The Space Shuttle: A Horizon Guide

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This one is about the space shuttle (there are a few of them). Highlights the history, different missions etc... There were two major disasters in the shuttles as well, which are dissected.

Oh and there's a sick part about the launch of the Hubble telescope, which almost ends in failure. Here is the writeup from the original website:

In 2011, after more than 30 years of service, America’s space shuttle Discovery will take to the skies for the last time. Its story has been characterized by incredible triumphs, but blighted by devastating tragedies – and the BBC and Horizon have chronicled every step of its career.

This unique and poignant Horizon Guide brings together coverage from three decades of programmes to present a biography of the shuttle and to ask what its legacy will be. Will it be remembered as an impressive chapter in human space exploration, or as a fatally flawed white elephant?

7.7/10

The Transcendent Man

Link to part one
I found a 720p/good audio version on pirate bay



Raymond Kurzweil, inventor of sick shit, predictor of a lot of shit in the future (he has been correct about shit in the past), is now spitting some shit about a technological singularity in the year 2045. Basically hes saying theres gonna be some sick ass robots that can make robots more intelligent than themselves. Once this happens the robots will accelerate technological advancement so fast shit will get whack. There is no denying that Kurzweil is a genius, but the film does a good job of finding critics of his ideas. So many geniuses are in this doc is retarded. Even William Shatner makes a couple appearances.

8.5/10

Bloomberg: Game Changers

A new Bloomberg original documentary series.

This is a such a recent series that not all of the episodes have aired, but each show tells the history of some of the most influential leaders of our world.

This series is both relevant and incredibly interesting.

Watch:

1 - Mark Zuckerberg

2 - Steve Jobs

3 - Jon Stewart

more to come...

Inventions That Changed the World

Jeremy Clarkson, the Top Gear legend, hosts this BBC series about some of the most important inventions that completely reshaped our world.

The five episodes in this playlist talk about the gun, the computer, the jet engine, the telephone, and the television.

Beginning with the gun, Jeremy reveals that successful attempts to create ever more lethal weapons have not only shaped the world but led directly or indirectly to all of the following: the industrial revolution; the production line; cowboy films; street lighting; the car exhaust pipe and the development of trauma medicine.

Other inventions covered in the series include: The computer, without which we couldn’t fly planes, drive cars or even run our dishwashers;

The jet which plays a key part in our weather, mass tourism and outbreaks like SARS;

The telephone which was invented by mistake by a man trying to make a humming telegraph. The telephone has not only changed the way we do business but also led to the development of the Internet;

The television which was invented by two men with wildly different visions: John Logie Baird, a Scotsman, and a 14-year old American Mormon, Philo T Farnsworth, both died unrewarded but their invention, Jeremy reveals, helped win the Battle of Britain.

Throughout the series Jeremy gives his own passionate and witty take on some of the inventions and inventors that he believes have helped change the course of history.

Lots to watch, but really interesting to think about the effects single inventions have had on our entire planet and way of life.

8.5/10

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In the Shadow of the Moon

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In the 1960s, US President John F. Kennedy proposed landing a man on the moon before the decade was finished. This film has interviews with most of the surviving astronauts of the Apollo program who were making ready to make that great voyage with an army of experts determined to make the endeavor possible. Through training, tragedy and triumph, we follow the greatest moments of one of Humanity's great achievements.

This is some high quality shit. They show, in depth, the personal triumphs and amazing moments that the astronauts went though while their asses were in space.

Seems like a lot of them didn't know 100% what they were doing.

Most of them were test pilots. Buzz Aldrin is clearly a thug.

8.8/10

Winnebago Man

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Ok people. This is officially the funniest video I've EVER seen on youtube.

Basically about a guy who is trying to film an infomercial for the new 1989 Winnebago line, but is having a bit of an off day. They even made a documentary about this years later; click here to see the trailer.

If you haven't seen this, you HAVE to watch. I literally cried for 7.5 minutes.

I'm having trouble rating this because it isn't a true documentary. My instinct tells me to give this one a 10/10, but I should probably play that one down a bit due to the fact that this is just a short youtube clip essentially about nothing. So here it is. The Definitive Winnebago Man.

9+/10

EDIT: found the link to download the documentary

A: Head B: Body

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It sounds like bullshit but head transplants are a real thing. First, they take a monkey brain and keep it alive outside of the body for 12 hours by hooking it up to machines. Then, they figure they can chop off a monkey's head and pop it onto another monkey's body. Sew that shit back together and the monkey is good to go. The only problem is they can't hook the spinal cord up so the monkey is crippled. There's video of that shit and other questionable shit like multi-headed dogs. This is only 15 min,

9/10

Killer Asteroids

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In the far corner of our solar system, orbiting quietly, lurks one of the biggest threats to the survival of the human species. Somewhere out there, there’s an asteroid with our name on it.

The Earth is under constant bombardment. Each year, many fragments of debris hit our planet. Fortunately for us, most are so small that they burn up harmlessly in the atmosphere.

However , there are hundreds of larger asteroids orbiting near the Earth. Many scientists now believe that one of these hit the Earth 65 million years ago, killing the dinosaurs, along with 90% of all life on the planet.

What is more, it is only a matter of time before the Earth is hit again. Experts warn that nuclear weapons might not destroy an approaching asteroid. But Jay Meloch thinks he can use the power of the Sun to nudge an asteroid away from the Earth.

Sick.

7.6/10

The Battle of Chernobyl

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This is an awesome one about the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident in the Ukraine. Basically, this idiot wanted to do these tests at dangerously low power levels and fucked the whole thing up. More than 200 people died or were seriously injured by radiation exposure immediately after the explosion. 161,000 people had to be evacuated from a 30 kilometer radius of the reactor and 25,000 square km of land were contaminated. As time went on millions of people suffered radiation related health problems such as leukemia and thyroid cancer and around 4,000 people have died as a result of the long-term effects of the accident.

My heart goes out to the guys who had no idea how bad the radiation was and just started trying to clean up the place. Most of them died. Also, guys flying overhead in choppers that were trying to put out the fires died. If there is one thing that everyone should take away from this, it's that nuclear accidents are always human error, never the technology.

8.3/10

Visions of the Future

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Fascinating view of the future, hosted by Michio Kaku. This third installment is to me, the most interesting (nano-bots and futuristic material that bends light!) but i definitely recommend all three. This series showcases what some of the brightest minds predict our technology will bring us both physically and socially, while emphasizing that the most important question to ask is why and not how when dealing with emerging discoveries.

I give this film FOUR boners way up

8/10

Waste = Food

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Started watching this stuff after I watched "Food Inc." This one talks about two guys that basically rock the business world. Every day natural resources are being rapidly depleted, while production and consumption rise in nations like China and India. In response to this crisis, a new philosophy promoting a non-toxic or recyclable destiny for all man-made products has triggered a new industrial revolution among designers and manufacturers. Massive companies like Nike, Herman Miller and Ford are experimenting with completely clean and sustainable production methods and products following the concept that “waste=food.” Most businesses don't adopt these strategies because it cost too much money, and they're pussies. But these two guys do the same stuff and save the companies millions. 50 minutes, no problem.

7/10