The Fount of Useless Information
Your place for useless information that just might possibly be interesting.
The Battle for Power on the Internet
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2013/10/the_battle_for_1.html
A very interesting, if a bit long-ish (for the ‘net) article discussing the shifting power between the early Internet adopters and the johnny-come-lately corporate and government interests that are moving in now …
The prisoner’s dilemma:
…Two members of a criminal gang are arrested and imprisoned. Each prisoner is in solitary confinement with no means of speaking to or exchanging messages with the other. The police admit they don’t have enough evidence
What Work Is Really For
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/08/work-good-or-bad/
I found the above article and added it to my customary list of things-to-read-today. Reading it was interesting and made me think about my ‘utopia’ where I could simply spend time on the manifold …
I am still not feeling well so am trolling the ‘net to pass the time until quittin time so I can go back home and to bed. In doing so I found Scott Adams blog: http://www.dilbert.com/blog. He is an …
The Pirate Bay Introduces ‘Physibles’: Napster For Physical Objects
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120124/03113717519/pirate-bay-introduces-physibles-napster-physical-objects.shtml
I have been keeping an eye on this 3D printing idea over the last couple of decades. It is still very much a niche industry, but it is evolving at …
We took a week off over Thanksgiving partly to work on the greenhouse pool project (http://sol-system.com/koxenrider/property/greenhousepool/ if you find yourself with too much time on your hands) and partly to spend time with my mom. I got very sore …