GoddessJ sent me a link to a review of the iPhone that finally said aloud the things that I’ve been thinking for the past few weeks. (Warning: if you’re an iPhone phanboi, or an Apple lover, this article will tick you off. The rest of the world — all six of us — will probably …
I love encryption. As a kid, the occasional “secret decoder ring” I’d get out of a box of cereal or Cracker Jacks was a treasure worthy of King Tut himself. In my high-school years I studied how to make (and break) ciphers on paper, and I went on to study computer encryption as well — …
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In the “ouch, that’s gotta hurt” category: “A grandmother whose Victoria Sponge was honoured with runner-up spot in a village fete cake-baking contest was rather disappointed to discover she’d actually been the only competitor.“
As featured in British author Peter F. Hamilton’s A Quantum Murder and the movie Paycheck, the technology for wiping specific memories is on it’s way to reality. This could be a very good thing, in some cases.
Here’s something you don’t hear about every day.
Make Instant Hot Ice, or A Candle That Won’t Go Out. Tie a Knot That Can’t Be Untied, and see what happens when you Pour a Soda Under Water. It’s all pretty neat.
Oh he’s got… hi-igh hopes, he’s got… hi-igh hopes…
This, on the other hand, is merely a big bang that could have been.
“Big Bang was Big Bounce“ I don’t know if I buy it, but it’s an interesting theory.
You’ve got to love stupid criminals.