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Interesting Links for 23-07-2015
Jul. 23rd, 2015 01:00 pm- The Fermi Paradox - Wait But Why
A rather good explaination of a big question, and some of the possible answers.
Interesting Links for 18-11-2014
Nov. 18th, 2014 12:00 pm- #Shirtgate / #Shirtstorm - a bunch of people being disappointed and saying "That's inappropriate", not a feminist lynch mob
Assuming this is an accurate representation (I've not searched myself), the guy in the stupid shirt hasn't been 'hounded', he's just very visibly worn an inappropriate shirt, thus had quite a few people react (fairly mildly) to it.
Interesting Links for 15-10-2014
Oct. 15th, 2014 01:00 pm- Scientists Might Have Accidentally Solved The Hardest Part Of Building Space Elevators - Yahoo Finance
'science fiction writer Sir Arthur C. Clarke predicted that a space elevator would be built ten years after everybody stopped laughing. By the time he died, in 2008, everybody had.'
Interesting Links for 06-11-2013
Nov. 6th, 2013 04:00 pm- Galaxy is STUFFED with HABITABLE WORLDS - and probably ALIENS • The Register
'Nearest ones are probably getting our TV from 2001'
Interesting Links for 20-09-2013
Sep. 20th, 2013 05:00 pm- Median house prices as a multiple of earnings, '97 to '13 | Liberal Conspiracy
- Life 'originated from space' claim scientists - Telegraph
'...sending a balloon high into the stratosphere. On its return they found organisms that were too large to have originated from Earth.'
Interesting Links for 19-03-2013
Mar. 19th, 2013 04:00 pm- 'New Banksy' appears at site of 'stolen' mural - ITV News
"A stencil image of a rat holding a card saying 'Why?' "
- National Security Letters ruled unconstitutional • The Register
'A federal court judge has ruled that National Security Letters (NSLs) – the controversial, ultra-clandestine surveillance tools used by the FBI to gather information on individuals – are unconstitutional and must be halted.'
- Don’t let Jedi Knights hold weddings - Free Church - Scotland - Scotsman.com
May your marriage be with you, always.
- Nadine Dorries: Tory party is looking 'silly and ridiculous' for suspending me - Telegraph
Does she really think these comments will help? Nope. She thinks they'll get her media attention.
- Train Wi-Fi and mobile access expected to be in Osborne's budget giveaway | Politics | The Guardian
Some 12 out of 25 rail franchise operators still don't have Wi-Fi – chancellor expected to offer an inducement to them to install it
- ‘Unwise to block free speech law’ at Stormont - Headlines - Belfast Newsletter
'he could think of no reason for Stormont blocking the Defamation Bill from Northern Ireland other than that politicians wanted “to be able to sue newspapers more readily”.'
- 10 Companies Chasing Innovations That Really Matter | Wired Business | Wired.com
- Innovator Under 35: Danielle Fong, 24 - MIT Technology Review
'Making clean energy pay off by storing it as squeezed air '
- Computer lessons in Vietnam
Computer classes start at age 7, programming starts at age 9
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Interesting Links for 08-10-2012
Oct. 8th, 2012 05:00 pm- George Osborne: workers of the world unite...and give up your employment rights - Telegraph
'the Chancellor today invited employees to give up their workplace rights in exchange for tax-free shares in their companies'
- Bedfordshire Local News, Local News Headlines in Bedford | Bedfordshire Newspaper Online | No dear, that wasn't the pot plant I had in mind!
An elderly couple who bought a plant from a car boot sale got more than they bargained for after the shrubbery turned out to be the ‘biggest cannabis plant’ police had seen.
- BHA submits response to legal case over whether Government must publish list of proposed Free Schools
‘We believe that an important part of being able to scrutinise proposals for new schools, not least of all religious schools, is by knowing what schools have been proposed. Currently that is not the case with Free Schools until after the Government has backed them.’
