Links for 05-10-2007
New media is actually old media (apparently), chilli-based anaesthetics, printed news is dead (and that’s OK), carbon dioxide scrubbing …
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“The so-called new media is just old media with a different cost structure; the overlords will not be overthrown but neither will they be redeemed, and the same goes for the prosuming crowd.” Interesting.
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2 – UK start-up tackles PIN fraud with patterns
“Each time you need to authenticate yourself, a terminal … will show you a grid. You read off the numbers that match your pattern and enter them on the normal keypad. Each time you see the grid, the numbers are different …” Sound theory.
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3 – Chilli-based anaesthetic won’t leave you drooling
“… a way of blocking just the pain neurons using capsaicin – the active ingredient in chilli peppers – along with a version of lignocaine that can’t diffuse through cell membranes unassisted.” Ah, chillis – is there anything they can’t do? <3
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4 – Print is dead and that’s the way they like it
“… print is willingly running itself off a cliff. And why? Because they know there’s an inflatable mattress down below named the Internet, and that any readers … they might lose they stand a pretty good chance of winning back via their websites.”
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5 – Is it easier to believe the bloggers now rather than the journalists?
“In war, truth is the first casualty. And that’s being proven many times over in ongoing controversies about George W. Bush’s Vietnam-era military record.” Interesting.
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6 – Chemical ‘sponge’ could filter CO2 from the air
“CO2 could be efficiently extracted from the atmosphere using a relatively simple chemical process, before being buried underground.” Just like sweeping the problem under the carpet, surely?
