Links for 08-05-2008
Cascio on the Fermi Paradox; “smart pills”; big surprise – hardly any terrorists in SL; assorted software and webdev linx (mostly Linux, natch) …
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“When you are using Quanta and realize you would like to do something and you want to ask “Can I do this?” you can expect the answer will not only be yes, but it will probably be even cooler than you hoped for.” lol
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S’all about enhancing that workflow, yo.
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“… the choice always depends on your requirements, primary goals, skills and experience. Therefore in this article we’ve tried to give you an overview of both useful and deprecated WYSIWYG-editors.
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“Once activated, the IEM sends a high-frequency electrical current through the body’s tissues. The current is modulated in such a way that it provides a unique marker of the pill.” Paranoiacs, start your engines.
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“… the principles behind quantum computing: what they are, how they differ from classical computers, how we could use them, what types of problems quantum computers are ideally equipped to solve and why they are so difficult to build.”
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“There isn’t media bias in favor of Hillary. Nor is there media bias in favor of floods. There’s media bias in favor of *drama*.” Now, if I could only convince everyone of this simple fact.
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“UAE … sits on 10% of the planet’s known oil reserves. Awad, however, sees the city … as an investment in alternative energies that will eventually replace oil.”
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8 – Pondering Fermi“All of this is to argue that just because we don’t see them doesn’t mean (a) they’re not out there, or (b) we’re doomed. Whew.” Good big (and positiv-ish) thinking at Schloss Cascio.
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“The dandelion doesn’t want to nurse a single precious copy of itself in the hopes that it will leave the nest and carefully navigate its way to the optimum growing environment, there to perpetuate the line.”
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“As Western governments search the world for Osama bin Laden and his Al Qaeda followers, a new report suggests that wherever he’s hiding, it’s probably not in Second Life.” No sh*t, Sherlock.
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“With the Fonty Python font manager, you can organize your fonts into groups (called “pogsâ€), and install and uninstall these groups when you need them. When a pog is not installed, you won’t have the fonts it contains filling up your menus.”