- How To Steal The Space Shuttle: A Step-By-Step Guide
Via @foundthings
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Interesting Links for 18-09-2012
Sep. 18th, 2012 05:00 pm- NASA Starts Work on Real Life Star Trek Warp Drive
'Dr. White and his colleagues don't just believe a real life warp drive is theoretically possible; they've already started the work to create one.'
- Don’t Tell Anyone, but the Stimulus Worked - NYTimes.com
A very telling comment from within it: 'White House economists had rejected the idea of distributing the tax cuts as flashy rebate checks, because people were more likely to spend the money (and help the economy) if they didn’t notice it. Good economics, perhaps, but terrible politics.'
Interesting Links for 29-08-2012
Aug. 29th, 2012 05:00 pm- Mars Panorama - Curiosity rover: Martian solar day 2
360 degree panorama on Mars. Little green men not yet spotted, must be hiding under the rover.
- New Statesman - The Sun's interview with violinist Nicola Benedetti was a masterclass in sexism
I've read the article itself and the the level of sexism just makes you want to weep. Read article via Andrew Ducker, this via Jennie Pink
- Archive Binge
'Have you ever found an interesting looking webcomic, looked at the archive, and thought: "I can't start reading this! There are hundreds of strips to catch up on!"' This tool makes custom RSS feeds for comics, allowing you to read a given number of pages a day, letting you get up to date quickly without spending hours long reading sessions.
- Former Times journalist arrested by police investigating computer hacking | UK news | guardian.co.uk
'Arrest of Patrick Foster understood to be related to unmasking of NightJack blogger by the Times in 2009'
Interesting Links for 15-08-2012
Aug. 15th, 2012 05:00 pm- Our Presidents • “In Event of Moon Disaster”, July 18, 1969. White...
'White House speechwriter, William Safire, was asked to write a speech that President Nixon would make in case the Apollo 11 astronauts were stranded on the Moon. It was never delivered, and this speech was quietly tucked away into Nixon’s records.'
- Leader Of Anti-Semitic Party In Hungary Discovers He's Jewish : The Two-Way : NPR
- Peer of the Week: The Earl of Rosslyn | Unlock Democracy
Voted 7 times since '99, 5 against Lords Reform, claimed near 16k tax free this year despite no votes nor questions, his historic family home has had a third of a million spent on its refurbishment, but only limited public access, despite the fact he rents out rooms to people.
- BBC News - Virgin Trains loses West Coast Mainline franchise
'will be replaced by the UK's largest rail operator, FirstGroup.'
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Interesting Links for 25-07-2012
Jul. 25th, 2012 05:00 pm- First Female U.S. Astronaut, Sally Ride, Comes Out In Obituary
'The pioneering scientist was, a statement from Sally Ride Science announced, survived by "Tam O'Shaughnessy, her partner of 27 years."'
Interesting Links for 12-03-2012
Mar. 12th, 2012 04:00 pm- We already have the technology to send trains into space, at a fraction of the cost of rockets
'Startram, a proposed launch system that would use magnetic levitation trains, a 1000-mile tunnel, and a superconducting cable to reach low Earth orbit.'
- Shed of the Year 2012 entrants - Telegraph
Sheds galore!
Interesting Links for 17-02-2012
Feb. 17th, 2012 04:00 pm- 6 Real Planets That Put Science Fiction to Shame | Cracked.com
'our imagination has no chance of competing with the jaw-dropping, pants-peeing craziness outer space is capable of cooking up.'
