June 2008
44 posts
“The Dynamic Tower, Dubai will constantly change its shape—Excessive...”
– BBC NEWS | World | Middle East | Dubai plans ‘moving’ skyscraper
“The sun has been obliterated from the sky, and an unlucky darkness invades the...”
– Celestial clues may end ancient debate about eclipse in Odyssey | Science | The Guardian
The truth is, the BBC is the home of Biz-Speak
The BBC’s Steve Herrmann, BBC News website manager, is the only person who uses biz-speak in the article. What he’s saying is that the BBC will decide what we will read not supply the information we want. Much like the BBC told the Blue Peter viewer’s what they called the cat after the BBC didn’t like the name the viewer’s chose.
“That granular level of feedback is unique to the medium, and very addictive to...”
– The puppeteers: meet twenty invisible people who pull the strings in your life | Consumer and ethical living | Life and Health
“Working on the assumption that people mistype the same things into search...”
– How to choose domain names and save money | Inside 123-reg
“American Pte Lynndie England, jailed after she was photographed alongside Abu...”
– BBC NEWS | UK | The secret world of ‘psy-ops’
“Military historians date psy-ops back to the days of Alexander the Great and...”
– BBC NEWS | UK | The secret world of ‘psy-ops’
“There are two types of propaganda - white and black. White is when you tell...”
– BBC NEWS | UK | The secret world of ‘psy-ops’
“The government is being urged to invest in a radio system developed during the...”
– BBC NEWS | Politics | MPs warned of GPS jamming risks
“In the late 1940s Manchester was a hotbed of computer innovation following the...”
– BBC NEWS | Technology | ‘Oldest’ computer music unveiled
“Thanks for the impactful article; I especially appreciated the level of...”
– BBC NEWS | Magazine | 50 office-speak phrases you love to hate
“None of the minerals the beads were made from came from the immediate vicinity...”
– BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | First farmers made ‘lucky beads’
“White, black, brown, yellow and red beads were being made tens of thousands of...”
– BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | First farmers made ‘lucky beads’
“We propose that the green colour mimics the green of young leaf blades, which...”
– BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | First farmers made ‘lucky beads’
Consider the advantages of adversity
Gremlins have their uses — ‘hunger hormone’ has an anti-depressant effect.
“High levels of the “hunger hormone” ghrelin have an antidepressant...”
– BBC NEWS | Health | ‘Hunger hormone’ depression link
“Divers find 1780 British warship, the wreck of a Royal Navy warship sank during...”
– BBC NEWS | UK | Divers find 1780 British warship
“When the Titanic was sinking in 1912, its operator first sent out CQD and then...”
– BBC NEWS | Magazine | Save our SOS
“A treasure trove of artefacts is being recovered from what experts describe as...”
– BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Maritime ‘treasure trove’ raised
“Engineers are using a modified loom to weave carbon fibres. The result is a...”
– BBC NEWS | Northern Ireland | Aeronautical advances ‘looming’
It all adds up.
Military sitellite Skynet 5C joins 5A and 5B to replace 4 which makes 3 on 5.
“The Skynet 5C platform rode into orbit atop an Ariane 5 rocket from the Kourou...”
– BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Final Skynet satellite launched
“A US-British team of scientists has successfully tested a cloak of invisibility...”
– BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Experts test cloaking technology
“Scientists have shown off the blueprint for an “acoustic cloak”,...”
– BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Experts unveil ‘cloak of silence’
“An ancient seed that germinated after being recovered from the rubble of King...”
– Palm tree grown from 2,000-year-old date stone | Science | guardian.co.uk
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I read it right.
I thought I was off target when I said of the Roadrunner, “First machine to pass the petaflop barrier is a glorified PS3 gamestation.”
But the boss man from IBM agrees.
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“David Turek, vice-president of IBM’s supercomputing programs, likened...”
– Supercomputer breaks speed record | Technology | The Guardian
A year later...
Mr Jobs announces —
MobileMe. A new service for your iPhone, iPod touch, Mac, and PC.
The simple way to keep everything up to date.
Your desktop everywhere.
Access and manage your email, contacts, calendar, photos, and files…
MobileMe stores all your email, contacts, and calendars on a secure online server — or “cloud”
“My prediction 8-Jun-2007:
Mr Jobs said that Apple is a ’software company’....”
– The Macalope » Blog Archive » Extra Credit
And soon followed
…the second.
In the beginning...
There was the first post.