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“Trident” missile goes into a spiral - image by CNN […] “A U.S. Navy “Trident” missile goes awry shortly after a test launch from a submarine off the coast of Cape Canaveral several years ago. The missile exploded shortly after this photo was taken. There was no injury to the submarine or its crew… The submarine captain, watching the test through the sub’s periscope, was reported to have been mesmerized for several hours.” (via Dark Roasted Blend: KABOOM! - World’s Biggest Non-Nuclear Explosions)

“Trident” missile goes into a spiral - image by CNN […] “A U.S. Navy “Trident” missile goes awry shortly after a test launch from a submarine off the coast of Cape Canaveral several years ago. The missile exploded shortly after this photo was taken. There was no injury to the submarine or its crew… The submarine captain, watching the test through the sub’s periscope, was reported to have been mesmerized for several hours.” (via Dark Roasted Blend: KABOOM! - World’s Biggest Non-Nuclear Explosions)

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The Black Hole Office: Phil and Olly (Phil Sansom and Olly Williams) are award-winning UK film makers. This “Black Hole” short is about “a sleep-deprived office worker [who] accidentally discovers a black hole - and then greed gets the better of him…” (via Dark Roasted Blend: The Black Hole Office)

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L’estimatore: Una delle più recenti opere di Claudio Laudani, che fra un po’ dovrebbe disporre di un sito tutto suo. (via kimota)

L’estimatore: Una delle più recenti opere di Claudio Laudani, che fra un po’ dovrebbe disporre di un sito tutto suo. (via kimota)

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It seems that very few people have seen the original (and uncropped) version of the image. […] Picture of Lena Söderberg, scanned out of a Playboy article. The image is probably the most widely used test image for all sorts of image processing algorithms (such as compression and denoising) and related scientific publications. Furthermore, it is the first published image in jpeg-compression. […] Lenna or Lena is the name given to a standard test image originally cropped from a Playboy magazine centerfold picture of Lena Söderberg, a Swedish model who posed nude for the November 1972 issue. […] The anglicised version “Lenna” of Söderberg’s name comes from the Playboy article; Playboy changed the original “Lena.” The use of the image has produced some controversy, with some people concerned about Playboy magazine as the source of the image, and with the image being copyrighted. […] Although Playboy is notorious for cracking down on illegal uses of its images, it has decided to overlook the widespread distribution of this particular centerfold. Says Eileen Kent, VP of new media at Playboy: “We decided we should exploit this, because it is a phenomenon.” Coincidentally, Playboy states the issue was its best-selling ever, having sold 7,161,561 copies as of May 2006. (via Photos that Changed the World)

It seems that very few people have seen the original (and uncropped) version of the image. […] Picture of Lena Söderberg, scanned out of a Playboy article. The image is probably the most widely used test image for all sorts of image processing algorithms (such as compression and denoising) and related scientific publications. Furthermore, it is the first published image in jpeg-compression. […] Lenna or Lena is the name given to a standard test image originally cropped from a Playboy magazine centerfold picture of Lena Söderberg, a Swedish model who posed nude for the November 1972 issue. […] The anglicised version “Lenna” of Söderberg’s name comes from the Playboy article; Playboy changed the original “Lena.” The use of the image has produced some controversy, with some people concerned about Playboy magazine as the source of the image, and with the image being copyrighted. […] Although Playboy is notorious for cracking down on illegal uses of its images, it has decided to overlook the widespread distribution of this particular centerfold. Says Eileen Kent, VP of new media at Playboy: “We decided we should exploit this, because it is a phenomenon.” Coincidentally, Playboy states the issue was its best-selling ever, having sold 7,161,561 copies as of May 2006. (via Photos that Changed the World)

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“ Con Pietro abbiamo convenuto che, in effetti, scommettere sullo tsunami all’Isola dei Famosi sia un po’ di cattivo gusto. Senza contare che ormai sono rimasti in pochi. Abbiamo quindi deciso di puntare tutto sull’incendio in studio all’ultima puntata, quando ci sono tutti.
— Sauro
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