“My oldest, who is 9, exclaimed “that’s a computer?!” in genuine surprise, and then pointed at the floppy drives and asked “what are those?” My younger twins just kept laughing at how silly it seemed to them.”
Wednesday, February 20, 2019
Good Apple
"Man discovers 30 year old Apple computer still in working order":
Bad Plagiarist
Courtney Milan: "Cristiane Serruya is a copyright infringer, a plagiarist, and an idiot".
The evidence is pretty convincing.
Plus as the victimized author notes: "[I]f I were an unethical plagiarist and I was looking to plagiarize a romance author, I would pick literally anyone except the one who clerked for the Supreme Court, taught intellectual property as a law professor, and doesn’t back down from a fight."
The evidence is pretty convincing.
Plus as the victimized author notes: "[I]f I were an unethical plagiarist and I was looking to plagiarize a romance author, I would pick literally anyone except the one who clerked for the Supreme Court, taught intellectual property as a law professor, and doesn’t back down from a fight."
Tuesday, February 19, 2019
Monday, February 18, 2019
More Prefixes
"You know kilo, mega, and giga. Is the metric system ready for ronna and quecca?
A proposal lodged with the International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM) in Paris recommends new names -- ronna and quecca-- as prefixes for 1027 and 1030, respectively. They would be joined by their microscopic counterparts, ronto for 10−27, and quecto for 10−30. If approved, the new terms could be formally introduced in 2022. They would be the first prefixes added since 1991.
The planned update responds to the massive growth in global data storage, which by the early 2030s is forecast to reach 1 yottabyte (1024) -- the top of the existing scale. Without new prefixes, computer scientists will have no way to officially talk about what comes next. At the other end of the scale, quantum physicists have measured atomic forces as small as 42 yoctonewtons. Much smaller and they run out of metrological road.
Friday, February 15, 2019
'Drinkable' Potato Chips
"'Drinkable' potato chips: The products keeping your phone grease-free":
Among the concerns facing today’s social media maven: how can one scroll through Instagram and enjoy a bag of potato chips without getting their phone all greasy?
It’s a dilemma Steve Jobs was never able to solve, but that hasn’t stopped today’s innovators. A Japanese snack company is offering chips that require only a single hand to consume – and you don’t have to touch the chips at all. The Tokyo company Koike-ya is behind One Hand Chips, which come pre-smashed so that you can essentially drink them, according to the Wall Street Journal. Now you can swipe with clean hands, and while the calories pile up, you don’t have to waste valuable energy chewing. As one enthusiast tells the paper: “I can just take it and chug it.”
Thursday, February 14, 2019
Drunk Memories
"Drunk Witnesses Remember a Surprising Amount: Interviewing an inebriated person at the scene may be more accurate than waiting until he or she is sober"
Wednesday, February 13, 2019
Metallic Wood
"Penn Engineer's 'Metallic Wood' Has the Strength of Titanium and the Density of Water". (Via H.R.)
Tuesday, February 12, 2019
Apple And Google Vs. Saudi Women
"Apple and Google accused of helping 'enforce gender apartheid' by hosting Saudi government app that tracks women and stops them leaving the country"
Monday, February 11, 2019
NYPD Vs. Google
NYPD is complaining that Waze users are posting the locations of the police checkpoints.
Google tells the NYPD, "too bad". I'm siding with Google on this one!
Google tells the NYPD, "too bad". I'm siding with Google on this one!
AI Finds Unknown Human Ancestor
"Artificial Intelligence Study of Human Genome Finds Unknown Human Ancestor"
Asteroid Defense Test
"A plan to knock an asteroid off course":
In what’s being called humankind’s 1st planetary defense test, space scientists are planning to visit a double asteroid -- Didymos and its tiny moon -- and crash into the moon in attempt to change its orbit.
Friday, February 08, 2019
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