Delicious LiveJournal Links for 11-16-2010

[andrewducker]

• Stuxnet Virus Was Built for Subtle Nuclear Sabotage
  (tags: security iran malware nuclear)
• The surprising things you might find in an ethical investment fund...
  (tags: ethics investment banking)
• Oxytocin increases advertising’s influence. Awwwww, look at the cute little puppy. Awww, buy the product.
  (tags: oxytocin psychology advertising)
• MRI can be used to tell which children will respond to CBT and which need medication.
  (tags: children brain psychology)
• Rogue email costs investment bank millions
  (tags: email finance investment banking)
• Male rats prefer sweets, female rats favor cocaine
  (tags: rats science behaviour addiction drugs gender)
• If we don't, remember me. - Tiny animated snippets from movies.
  (tags: animation movies film cinema)
• Our Valued Customers - a comic shop owner illustrates the wisdom of his customers.
  (tags: comics webcomic funny)
• Non-religious people more loyal to particular corporate brands
  (tags: business marketing branding religion belief)
• Facebook unveil their new messaging system. Looking forward to having a play with it.
  (tags: facebook email communications)
• Gender bias in the tests used by Simon Baron-Cohen
  (tags: gender image science psychology)
• Kinect hack used for 3D video capture
  (tags: kinect xbox microsoft 3d)
• Tumblr and 4chan knock out each others servers.
  (tags: tumblr 4chan internet EpicFail funny)
• Tumblr appear to have taken down 4chan
  (tags: tumblr 4chan internet funny EpicWin)
• If you're flying in the USA then you should probably be aware of the new security checks - which are basically sexual assault
  (tags: 2010 privacy freedom tsa assault)
• Ability to understand yourself increases as brain areas begin to act in sync. Small study, but fascinating
  (tags: brain psychology personality)
• If Britain wants to compete with Silicon Valley it will need to get rid of non-compete agreements
  (tags: technology law uk usa)
• Gene discovered that increases hunger/food intake - increases obesity likelihood by 70%
  (tags: genetics weight health)
• The Nietzsche Family Circus
  (tags: funny philosophy comics)
• Forensic Homeopathologist offers Police ‘alternative’ evidence, suspects
  (tags: crime funny science satire homeopathy)

Comments

[call-waiting.livejournal.com]

This has just reminded me that my job requires me to fly to the US occasionally.

Crap.

[bracknellexile.livejournal.com]

Fly to Canada and drive/train across the border?

[ashfae.livejournal.com]

I cannot believe that TSA policy. What in the hell. When did that level of security check come to pass and what idiot thought it was necessary, much less acceptable?!!?!

[drainboy.livejournal.com]

The comic shop cartoons reminded me of this guy: http://www.actsofgord.com/

A game store owner and his dealings with a less-than-mentally-competent public. You can skip the intro and go straight into the anecdotes on the left.

[matgb]

After what happened to Peter Watts? I think that's possibly even more dangerous.

[momentsmusicaux.livejournal.com]

> The surprising things you might find in an ethical investment fund...

Yeah, I was aware of that. I've noticed things like Vodafone in my ISA -- wtf?

[momentsmusicaux.livejournal.com]

Yeah.

Is it really that bad?

I was hoping to get paid to go to the next US conference but sheesh.....

[call-waiting.livejournal.com]

Maybe if I hive them the impression that I'm REALLY going to enjoy it, they'll just wave me through?

[octopoid-horror.livejournal.com]

Pat-down checks in UK airports are an absolute joke. They only bother with them as a formality - they'd be hard-pressed to actually find anything because they do them so badly.

[momentsmusicaux.livejournal.com]

> If we don't, remember me. - Tiny animated snippets from movies.

ARRRRRG!!!!

WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?

Those are really fucking creepy. Seriously. I am going to spend the rest of the evening looking over my shoulder for some weird Sadako-type thing behind me.

[momentsmusicaux.livejournal.com]

Maybe stick a toffee up your bum as a treat for them to find?