Super nerdy powers at xkcd
"Surgery"
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LOL
How Google Street View really works
Directly from Google Japan a nice video showing how Street View works.
Public water and public schools
Public water and public schools... mmmh, whaaat? What do public water and public schools have in common?
[ "Robinet cadenassé / Locked tap", CC licensed picture by nitot ]
According to doyle at "Science Teacher",
Public fountains are disappearing because the concept of public is disappearing.
Public water fountains are not dangerous (unless cooties are real). Tap water is safe, and the spigots are designed to prevent contamination.
The rise of bottled water here in the States shows how a public institution can be demonized and replaced by a much more expensive privatized solution.
[...] Charter schools are like bottled water--they're believed to be superior, and their standards are less stringent that their more public counterparts.
Public Water and Public Schools
I told you so... the Ass Bomber
[...] they (the policy makers) let the citizen face daily the fear of a very-rare [terrorist] attack and they manage to take your rights apart [because of that].
I ended with a
I just hope that no one will try to blow a plane with his underwear...
Oooops. I hope I will not be considered the mind behind the stupid ass who tried to assassinate a Saudi prince by exploding a bomb stuffed in his rectum.
Let's see if they will begin to search our asshole before boarding a plane just to be sure... this shit already happened, ya kno'
More on boingboing by Cory Doctorow and by Bruce Schneier.
Non lo meritiamo
Semplicemente non ci meritiamo, come Paese, che i nostri ragazzi combattano, e muoiano, per l'Italia.
Ora un altro motivo per spengere la televisione sarà quello di non sentire quei maiali scannarsi con polemiche strumentali alla loro lotta di cortile.
The cloud. again.
Why we should be worried about the cloud
It's not the first time I write about Cloud Computing; I began commenting the ridiculous Terms of Service of some web applications to edit and store online office documents, like Google Documents, Zoho, Acrobat. Then, some months later, after reading the angry as usual comment by Richard Stallman about storing your documents in the Cloud ( the ""It's stupidity. It's worse than stupidity: it's a marketing hype campaign" rant :) ), I described my view:
Best thing to do would be to have a fast internet connection at home (with simmetric speeds too, upstream and downstream) and some nice opensource software for webmail and for some documents writing and sharing. Mix that with IPV6 and we're all connected with our cloud, powered by us.
The final ingredient could be some huge webservice where we could upload our nightly backup of our home server. And those backups should be encrypted too.
When it will be the time of some opensource gmail?
Now, Cory Doctorow writes about Cloud Computing again, more from a businness/money perspective for the user than from a technical or ethical point of view.
More after the jump.
Starred Pictures
Where "starred" refers to the google reader feature...
- After creating the stunning videos of the San Francisco Star Wars attack, Mike Horn created these amazing pictures. In his flickr set "Star Wars West Coast Defense" you can find very high resolution pictures, useful if you want print them out. Below my favorites. [via MAKE]
- Focus on the logo of this restaurant in Tokyo :)
Swine Flu Party: let's hope in the natural selection
So this is the story. Some people around the world (I've read about US and UK) are organizing "Swine Flu Parties" to contract the virus.
Yeah, exactly. Their point is the virus is "pretty weak now" but it will be stronger next autumn. Obviously, because of their goal, people who contracted the virus are warmly welcomed and, possibly, will have free drinks.
Let's hope in the natural selection.
[ "Pooh Bear Swine Flu Cartoon", cartoon found by Dr J C Bullas ]
Cannon Fodder and the art of being nerd
Do you remember Cannon Fodder for Amiga?
Yesterday afternoon I had such a flash, an uncontrollable desire of listening to "War has never been so much fun".
I know you can understand.
After the jump some videos and music to remind us all how nerd we are.
Defining Brute Force Attack
You can either find the definition of "Brute Force Attack" on wikipedia or take a look at the video below. Your choice. :)
The revenge of the Nerds
Good ol' time when football players used to humiliate nerds in high school...
Now nerds sit in the Homeland Security Advisory Council.
"Hacker Jeff Moss, founder of computer security conferences DEFCON and Black Hat, has been sworn in as one of the new members of the Homeland Security Advisory Council (HSAC) of the DHS. Moss, who goes by the handle 'the Dark Tangent' says he was surprised to be asked to join the council and that he was nominated to bring an 'outside perspective' to its meetings. He said, 'I know there is a new-found emphasis on cybersecurity, and they're looking to diversify the members and to have alternative viewpoints. I think they needed a skeptical outsider's view because that has been missing.'"
Great comeback, guys!
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at it, lads! (Pirate Party wins seats in the EU Parliament)
Pirate Party wins seats at EU table
Sweden’s Pirate Party has won 7.1% of Swedish votes in the Europe-wide ballot, comfortably over the 4% threshold and enough to give it two seats in the European Parliament.
Roughly 200,000 citizens voted for the party, making it the fifth most popular party in Sweden and the largest party representing under 30s, as well as beating more established parties like the Christian Democrats and the Centre Party.
A swedish point of view here, at Little Gamers :)
While they managed to get into the Parliament, unfortunately their collegues at the Pirate Bay were astonished when the Stockolm Court ruled that the TPB judge, member of two pro-copyright groups, wasn't biased.
There is always hope for us, humans
Chimp-Made Toolkit Most Complex Ever Found
Central African chimpanzees crave honey so much that they've invented the animal kingdom's most complex known set of tools to get it, according to researchers who found many of the tools still slathered with the syrupy liquid.
Scatenate l'inferno!
Unfortunately I will not attend the Mugello Inferno next saturday & sunday for the MotoGP Race, but I do remember some things ... :)
and, as usual, you've to remember too: Al Mugello Non Si Dormeeeeeeeeeeee!
:)
catching up
I have been busy lately but, as usual, I keep "starring" items in google reader.
TPB: You already know how the trial against the Pirate Bay ended: guilty. They're already counterattacking on court (see here) but at the same time they found a smart way to pay the fine, if it will be necessary. The Pirate Bay founder proposes to pay his fine with tiny, expensive-to-receive payments.
Roomba and the paths it follows to clean your room
Religions and Sex: here below you can check if what you're trying to do with that girl/guy fits your religion beliefs.
MPAA and its suggestion to prefer CAM rather than DVDRIP :) : the idiots at MPAA suggest us how to "RIP" a DVD... videotaping a monitor! oh, poor idiots... Video below.
MPAA shows how to videorecord a TV set from timothy vollmer on Vimeo.
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