Links for 16-11-2006
Rules for writing, ‘mechanical Turk’, new stars in the ‘hood, molten salt reactor, SL’s CopyBot flap…
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“If you use adjectives in your prose, do not use nouns. If you use nouns, you must not use verbs. If you use verbs, try to avoid verbs that specify a particular city.” Absolute comedy gold.
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“A new study suggests that brain and behaviour relationships may have changed in a profound way as larger, more complex insect societies evolved from smaller, simpler ones.”
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“Some day, your boss could be a faceless Mechanical Turk who doles out tasks over the Internet. For nearly a year, Amazon’s Mechanical Turk has paid [...] for tasks that take a few seconds to a few minutes to complete.”
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“It’s pitch black outside in wintry Stockholm but indoors at the all-white Light Cafe, guests recline comfortably in white armchairs as they soak up a dose of artificial sunlight to fight off the winter blues.” They should franchise this out.
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“New clues about the origins of cosmic rays, mysterious high-energy particles that bombard the Earth, have been revealed using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory.”
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“NASA is set to roll out next month a U.S. national strategy for lunar exploration, one that outlines both robotic exploration needs and the rationale for sending humans back to the Moon.”
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“…since the year 2000, the population of known stars within 10 parsecs (roughly 33 light years) of the Sun has grown by 16 percent.” Commentary from Centauri Dreams.
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“While the general guidelines of good photography apply to every type of camera, a cameraphone does have specific features and flaws you should keep in mind when snapping.” Expect enhancements to FPB in future…
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“World Trade Organization representative Hanniford Schmidt announced the creation of a WTO initiative for “full private stewardry of labor’…” This is so unbelievably, horribly wrong.
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“Special effects have come to define each season’s new hotness at the box-office. Since the days of morphing, we’ve gone to the big screen in order to see what impossibility was wrought by the new crop of computer wizarding tools.”
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Aberrant Dreams online sf mag interview; link via Slashdot and SF Signal.
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Aberrant dreams online sf mag interview; link via Slashdot and SF Signal.
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Aberrant dreams online sf mag interview; link via Slashdot and SF Signal.
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“Incandescence is likely to be published in early 2008; details will be announced here when they are known.” Thanks for the tip, Torque Control; baited breath right here.
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“Fox plans to broadcast an interview with O.J. Simpson in which the former football star discusses “how he would have committed” the slayings of his ex-wife and her friend, for which he was acquitted, the network said.” WTF???
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“They can use their remaining physical limb to control the movements of a computer-generated limb, which appears in the 3D computer-generated world in the space of their amputated limb.”
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17 – Salt of the earth“The molten salt reactor (MSR) does what it says on the tin. It uses molten salt at atmospheric pressure to cool the reactor. The radioactive fuel is also contained within the molten liquid. So, [...] it has no pressurised gas coolant [or] solid fuel rods
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“The sale of the CopyBot [...] drew angry protesters bearing signs, eventually forcing a would-be retailer to close shop. Store owners across Second Life also shuttered their businesses in protest.”
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“…is this a painful-but-necessary demonstration of Second Life’s limited ability to protect IP on the architectural level, or a dangerous threat to the community of content creators? Or neither, or both?”
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“…allows electromagnetic energy “trapped” in a charging device to be tapped by a “drain” mobile device if the two have the same resonant frequency.”
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November 17th, 2006 at 2:41 am
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