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Archive of posts filed under the Science and Technology category.
Topics pertaining to science and technology, current or future.
“A Low-Tech Treatment for Bee Plague”
An interesting look at the ongoing investigation into Colony Collapse Disorder, and a sensible suggestion for a long-term solution.
“Clippy Brings Copy/Paste to Jailbroken iPhones (Everywhere Except Safari)”
A nice piece of work. I installed it yesterday, and I’ve used it a few times now. It works as advertised, plugging a gaping hole in my iPod Touch’s features.
“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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“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.
The DMCA Bites Back
I love seeing politicians being caught in their own traps.
“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.
“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.
Multithreaded Programming
A little while back, I ran across a rant about multithreaded programming on The Register (NSFW due to strong language), which starts out with this paragraph: I don’t know about you, but every time I have to program with threads and shared resources, I want to remove my face incrementally with a salad fork. Locks, …
The Litter Robot
(This is a follow-up to last year’s post on the cat-crap problem. As I said then, if you’re bored or offended by talk of the removal of feline waste products, don’t read this entry any further.) Our third Littersweep Ultra died a few months ago, worn out the same way as our first one. I’m …