Interesting Links for 21-04-2012

[andrewducker]

• Phone GPUs to overtake consoles by 2014. Phone + HDMI + Bluetooth controllers = console replacement?
  (tags: graphics technology computer_games consoles )
• Has the ereader reached its zenith? Or is it DRM that's preventing creativity?
  (tags: ebooks ereader technology )
• IBM creates high-density, light-weight, lithium-air battery - 500 miles on one charge (in 10 years)
  (tags: batteries ibm cars )
• GlobaLeaks - The Open Source Whistleblowing Framework
  (tags: leaks privacy wikileaks opensource transparentsociety )
• Nobody knows what "randomness" is.
  (tags: random mathematics )
• A good review of The Cabin in the Woods, which does a nice job of pointing out its flaws (while appreciating it)
  (tags: movies JossWhedon reviews )
• Adam West weighs in on Christopher Nolan's final Batman chapter. Turns out he's both smart and right!
  (tags: ChristopherNolan movies Batman AdamWest )
• Cameron and the civil service coup
  (tags: davidcameron government libdem Conservatives CivilService uk politics )
• Context-Free Patent Art - lots of video-game patents that had me wondering what the submitters were on...
  (tags: art funny patent )
• Appropriation as art. (Sometimes it's refreshing to step into a world I know nothing about, and be boggled)
  (tags: Salinger writing art )
• People Who Don’t Know How to Spell “Cologne”
  (tags: twitter funny cologne )
• THE KITTEN APPROACHETH!
  (tags: video kitten )
• Why is the "missionary position" called that?
  (tags: sex )

Comments

[matgb]

Heh, I've always wondered why we use the French spelling for a German town, but at least there's some consistency instead of stupidity.

[poisonduk.livejournal.com]

The problem with e-book readers is that amazon have cornered the market. There's not much additional functionality can be added to an e-book reader. And Amazon have the customer service nuance to kick every other companies butt. I'd actually be interested to here what happens if you call up about a broken Sony or Kobo.

[apostle-of-eris.livejournal.com]

People still don't catch on to "internet time". What brand of phone were you using ten years ago today?
Ten years from now, it will be that easy to recall the brand of "reader" you use now.


As for appropriation: fake artists steal; real artists reuse, recycle, and repurpose.

[steer.livejournal.com]

What is randomness? Nobody knows, or at least there’s no consensus.

Ahem... that's because the question is insufficiently specified. It's like saying "nobody knows what mathematics is." However, beyond that quibble it's a reasonable article so thanks for drawing my attention.