Watch a Microsoft Exec Hilariously Rap with a Rapper About F*cking Two B*tches [Watch This]

Microsoft exec Michael Angiulo had a pretty good day today: Microsoft Surface, an awesome product he helped make and introduce, opened up for pre-orders and this beyond awesome rap he did with rapper Too Short for his 40th birthday came out to the public. This guy is my new favorite technology executive. More »

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Dutch museum says 7 stolen paintings include a Picasso, a Matisse, 2 Monets

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Two killed as S.Africa tourist boat capsizes

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Book turns planetary science into art

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See some of our solar system's greatest sights, as captured in "Planetfall: New Solar System Visions," a large-format book by Michael Benson.

By Alan Boyle

Spacecraft engineers may not think of themselves as artists, but in the right hands, the fruit of their labors can be as artistic and as revolutionary as Leonardo da Vinci's anatomical sketches ? as evidenced by the stunning views on display in Michael Benson's "Planetfall: New Solar System Visions."

"It's an amazing thing that in the last 50 years, we have expanded the realm that's accessible to us either directly or indirectly as a species," Benson told me. "As a result, we have a new chapter in image-making and photography. In a way, this brings science and art together, as it was in the Renaissance."


"Planetfall" presents more than 120 images of solar system bodies ranging from our own home world to the sun and moon, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and asteroids and comets ? all in a whopping 12-by-15-inch (30-by-38-centimeter) page format. Some of the photos stretch out over double-folds, triple-folds, even quadruple-folds (which translate into roughly 5-foot-wide panoramas).

To create the photos, Benson went back to the raw data from NASA and European Space Agency missions.?"It's a point of pride to build most of these images from the ground up," Benson said.

Benson, a writer/filmmaker/photographer, has done this before. His earlier books,?"Beyond" (2003) and "Far Out" (2009), presented imagery from planetary probes and deep-space views, respectively. At first, Benson thought he'd just update the "Beyond" book for a new edition.?"But then I thought it would be fun to change the format of the pages, and simply look at 21st-century planetary photography ? because we really have had a renaissance of these missions in the past decade," he said.

Making planetfall
Benson coined a new word to use as the book's title: He drew upon the concept of an explorer making landfall, and defined "planetfall" as the moment when visual contact is made with a celestial body. Following through on that theme, the book is structured as a series of movie-like journeys?? beginning with an establishing shot, then moving in for glorious close-ups.

The section on Mars starts out with a long-range view of the Red Planet from ESA's Rosetta probe during its flyby on the way to a comet encounter.?"It's one of the very rare pictures where you see a planet with the Milky Way behind it," Benson said. The point of view zooms in to reveal the terrain as seen from orbit, including a marvelous shot of ground fog lying at the bottom of a Martian canyon, as seen by ESA's Mars Express probe (page 100). Then there's that stunning series of panoramas from NASA's Mars rovers, ending with a blue-tinged sunset as seen by the Opportunity rover.

With only a few exceptions, Benson tries to come as close as he can to the view that human eyes would see, which sometimes requires some tricky image processing. For example, a picture of Saturn's geyser-spewing moon, Enceladus, is based on image data from the Cassini orbiter in infrared, green and ultraviolet wavelengths. Benson said he tweaked the data to come up with a red-green-blue combination (page 187).

"I think I got away with it pretty well," he said. "It makes a very worthy color image. ... To my knowledge, it's the first time that a global portrait of Enceladus has been released where you see the geysers in color."

In addition to the book, which is published by Abrams,?Michael Benson is working on a "Planetfall" photo exhibition that will be on view at New York's Hasted Kraeutler Gallery starting in December, and at the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Washington next year.

How scientists see art
So how does Benson's work sit with planetary scientists? "Obviously everybody's worried about the funding [for future planetary missions]. Anything that can get the word out about these missions is good by them," Benson said.

He's also heartened by an endorsement from Paul Geissler, a planetary scientist at the U.S Geological Survey who has collaborated with Benson in the past. "He has an artist's eye, so he sees things differently than a scientist would," Geissler told The Wall Street Journal last year. "I honestly think that he has done as much to support and further solar-system exploration as many scientists who are working in the field."

Benson said he has just as much respect for the scientists who make his artistry possible.

