Linux meets Ballmers call for $100 PC - Computer Business Review
More info here and the company’s web site is here.
Microsoft Corp CEO Steve Ballmer’s recent call for the creation of a $100 PC to help emerging markets has been met with a response by a company called SolarPC with a new Linux-based personal computer.
SpongeBob `kidnapped’ from restaurant
Hahaha, some people are so retarded.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Little Falls police found a ransom note that says, “we have SpongeBob” and demands “ten Crabby Patties, fries and milkshakes.”
That ransom note is signed by SpongeBob’s nemesis, Plankton. A postscript reads: “Patrick is next,” referring to SpongeBob’s starfish buddy.
Cell phone flask for discrete drinking.
This stainless steel 3 oz. flask has the discrete look of a cell phone. The genuine leather case has a spring latch for attaching to a belt or bag. 5″x2″x.9″.
http://www.snopes.com/holidays/graphics/turkey.gif
Urban Legends Reference Pages: Holidays (Thanksgiving)
Snopes has a nice Thanksgiving special.
Legend: An examination of some common beliefs about Thanksgiving.
Who Profits from Security Holes?
Amazing video of just how unsecure a fresh install of XP is. If you need to install XP for whatever reason, don’t go surfing before you patch it up.
I’ve written before about unwanted software installed on users’ computers via security holes. For example, in July I mentioned that 180solutions software was being installed through Internet Explorer vulnerabilities. (See also 1, 2, 3) More recently, researchers Andrew Clover and Eric Howes (among others: 1, 2) have described increasing amounts of unwanted software being installed through security holes.
Bathsheba Grossman Sculpting Geometry
Some interesting sculptures. Prices aren’t too far out there either.
Welcome. I’m an artist exploring the region between art and mathematics, and this is my gallery and storefront. My work is about life in three dimensions: working with symmetry and balance, getting from a zero point to infinity, and always finding beauty in geometry.
Science Blog - Smoking’s Real Cost Reaches $40 Per Pack Over Lifetime
Any need any more reasons to quit smoking?
America’s 51 million cigarette smokers already bemoan the high cost of their habit, but what would they do if they knew that the real price, over a lifetime of smoking, amounts to nearly $40 per pack?
Turbospoke - Spoke Powered Super Engine Sound
Not sure if this is cool or not. Anyone want to buy one for my son. I’d buy it myself but I’m sure my wife would kill me if it’s anything less than cool.
“Awesome”
“He has hardly been off his bike since he got his Turbospoke™”
eBay item 6131966725 (Ends Nov-23-04 13:00:38 PST) - Derek Hukilau 2004 Tiki Mug Ltd. Edition
Cool mugs, only 2.5 hours left on the auction.
Hukilau 2004 Cannibal Mug by Derek
Limited Edition of 300
Signed and Numbered
Security Report: Windows vs Linux | The Register
Crazy long read, but if you’re trying to dispute the “windows is better than Linux” myth this will give you some ammo.
Much ado has been made about whether or not Linux is truly more secure than Windows. We compared Windows vs. Linux by examining the following metrics in the 40 most recent patches/vulnerabilities listed for Microsoft Windows Server 2003 vs. Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS v.3:
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