How Long Will Rare Metals Last?

If you were wondering how long will global reserves of some important metals that are used in electronic devices last, here’s a clue.
Tantalum is a rare metal that is used in the manufacture of cell phones and camera lenses but you’ll be surprised to know that if every human on the planet were to consume this metal at the same rate an average US resident today, the metal supplies won’t last for more than 20 years.

Similarly, we won’t be left with any stock of Indium, another rare metal used in LCDs and touch-screen displays, after 4 years if the world consumes this metal at the same rate as US today.
This report, which roughly demonstrates how quickly time is running out for some rare and important metals, was original published in New Scientist in 2007.

What Percentage of Earth’s Water is Safe for Drinking

More than 75% of our planet is covered with water yet only 0.08% of that water is fit for human consumption.

YouTube goes ahead and cleans up its video page

Don’t be too surprised when you discover your favourite video repository has completely changed its look, removing the clutter and most of the red from its video pages. And no, this is not an April Fool’s Day gag.

YouTube is also being very helpful, giving you brief and detailed tours to choose from to aid you in getting to terms with the new interface, or in their words, the “new video page”, where a lot of clean naked boxes make up the page now, with serene white everywhere.

(1) Username , Subscribe button, and "More from User

(2) Video description (+ tags etc.)

(3) Ratings, Favorites / Playlists, and Share options

(4) Data and Statistics from Insight

(5) Video Response

(6) Video Comments 

(7) Respond, rate, and flag comments

(8) Next in series / Up Next Queue

(9) Add to Queue (new version of Quicklist)

(10) Account options

Roccat Pyra Notebook Gaming Mouse

    Roccat's latest rodent for notebook gamers

  +  Good aesthetics, bundled software works well, easy to carry, good bundle, performs well in games

  - No Teflon feet, cord is not braided, feels a little flimsy

 

God of War 3 (PS3)

The best action-platform game of the year and possibly of all time has arrived. Kratos is back and Olympus is in his path. God of War 3 is here!

  
Followed by a neat opening credits sequence that recounts the previous 2 games in a tapestry/painting style, the gameplay throws you literally right into where you left off at the end of God of War 2. It's almost like you've simply inserted your second disc and continuing the second game. It's a great transition.

 

 Graphically the game is amazing. Movement and speed of the screen, actions, and characters are incredibly fluid and nice.

  The controls are still smooth and easy to pick up on.

 The action and fighting in this game is fantastic.Besides additional play throughs on the harder difficulties, there's also the Challenge Mode and the Combat Arena which you can only unlock by getting past all the challenges. You can also try enhanced play using various items you pick up throughout the game. However using the items during play disables your winning of trophies if you want to try for platinum. 

     "Of course I'm serious. This . . . is my serious face."

  This game delivers in every way. With how social videogaming has become with multiplayer, PSHome, co-op play, and other features, it's nice to get a game that simply delivers one of the best single-player story modes of all time.