The Fount of Useless Information
Your place for useless information that just might possibly be interesting.
Tea Party shocker: Even right-wingers become liberals when they turn off Fox News
America’s center is to the left, and even Tea Partyers are liberals when they turn off Rush and learn real facts
http://www.salon.com/2013/11/08/tea_party_shocker_even_right_wingers_become_liberals_when_they_turn_off_fox_news/
A very interesting article that …
ANOTHER DEVASTATING Chelyabinsk METEOR STRIKE ‘7x as likely’ as thought
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/11/06/chelyabinsksized_meteors_impacts_seven_times_more_common_than_first_thought/
I think that we (as a species) have been very lucky over the last few thousand years. Just a few large volcanoes (not ‘huge’, merely ‘large’), no massive tsunamis …
badBIOS
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2013/11/badbios.html
I got to say I was very skeptical when I started reading the post and kept checking my calendar to see if it was April 1st. As is usual for Schneier’s blog, the comments are also interesting reading; …
Why You’re Likelier to Cheat in the Afternoon
Willpower takes work, and the later it gets, the more your energy runs down
http://science.time.com/2013/10/31/why-youre-likelier-to-cheat-in-the-afternoon/?hpt=hp_t3
A brief one for those of my reader(s) that like that sort of thing. People are more …
Close-In Surveillance Using Your Phone’s Wi-Fi
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2013/11/close-in_survei.html
Schneier’s blog post contains links to other articles, but to me the more interesting was reading the comments. Of course, infosec people will whine, bitch and moan, but for the average user this …
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 …
DARPA Announces Cyber Grand Challenge
http://www.darpa.mil/NewsEvents/Releases/2013/10/22.aspx
Great! Lets have a contest to see who can build Skynet faster!
Disclosure: I just started a new job where I am working to help build Skynet:
http://www.hexiscyber.com/content/hawkeye-g-active-defense-grid
So far as I know (it …
Nobody Should Shed a Tear for JP Morgan Chase
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/nobody-should-shed-a-tear-for-jp-morgan-chase-20131025
Everyone (well, of those tiny number that actually knows this has been in the works) talks about the magnitude of the ‘fine’, but no one is going to jail and …
Opinion: A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing
Nutrition research must overcome pseudoscientific measures and self-interest to make progress in the fight against obesity.
http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/37918/title/Opinion–A-Wolf-in-Sheep-s-Clothing/
I have a strong interest in nutrition (my degree, after all, is in biochemistry and nutrition) …
Pounding Pavement by Heel or Toe
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/16/pounding-pavement-by-heel-or-toe/?_r=0
Some more interesting information on running, though not specific to barefoot this time. It seems you can’t get away from physics, striking with your forefoot or your heel result in the same overall …