Mother insult - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Your_mom

Wikipedia finds a mum joke in Shakespeare. Chiron: "Thou hast undone our mother." Aaron: "Villain, I have done thy mother."

nonbeard 2010-03-01 10:21:02

Robot Unicorn Attack - A Free Online Flash Game From Adult Swim

http://games.adultswim.com/robot-unicorn-attack-twitchy-online-game.html

ALWAYS I WANNA BE WITH YOU (via liedra, second-best Flash game ever)

nonbeard 2010-02-28 11:46:06

Mind Hacks: Subliminal cigarette marketing

http://www.mindhacks.com/blog/2010/02/subliminal_cigarette.html

Your subtle ploy to titillate your audience with pornographic imagery of male genitalia disguised as harmless camel heads has not gone undetected.

nonbeard 2010-02-28 01:48:14

The Volidity Report: Profanity Superpower

http://volidity-report.blogspot.com/2009/12/profanity-superpower.html

American swearword dominance (though might be inaccurate---Catie reckons "abgefuckt" is plain German) with Latvian swearword intermezzo.

nonbeard 2010-02-26 07:48:30

Boston Review — Ned Block and Philip Kitcher: Misunderstanding Darwin

http://bostonreview.net/BR35.2/block_kitcher.php

It's sometimes hard to work out whether a particular evolved trait is there for any specific adaptive reason, and, even if it is, it's hard to know what for. Therefore the entire structure of Darwinian evolution is guilty of the intensional fallacy. Says Jerry Fodor. This article is skeptical.

nonbeard 2010-02-23 03:49:34

Climate scientists 'under cyber attack' - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/02/22/2826417.htm?

"Did you want to offer your children to be brutally gang-raped and then horribly tortured before being reminded of their parents' socialist beliefs and actions?" Stay classy, Australia. (Reddit)

nonbeard 2010-02-22 09:57:20

How To Boil Corn On The Cob

http://www.cornonthecobrecipe.com/boiled-corn-on-the-cob/

Another "simple recipe with a lot of photos" dedicated site. Just look at that pat of butter!

nonbeard 2010-02-21 06:21:23

DICE 2010: "Design Outside the Box" Presentation Videos - G4tv.com

http://g4tv.com/videos/44277/DICE-2010-Design-Outside-the-Box-Presentation/
2010-02-20 15:14:03

Introduction to the Diagrams of UML 2.0

http://www.agilemodeling.com/essays/umlDiagrams.htm

There are 13!

nonbeard 2010-02-20 14:56:49

How to Make Friends - wikiHow

http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Friends

"Make eye contact and smile. If you have an unfriendly countenance, people are less likely to be receptive to your friendship." Fuck off, WikiHow. (via previous link)

nonbeard 2010-02-20 11:48:04

Why Your Friends Have More Friends than you Do

http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=6158303

"the mean number of friends of friends is always greater than the mean number of friends of individuals." (reddit once removed, as the reddit linkee is annoying)

nonbeard 2010-02-20 11:45:55

CREATURES FROM PRIMORDIAL SILICON

http://www.cs.nyu.edu/courses/fall08/G22.2965-001/geneticalgex

The hardware evolution article I mentioned before. "Although the configuration program specified tasks for all 100 [FPGA] cells, it transpired that only 32 were essential to the circuit's operation. Thompson could bypass the other cells without affecting it. A further five cells appeared to serve no logical purpose at all--there was no route of connections by which they could influence the output. And yet if he disconnected them, the circuit stopped working." Amazing.

nonbeard 2010-02-19 04:37:29

Researchers accidentally create strain-specific antibiotic

http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2010/02/researchers-accidentally-create-strain-specific-antibiotic.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss

Ending up with unexpected specialisation via evolution. Reminds me of a similar experiment with evolution of a circuit on an FPGA. In that case, experimenters ended up with a circuit much smaller than expected, but that only worked within a very small temperature range--that of the lab in which they were evolved.

nonbeard 2010-02-19 04:35:04

Zero Copy I: User-Mode Perspective | Linux Journal

http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/6345

Clear article, most obtuse diagrams I've ever seen

nonbeard 2010-02-19 02:26:39

Preferred number - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preferred_number

I always suspected there was conspiracy, and now the sinister truth is revealed.

nonbeard 2010-02-18 00:48:19

Neil Dawson's Horizons | Alan Gibbs' sculptures | The Australian

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/gallery-0-1225793577164?page=1

mind=blown

nonbeard 2010-02-16 17:56:54

Barbie® I Can Be...™ Computer Engineer Doll - Shop.Mattel.com

http://shop.mattel.com/product/index.jsp?productId=4032107&cp=3719989.3771360

Stupid Mattel isn't shipping these until December?!

