Month: September 2005
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Noise gain
I’m kind of used to noise. Right now I’m even working up to my elbows in it as part of a hobby project…if you know the form that noise is likely to take in a specific circumstance, you can disregard it. He who hesitates…. I’ve made that mistake before. Heh…I’d like to say my feet…
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Parasites that perform chemical ‘mind control’ .. (See, I’m not just paranoid ;-)
New Scientist article: Parasites brainwash grasshoppers into death dive. There is also a video link in this article, but the dialogue is in French. More detailed: Do hairworms (Nematomorpha) manipulate the water seeking behaviour of their terrestrial hosts? (Anyone able to find more info about these behavior-altering ‘enslaver’ fungi? Even Google’s drawing a blank…)
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Martial law?
I haven’t seen much mention of this aspect of the hurricane Katrina rescue efforts in the US media… http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4205074.stm Thanks KRISTOFF for the heads-up.
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Xbox mystery solved….
The Xbox I randomly received in the mail yesterday? Credit fraud. Let’s call the fraudster “Grim Reaper” after his l33t Yahoo email account, conveniently supplied in the account he created in my name at a popular electronics store. Dear Mr. Reaper: You are quite possibly the world’s dumbest criminal. When you buy goods with a…
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Xbox mystery…
I got home today to find a mystery Xbox waiting for me. No info on who placed the order, no “You’ve won!” or anything else, just a packing slip. “From:” a Best Buy distribution center in Ohio. Not really practical, since I don’t really find time to play video games, and don’t have a TV…