“Tron sequel already in production”
It’s about freakin’ time!
Archive of posts filed under the Amusing/Interesting/Appalling category.
Various amusing or interesting topics, or things that shock and appall me. Kind of a miscellaneous bin.
“Princeton Scientists Discover Proteins that Control Evolution”
I’ve always been a big proponent of the theory of evolution. It’s certainly not perfect, but it’s the only answer that doesn’t rely on supernatural forces to explain life. But in all the debates about it, it seems that those opposing it focus on two things: irrational religious convictions, and that it relies on random …
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Vote! Even if it means choosing “between the Antichrist…
…and the only guy that scares the piss out of the Antichrist.” (With thanks to today’s Dilbert Blog entry.)
“Last IPv4 blocks are given out”
It’ll be interesting to see how the Internet copes with the IPv4 address squeeze, until IPv6 finally makes enough inroads to make a difference.
We hates snow! We ALWAYS hates it!
(Apologies to Gollum for the syntax of the title. 🙂 ) I am totally disgusted. Last night we got our first snow of the season. GoddessJ said that it wasn’t supposed to stick — it stuck. She said it would be gone by morning — it’s after noon now, and it’s still here. In fact, …
Skip the chocolate ice cream jokes…
As GoddessJ says, always be polite to the people in charge of your food.
Geeky Programmer Quote of the Day
From the first (and so far only) comment to this Stack Overflow answer: BTW, it’s “complement”, not “compliment”. One’s compliment could be “that’s a nice sign bit you’re wearing today”. – Roddy It’s a computer science thing. 🙂
“Wanted: Intelligent Aliens, for a Research Project”
A very interesting look at the problems with human perception, and how that affects our understanding of ourselves.
A Site That Celebrates Tortured English
I’ve always been rather sensitive to spelling and grammar. Maybe a little too sensitive. Little errors in written English drive me nuts. I’ve finally found a place for other people who, like me, shudder at misplaced punctuation, “creative” spelling, abused homonyms, and atrocious grammar: Wordsplosion! “Showcasing the best of the worst of the wide world …
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“Cost/Benefit of Terrorism Security”
Bruce Schneier recently pointed out an analysis that proves what I’ve suspected for several years now: the country really overreacted to the 9/11 attack.