And, speaking of science fiction writers, many of them don’t know what they’re talking about.
“Travel at the speed of plot”
July 1st, 2007What’s your favorite SF author doing?
July 1st, 2007Find out here, maybe.
Via Boing Boing.
First, you must have reliable data
July 1st, 2007Hello. My name is Harry Potter.
June 28th, 2007You killed my father. Prepare to die.
Well, maybe they can, but I sure couldn’t
June 27th, 2007And, continuing on the subject of toys from the last post, a team of scientists has proven that you can solve any Rubik’s Cube configuration in not more than 26 moves, beating the prior record by one move.
I used to be able to solve Rubik’s Cube when I was younger (and playing with it fairly regularly), but I couldn’t do it now without help. I remember the first computerized Rubik’s Cube solver I ever saw – it was a program for the Apple ][. You would enter your configuration and tell it to solve the cube. A short time later, it would come back and tell you that it had solved it, and how many moves it took.
What those moves were? Who knew. The program wouldn’t tell you. Why they expected anybody to buy that program, I’ll never know. I’m just glad that programs came in baggies and without activation codes back then. Because of that, there was no problem getting the people at the computer store to open a baggie and run a program so you could see it in action.
A better-flying cake pan
June 27th, 2007I wasn’t aware of this, but this year marks the 50th anniversary of the Frisbee. Getcher souvenirs here.
Via GeekDad.
Just like when you’re not the lead dog …
June 26th, 2007I suspect this is a misprint
June 26th, 2007I like shiny tech toys as much as the next geek, but there may be a problem with the 1TB drives described here:
Seagate’s Barracuda 7200.11 and Barracuda ES.2 feature 7,200-rpm spin speeds, up to 32MB cache, average seek times of 8.5 milliseconds, and a 1.2-hour mean time before failure (MBTF) rating, according to Seagate officials.
A 1.2 hour MTBF? Really?
Remind me not to buy one, then.
On this day in history
June 26th, 2007In 1284, the Pied Piper lured 130 children from the village of Hamelin. Other things also happened on this day; I just wanted to note the Pied Piper thing.
I guess I’m not one of the cool kids
June 26th, 2007Not that this was deliberate or anything – I try not to use much profanity, but I don’t have that much problem with it.
Mingle2 – Online Dating
Via David J. (although that link’s going to add to my score – the only thing Mingle found was one use of the word “gun”).
Update: I guess it doesn’t … the link is treated like a single word. So, if you want to use a lot of profanity without boosting your rating, stickthe wordstogether.