Fortune’s Geek Eye for the Luddite Guys is amusing in a geeky kind of way. Don’t know that the family in question ended up with much of an idea of what all the gadgets did, but I wouldn’t mind a few of ‘em 
This is no ordinary reunion of the nerds. These geeks—as different from nerds as orcs are from trolls—have been assembled as part of an audacious experiment: Can they deliver digital happiness to a small part of America and enable FORTUNE to ride the success of the hit reality show Queer Eye for the Straight Guy?
Whatever can go wrong, will go wrong. To some it is a profound statement of philosophy, a reminder that life can be defined just as much by its inherent challenges as anything else. To others however the Law is a pessimistic comment that underscores, albeit in more elegant terms, that shit happens.
Found via Slashdot
, this article traces the origins of Murphy’s Law, beleived to have come about during tests at the Edwards Airforce Base in the 50’s.
Not quite as cool as the Star Wars Asciimation, but the ASCII Matrix is pretty good.
Hmmm… According to Quizilla, I am the ONE. But tht’s strange, if I am the ONE, why is Vin also the one? Perhaps its because being “one of two” doesn’t sound as cool as being “the one”. Maybe its because the only decent anagram of Two is “Wot”? I just can’t imagine a hero called Wot, besides it dosn’t sound as cool as Neo. Could you imagine The Oracle saying telling our hero Wot duting their first meeting “I’m sorry kid, but you’re just not one of two”? Its not right is it… So I guess there had to be One, and he had to be called Neo, but now theres two of us Vin, and me, and neither of us are called Neo (or Wot for that matter).
Anyway, I am The One (or one of the many Ones)… What Matrix Persona Are You?
PS: Neo is an anagram of One. Despite being a huge Matrix fan, I only figured that out recently I wonder if I’m the last persion to realise that.
X-Plane was mentioned on slashdot today, and looks like an excelent flight sim. However, even more interesting was the link I caught in a comment to flaying on Mars with XPlane! The author of XPlane took some reasonably accurate Mars atmospherics and gravity, and had a go at flaying.
So what sort of planes can fly on Mars? Not anything from Earth, that’s for sure. Not enough lift or thrust. A Cessna or Boeing will just sit there on the ground without even moving. Put them in the air and they drop like beveled bricks with no wings. Both of my Mars-plane concepts are much like the U-2 Spyplane (designed to operate at around 100,000 ft, in simlar density air) one with a HUGE high-bypass jet engine built AROUND THE FUSELAGE, and another with a smaller rocket engine in the tail, like the X-15. The rocket plane has a lower-thrust engine, with plenty of fuel, for about 30 minutes of flight or so… the JET plane can fly for hours!
Another interesting article from SecurityFocus, this time covering Honeytokens. Probably the easiest way to explain Honeytokens is with an example…
A bogus medical record called “John F. Kenndey” is created and loaded into the database. This medical record has no true value because there is no real patient with that name. Instead, the record is a honeytoken, an entity that has no authorized use. If any employee is looking for interesting patient data, this record will definitely stand out. If the employee attempts to access this record, you most likely have an employee violating patient privacy. It is as simple as that, no fancy algorithms, no signatures to update, no rules to configure. You load the records, monitor it, and if someone accesses it they most likely have violated the system’s usage policy.
Ok, so its not quite a true weblog, but Ed Lu’s letters from the ISS are still interesting reading.
While he’s living aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 7 NASA ISS Science Officer Ed Lu is writing about his experiences. His letters are listed below, beginning with the most recent addition.
This is just too freaky for words…
Damage to a church in Forest, Ohio, is estimated at $20,000 after a preacher asked God for a sign.
I always thought that “R&D guy” in a fireworks factory would be a great job to have, but I reckon this would be better!
During his 19 years as a laboratory technician for Underwriters Laboratories, Cramer has set coffeemakers on fire, knocked computers off desks, short-circuited fans, and blown up everything from toasters to curling irons
This home brewed flight sim looks pretty cool… 13 monitors, driven by 8 PC’s!
