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The "Big Picture" feature there has a lot of interesting themes but not all of them are "hacker" quality. I still suggest exploring it though.
by dangoldin 17y ago
The "Big Picture" feature there has a lot of interesting themes but not all of them are "hacker" quality. I still suggest exploring it though.
- robin_reala 17y agoOne that I think would qualify for HN is their set from last August on the Large Hadron Collider: http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/08/the_large_hadron_collider.html http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/08/the_large_hadron_co...
- wizard_2 17y agoWhen is that coming back online?
- robin_reala 17y agoLatest news suggests mid-November: http://user.web.cern.ch/user/news/2009/090716.html http://user.web.cern.ch/user/news/2009/090716.html
- bitdiddle 17y agodefinitely, explore it, you'll find hacks you won't believe. You can double my income tax if all the money goes to another project like this, perhaps a mission to Mars.
- madh 17y agoFor instance, check out the Launch Escape System: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_spacecraft#Launch_Escape_System_.28LES.29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_spacecraft#Launch_Escape.... Plenty of hacks, in particular the Q-Ball cover.
- yread 17y agoFor me the closest to hacks was this one: http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/02/at_work.html http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/02/at_work.html