November 2009
82 posts
“If the actual Internet, 40 years ago, had received the sane, thorough,...”
– Spime Watch: The Internet of European Things | Beyond The Beyond
“somewhere in the process of this meal (say, 4 toasts in?), i become faintly...”
– Food As Destroyer, Part One. « still crapulent
“This does not mean rejection of the Muslim community, its religion or its...”
– Switzerland votes to prohibit the building of mosque minarets - washingtonpost.com
“And now that I’ve experienced the e-book, I know what I need to be asking...”
– In praise of the e-book - The Globe and Mail
“We’re not heading into a nirvana, and it’s not going to be hell. But...”
– As robots become more common, Stanford experts consider the legal challenges
SECESSION.NET - an actual movement to break up... →
ripperdoc:
There is actually a web community promoting “secession”, the act of becoming independent from a (super)state. The site discusses federated communities, direct democracy, etc. Snow Crash, anyone?
“Of course, even if Tooley’s far-out allegations were true, he likely would never...”
– Court Kills ‘Round-The-Clock’ Surveillance Case | Threat Level | Wired.com
Hacking With Pictures →
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In 2008, Australian show A Current Affair broadcast an episode that included a brief hypnotherapy session. The segment was called Think Slim and the idea was that it would help viewers lose…
“So far, those answers are as mysterious as the timing of earthquakes, a question...”
– How Storms Can Trigger Earthquakes - NYTimes.com
Spy Bots in Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles... →
ripperdoc:
US military wants to put spy bots/drones in ICBMs that can reach anywhere in the world under the hour. This, together with orbital drop, will make future wars to start - and end - within the hour.
“Some other people had seizures when parts of the scene were rebroadcast during...”
– Dennō Senshi Porygon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
“Using publicly available information, for the first time in the world, we have...”
– How heavy is the Internet? - Crave at CNET UK
“I want to read, talk with my friends via the computer and enjoy my life now that...”
– Patient trapped in a 23-year ‘coma’ was conscious all along | Mail Online
“A memo from UT’s lawyers offers faculty a framework for preventing student...”
– note-taking pirates & the history of open access - library ad infinitum
It was Always an Internet of Things →
photo credit: Spanish Flea
I remember the first moment, a few years ago, at which I began to take the Internet seriously. It was a very, very silly thing. There was a…
“It’s not that everything he says is wrong, but the bits that are true...”
– Matt Taibbi Gets His Sarah Palin On - Megan McArdle
“SOMETHING big is out there beyond the visible edge of our universe.”
– ((It’s Cthulu))
Mystery ‘dark flow’ extends towards edge of universe - space - 16 November 2009 - New Scientist
“Clearly they’re not doing anything good if they’re out there after...”
– Scores of O.C. teens picked up in ‘scared straight’ curfew sweep | L.A. NOW | Los Angeles Times
“A half-second later, force sensors detect my leg pushing against the exoskeleton...”
– Me and My Exoskeleton: The Trick to Super Strength - Exoskeleton - Gizmodo
“A review of more than 3,000 Internet addresses previously assigned to the...”
– Tainted Address Blocks | Beyond The Beyond
“FedEx the polar bears to Antarctica! Airlift the pikas and the orchids! But some...”
– Plant Relocation Services
“Taking these experiments to their natural conclusion, can we expect an army of...”
– Fruit flies’ memories reprogrammed with lasers
“The planets rotate, and we haven’t figured out how to stop that.”
– Google unveils protocol for an interplanetary internet