nonbeard 2010-02-16 14:41:37

Grace Hopper - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Hopper

"1969 – She won the first "man of the year award from the Data Processing Management Association." Good job, Data Processing Management Association.

nonbeard 2010-02-16 11:42:43

Original IBM Fortran manual from 1956

http://www.fortran.com/FortranForTheIBM704.pdf

"The IBM Mathematical Formula Translating System FORTRAN is an automatic coding system for the IBM 704 EDPM. More precisely, it is a 704 program which accepts a source program written in a language -- the FORTRAN language -- closely resembling the ordinary language of mathematics, and which produces an object program in 704 machine language, ready to be run on a 704." World's second compiler (and first resembling a modern compiler).

nonbeard 2010-02-16 11:19:19

Roman Mythology - Crystalinks

http://www.crystalinks.com/romemythology.html

Greek god narrative was much more focused on god-as-person than Roman god narrative.

nonbeard 2010-02-15 15:18:21

Rice Pudding - ABC TV: The Cook and the Chef

http://www.abc.net.au/tv/cookandchef/txt/s1733687.htm

"This is what success tastes like" - Bryn

nonbeard 2010-02-14 11:33:46

4 Ingredient Sloppy Lentils - Longevity Girl

http://longevitygirl.typepad.com/longevity-girl/2010/02/4-ingredient-sloppy-lentils.html

Given I wrote a satirical post about "omitting needless ingredients" today, I feel I ought to try this recipe. ... wait, ketchup and molasses? (reddit)

nonbeard 2010-02-13 08:08:31

SPERMEX: Hagat

http://www.spermex.de/134.0.html?&L=1

The very good udder texture of Hagat-daugthers definitely above average udders was impressively shown. Fore udder attachment is a bit weak but this can be compensated with a very distinctive suspensory ligament.

nonbeard 2010-02-12 16:17:57

70% support "gays and lesbians" in the military; 59% support "homosexuals" in the military

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/11/new-poll-shows-support-for-repeal-of-dont-ask-dont-tell/

facepalm

nonbeard 2010-02-12 09:40:10

My big fat geek wedding: Tears, joy and oxytocin - life - 10 February 2010 - New Scientist

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20527471.000-my-big-fat-geek-wedding-tears-joy-and-oxytocin.html

Bride-to-be plans pilot science experiment on herself and her groom during her wedding: "to measure blood levels of oxytocin in the bride, groom, three close members of our families and eight friends both before and after the ceremony." Awesome (Wired <- Fark)

nonbeard 2010-02-12 05:50:48

Interview with a scammer: Part Two | Scam Detectives

http://www.scam-detectives.co.uk/blog/2010/01/26/interview-with-a-scammer-part-two/

"We had something called the recovery approach. A few months after the original scam, we would approach the victim again, this time pretending to be from the FBI, or the Nigerian Authorities. The email would tell the victim that we had caught a scammer and had found all of the details of the original scam, and that the money could be recovered. Of course there would be fees involved as well." Ouch. (Bruce Schneier)

nonbeard 2010-02-11 14:57:16

Keep your 20-sided dice, I have D&D on the Surface | Crave - CNET

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10451247-1.html

I hate everything.

nonbeard 2010-02-11 06:23:41

A Few Billion Lines of Code Later: Using Static Analysis to Find Bugs in the Real World | February 2010 | Communications of the ACM

http://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2010/2/69354-a-few-billion-lines-of-code-later/fulltext

"Parsing is considered a solved problem. Unfortunately, this view is naïve, rooted in the widely believed myth that programming languages exist." Very entertaining account by the Coverity people of the differences between "works in the lab" and "works in a commercial setting". (Bryn)

nonbeard 2010-02-10 04:44:09

Joseph Ducreux - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Ducreux

The "disregard females, acquire currency" guy painted some entertaining self-portraits. In the 1700s.

nonbeard 2010-02-10 03:49:48

Parsing C/C++ code without preprocessing

http://www.springerlink.com/content/gwn8x54521l5021p/

This is a neat trick. Or, rather, a collection of neat tricks.

nonbeard 2010-02-08 14:40:14

Measuring Complexity

http://www.nbb.cornell.edu/neurobio/land/PROJECTS/Complexity/index.html

Complexity of EEG and ECG signals could be used to predict various disorders (depression and schizophrenia; and heart disease). One measure of complexity is "Lempel-Ziv algorithmic complexity". Yes, that Lempel-Ziv: one respectable way to measure the complexity of such a signal is to gzip it.

nonbeard 2010-02-04 12:02:25

YouTube - Vampire Squid from Hell (3200 Feet Under Sea Level)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5ZQH2Uzpew