"We have a fantastic chapter in the history of photography that has been brought to us, almost as a side effect of these missions," he told me. "Their primary reason for happening is scientific research, but we also have this opportunity to see what these places look like. I believe we will inevitably end up expanding as a species. It may take longer than the visionaries of the 20th century thought, but I do believe it will end up happening. This is still the opening chapter: We're seeing the end of the beginning of that move."

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Do Electric Motorcycles Have A U.S. Future ... - Green Car Reports

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Motorcycles, as any biker will tell you, are as much a device for recreation as they are a method of transport.

More so even than many cars, they're bought for the thrill of the open road, the interaction between man and machine, and the freedom to go anywhere.

And that, says The New York Times, is just a handful of reasons as to why electric motorcycles may not have a future in the U.S.

While electric car sales have been relatively slow, electric bike sales have just about been a non-starter. Sales are estimated at fewer than 1,000 units in total, from almost 441,000 motorcycle sales last year in the U.S.

A wealth of inexpensive commuter bikes with good gas mileage, and sports bikes with high performance, have meant that electric motorcycles have been left to take whatever ground is left--not a great deal, in other words.

The electric motorcycle's plight could be likened to the reason we have no diesel motorcycles to choose from.

Diesel is primarily the fuel of working vehicles or gas sippers. Nobody goes misty-eyed over romanticised diesel road trips and few drive diesels solely for recreational purposes.

If ridden gently, bikes are already relatively fuel-sipping so there's little advantage to be had by putting a heavy diesel engine in there. And motorcyclists like the noise too--whether that's the scream of a Japanese sports bike or the thunder of a Harley-Davidson.

Electric motorcycles cover much of the same ground as their hypothetical diesel cousins.

Many motorcycles are used at weekends, for special trips or just to have a bit of fun on back roads. Riders cover short enough distances that saving money on gas is fairly irrelevant, but long enough that a circa-100 mile range is inconvenient.

And then there's the expense. A 77 mpg Honda CBR250R is $4,509.

An electric machine with equivalent performance and around half the range, the 'S ZF11.4', made by popular electric motorcycle manufacturer Zero, has an MSRP of $15,995.

The average commuter trying to save money would take decades to pay off the difference, and an enthusiast with $16,000 to spend could get an incredibly special machine, with huge performance or crazy detailing.

Electric motorcycles are still fun to ride, but until they capture the American freedom image of a Harley-Davidson, or offer cost-effective commuting--combined with an Apple-like "must have" factor--they may be doomed to occupy an almost non-existant niche in the market.

That may change, of course--and riders who own electric motorcycles certainly enjoy them--but for the time being, the appeal is limited.

Do you ride, or intend to buy an electric motorcycle? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below.

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PFT: Dez doesn't care what the critics think

Jets' Revis is helped to his feet after injury in third quarter of play against Dolphins during NFL football game in MiamiReuters

Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis hasn?t talked since tearing his anterior cruciate ligament on Sept. 23.

But he hasn?t lost any confidence in that time.

Revis said Monday he was certain he?d be back to his old level after his surgery.

?I like that question? yes,? Revis said, via Manish Mehta of the New York Daily News. ?If everything goes right and I do everything right with this procedure and this process for the next four to six months, yeah, . . .

?I?m a confident player. I never had an injury like this. This is all new for me as well. But, yeah, I?m a hard worker. I know I?m going to work my butt off and get back to where I need to be.?

Of course, the bigger question, which he can?t answer with any certainty today, is how the injury will impact his quest for a new contract.

He has two years left on the front-loaded ?Band-aid? contract, which are worth just $13.5 million combined. He thought about holding out this summer but didn?t, and now he knows he?ll have to prove himself well to get paid.

?Every year you got to come in here and prove yourself if it?s an injury or if it?s not,? Revis said. ?But I?m sure it might raise people?s eyebrows [as far as how] I?m going to look when I come back. So, I?m okay with that. I wouldn?t expect anything less. I just know what I?m going to do. I know I work hard.

?I?ll just come back and treat it like any other offseason.?

Of course, given the up-and-down course of the contract history with Revis and the Jets, if it lacks drama, it will be unlike the rest of them.

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Stock futures edge higher ahead of key earnings reports

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock index futures edged higher on Tuesday as investors awaited a number of key company earnings results, including from Goldman Sachs, for market direction.

