QOTD
A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Professor Frink
More Simpsons goodness:
Frink: Acording to my calculations every robot will eventualy run amok with the killing and the screaming and the pointy teeth…
Scientist: My God Professor, when will this happen?
Frink: In exactly 24 hours! (robots get up and start attacking lab workers) Oh dear, I forgot to carry the one.
Behind the scenes @ Google
If you want to know about all the dorky details of how google works, check out this video.
The Broadcast Flag
You like that nifty HDTV you just plunked a bunch of money down for? How bout that super-cool Tivo? Well, if certain groups get their way…it will most likely not work the way you want it to in the next couple of years.
Here’s an article that does a really good job of explaining what all the issues are. A couple of choice quotes:
“I think the Broadcast Flag punishes the wrong group,” Kiefling says. “The people who do mass piracy will always have the means to – the flag won’t stop them. Meanwhile, the rest of us are stuck with broken entertainment systems.”
and
“That’s the worst part of all this,” Fleming says. “People won’t realize how bad it is until suddenly their stuff stops working.”
The EFF is trying to fight the good fight, take a look and see if you want to help out.