pieslinger.netGoing from Zero to Nil, in practically no time(Untitled)- October 30, 2003 Yogi Berra. "When you come to a fork in the road, take it."http://radio.weblogs.com/0100508/2003/10/30.html#a453 Processing at the Speed of Light- October 30, 2003 Israeli startup Lenslet has built a computer processor that uses optics instead of silicon, enabling it to perform 8 trillion operations per second, equivalent to a supercomputer and 1,000 times faster than standard processors. Wired Newshttp://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,61009,00.html (Untitled)- October 30, 2003 Future Car: Toyota Fine-N Full-Cell Car goes 500km I4U Newshttp://radio.weblogs.com/0100508/2003/10/30.html#a451 Time for a Cosmic Reality Check- October 30, 2003 Surprise! Thanks to the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe, we now know our little corner of the universe is even smaller than we thought. A commentary by Bruce Sterling from Wired magazine. Wired Newshttp://www.wired.com/news/wiredmag/1,2167,60920,00.html Avalon isn't about WebGUI convergence- October 30, 2003 Edwin Khodabakchian echoes what seems to be a common -- but I think incorrect -- perception that XAML, the XUL-like layout language revealed this week to be a building block of Longhorn's Avalon presentation subsystem, heralds some kind of WebGUI convergence: ... Jon's Radiohttp://weblog.infoworld.com/udell/2003/10/28.html#a834 The Last Flight of Concorde- October 28, 2003 Later today the last scheduled Concorde flight is due to take off from London-Heathrow to New York-JFK, returning tomorrow. There's a good article about it in last week's Economist titled "the less beautiful future of international business travel" and I agree. Too expensive Sure, completely out of my bugdet (and most of the planet's too :)). But so what Concorde is a fascinating piece of engineering and its beautifully designed. Sometimes I find it good to know that certain things exist. They.http://www.dynamicobjects.com/d2r/archives/002388.html Sherlock, Look for the Bugs- October 28, 2003 A graphic new science exhibit uses a model crime scene to show visitors how insects help crack murder cases. CSI: Crime Scene Insects opens at the Science Museum of Minnesota, calling attention to the rapidly growing field of forensic entomology. Wired Newshttp://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,60975,00.html Post Office Wants to ID the Mail- October 28, 2003 As a security measure, U.S. bulk mailers are being told to identify themselves on all outgoing mail. Civil libertarians fear the loss of anonymity could result in an invasion of privacy. By Ryan Singel. Wired Newshttp://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,60966,00.html (Untitled)- October 20, 2003 Mark Twain. "The man who doesn't read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them."http://radio.weblogs.com/0100508/2003/10/19.html#a445 space!- October 20, 2003 China succeeds in sending a man into space, the third country to do so. Yeah! A Chinese manned mission to the moon in a few years has been rumored for a while now. Will this wake up ESA (Sending satellites or unmanned probes only gets you so far, you know). And how about NASA Am I the only one left on Earth that wants a manned mission to Mars like, yesterday Politicians (theoretically reflecting what their constituents think) say that it's too expensive, too dangerous. People might die, you...http://www.dynamicobjects.com/d2r/archives/002379.html |