So there’s a bit of a fuss about the rescue efforts in Kansas (following the tornadoes there) being hampered because so much National Guard equipment is in Iraq. Can you guess the initial response from Tony Snow? a. You’re absolutely right, and even as I speak we’re choppering in supplies from Fort somewhere. b. We’re [...]
There’s a bit of a fuss on t’internet at the moment about a 128-bit number that is the key to decrypting hi-def DVDs. The DVD manufacturers aren’t happy to see this going around, and are issuing legal documents to anyone they can find to prevent its dissemination. They’re allowed to do that (probably) because the [...]
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Here’s an interesting map showing the amount of land required to provide all the world’s energy needs from solar power. Two things stand out from the map: First, it’s a heck of a lot of land, and second, it’s not really much land at all. The palindromic total of 910,019 square kilometers (351,360 square miles) [...]
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Sorry for no post yesterday, but spare time was spent reading up on gerbils. Following pressure from the two short people who live with Claire and I we have caved, and now have alienly sentient beings in our home. We adopted from the RSPCA (another source of pressure, but now we’ve proven that Claire does [...]
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I’m doing a little family research, and have discovered that I have an ancestor called Critchlow Brocklehurst (or Brockleyhurst), as well as another ancestor who was married in a place called Perranzabuloe, in Cornwall England. There’s no point to this post really, I just wanted you to be able to savour those names like I [...]
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