I wrote twice already (first, second posts) about Steorn, the company that offered free energy to the world. On July 7th, Steorn were supposed to show a demo of their free energy product, but the demo unit failed miserably. Naturally, the skeptics were very happy to say “I told you so” to everyone who actually [...]
The movie Matrix was based on the idea that we all live in a simulated world while being physically located inside incubator-type containers during our entire lives. Now named The Simulation Argument, here’s a website that discusses a paper on the possibility that we actually live in a simulated world and the debate that follows [...]
Since I started working out, I had to regulate my sleep more. I do my workouts in the morning, and workouts are extremely exhausting if I don’t get a good night sleep. I currently sleep 7 to 8 hours every night. During weekdays I get up at 5:15am, so this means I’m usually asleep by [...]
Google Video offered me to watch a great video, called Revolution OS. The one and a half hour video tells the story of how open source and Linux were conceived, and contains very interesting stories from the people who actually wrote Linux and started the open source and free software movements.
Scott Adams, who I wrote about in the past, wrote a short post about petting and what it says about you. It shows how much insight this man has, because I think he is entirely correct about his observation. Anyway, he was right about me: I’m petting-type 1 – when I pet Ace I try [...]
Required background knowledge to read this post: What is AACS protection for HD-DVD – just the basic term, no need for the math behind it. The story of the first processing key discovered Now that you have the background, here’s the interesting modern geek story of the second processing key revelation.
It’s been many years since these two giants shared the same stage. I doubt there’s any introduction I can write that will suit the magnitude of this event. Like most reviews, I also felt the respect they have for each other, very unlike the perception of rivalry we have when we think about Microsoft vs. [...]
Google has a new feature for Google Maps: Street View. Although it’s not a new feature on the Internet, when Google does it everyone gets excited anyway. So here’s one sample of Street View of what it’s like to drive on The Washington Bridge in New York. But of course, there are people out there [...]
James Randi used to be a magician and went by the name of The Amazing Randi. He was a “trickster”. Later on, however, he devoted his life to demystifying those who claim they have psychic powers. He is well known for challenging Uri Geller’s and Peter Popoff’s powers (video link), Homeopathy healing (video link) and [...]
I wasn’t very good at math when I studied it, but despite the difficulties I did enjoy it when complex math met seemingly simple problems. This article about a pretty old riddle that gets a new life is a perfect example. (via Digg)