Off the Top of My HeadOff the Top of My Head - LiveJournal.comAlberta Canada is the New Saudi Arabia...- June 29, 2004 "Alberta sits atop the biggest petroleum deposit outside the Arabian peninsula - as many as 300 billion recoverable barrels and another trillion-plus barrels that could one day be within reach using new retrieval methods. (By contrast, the entire Middle East holds an estimated 685 billion barrels that are recoverable.) But there's a catch."http://mecurious.livejournal.com/63392.html 25 Weirdest Things You Can Buy on Amazon.com...- June 29, 2004 The 25 Weirdest Things You Can Buy on Amazon.com...LOLhttp://mecurious.livejournal.com/63042.html So I'm building a Supercomputer Cluster...- June 24, 2004 Heh. It really isn't that tough. In fact, it's Easy Cheesy.Recipe: 2 or more Macs running OS 10.2.8 or betterEthernet hub and cabling (assuming they aren't already networked)Apple's Xgrid software (free)Something to do with your horsepower(like Blender 3D rendering)This is a nerd's dream (and might look good on the ol' resume).Scavenged hub and ethernet cables: (cheap)Apple's Xgrid software: (free)Cranking out 8Ghz of processing power on a 500Mhz G4: PRICELESS!Here's how it works:Additional...http://mecurious.livejournal.com/62773.html Got Milk Perchlorate- June 23, 2004 WIRED news: Possibly toxic levels of rocket fuel found in California cow milkhttp://mecurious.livejournal.com/62618.html Reaction to the Russian Banning of Jehovah's Witnesses...- June 22, 2004 A good article in the online Christian Science Monitor: Moscow ruling vexes religious minoritiesExcerpts:"The decision against the Jehovah's Witnesses is more political than legal," says Anatoly Pchelintsev, director of the official Institute of Religion and Law in Moscow. He says the same charges could be applied to any religion that advertises itself as the "true" one. "We are repeating the actions of Hitler and Stalin in banning them. It's a very bad precedent and it will have ill...http://mecurious.livejournal.com/62242.html Showing tonight at the Drive-In movie theater...- June 19, 2004 The Stepford WivesShrek 2Yep, we still have a functional Drive-In. They are getting to be a vanishing breed: http:www.driveintheater.comindex.htm (MUSIC WARNING). Going with some from the congregation tonight...http://mecurious.livejournal.com/62111.html |