The quarterly earnings season thus far has been mixed, with some early pessimistic results giving the S&P 500 its worst week since June last week. However, strong results from Citigroup sparked a rally on Monday.

UnitedHealth Group Inc early Tuesday reported earnings that were higher than a forecast the company gave earlier this month. The health insurer also raised its full-year profit outlook.

Four other Dow components are also scheduled to report quarterly earnings Tuesday, including Coca-Cola Co , Johnson & Johnson , Intel Corp and IBM .

Still, the most anticipated earnings report Tuesday may be Goldman Sachs , will could indicate whether the trend for financials will be strong, like Citi's results indicated, or weak, as last week's reports from JPMorgan and Wells Fargo suggested.

Profits of S&P 500 companies are seen dropping 2.3 percent this quarter from a year ago, according to Thomson Reuters data. With about 8 percent of S&P companies having reported, 58 percent have topped profit expectations - less than the average beat rate of 67 percent for the past four quarters.

S&P 500 futures rose 2.7 points and were above fair value, a formula that evaluates pricing by taking into account interest rates, dividends and time to expiration on the contract. Dow Jones industrial average futures added 23 points and Nasdaq 100 futures rose 6.75 points.

The S&P 500 index is up about 5.8 percent so far this quarter, and both the Dow and S&P have recently found support at their 50-day moving averages. Last week's declines had left each index on the precipice of breaking below those levels.

Intel and IBM report after the market closes and are among the first major reads into the tech sector, which has been marked by a number of profit warnings, including from Intel. Late Monday, Microchip Technology Inc said second-quarter revenue was likely below its earlier estimates due to soft demand.

While earnings have been the primary driver for equities in recent sessions, overshadowing some strong economic indicators, investors will also continue to keep an eye on Europe ahead of a meeting of European leaders later this week. European shares rose 0.5 percent on growing hopes the meeting would advance plans to tackle debt in Spain and Greece.

Stocks climbed on Monday, rebounding from last week's losses after Citigroup's earnings and retail sales sharply exceeded expectations.

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What Would Paul Graham Do? ? A Search Engine That Teaches You The Ways Of Y Combinator?s Boss

WWPG"When should I raise money?" You might not be able to ask startup sage PG in person, but new search engine "What Would Paul Graham Do?" will point you towards the YC co-founder's most relevant essays and Hacker News comments. In this case, you'd be directed to "A Fundraising Survival Guide", and "The 18 Mistakes That Kill Startups".?The site turns Graham into a one-man Quora.

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How Old Should Kids Be Before You Get A Video Game Console ...

kidsvideogame 300x248 Our Boys Dont Play Video Games. Are We Weird?My son has made best friends with our backyard neighbors. We?re constantly tossing the boys back and forth over the fence. This weekend we discovered a secret about our backyard neighbors ? they have a video game console.

Like many parents of this generation, I grew up with a gaming console at home. The ever awesome?Intellivision. But that was it for console gaming in my life, a 5 year span in the mid-80s. I owned a PS2 for a month before tossing it after I spent an entire 48 hour period in my living room playing Metal Gear Solid.

So playing a little Wii Tennis at his buddy?s place was my son?s first introduction to console gaming. I had thought I would get a gaming system when the youngest was closer to 5 (he?s now 3), but I?m starting to wonder ? are we weird for not having a video game system?

All is not lost for my sons. ?We have 2 iPads and my old iPhone 3 has become their de facto iPod Touch. So they can game all they want, but it?s not the big intense, and immersive console gaming.

My boys play mostly cartoon games, Angry Birds, Bad Piggies, do puzzles, math and reading games on iOS. ?There are no first person shooters, there are no war games, there is nothing involving weapons. ?Good luck trying to find a console system that avoids that genre. ?I?m trying to raise my kids with an understanding that guns are not toys, so tossing them in the basement with Halo 3 for an afternoon would defeat the purpose.

I always thought a gaming console would be something we would get when both our boys were into grade school, but my wife has said ?No!???Still, we don?t have a problem with him hopping the fence on a rainy day to go and play in his friend?s basement.

What kind of counter-culture hippies are we?! We don?t take our boys to McDonalds, we don?t have tv screens in our SUV, I will never take them to Church, and they don?t play video games.

Am I ?depriving? my kids of a piece of youth culture by not having a console gaming system?

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