The rant of the week is Corrie Ten Boom’s complaint about false teachers.
Rant of the Week: 7/19/09-7/25/09
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Category Archives: Knowledge
Links For Today
Interesting set of links on Toxoplasma gondii.
They were very fearful. Funny how they worry that fear will cause us to make bad decisions but they never seem to wonder if fear drove them to make some very bad decisions.
From sand to packaging
Intel has put an awesome pictorial tour of how modern computer processors are made—from sand to packaging. It is somewhat simplified so anyone non-technical can understand, but it is still a great education. I highly recommend you check it out.
Now see if you can do it
Apparently there are at least some moths that can jam bat sonar. (And apparently there are scientists who still like torturing little bugs.) I wonder if people can effectively jam bat sonar, with practice?
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/07/medicalrecords/
Technology Can Fix That!
Warning: Digital snake oil has not been shown to be more effective at preventing or treating disease than physical snake oil.
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/07/medicalrecords/
Poem of the Week: 7/12/09-7/18/09
Do you know how the word albatross (which is the name of a bird) became associated with a wearisome burden? If you don’t, you need to read this poem from beginning to end for your own education.
Essay of the Week: 7/12/09-7/18/09
You are going to be hearing a lot about “front running” in the coming months. There are a growing number of people who are prepared to blame all sorts of evils on the practice. For that reason, people need to read this white paper so that they can understand what all the fuss is about.
Links For Today
Structures collapsing because of shoddy construction is not news. But tipping over a 13 story building is a bit of a trick. More pictures on flicker.
The other dying island nation.
More smoke then fire. But it will still scare Microsoft. They still check under their beds for monsters every night.
Links For Today
The rage in China as reported by the Telegraph and Spiegel.
You mean IOU’s won’t work forever? This seemed to be news to some banks. (previously most banks were reported as saying that they would accept IOU’s as being the same as cash.)
Something to keep your eye on.
A test to keep in mind should you ever go shopping for a cell phone.
Links For Today
The latest manifestation of black helicopters. It is all over done, but when almost 50% of market volume is program trading people are bound to get paranoid.
A cure for Alzheimer’s that we know does not work. It has been tried already.