November 2010
30 posts
NASA to hold news conference on “Astrobiology Discovery” on Dec. 2, 2pm EST http://bit.ly/gcs7T8
“The Chinese have denied Liu Xiabo the right even to acknowledge the prize. Both...”
– Peter Osnos, The Atlantic
“Facebook has become to the social web what Microsoft is to the desktop:...”
– Can Anything Stop The Facebook Juggernaut?
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The Cyborg Experiments
Fascinating talk by Kevin Warwick of the University of Reading at the STRP Conference in Eindhoven (Nov. 26, 2010). Kevin was the first person to have an RFID chip implanted in his body (a rather more bulky version than today’s chips) in 1998, and several years later scored another first by having electrodes implanted into the nervous system in his arm, which, connected to a computer,...
Film “Au revoir Taipeh”: Welthauptstadt des Liebeskummers http://j.mp/hHtZi1
“Die Frage ist: Kann oder will Peking nicht mäßigend auf Pjöngjang einwirken?”
– FAZ Kommentar
“Die Terrororganisation „Al Qaida auf der Arabischen Halbinsel“ feiert ihren...”
– „Strategie der 1000 Schnitte“: Al Qaida freut sich über Paketbomben - Ausland - Politik - FAZ.NET
Steve Jobs' 1985 Playboy interview
Jobs: The most compelling reason for most people to buy a computer for the home will be to link it into a nationwide communications network. We're just in the beginning stages of what will be a truly remarkable breakthrough for most people--as remarkable as the telephone.
Playboy: Specifically, what kind of breakthrough are you talking about?
Jobs: I can only begin to speculate. We see that a lot in our industry: You don't know exactly what's going to result, but you know it's something very big and very good.
“At the heart of the controversy over “body scanners” is a promise:...”
– Gizmodo
The 50 Best Inventions of 2010: Sugru →
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“Unlike just about every other social service, Path is not really viral. At all.”
– Former Facebook Exec Launches Path Photo-Sharing App | Liz Gannes, AllThingsD
“If Pac-Man had affected us as kids, we’d all be running around in dark...”
– Marcus Bridgstocke
Democrats didn't lose the battle of 2010. They won... →
“I think one of the things they find difficult is finding people who are willing...”
– Felix Salmon
Superman's all skinny jeans and leather jackets... →