The Toilet's on Fire
Me: I can't believe I'm playing this well while trying to re-derive Boltzmann's distribution...
Daniel: My roommate just lit the toilet on fire
Me: ?
Me: On purpose or on accident?
Me: And you're still playing chess?
Me: Shouldn't you evacuate?
Daniel: He poured lighter fluid in it so it would make a funny sound.
Daniel: (it didn't).
...
Daniel: He just tried gas. Fireball + charred seat = bad
Me: I can't tell if you're laughing or crying about this...
This is What a Tweet Looks Like →
Who knew there were actually waay more than 140 characters?
Downloadable version here.
iPad OS 3.2 Stops Renewing DHCP Lease, Keeps Using IP Address →
Why Haven't Other Sites Reported This Particular Issue?Because we have good networking people and 44 iPads. Anybody else?
HTML5 Canvas and Audio Experiment →
Not Flash. Did spin up my computer's fans, though.
Core Memory: Photographs of Vintage Computers →
The machine weighed 300 tons and occupied one floor of a concrete blockhouse.And now we have the iPad. How about the progression of technology, eh?
Cyberattack on Google Said to Hit Password System →
Gaia is a great name for a software system. On a more related note, this scares me. A lot. This is why the NSA was brought in.
I have a deal with Fox that any time my movies make over a billion dollars, I can leave the crap trailers off the DVD.
— James Cameron
Declassified Imperial Torture Memo →
The attack [on the Death Star] caused an unprecedented level of destruction, killing thousands of civilian workers, disrupting political and commercial activity for nearly seven days, and resulting in economic costs still being assessed.
Highly amusing.
Christian Legal Society v. Martinez →
The Supreme Court will decide Monday morning on the right of a religious group at the University of California's Hastings College of the Law to bar members who do not believe in a similar manner from joining as voting members.