A longer post than usual
Life Can Get BumpyThat’s why we equip PowerBook computers with an extra measure of data protection. Should an unexpected elbow send your PowerBook flying, the Sudden Motion Sensor technology built into every PowerBook detects the accelerated movement or sudden position change — and instantly parks the heads on your hard drive. Once your PowerBook is level again, it unlocks the drive heads automatically.
This is no doubt the coolest feature I have read about on a laptop. Totally.
In other news here is not how do design an API
Jabber-Net
A set of libraries for connecting to Jabber
using .Net technology.
It API is totally gross: it has a confusing class structure and does not abstract itself almost at all from the XML underpinings. Don’t use it. It sucks. Your best bet is IKVM’ing one of the JAVA based ones.
Also, apparently PeopleAggregator got merged into Drupal as CivicSpace.
Also, do we live in the fucking new Dark Ages or something? Get a grip people. If you think science is a sham I’d like to see you live without it. (You wouldn’t be alive without it anyway you bunch of assholes).
Boston GlobeAmerica debates evolution: Why now?
Reuters -14 hours ago
Americans are bone-deep into a fight over evolution thanks in large part to a new script that has defined the issue in a way not seen since the “monkey trial” in rural …
Cornell President Condemns Teaching Intelligent Design as ScienceNew York Times
This verdict won’t end debateMinneapolis Star Tribune (subscription) Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier -Boston Globe -Houston Chronicle -Sydney Morning Herald (subscription) -all 53 related »
Google News Australia - Sci/Tech
Oh And Flock has totally gone public with its code:
Flock Developer Preview is now available.
IBM has had this feature in most ThinkPads for a number of years now (http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Active_Protection_System).