's supposed to be done! Thumbs up for Charles Ramsey! We need more people like this. People who get involved, help others when they're in trouble, and aren't looking for anything in return.

2013-05-08 10:51:03 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

New VIIP Circle - Very Important International People
This is a public circle of art + people for improving your G+ experience
If you wanna be added  : share this circle publicly. Thanks
Want to be removed : just ask for it.

Voici un cercle d'art et de personnes pour améliorer votre expérience +
Pour être inclus et rester dans le cercle merci de le partager publiquement.
Pour en être retiré, il suffit de le demander.

2013-05-08 10:32:48 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 16 +1s)

Just stay in the cab, Vern. Maybe that bear's hurt and maybe he ain't

Farside - Gary Larson

#comic  

2013-05-08 10:29:12 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

I think I see a good candidate for being threaded onto a hook...

I can only imagine the confusion a kid must be faced with while callously stabbing and drowning a living worm or cricket for the sake of capturing yet another creature.

2013-05-08 10:03:40 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Amazing DNA

DNA: the 'smartest' molecule in existence?

DNA is structured like a ladder, opens and closes like a zip, codes data like Morse code and coils tightly

_DNA is the molecule that contains and passes on our genetic information. The publication of its structure on the 25th of April 1953 was vital to understanding how it achieves this task with such startling efficiency.
In fact, it's hard to think of another molecule that performs so many intelligent functions so effortlessly._

For such a huge molecule, DNA is very stable so if it's kept in cold, dry and dark conditions, it can last for a very, very long time. This is why we have been able to extract and analyse DNA taken from species that have been extinct for thousands of years.DNA's structure is a bit like a twisted ladder. The twisted 'rails' are... more »

2013-05-08 10:01:38 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

My selection of G+ users who released great posts this month  Part 9

#sharedcircles   #sharedpubliccircles   #sharedcircleoftheday  #sharedcircleday   #circleshare   #circlesharing   #circleoftheday  #circles  #bestcircle   #sharedcircle   #circletobeshared   #circleoftheday  #bestengagers #bestgoogleplususers  #circle   #circles   #public   #publiccircle  #circleshare   #circlesharing    #sharedcircles      #sharedcircle   #morefollowers #sharingcircles#sharingcircle 

2013-05-07 10:23:13 (7 comments, 15 reshares, 42 +1s)

Be careful what you ask for

#comic  

2013-05-07 09:57:05 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

Hello, G+! I guess, since I'm about to meet a lot of new people, that I should introduce myself to the world, as it were.

I'm Dan, a graphic designer/ sign maker in Chattanooga, TN. I'm mostly known as an R2 builder. My scratch-built droid and I have done over 75 events in the last few years, ranging from movie premiers, Weird Al concerts, Make-A-Wish events, and even weddings!

To give the geek world some keywords on me, I'm into Star Wars, Star Trek (TNG), Battlestar Galactica, Game of Thrones, Doctor Who (Tennant is my Doctor), Walking Dead, Defiance, and the entire gamut of superhero movies. In fact, my youngest son is named Kal-el.

I'm a long-time gamer, but my obsession really seated with Wolfenstein 3D and Doom. Since then, it's been big time Halo, Bioshock, everything from LucasArts, Myst, The Journeyman Project, Portal/ Half-Life. I'm... more »

2013-05-06 16:18:29 (5 comments, 1 reshares, 3 +1s)

Internet Explorer 0-day attacks on US nuke workers hit 9 other sites

http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/05/internet-explorer-0-day-attacks-on-us-nuke-workers-hit-9-other-sites/

2013-05-06 10:46:18 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)