Interesting Links for 30-08-2012
- Some great discussion here about mainframes, and what they're still useful for.
(tags: mainframe computers ) - For poorer children, living in a high-cost area hurts academic development
(tags: poverty inequality education ) - Harvard creates cyborg flesh that’s half man, half machine
(tags: cyborg technology biology thefuture ) - The 5 1/4 inch floppy was designed to be too big for your pocket. (The 3.5 used to fit perfectly into my waistcoat pockets)
(tags: technology history viaLProven ) - What if everyone actually had only one soul mate, a random person somewhere in the world?
(tags: xkcd love relationships ) - Republican Convention Attendee Throws Nuts At Black CNN Camerawoman: ‘This Is How We Feed The Animals’
(tags: republicans racism usa ) - Climate change deniers are either extreme free marketeers or conspiracy theorists
(tags: globalwarming psychology conspiracy ) - Naked Soldiers Salute Prince Harry. I absolutely approve.
(tags: military nudity ) - Awesome prosecutor finds _11,000_ untested rape kits, forces police to start investigating them.
(tags: viaSupergee viasu police usa rape ) - Kickstarter is taking the place of record labels. And about time too.
(tags: kickstarter business music ) - Barack Obama inerviewed on Reddit. Now that's geek cred.
(tags: reddit politics usa barackobama ) - A single link that demonstrates the stupidity of the "war on terror".
(tags: headdesk terrorism security_theatre )
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