Mars rocks may be 'sedimentary'. Nasa scientists discover what might be the most compelling evidence yet of rocks formed in water on Mars. [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition]

Exciting news!

1:16:51 PM     leave/read comments []

Stunning political advocacy Flash..

This is one of the most effective pieces of political advocacy I've ever seen. Ben Cohen, the Ben of Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream, narrates a short Flash movie for TrueMajority.org, in which he explains -- using Oreo cookies -- the way that the federal budget is currently apportioned, and how little rearrangement would be necessary to renew all of America's social programs. The examples are vivid and charming, and the logic is compelling.

The only thing I'd change is adding a fast-forward, pause and rewind button. I wanted to refer back to specific sections of the movie, and the "play all the way through" interface really frustrated me (just taking this screenshot was really hard).

Link (via Vertical Hold) [Boing Boing Blog]

12:29:22 PM    

I thought the WHOLE POINT of a guillotine was to cause serious injury, especially when used carefully.

This page on office safety is just priceless. The photo illustrations are downright Brentian in their obvious genius.

10:57:03 AM     leave/read comments []

Files 'overloaded' Mars probe. Hundreds of data files accumulating on the computer belonging to Mars rover Spirit may have crippled it. [BBC News | Technology | UK Edition]

I know how Spirit feels; a filing cabinet nearly crippled me the other day when I tried to move it.

"We have lots and lots of files on the spacecraft."
- Jennifer Trosper, surface development manager, Spirit

10:48:20 AM    

"The frangible justification for the war in Iraq became even moreso with the resignation of David Kay."

10:41:24 AM     leave/read comments []

Please note:

Thousands of e-mails triggered by the worm, which only affects computers using Microsoft Windows, were bombarding networks within hours of its discovery on Monday.

Windows only? I'm shocked.

OK, not really.

But this part is certainly novel:

"But it also seems it will attempt to perform a denial of service attack on SCO from 1 February to the 12th," said Mr Hogan.

SCO is one of the largest Unix open-source vendors in the world. It has been in the news recently because it has claimed that key parts of the open-source operating system, Linux, are under SCO's copyright.

When will it be the RIAA's turn, I wonder?

10:26:30 AM     leave/read comments []