A man had to deliver some sand.

Unfortunately there were power lines in the way.

Fortunately his truck fit under the power lines.

Unfortunately he raised the back of the dump truck, hit the power lines, and set his truck on fire.

Fortunately he was already at the fire station.

Unfortunately they had to watch the truck burn for 45 minutes until the power could be shut off. picked by Fanatic 2 years ago

US Air Force may soon be refueling tiny spy planes by stealing energy while hanging from power lines. It could even temporarily change its shape to look more like innocuous piece of trash hanging from the cable. picked by 2manyusernames 8 months ago

A Pentagon office is taking advantage of the collaborative nature of the Internet as it studies potential applications for space-based solar power
Headline link is story about this site. picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago

New discoveries about magnetic field lines and the first-ever direct observation of their reconnection in space are offering hope that scientists will learn how to unlock fusion power as an energy source in the future. picked by AutumnLotus 7 months ago

Yes, I said the Gopher Internet. No, I don' mean little rodent things. Sure, you probably haven't even heard of Gopher before. And who can blame you? It's a fading star, now only used by nostalgic geeks. But believe it or not, there's some cool stuff on the Gopher internet. Why limit yourself? picked by karenkleen 5 months ago

The power of the Internet has saved more than 800 cats from being skinned and served up on Chinese dinner tables. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

A man using a motorized parachute got caught in overhead power lines, stranding him for about eight hours until cranes rescued him early Thursday. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

Access internet with Open DNS, is safer, faster and smarter. Domain Name Service (DNS) is use to store domain name and translate domain name (computer host name) to IP address. Most of the Internet Service Provider (ISP) have their own DNS and to serve within their user when access to internet.... picked by xfuture2 2 years ago

According to the United Nations News Center only 13 percent of people on the planet have access to the Internet. At Silicon Valley several heads of high-tech companies gathered to disscuss about cutting Internet access costs. picked by Maxriter 1 year ago

A power outage affected parts of Manhattan's Upper East Side on Wednesday, partially shutting down subway service, officials and witnesses said. Power utility Con Edison said it was evaluating reports of lost service, and the transportation authority said at least three subway lines were down on what a spokeswoman called a power dip. picked by DrNothing 1 year ago

Luckily, they've put in safeguards that disables the system while the car is in motion. picked by tomphoolry 2 years ago

Cracking a power company network and gaining access that could shut down the grid is simple, a security expert told an RSA audience, and he has done so in less than a day. picked by Bornbad 4 months ago

A startup has come up with a new way to make money from phone calls connected via the Internet: having software listen to the calls, then displaying ads on the callers' computer screens based on what's being talked about. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago

Granted a license to salvage war era copper cables, local fishermen have instead, begun pulling up the latest fiber optic cables from the sea floor severing some Internet access to Vietnam. picked by BrownTrout 1 year ago

Some of the most regrettable lines in Hollywood history come from the mouths of babes (Drew Barrymore), Oscar nominees (Tom Cruise), and superheroes (Halle Berry). Here are 15 of the all-time silliest picked by tchengrox 7 months ago

Well not really to the stars... just to orbit (near space). Iris (Internet Router Protocol in Space)is to the future of satellite-based communications what Arpanet was to the creation of the internet in the 1960s. picked by BrownTrout 1 year ago

The internet could soon be made obsolete by a new “grid” system which is 10,000 times faster than broadband connections. picked by topofall 5 months ago

California's electricity grid manager warned that power to large energy consumers is likely to be cut later Thursday to keep the state's lights on. picked by Bornbad 12 months ago

Big Brother will soon be making regular appearances on the screens of Internet users in China, but the velvet fist will take the unexpected form of a cute pair of manga cartoon cops.

Those crazy Chinese, what will they think of next! picked by nesbyniccolo 12 months ago

The internet is many things to many people. For some it is a vital business tool. For others it is an indispensable means of communication. Others yet look on it as a vast repository of all human knowledge. Most people think of it as the thing with the funny cat pictures though. If you need to know that I Can Has Cheezburger first appeared on 13th June 2006, that the O RLY owl has been around... read full post picked by pocksucket 1 week ago