Archive for the 'Technology' Category
‘Something May Come Through’ Dimensional ‘Doors’ at LHC
November 16th, 2009I’m sure that Dick Cheney will wear his finest hooded robe for the occasion. Via: Register: A top boffin at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) says that the titanic machine may possibly create or discover previously unimagined scientific phenomena, or “unknown unknowns” – for instance “an extra dimension”. “Out of this door might come something, […]
Two Programmers Charged With Helping Madoff Falsify Records
November 15th, 2009Via: New York Times: Two computer programmers who worked for Bernard L. Madoff’s brokerage firm were arrested on Friday and accused of helping him sustain his long-running Ponzi scheme. The two men — Jerome O’Hara of Malverne, N.Y., and George Perez of East Brunswick, N.J. — were also named in a civil case filed on […]
Can D.I.Y. Supplant the First-Person Shooter?
November 15th, 2009This is an interesting article about independent video game developers. I enjoy stories about people who figure out how to hack the system in innovative ways. If you do too, you might want to check this out—whether you ever play video games, or not. Via: New York Times Magazine: These game designers, a self-described indie […]
Netherlands to Tax Drivers by the Kilometer; GPS Trackers in Every Vehicle
November 15th, 2009Via: AFP: The Dutch government said Friday it wants to introduce a “green” road tax by the kilometre from 2012 aimed at cutting carbon dioxide emissions by 10 percent and halving congestion. “Each vehicle will be equipped with a GPS device that tracks how many kilometres are driven and when and where. This data will […]
Justice Department Asked For News Site’s Visitor Lists
November 12th, 2009Via: CBS News: In a case that raises questions about online journalism and privacy rights, the U.S. Department of Justice sent a formal request to an independent news site ordering it to provide details of all reader visits on a certain day. The grand jury subpoena also required the Philadelphia-based Indymedia.us Web site “not to […]
Telecom XT Mobile Broadband Working; Bye Bye Farmside
November 4th, 2009Farmside, our satellite ISP, represents our largest monthly expense. Every few months, I think about how much we’re spending on Farmside and how much I’d like to find an alternative. Telecom New Zealand launched their new XT network a few months ago. I just assumed that we wouldn’t be able to connect to this network […]
NSA To Build 1.5 Million Square Foot “Cybersecurity” Data Center
November 2nd, 2009Don’t forget NSA’s other 470,000-square-footer in Texas. Via: Information Week: The massive complex, comprising up to 1.5 million square feet of building space, will provide intelligence and warnings related to cybersecurity threats across government. The NSA is building the facility to provide intelligence and warnings related to cybersecurity threats, cybersecurity support to defense and civilian […]
U.S. Air Force Bug Bots
November 2nd, 2009Obama Administration: Toss Wiretap Lawsuit
November 1st, 2009Via: AP: Attorney General Eric Holder says a lawsuit in San Francisco over warrantless wiretapping threatens to expose ongoing intelligence work and must be thrown out. In making the argument, the Obama administration agreed with the Bush administration’s position on the case but insists it came to the decision differently. A civil liberties group criticized […]
Disney’s Neuroscience/Advertising Lab
October 24th, 2009Via: New York Times: A technician in a black lab coat gazed at the short, middle-aged man seated inside the Walt Disney Company’s secretive new research facility here last week, his face shrouded with eye-tracking goggles. Read ESPN.com on that BlackBerry, she told him soothingly, like a nurse about to draw blood. “And have fun,” […]
