Rubénerd :)

This is why I still avidly read Slashdot :)

“A wind-powered car has been clocked in the US traveling downwind 2.85 times faster than the 13.5 mph wind. The definitive research by Rick Cavallaro of FasterThanTheWind.org is being funded by Google and Joby Energy.

And thoughtsatthemoment’s response:

Let me know when you have a solar powered car traveling faster than light.

YUM estimated this afternoon that installing Xfce would take approximately 7 * (10 ^ 40) hours to download and install. According to my calculations, this means it’ll be done in roughly…

809,589,041,095,890,410,958,904,109,589,041,095,890

…years, which as far as I know would be enough time to form at least a few million new universes. I’d better go put another pot of coffee on.

"So this song is by Erving Mills, who’s name is also a sentence…
[ Esther chortling in the background ]
… like Tom Waits, or George Burns."

Since installing my new student licenced copy of Windows 7 Professional in VirtualBox over the weekend, I’ve been testing how well my Windows-only software runs in it compared to my trusty ol’ Windows 2000 VM. So far as good as can be expected, but there are few very strange anomalies.

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This is social media and Web 2.0 at its best: working to help a good cause!

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From the I Can’t Believe They’re Serious department, Bruce Schneier has blogged about a hilarious memory key product (link fixed) that doesn’t get its security from sound, well implemented cryptography, but from.. get this… a two wheel physical combination lock that hides the contact pins!

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Beware the wrath of Dave, poke fun at his netbook and he’ll just crassly assume you’re a spineless puppet of Apple folk because they’re naturally the only ones who are uninspired by flimsy designs. I resemble [sic] his remarks… for one thing not all Apple fans are boys ;).

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Back in 2006 I posted some of my favourite Bruce Schneier facts. Here we are in 2010 and I still read ones that make me laugh out loud!

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The very existence of flamethrowers proves that sometime, somewhere, someone said to themselves, "You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I’m just not close enough to get the job done." ~ George Carlin

Damn it, I miss you George.

Did you know, if you do a Google Video Search for politicians on Google Video Search (well that was a redundant sentence addition), the first result you get is a video titled "Politicians avoiding questions"

I think that says it all, sadly.