Archive for the 'Off Topic' Category
Finally: Amazon’s MP3 Store
September 26th, 2007I might have titled this story, “If You Can’t Beat ‘Em, Sell ‘Em DRM Free MP3s.” Years ago, when Apple released iTunes, I looked at the DRM involved and said, “Not only no, f*@% no.” I’m really glad to see an alternative to Apple’s Tamper Proof Vending Machine reality. Of course, I’d rather just pay […]
One Billion Light Years Across of Nothing
August 24th, 2007Via: Globe and Mail: Astronomers have stumbled upon a tremendous hole in the universe. That’s got them scratching their heads about what’s just not there. The cosmic blank spot has no stray stars, no galaxies, no sucking black holes, not even mysterious dark matter. It is 1 billion light years across of nothing. That’s an […]
Hitachi Releases Hard Drive with One Terabyte of Storage Capacity
August 13th, 2007In 2000, the company I worked for budgeted $15,000 for me to build a storage array with an initial capacity of one terabyte. I set about planning to build the thing. Rack density. Thermal dissipation. Power. Networking. Redundancy. Scalability… These were the factors I was considering as I devised my plan to build that system. […]
Great Pyramids Made Out of Concrete
May 26th, 2007Via: Yahoo / Live Science: …The mysteries had actually been solved by Joseph Davidovits, Director of the Geopolymer Institute in St. Quentin, France, more than two decades ago. Davidovits claimed that the stones of the pyramids were actually made of a very early form of concrete created using a mixture of limestone, clay, lime, and […]
Justice Center Leoben: New Apple Store, or Austrian Prison?
April 5th, 2007This look is also popular on U.S. university campuses. Although, Austrian prisoners clearly live better lives than U.S. grad students! I kid. Not really. Via: Ah Boon Net.
MC Rove
March 30th, 2007I was only able to watch 47 seconds of this. How much can you stand? Research Credit: JF
Insider Crimes, Funny Money and Options Rackets
March 22nd, 2007WARNING: The following is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any financial instrument. Trading stocks, currencies and options involves serious risks. For years, I’ve kept this information to myself, waiting for a chance to look at it again more seriously and systematically. Unfortunately, I don’t really see myself being able to allocate the […]
The Outsiders
March 11th, 2007Via: Prometheus Society: A lesson which many gifted persons never learn as long as they live is that human beings in general are inherently very different from themselves in thought, in action, in general intention, and in interests. Many a reformer has died at the hands of a mob which he was trying to improve […]
Mummified Body Found in Front of Blaring TV
February 17th, 2007A blind man died gazing at the television. Via: Reuters: NEW YORK (Reuters) – Police called to a Long Island man’s house discovered the mummified remains of the resident, dead for more than a year, sitting in front of a blaring television set. The 70-year-old Hampton Bays, New York, resident, identified as Vincenzo Ricardo, appeared […]
Norelpref: Media Bob Blog
February 10th, 2007If Cryptogon had a soundtrack, this would be it: http://www.norelpref.com/ It’s tough to describe… Max Headroom inspired audio haiku? I just had to close the page. I was burning up my alloted bandwidth for the day in a matter of minutes.
