Interesting Links for 29-8-2011

[andrewducker]

• This is how ordinary users get viruses.
  (tags: funny malware virus dolphins)
• You Know You're From IT In 1990s If ... - I _did_ have a box of Zip disks...
  (tags: 1990 it computers technology history)
• Six new genetic variants linked to type 2 diabetes discovered in South Asians
  (tags: genetics asia diabetes)
• Court says state law used to ban recording of police officers in public is unconstitutional
  (tags: law usa privacy police freespeech)
• Split Family Faces - merging portraits of family members together. I'd love to see the originals next to them.
  (tags: art family photography photoshop)
• Student Loans - the facts. Correcting some of the misinformation out there
  (tags: university money finance debt england fees)
• Kevin J Anderson talks about ebook pricing, and how appalled he was by it.
  (tags: ebooks writing business money)

Comments

[momentsmusicaux.livejournal.com]

> ... installation carried the real risk of hardware damage if you used incorrect X Windows settings.

Linux fried a monitor of mine as recently as 3 years ago. Total POS.

[zz]

26. you could watch flying toasters for hours on end.

oh god, After Dark <3 :D

45. you remember publishing on the Web without cascading style sheets.

i remember when teenage girls discovered CSS. tiny writing in tiny boxes and glitter effects everywhere, and them thinking how arty they were being. *shudder*

10. you can identify the serial port and accurately discuss what it was used for.

what do you mean, *was* used for?

some of those are before even my time, though.

[ashfae.livejournal.com]

Man, a bunch of those are true for me and I wasn't even in IT, just a happy dork.

The sad thing is that while super speedy internet is awesome, part of me still misses listening to modem dialup noises.

[lizw.livejournal.com]

Same here, 19/46 and never worked in IT in my life.

[pghbekka.livejournal.com]

This. I satisfy modem dialup noise needs by using the fax at work.

And I still own my Mac clone.

[poisonduk.livejournal.com]

Compuserve! Nuff said.