Interesting Links for 03-09-2015
- RIP, Time Cube
But there's still a guy called Alex selling immortality rings.
Interesting Links for 03-06-2014
- Giant octopus stranded in Oxford Circus
Life ain't easy for cephalopod Londoners…
- Humpty Dumpty - Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Rhymes plus maths!
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Interesting Links for 26-04-2014
- Zero-hours crackdown plan unveiled by Labour leader - BBC News
Reading the tenses of a story going into a future speech's contents in exacting detail gets rather confusing. "[Blah] would be harder" he will say, adding "…"
- Physics-exploiting axe splits wood in record time | News | Geek.com
SCIENCE AXE!
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Interesting Links for 19-03-2014
- What are gravitational waves?
'What does the apparent discovery of gravitational waves by the Bicep telescope say about inflation and the big bang?'
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Interesting Links for 17-01-2014
- Triton not. Dive, or dive not, there is no Triton. | Deep Sea News
To get the needed amount of oxygen, it'd need to be filtering about 6 litres per breath, or 90 per minute. Which it won't be, without a pump.
- Google Glass driving charge dismissed
'abecause the code she was cited for required proof that the device was in operation'
- BBC News - Workers' slide installed in Folkestone office block
- There's a record company making more from streaming than from sales
Looking at the data, in the long run this'll likely promote less poppy crap too, as it becomes more about staying power.
- Most of the U.S.’s 420,000 ATMs face a deadline to upgrade from Windows XP,
which Microsoft will soon stop supporting.
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Interesting Links for 17-12-2012
- Jack Hart obituary | Politics | The Guardian
'Signals specialist who fought Thatcher's ban on unions at GCHQ'
- cryptography - Why not use larger cipher keys? - IT Security
'[this implies] brute-force attacks against 256-bit keys will be infeasible until computers are built from something other than matter and occupy something other than space.'
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Interesting Links for 03-12-2011
- Wind-Powered Car Travels Downwind Faster Than the Wind | Autopia | Wired.com
'Rick Cavallaro and his friends have built a wind-powered vehicle that travels downwind faster than the wind, solving a riddle that can start fights'
- Man Sues Couple He Kidnapped - Lowering the Bar
'…the minute I fall asleep, you go and escape, which meant the police could come in and arrest me. I mean, I thought we had an understanding. And that is why I'm suing you for breach of contract.'
- 5 Logical Fallacies That Make You Wrong More Than You Think | Cracked.com
'These days, everyone is a pundit. But with all those different perspectives on important issues flying around, you'd think we'd be getting smarter and more informed. Unfortunately, the very wiring of our brains ensures that all these lively debates only make us dumber and more narrow-minded.'
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Interesting Links for 20-11-2011
- BBC News - Neutrino experiment repeat at Cern finds same result
'The team which found that neutrinos may travel faster than light has carried out an improved version of their experiment - and confirmed the result.'
- Piracy bill could waylay FLOSS projects | ITworld
'…Now, keep in mind, that all of these wheels will be set in motion by private corporations, and there would be no requirement for proving anything. A copyright holder need only accuse a website of infringement, and the search engine, advertisement, and payment system would be cut off in five days. The DNS filtering would still need the involvement of the Department of Justice to get that court order, but again, there would be no need to prove anything to obtain such an order from a judge.'
- National Geographic Photo Contest 2011 - Alan Taylor - In Focus - The Atlantic
Utterly awesome photos.