- 5 Reasons Being Single Sucks Even More Than You Thought | Cracked.com
- Peta's vegan sex ad shows it has tofu for brains | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
'Flirting with domestic violence imagery in your shock-tactic marketing is not the way to promote an animal-free diet' Trigger warning for it somewhat discussing sexual abuse, also it has some scantily clad photos, so semi-NSFW
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Interesting Links for 20-01-2012
Jan. 20th, 2012 04:00 pm- Met spent £35,000 to find out time - The Independent
'110,000 calls to the speaking clock over the last 2 years'
- Sorry day for Murdoch as High Court hears hacking apology - The Independent
'lawyer says more victims emerge every day '
- Man threatens students at debate on sharia law - The Independent
'told they would be "hunted down and killed"'
- Insane Entitlement: EMI Sues Irish Gov't For Not Passing SOPA-Like Censorship Law | Techdirt
- Muslim College Student Reports Sexual Harassment, Gets Reported To FBI For Terrorism And Expelled | ThinkProgress
- "What if..." Movies reimagined for another time & place on the Behance Network
- Feds Shut Down Megaupload.com File-Sharing Website | Techland | TIME.com
- Russia in color, a century ago - The Big Picture - Boston.com
- 1st Science Fiction Movie Filmed in Space Stays Underground | Space.com
NASA won't let him release it publicly, alas.
- Copyright King: Why the "I Have a Dream" Speech Still Isn't Free | Motherboard
EMI owns the rights, it turns out.
- Unexpurgated atheist FAQ
'Although these are my personal answers, I am confident that I speak for all atheists…' (Potentially offensive, but also pretty funny)
- Anonymous Shuts Down The MPAA, RIAA And Other Websites - CinemaBlend.com
- Sex is cheap: Why young men have the upper hand in bed, even when they're failing in life. - Slate Magazine
- GOOD RIDDANCE - Slate Magazine
'The long-overdue movement to abandon Caps Lock.'
- The New Muslim suffragettes of the United Kingdom
An increasing number of Muslim women activists are receiving death threats, fatwas and even hate-mail from extremist male and female Muslims. Their crime: Rescuing fellow Muslim women from violent and life threatening situations.
- BBC News - Leveson Inquiry evidence can be anonymous, judges rule
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Interesting Links for 05-01-2012
Jan. 5th, 2012 04:00 pm- How the Candidates Roll - Graphic - NYTimes.com
The modes of travel and the entourages of the Republican potential nominees vary widely.
- BBC News - Loch Ness is giant 'spirit level'
Does that mean if we bash it on the ground a few times it'll work better?
- Management Myth #1: The Myth of 100% Utilization | Project Management
There was a time when it was important to get 100% utilisation of a company's computers, because they were so expensive. But now? That doesn't really work. And it doesn't work with people either.
- What Video Games Can Learn from Board Games
'right now board games invite, whereas video games only permit.'
- Space Exploration History: The Space Shuttle and the Horse's Rear End
The width of the booster rockets for the space shuttle is partially determined by the width of the arse of a Roman chariot horse.
- Babes of the BNP | VICE
The stupid, it burns. Particularly "I wouldn't mind them if they actually worked and didn't take all of our jobs" That's an impressive self-contradiction to fit into a single sentence. Some of the pictures may be mildly NSFW.
- Lord, spare us this wave of nerdy new scientists | This is Cornwall
Anti-elitism is making its way to the UK. Who needs all those physicists? Certainly not anyone who appreciates how MRI machines allow the easy detection or diagnosis of many sorts of health problem…
- From the Mailbag | Regretsy
Buyer disputes authenticity of the $2500 violin he's just bought? Paypal says to get a refund he must DESTROY THE VIOLIN!!!
- ‘Yes we know it’s Christmas’ say African musicians as they finally record a response to Band Aid - Hayibo | Hayibo
After 28 years of silently tolerating it, a group of unemployed local musicians have joined forces to release a Christmas single, entitled ‘Yes we do,’
- This is What Happens When You Give Thousands of Stickers to Thousands of Kids | Colossal
A room done entirely in white. Many, many coloured stickers. Lots of children. The result? Something quite beautiful.
- BBC News — Q&A;: Assisted suicide
'A group of experts have called for a change in the law to allow assisted suicide.'
- Brits' Unpaid Overtime 'Worth A Million Jobs'
'Workers gave bosses nearly two billion hours of unpaid overtime last year'
- Can we run PC Pro on tablets? Live blog
Is it viable to write articles, answer email & update magazine's blog via tablets?
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