Links for 17-08-2006
Open-source crop circle, miniature dice, PKD on YouTube, backward sunspot, Pioneer anomaly…
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Does what it says on the tin. A pretty slick job too…wonder if they used an open source crop circle program to do it with?
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I’ve already done about half of these, but there’s a few new ones in there too.
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“Billed as the smallest dice in the world, each one measures 0.3 x 0.3 x 0.3 mm…”. Luke Rheinhart, eat your heart out.
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SF Site tucks into Captain Bruce’s latest collection.
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“The Pentagon is turning to Britain once again as a site for its controversial missile defence system.” Let’s see whether Blair decides to retreat further into Dubya’s arse-crack or not, shall we?
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YouTube video of an old PKD interview, partly used for promo purposes with ‘A Scanner, Darkly’. Link via BoingBoing.
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“A new silicon chip capable of manipulating the spin of a single electron could ultimately allow futuristic quantum computers to be built using conventional electronic technology.” Blimey. Link courtesy of AdvancedNanotechnology.
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8 – Backward SunspotA sunspot that points the other way to all the others may be the harbinger of the start of a new solar cycle – which is pedicted to be a lively and tempestuos one.
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Unexplained behaviour during Earth fly-bys could mean we need to adjust the theory of gravity. Or maybe not. Depends who you ask.
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Does what it says on the tin.
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Genius Russian mathematician shows a real aversion to the limelight.
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Does what it says on the tin, er, lid.
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Worldchanging, as always, has the reasoned and sensible skinny on regulating an exciting but potentially hazardous new industry.
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