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Monthly Archives: May 2002
Battles in Star Wars II Dissected
USS Clueless: This isn’t a Clone War, it’s a Clown War. How good would the Jedi be at defending themselves against cluster bombs? If you forget the gee-whiz CGI and analyze the abilities of the weapons themselves, the infantry turn … Continue reading
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Matching Organs
Beyond 2000: Perfect Match. Until now, a donated kidney has been a tragic impossibility for many people with renal disease. But now scientists at the Johns Hopkins University in Maryland have come up with a way for kidneys to be … Continue reading
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Fingerprints Sacrosanct No More
BBC: Fake fingerprints trick biometric systems. How long before retinal scans crumble, I wonder? Update: The good people (person?) at Neuroprosthesis News point out that iris identification may be much more reliable than retinal scans.
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Dr Lessig, That's Illegal
Dave on the Strange Case of Dr Lessig and the Campus Police.
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Lots of Hollywood Movies Releasing this Summer
Hollywood movies finally releasing nearly on time in India: Look at these release dates: Spider-Man: May 24, Star Wars: Attack of the Clones: June 7, ET: May 31, Men in Black II: August, Minority Report: August. All of them screened … Continue reading
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India, Pakistan Near War
ToI: Heavy Shelling along border. The situation’s not yet out of control, because mortar fire is a level both India and Pakistan have done and come down from in the recent past. What’s different about this time is that there’s … Continue reading
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Searching Weblog Posts
Google is a cool search engine, but has a pretty glaring problem when indexing blog posts. Acts of Volition documents this flaw using a picturesque metaphor of Joe, Sam and hang gliding. Essentially the problem is: the page is not … Continue reading
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WebGUI for Metadot
While playing around with Metadot, I discovered WebGUI. If you are looking for a Free toolset to build an online community with, check both of these out.
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Everything you know about Star Wars is Wrong
The Standard: Everything you think you know about Star Wars is wrong.
Tagged Humour
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Best Star Wars Review Line
The Best Star Wars Review Line goes to CmdrTaco: Anakin is little improved from menace. I know he’s supposed to be full of anger and angst, but mostly he just comes off as constipated and bitchy.
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