Taking an old saying one step further

Via Jane Carnall over on FB.

Have you ever wondered how computers communicate without anyone listening in?

This is the best explanation I've seen that's aimed at non-computer people.

Thanks to my brother Mike.

Interesting Links for 17-08-2012

• Children’s self-control is associated with their body mass index as adults
  (tags: self-control weight children )
• Some fascinating societal trends. (Particularly fascinating on age and gender)
  (tags: age gender demographics uk society thefuture )
• PayPal Founder Backs Synthetic Meat Printing Company
  (tags: meat technology thefuture )
• A TARDIS DeLorean
  (tags: viaJohnCoxon BackToTheFuture drwho tardis )
• Plastination versus Cryonics
  (tags: upload death biotech plastination cryonics )
• I Wish My Mother Had Aborted Me
  (tags: abortion )
• Twitter are working on making themselves as useless and annoying as possible
  (tags: EpicFail twitter )
• Everything I need to know about politics, I learned in sixth grade (Similarly for me, but in university societies)
  (tags: school politics )
• Firefox 3D view helps spot XSS vulnerabilities
  (tags: firefox 3d web scripting )
• Some interesting news on effective tactics in The Prisoner's Dilemma
  Interesting to see that the most effective simple strategies are "Punish people for crossing you most of the time, but occasionally forgive, to stop you getting into a cycle of revenge".
  (tags: philosophy mathematics culture )

Best. Burger. Review. Ever.

Also, one of the best uses of autotune ever.

via theferrett.