Monthly Archive for September, 2006

Trouble waking up in the morning? Blame genetics.

“Being a morning lark or a night owl is something encoded in people’s genes and we here made substantial progress to uncover the molecular basis for that,” explains Dr. Kramer.

Is that good or bad? :)

read more | digg story

The Internet Address Book

Find and be found. Find people on the Internet and make it possible for others to find you (together with all your Internet addresses!). Manage your network. Create your personal Internet Address Book in which to keep all your Internet addresses and those of your friends. Discover new networks. Keep up to date with the latest (social) networks,

This seems like a pretty interesting site to me, but I am still checking onto it. Seems like a pretty interesting idea and I think that my parents and relatives might find this site interesting.

read more | digg story

Who Owns the Moon?

Letters to George W. Bush from German citizens attempting to affirm their rights to moon land they have purchased for $19.99 an acre. “Dear Mr. Bush: I read an article about the plans of the U.S. government to build a space station on the moon. For me this is more than just an ordinary news, because I am the owner of a part of the moon’s surface.”

Ummm, WTF? Can you legally own a part of the moon? I was inder the impression that all interstellar bodies were owned by all of Mandkind. . .

read more | digg story

Vista Will Be Loaded With WGA

“We expect to do more to make Windows more differentiated when it’s genuine, and so genuine customers get a truly different experience than non-genuine customers. Some premium features built into the Windows Vista operating system will require genuine validation.” - Microsoft.

What an utter bunch of crap! I have more trouble with VGA than any other aspect of Windows period. I have a legal copy of on Windows XP Pro that I purchased through my university. It cost me only $13 and was the first time that I actually saw a resonable price for Windows. I do not see why you should have to pay almsot $500 for a copy of Windows when I can purchase a copy of OS X or say Suse for $47 to $130 a copy. I know that developing software takes time, sweat, and money as I am a developer myself. Am I completly off base or do you guys think that $500 is a good price for a copy of your operating system?

read more | digg story

Nearly 7 of 10 Americans Favor Nuclear Energy

Nearly seven of 10 Americans favor nuclear energy and 68 percent support building a new reactor at the existing nuclear power plant closest to where they live, according to a recent public opinion poll conducted for the Nuclear Energy Institute.

I think this is a very interesting development if this poll is at alla curate. All my life I have grown up with the media, etc. saying how “evil” necular energy is. Does anyone have any thoughts on this?

read more | digg story

Have You Ever Taken the World’s Smallest Political Quiz? Try It Here….

In 1969, David Nolan — a political scientist who had been frustrated by simplistic “left-right” labels — devised a chart to help delineate the shades of difference in between;categories also include authoritarian, libertarian and centrist. Nolan believed this chart was a more accurate way to measure a person’s political philosophy.

It was pretty acurate in my case, how did you score? :)

read more | digg story

Wanted

A computer science graduate from MSU to work long hours at slave wages. You will barely be able to eat and must sign a long treacherous contract which will impair you for life should you violate it.
Also willing to provide office space, leads, support and ramen - but you can have equity in the joint venture.

Shiver Me Timbers Matey!

ARRGGHHHH! It be that time again maties, it be International Talk Like a Pirate Day! Go out and put on ye best Pirate garb and go spread the word!

I love this day of the year! :D

Social Networks are Driving Me Banana’s!

Sure they make life easier - keeping all your data, tagging, sharing - but how can anyone keep up? Do some of these die or will they keep propogating segmenting and …well …… get the picture? What happened to good ol’ fashion web pages?

Safari’s Browser Market Share is Up 46% Year-Over-Year

“Also note that Safari is only available on Mac OS X. Safari’s 46 percent rise year-over-year for August is a clear sign that the Mac user base is expanding,”

I personally think this is due to the massive popularity of the MacBook. What do you think?

read more | digg story




It seems you're using an unsafe, out-of-date browser. Click here to upgrade to Firefox for free. X