It's the vampire squid (from Hell).

nonbeard 2010-02-04 04:30:39

Jumpcut: Minimalist Clipboard Buffering for OS X

http://jumpcut.sourceforge.net/

Remembers previous clipboard contents for later pasting.

nonbeard 2010-02-04 01:41:07

if you lay all the blood vessels in your body end to end by jeak

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=38030176

Nice. Bit expensive. (reddit)

nonbeard 2010-02-04 00:41:36

Everything you always wanted to know about female ejaculation (but were afraid to ask) - life - 28 May 2009 - New Scientist

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227101.200-everything-you-always-wanted-to-know-about-female-ejaculation-but-were-afraid-to-ask.html?full=true

It's that most mysterious of all female tissue masses: the prostate! (This is related to the recent censorship debate in Australia)

nonbeard 2010-02-03 04:02:23

SPUDWORKS - The Abridged Atlas Shrugged

http://www.spudworks.com/article/66/2/

It sure is hard to find good men now-a-days. I wonder what the hell is going on. (Bryn)

nonbeard 2010-02-02 07:28:14

my immortal - Chapters 1 - 22

http://myimmortalrehost.webs.com/chapters122.htm

"Then he put his thingie into my you-know-what and we did it for the first time." The world's best fanfic, via /lit/

nonbeard 2010-01-31 04:28:19

No True Scotsman - RationalWiki

http://rationalwiki.com/wiki/No_True_Scotsman

Logical fallacy in which an assertion shown to be incorrect is justified by redefining the terms post hoc. No true Scotsman would do such a thing.

nonbeard 2010-01-30 23:34:09

Index of /pdfs/hardcore.computist

http://computist.applearchives.com/HC-2.html

Interesting collection of old Apple II newsletters containing descriptions of how to crack the copy protection of specific games so they could be backed up. The cracks all need the original game, so piracy was obviously not the point of this magazine.

nonbeard 2010-01-29 04:01:55

Egil's Saga: Index

http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/egil/index.htm

This is an epic Icelandic saga from a long time ago.

nonbeard 2010-01-29 00:30:43

Instructions of Shuruppak - www.GatewaysToBabylon.com

http://www.gatewaystobabylon.com/myths/texts/life/instructionshruppak.html

(Extreme) precursor to various religious moral texts, written around 3000 BC.

nonbeard 2010-01-26 15:09:44

RealityStudio » Charles Bukowski, William Burroughs, and the Computer

http://realitystudio.org/bibliographic-bunker/charles-bukowski-william-burroughs-and-the-computer/

with an Apple Macintosh / you can’t run Radio Shack programs / in its disc drive. (via Bryn)

nonbeard 2010-01-26 01:53:10

If Albert Einstein's so smart, how come he's dead? - Yahoo! Answers

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20091101082303AAf6rzk

"He was alive and when he was alive he was smart." I love Yahoo! Answers.

nonbeard 2010-01-24 12:44:06

[android-porting] Re: What is GL_DIRECT_TEXTURE_2D_QUALCOMM used for?

http://www.mail-archive.com/android-porting@googlegroups.com/msg03302.html

Hello. The referenced "EGL_image_base" doesn't exist. I suspect Mathias means CreateImageKHR() and friends.

nonbeard 2010-01-22 13:32:59

MyUSABox

http://www.myusabox.com/Default.aspx

Get a P.O. box in the US which re-ships overseas.

nonbeard 2010-01-21 13:57:13

Tapioca pearls

http://www.bubbleteasupply.com/index.php?page=recipes.html

Tapioca pearls: how to cook them for bubble tea.

nonbeard 2010-01-21 12:37:11

UK Border Agency | UK ancestry

http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/workingintheuk/uk-ancestry/

This looks promising.

nonbeard 2010-01-21 01:22:26

SpamAssassin 2010 bug | Mike Cardwell

https://secure.grepular.com/blog/index.php/2010/01/01/spamassassin-2010-bug/

This bit me, I misplaced a bunch of email, and this bug is just a bit too stupid for me to be able to justify using SpamAssassin any more.

nonbeard 2010-01-18 13:42:49

The weird and wonderful CIC

http://hackmii.com/2010/01/the-weird-and-wonderful-cic/

The NES lockout chip: "To save chip area, “incrementing” works by shifting the PC by one bit to the right, and setting the the top bit to 1 if and only if the bottom two bits were the same." A sequential path goes 0, 0x40, 0x60, 0x70, 0x78... aargh, my brain!

nonbeard 2010-01-18 05:04:24

Flattery Will Get You Far: Scientific American

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=flattery-will-get-you-far

Of course, you already knew this, because you're smart.

nonbeard 2010-01-16 02:37:53