Your Brain Explodes If You Make 148 Friends [Science Watch]

Brain friends! Comet comparisons! DNA crime laws! Energy drink deceptions! Monster phalanges! Space sex! It's your Monday Science Watch, where we watch science—friendlessly, endlessly, relentlessly! More »

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Bing Celebrates Football Legends at ESPN NEXT Party

As the official Decision Engine of ESPN The Magazine’s 2011 NEXT event, Bing presented an open-to-the-public panel at the River Ranch in Fort Worth, Texas yesterday featuring Super Bowl winning quarterbacks including Joe Montana, Doug Williams and Kurt Warner. ESPN Monday Night Football Broadcaster Mike Tirico interviewed this panel of world champions and uncovered their most decisive moments on and off the field.  Check out the highlights from the panel, public Q&A and interviews with each of these talented men here, as well as www.espn.com and www.bingvideo.com.  And for more ESPN’s “I Am A World Champion, presented by Bing” feature series visit http://espn.go.com/nfl/superbowl/quarterbacks.

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Soccer Robots of RoboCup 2011

The Swirling Brain alerted us to an io9 article on the robots of RoboCup 2011. In the video above is CHARLI bot, one of the latest generation of soccer bots competing in RoboCup. The article also mentions DARwIn-OP and DARwIn-4 from UPenn's GRASP Laboratory. For video check out a clip of the 2010 RoboCup finals or see more video of Team DARwIn in action.

Source: http://robots.net/article/3099.html

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John C. replied to ArileyS's discussion 'Landing Gear Recommendations?'

John C. replied to ArileyS's discussion 'Landing Gear Recommendations?'
No doubt...that's a great idea.  Seems like a perfect material.   Fortunately, I haven't snapped any of the stock legs off yet, but this is top of the list.    

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Magicka reaches 200K sales, Arrowhead planning free and paid DLC

Almost a quarter of a million close friends have had their relationships dissolved by errant spells and irresponsible casting, thanks to the inadvertently hilarious co-op component of Magicka. Developer Arrowhead Game Studios reports that the title has been downloaded over 200,000 times in its first 17 days on sale. Better yet, thanks to a patch that launched yesterday on Steam, a majority of those 200,000 players can enjoy the game without the fear of frequent crashes.

In an interview with Big Download, publisher Paradox Interactive's Mattias Lilja revealed that the team plans to release both paid and free DLC for the game, explaining, "The Arrowhead team asked if they could be a bit daring when it comes to the DLC and we told them yes." He added, "The team is set up in such a way that some guys can keep patching the game while others produce DLC, without getting in the way of each other or stealing resources from one another." No, they save that unsportsmanlike conduct for when they're actually playing Magicka. You know, with "friends."

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Restoring A Credit Score With Positives

I've written multiple times about my own bankruptcy and having to deal with the aftermath of a ruined credit score. I have also had to learn ways to bring my credit score back up to a good level.

The classic way and most common suggestion is to make sure that you make all your payments on time and keep your debt ratio around 30-50% (or less) of the credit that is available to you. These two ideas will never fail in helping you achieve and keep a good credit score, but there are a few other ways as well.

CLEAN UP YOUR REPORT
This should be done regularly whether your score is good or bad, as mistakes do happen. Over the years I have combed through my reports a couple of times to make sure they are as up to date as possible and inaccuracies are removed that can hurt my credit score.
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ESTABLISH NEW CREDIT
Since all of my old credit was included in the bankruptcy I had to start over with some new credit. After cleaning up my report I wanted to establish good credit, prove to those who check my scores that I'm not damaged goods and that I've turned over a new leaf. But I had to take it slow, if I had to many inquiries on my report, it looked bad. If I had too many newly opened accounts, that also looked bad for my future.

GET SECURED FIRST
A secured loan is one uses your existing money as collateral and the credit union then reports to the credit bureaus. A credit union I was already with was the best place to get this, but you don't have to be an existing member with many credit unions any longer. This type of loan was an installment loan that I paid back monthly, but in my case I set the money aside and used the loan to pay itself back.

SECURING A CREDIT CARD
You need a variety of types of loans/credit on your account, and again, since credit unions are very forgiving in regards to bad credit, I went with them on this as well. With this type of card, your past credit is less important as you will be opening a savings account to secure the credit line on the card. By putting money into a savings account, you will be allowed to charge up to amount in your savings, on the card.

STORE CREDIT
The first unsecured credit card I got was from a store, I can't remember which one but I do remember being approved and then just putting the card in ice so I don't use it but once a couple of months. Since stores have such a high APR already they seem to approve people pretty easily, especially if the store has pretty high mark ups on products, like furniture, jewelry and tires.

KEEP CREDIT ACTIVE
After my bankruptcy, I was trigger shy and wanted to cut up the cards after they came in the mail. But in order to jump my score up higher, I had to use them. 20 dollars a month was an easy amount to pay off on time and keep the credit companies happy that I was an active user and responsible with the credit approved to me. If I had kept the balances at zero for long periods of time I wasn't showing that I was credit worthy, I was showing them that I couldn't handle all the credit I was given and shouldn't have been given that much. Between a rock and a hard place.

This final option is one I purposely placed last as I don't think it is a great idea, but is an option if trust is very strong

BECOME AUTHORIZED
You could become an authorized user on a person's account with whom you have no trust issues. This option still allows you to build up your credit but the credit agencies don't put as much priority on this type of credit building as they used to.

When you become an authorized user on someone else's credit card, the credit/debt ratio is reported on your credit report as well as the master account holder. As long as they keep the account active and in good standing it will look good for you as well. The best way to be an authorized user is to have them call the company and add you, then when you get the card, give it back to the master card holder as you don't have to use it to reap the benefits.


You will need to display at least one year of positive credit habits to be taken seriously when you pick up a car payment and especially for a mortgage.


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Watch the Magic: The Gathering - Tactics 'White Mana' trailer

Like most liberated free thinkers, we don't discriminate between types of mana based on their colors. To us, it's all just mana. That said, if you're a little less enlightened, here's a Magic: The Gathering - Tactics "White Mana" trailer just for you. Enjoy your barriers, cro-magnon.

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