“Study Finds That Online Education Beats the Classroom”
I really was born too late.
Archive of posts filed under the Interests category.
Topics on my particular interests.
“Virus arms race primes malware numbers surge”
Computer security people have seen this coming for years. Signature-based detection of specific malware variants is less and less effective all the time; there’s no way antivirus programs can keep up anymore, and they’re just going to get further behind. Not to mention the ongoing problems with false positives. (I don’t even bother running an …
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“Self-Enforcing Protocols”
Here’s something you’d probably never think of: […] a self-enforcing protocol for determining property tax: the homeowner decides the value of the property and calculates the resultant tax, and the government can either accept the tax or buy the home for that price. Sounds unrealistic, but the Greek government implemented exactly that system for the …
Reduce, reuse, recycle… a Brinks armored truck?
Gotta love the idea.
“Why Exercise Won’t Make You Thin”
It’s not what you’d think, but if you read the article, it does make sense.
“Vanish Gives Your Message an Expiration Date”
Interesting idea. Sounds like it might even work.
“Boost Your Map Skills for When GPS Fails You”
I find this quote shocking: Sure, it sounds like a rant your grandfather can chime in on, but most of us probably aren’t as familiar with how our roads are laid out and how maps correspond to them. Surely GPS systems aren’t so old that people have forgotten how to use paper maps?! I can …
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“Listen to ‘Complex’ Music to Get a Song Out of Your Head”
I wish one of these ideas worked for me, but once I get a song stuck in my head, it’s there for the duration. I can replace it with a different one, but there’s no “off” button on my mental MP3 player.
“What is the opposite of fear?”
Apparently it’s disgust, at least as far as expressions go. Interesting and very plausible note on Darwin at the end.
“Living things glow with visible light”
“Meanwhile, New Age aura-seers everywhere scream with ‘vindication.’” 🙂