Links for 19-05-2006
Virtual land scams, nanotech stuff, virtual societies, Bosnian pyramid, exosolar planets, guy emerging from his own mouth…
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First ever law-suit over virtual property?
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Tiny things happen very quickly
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Creating a virtual society on computers and just letting it run…there’s a thousand SF book plots in this one alone
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Another potential ancient civilisation remnant, but this time in eastern Europe. Said it before, I’ll say it again: 2006, year of the weird.
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Only to Japanese companies or individuals, unfortunately
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At least robot armies present the prospect of less *people* dying for politics and money
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The rise of the digital working class
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Junk in space – blame the Cold War USAF
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11 – The Iran issueKen MacLeod rounds up a good bunch of data that talks about the forthcoming strike against Iran, and how it has been carefully engineered
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12 – InquisitorNew web-based metasearch engine; looks nice, but still in beta
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Charles Stross demolishes the immigrants / ID cards hoo-hah
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“It’s a great time to be a Hollywood screenwriter, but rough on policy makers and business strategists.” The New York Times looks at future technology. {Login with BugMeNot}
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You wait for ages, then three turn up at once…extrasolar planets, that is.
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‘Examine this haunting animation carefully. Enjoy the sheer horror of watching a human being emerge from his own mouth.’ Eeeesh – oddly compelling and hypnotic, though.
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You need never leave the sofa again!
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Livescience blogger says: Dan Brown rubbish, Crichton better. At least he’s *half* right…
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Soldiers get wired for video, sound and more…spime-tastic!
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Gallery of archived art by Frank R. Paul, one of the earliest science fiction illustrators
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Ian McDonald pontificates on the state of 21st Century science fiction in response to an Emerald City review
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Buy your hardware and mechanicals online
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A must-have item for the bicycle-courier-with-attitude working the megacities
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The 10 Worst Corporations of 2005
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