Interesting Links for 09-08-2013

[andrewducker]

• Queensland Govt outlaws new IBM contracts over horribly botched contract
  (tags: outsourcing australia ibm )
• No internet access in 17% of UK homes.
  1% to 83% in under 20 years. Impressive.
  (tags: uk internet )
• Edward Snowden's Email Provider Shuts Down After Secret Court Battle
  I am, of course, completely against the idea of secret courts.
  (tags: law privacy secrecy usa )
• Forget 'Addictive.' Give Me a Game That Only Lasts Three Hours
  (tags: games )
• Persona now supports GMail addresses natively
  (tags: mozilla identity gmail )
• There's an MMO coming for Civ. I am intrigued.
  (tags: games mmorpg civilization )
• Why internet bullying is not new, or special, and panicking about it will not help.
  (tags: law uk abuse internet )
• The xkcd guide to Meteor Showers
  (tags: funny space )
• 40 Maps They Didn’t Teach You In School
  (tags: maps )
• Col. Chris Hadfield just posted our planet and moon to scale in size and distance.
  (tags: moon earth space )
• The Breathing Earth - an awesome visulisation of the way ice moves across the planet over the year.
  (tags: awesome ice earth )
• Autism is different in males and females.
  (tags: autism gender )

Comments

[darkoshi]

The moon landing seems a much more impressive feat than I previously thought, based on that to-scale diagram.