Top 11 Reasons Why You Just Saw Porn on My Computer Screen

History of car logos. (Via BBspot.)

Quantum cryptography updates: "Swiss on a Roll With Quantum Crypto" and "NEC Achieve 10-Fold Increase in Quantum Cryptography Key Generation Rate". (Via IPList.)

Computer architecture stories of the day: Pipelining, Part I and Pipelining, Part II.

Breakthough in popcorn science allows you to double the size of each popped kernel as well a reduced the number of annoying unpopped kernels.

"The sound of a person's voice may predict his or her level of sexual activity."

Is there more flatulence in a vegetarian diet?

Optical illusion of the day: The Basic Diamond motion and perception effect. Try it with "bars alone" and "bars occluded". (Via Linkfilter.)

"A novel method of optical data storage could soon be used to hold a terabyte of data on a disk the size of a normal DVD, say researchers at Imperial College London, UK..."

"The Martial Arts of Middle Earth." (Via Ars Technica.)

"Software That Knows Your Every Move". (Via IPList.)

Science experiment of the day: "Cleaning Pennies with Taco Sauce". Nice correlation of experimental and theoretical chemistry.

Escher For Real. If you like those, then there's also Beyond Escher For Real. (Via Linkfilter.)

"Ins and Outs of Teledildonics": Wired has a review of the Sinulator, a remote cybersex device that connects to the USB port of one's personal computer. As the article explains, "...a man can be thrusting in Cleveland while a woman is penetrated in Seattle, and the cybersex experience gets one step closer to the holodeck."

Astronomers will soon have the ability to detect Earth-sized exoplanets.

The Sims in The Sims 2 can play The Sims 1. (Via Boing Boing.)

"Klingons for Kerry": A recent poll of the Klingon population of Portland, OR, showed that 75% of them supported John Kerry for president, whereas 25% supported Satan and 0% supported George Bush. One reason they cited was their belief that the current war in Iraq was based on deception and hence dishonorable. (Via Volokh Conspiracy/Hanah Metchis.)

E-mail from beyond the grave. Here's the corporate website.

Custom Borg My Little Pony.

First impressions are very important in determining the course of relationship, at least for college freshmen.