MIT researchers uncover mountains of private data on discarded computers. The article above points out that it is not enough to format your harddrive before discarding it. A format only removes directory information, it doesn’t actually remove the data. In 2003, some MIT students obtained 158 used hard drives from eBay and other sources. Most […]
Into the Void
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Konzeptauto Mistkaefer
Got bored at lunchtime and went surfing in Germany for Concept Cars. Scarab (Mistkäfer) Mikrogeländewagen sollte in den Asia auf der Grundlage VW New Beetle (2008) gebaut werden. The VW Mistkafer sport-utility vehicle should be built on the New Beetle undercarriage. I want the 4WD version.
TFTD: The Cause of Suffering
All the faults of our mind – our selfishness, ignorance, anger, attachment, guilt, and other disturbing thoughts – are temporary, not permanent and everlasting. And since the cause of our suffering – our disturbing thoughts and obscurations – is temporary, our suffering is also temporary. -Lama Zopa Rinpoche, “Ultimate Healing” From Daily Wisdom: 365 Buddhist […]
StressEraser
The StressEraser is a handheld biofeedback unit. Unlike my favorite computer game, Journey to Wild Divine[
Laser Light Paint Bucket
The man says this new toy is for toddlers. The little buggers will have to fight me for it. Laser Light Paint Bucket Go ahead and let the kids draw on the walls.
The Post-modern Closet
I have been meditating – oops, first wrote “medicating” – on the word post-modern recently. Ken Wilber says (and I paraphrase), that in the context of Transpersonal Psychology, post-modern means that your personal evolution has carried the human race past the sterile pragmatism and/or atheism of the Computer Age into the next stage. My understanding […]
Fermilab in the Sky
Positive Atheism – search for “Magic To Science” when you get to the site. I did a little light reading at lunchtime today. I got a real giggle out of this quote. We see in these perceptions the first appearance of a kind of science — the seeking of causal explanations for the phenomena of […]
American Irony
Trademark registration number 74485223. Description of Mark: The mark consists of the exhaust sound of applicant’s motorcycles, produced by V-Twin, common crankpin motorcycle engines when the goods are in use. It almost makes sense. You pay your hard-earned American dollars to get that distinctive Harley-Davidson sound. You don’t want some Southeast Asian company copying it […]
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Virtual Talmud: Principle, not Expediency Jewish tradition is based on the principle of eilu v’eilu — that conflicting positions each have standing and integrity in their own right, provided that the argument at hand is made for the sake of heaven.
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