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• Is That a Tiger in His Pocket or is Rod Jetton Beating and Choking Women During Sex Again?

  
  Democralypse Now — Authority: 423
  At least Tiger Woods has one thing to be thankful for during this recent rough stretch: Former Missouri House Speaker and family values posterboy Republican Rod Jetton. Compared to Rod, Tiger’s “transgressions” almost seem, dare I say, normal or at least “normal” for a married guy whose sextracurricular ...
  8 hours ago

• Lessons Learned From DARPA Balloon Challenge

  
  Computer & Internet - computer-internet.marc8.com — Authority: 169
  By now, youve probably heard that a team from MIT won the DARPA balloon challenge , whereby DARPA put 10 red balloons in the air around the country and wanted to see what people could do to find all 10 balloons. The rules were pretty loose, and the team at MIT took all of nine hours or so to locate all ten balloons, ...
  11 hours ago

• Birthday Party Games for Kids - Simple, Cheap and Fun Ideas

  
  Gymnastic Classes — Authority: 136
  Classic birthday party games that are cheap and simple can also be loads of fun. “Candy and Toothpick Race” Birthday Party Game This is classic among birthday party games for older children. Prior to the party, buy some toothpicks and a good supply of Lifesavers candy. Split the guests up into even teams 4 or ...
  20 hours ago

• Only in the Midwest: Green Balloons

  
  FamousDC — Authority: 444
  We’ve gotten this tip so many times, we finally decided to cave. [whats wrong with people?]However, we have zero commentary to accompany this post because it’s entirely too disturbing to think about.Click at your own risk.  [BTW: it is safe for work, if you like balloon animals]UPDATE: If you clicked above, this ...
  20 hours ago

• Romanian Group Attempts Moon Mission With Giant Balloon

  
  Sinlung — Authority: 453
  By Nancy Atkinson The first attempt to send a rocket to the Moon via balloon hit a snag on Monday. The first test of the Aeronautics and Cosmonautics Romanian Association’s (ARCA) balloon-launched rocket (or “rockoon”) ended in failure when the “inflation arms” used to fill the balloon became entangled ...
  1 day ago

• Anti-Gay Republican Leaders Safe Word: Green Balloons [Show Me State]

  
  Gawker — Authority: 865
  Former Missouri Speaker of the House and opponent of "deviate sexual intercourse" Rod Jetton is facing felony charges for an S&M; session gone horribly wrong, because a drunk lady never said "green...
  1 day ago

• Pink Hearts & Jack Russell Dogs

  
  Rock 'n Roll Bride — Authority: 539
  Angela & Anthony are a wonderful couple – not only did Angela send me the cutest email a while back (I featured it on my blog love page !) but she’s just sent me their adorable engagement session to check out and I couldn’t resist featuring it. It was that pink hearts and Jack Russell’s that’s did it ...
  1 day ago

• DARPA’s Balloon Challenge Over After Nine Hours [Darpa]

  
  F-Default — Authority: 468
    Someone at DARPA’s crying over the brilliant “Find these ten red weather balloons and we’ll give you 40K” challenge he concocted ending mere nine hours in. Read more here: DARPA’s Balloon Challenge Over After Nine Hours [Darpa]
  2 days ago

• DARPAs Balloon Challenge Over After Nine Hours [Darpa]

  
  Gizmodo — Authority: 887
  Someone at DARPAs crying over the brilliant "Find these ten red weather balloons and well give you 40K" challenge he concocted ending mere nine hours in. Its what happens when you forget about MIT geeks and their little bribes, too. The winning MIT went about the task in a brilliant way: They offered shares of the ...
  2 days ago

• MIT wins Pentagon prize in social networking contest (AFP)

  
  PC Mike - Tech News and Reviews — Authority: 461
  AFP – A team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has won a 40,000-dollar prize for using social networking tools to identify the locations of 10 large weather balloons in a contest sponsored by the Pentagon’s research agency. Read more here: (AFP)"> (AFP)">MIT wins Pentagon ...
  2 days ago

• The April Fool

  
  Reality Wired — Authority: 149
  Visit for exclusive videos & content. We have lots of videos, check them out. Please rate and subscribe, we update regularly with new videos. … Disappointed People The April Fool Fools Day Balloons Office Prank Pranks Pranking Hot dog Stained Tie Silly Stupid Weird Funny Comedy Humor… If you want to know ...
  3 days ago

• DARPA Conducts High Tech Version of Old Parlor Game

  
  Revelations From An Unwashed Brain — Authority: 596
  Those of us over the fortieth anniversary of their birthday will remember the old parlor game ( do those under 40 understand the term parlor? ) where people get into a roughly circular arrangement, and one person begins telling a short story to the person next to them, that person told relays the story to the person ...
  3 days ago

• MIT Team Wins $40,000 In DoD Balloon Search Contest

  
  MyTownTalks — Authority: 509
  Windsor Genova - AHN News Writer Arlington, VA (AHN) - A team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has won the $40,000 prize in an Internet challenge to identify the locations of 10 large red balloons placed in different parts of the U.S. The MIT Red Balloon Challenge Team took less than nine hours to ...
  3 days ago

• Balloons.

  
  Little Bang Theory — Authority: 124
  I guess I better post these photos sooner rather than later, as there’s snow on the ground now and likely more where that came from, so they’ll look a little silly when the rest of my world turns white. Last weekend, from the top of Mount Sugarloaf in South Deerfield, Massachusetts, looking south toward Amherst ...
  3 days ago

• With Lure of Cash, M.I.T. Group Builds a Balloon-Finding Team to Take Pentagon Prize

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 905
  About 4,300 other teams participated in a Pentagon-sponsored contest to correctly identify the location of 10 red balloons distributed around the United States.
  3 days ago

• Get Balloons Delivered And Brighten The Day

  
  Gifts and Shopping Review — Authority: 135
  Balloons are something that are extremely special and can really put a smile on many people’s lives. Having balloons delivered to your special event can not only be extremely unique but special occasions really can be more enhanced whenever balloons are involved. We are going to highlight some of the ways that ...
  3 days ago

• MIT team finda DARPA balloons in less than nine hours, wins prize

  
  The Inquisitr Entertainment — Authority: 709
  A contest hatched by DARPA (the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency), offered $40,000 to the first group to find ten red weather balloons at secret locations across the US. More than 4000 groups participated in the project , designed to commemorate the Internet’s 40th birthday by illustrating the power of ...
  3 days ago

• Competition for $40,000 studies how social networks can accurately aggregate information

  
  JoeTrippi.com — Authority: 423
  In a competition designed to assess how information can be gathered and validated by groups, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency(DARPA) offered a $40,000 cash prize for the first team to accurately report the location of 10 red weather balloons scattered across the continental U.S. The Wall Street Journal ...
  3 days ago

• DARPA, Red Balloons, & MIT

  
  Technology and Organizations — Authority: 109
  Yesterday was the beginning and the end of the DARPA Network Challenge . MIT’s Red Balloon Challenge Team won in less than 9 hours. (Press Release pdf ) DARPA tested the power of social networking and found it powerful. According to CNN, DARPA will be interviewing the participating teams to understand how ...
  4 days ago

• Ten red balloons– and one’s in Charlottesville!

  
  The Hook News Blog — Authority: 507
  Tony Carmadella, Phil Reiman, and Mark Swanstrom of DARPA stood outside all day at the Tonsler Park tennis courts waiting in the snow for balloon seekers. PHOTO BY KATIE HARTWELL Ten red weather balloons were placed around the country Saturday, December 5, by the Defense Department’s DARPA program to ...
  4 days ago

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