Category Archives: Misc
Wht is the SI unit for car fuel consuption?
The SI system of units is a wonderfully logical and functional system of units of measurement. In the SI system all units can be expressed in terms of a few fundamental, independently defined base units such as the second, the metre and the kilogram. (I freely admit that the fact the kilogram as a base [...]
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If you need to monitor the boot process of a security-sensitive system…
…do it off-screen. Sometimes obscurity helps.
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Look it up. It’s right there.
Via Pharyngula comes a link to an educational Bible study page by Jay Pinkerton. Since everyone already knows the basic stuff, this concentrates on the intermediate/advanced topics most Sunday schools don’t have time to mention. And it’s illustrated too!
Appendices. Can live with them, can live without them.
Appendix has a job, and Uncommon Descent reminds us that is the last nail in evolution’s coffin. But this is just too funny. In the comments, Mats says:
oh, by the way, needless to say that, if this paper is confirmed, then Darwinists will spin this around and say that this new found function of the [...]
My pocket survival kit
Lifehacker continues its “show us what’s in your…” meme. So, welcome to a guided tour of my pockets.
The Jimi wallet (back pocket). It currently has one debit card, one credit card, a ten-pound note, two business cards, my driving licence and an Oyster card, the RFID-based electronic ticket for the London public transport network. I [...]
Wanna buy a smile?
A recent email I received had a link to Microsoft’s FREE emoticon download site (and yes, they’ve dedicated an entire domain for it, as have millions of others.) A few questions, if I may:
Is this Microsoft’s business plan for Hotmail? If so, should they perhaps consider reading your email, like the smarter companies do?
Who first [...]
Pro-disestablishmentarianism!
Did you know Finland has one of the last state churches in the civilised world? In a country which allegedly promotes freedom of religion, the Evangelical Lutheral Church is the only church mentioned in the Constitution. It has a right to tax people (and even companies!) through the state and it receives tax breaks no [...]
Tubular H₂O and homeopathy
So, Austrian physicists have found an interesting property of water. Anyone care to guess how long until homeopaths try to use this research to justify the ‘memory of water’ effect?
For a good overview of all the latest woo in the subject of the memory of water, this article at Homunculus is an excellent place to [...]
Texas Gunpowder
In the UK, pepper spray is classified as a firearm:
In the United Kingdom, “Any weapon of whatever description designed or adapted for the discharge of any noxious liquid, gas or other thing” is classed as a section 5 firearm (Firearms Act 1968). The same act covers other prohibited weapons such as automatic firearms and rocket [...]
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If cryptography is outlawed…