Something still isn't right. This video only shows 14 voters, but the vote tally says 25 on my Firefox browser and only 10 on my Chrome and Opera browsers. I don't know whcih number is right, but in both cases the tally doesn't match the number of voters.

Also, search doesn't work.

Observe: http://videosift.com/video/Nirvana-Come-As-You-Are is perfectly good, yet check out what shows up in search: http://videosift.com/search?q=nirvana+come+as+you+are

Not even (0) shows up in any category.

EDIT: Both problems seem to be resolved now. Thank you. >> ^lucky760:

For all of you who have been wondering what happened to the "Who Voted" listing on videos, it's fixed now. During our upgrade last night, a newer version of some software was installed, but in that version the cache deleting mechanism is busted.

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They might switch things up and send it to Venus. It could happen. Who will look stupid then, huh? HUH?>> ^therealblankman:

Redundant Mars Rover is Redundant.



Mars.

Mostly from Wikipedia:

The mass of Curiosity is five times that of the rovers Spirit and Opportunity. It will weigh almost 2000 lbs (900 kg for you devil-metric people), and be the size of a Mini Cooper. An airbag drop would have been questionable for even half its weight in two separate pieces. And then what happens if the two pieces land so far apart that they can't reach other, due to difficult terrain or simply a long distance between the two parts (they don't anticipate Curiosity traveling more than 12 miles in its two year mission)? Also, creating two pieces to run separately long enough until they could link perfectly with each other presents its own design challenges.

The Curiosity also has ten times the weight of scientific equipment compared to the previous rovers, hence its large size. They plan on doing way more with Curiosity than previous rovers. It will also travel greater distances, and be able to handle the terrain better than the previous, smaller rovers.

If you really want to get your geek on then here is an 18-page "overview" of the Mars Science Laboratory entry, descent, and landing system.>> ^dag:

This was my thought exactly. I hope they pull it off, but from a layman's perspective this seems ripe for failure. I mentioned this a while back in a Wired thread - and asked why they messed with the success of the balloon method. The answer was that the rover is too big and heavy for the balloons.
They should have made it smaller then - or do two balloon ball drops and have them link up after landing.
Great CGI though. promote
>> ^waynef100:
dang, thats a lot of potential failures right there. what was wrong with the balloon method?

Net neutrality.>> ^blankfist:

Shock Doctrine!

*promote *quality

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Here you go, drummer boy: http://videosift.com/video/Playing-Drums-While-Juggling-Drum-Sticks

You forgot to vote for your own video: http://videosift.com/video/Playing-Drums-While-Juggling-Drum-Sticks

And you put to much chlorine in last time. Now my kid's blind.

*timeshift

Well, that explains why I go through so much toilet paper.

You said Wankel.>> ^rottenseed:

>> ^arvana:
They remind me of the Gömböc, but with quite a different function.

Me too...
A Wankel-Rotor is NOT a Reuleaux Triangle!

My favorite is Dark Side of the Moon, making me part of the herd, I suppose. Tied for second would be Wish You Were Here and Animals, followed by Meddle, then The Wall, and beyond that you probably don't care, though I'll tell you if you want to know. Least favorite would probably be More or Obscured By Clouds.

What's yours?

In reply to this comment by rottenseed:
what's your favorite Floyd album?