Interesting Links for 02-05-2014

[andrewducker]

• The Surprising Link Between Homicide Rates and…Belief in Free Will
  (tags: murder FreeWill )
• Scanner for ebook cannot tell its 'arms' from its 'anus'
  (tags: technology books funny epicfail )
• Hearthstone cards are funnier than you'd expect
  (tags: games funny )
• Fifty Years of BASIC, the Programming Language That Made Computers Personal
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Comments

[danieldwilliam]

I'm disappointed at the tram date.

When the revised dates we mooted in January the chat was possibly March, May at the very latest.

And we've end up with the very last day of that window.

Less than awesome.

[andrewducker]

I don't remember anything other than "Definitely by May, but we'll keep monitoring timescales and bring them in if possible."

I was certainly _hoping_ for March. But I don't think they ever promised anything earlier than sometime in May.

[naath]

This is reminding me of the "late summer" promise for the Cambridge guided bus... (it didn't happen for IIRC more than a year after the end of the summer in question)

[danieldwilliam]

They didn't promise but I read their press releases as implying that they were aiming, rather than hoping, for ealier.

My reading of the press releases was perhaps a bit more optimistic than yours.

But still, it's not a great effort on the part of TramCo. As a customer I have not been delighted.

[danieldwilliam]

The most interesting thing in the article about Moody’s is that they think the UK’s credit rating would be adversly affected if Scotland refused to accept it’s “fair share” of UK national debt.

I’m guestimating that the cost of the reduced credit rating might be a billion quid.

Worth doing a deal over.

[davidcook]

An explanation for recent heroin deaths
... surely more of a "wild speculation" ? :-)

[andrewducker]

I'm not claiming accuracy.

But the CIA has a history with heroin, and I would be completely unsurprised if it turned out to be going on right now.

[danieldwilliam]

For example...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nugan_Hand_Bank

[andrewducker]

"Nugan was found shot dead by a .30-calibre rifle...The following police investigation returned a verdict of suicide."

Nice.

[quirkytizzy]

1) I am so getting that Google Car Remembering thing. I have probably lost years of my life wandering around in parking lots looking for my damn car.

2) Why would someone even WANT to hack hospital equipment? I mean, outside of straight up murdering people, I can't see any real benefit. It's not like you can rig a heart monitor to start spitting out 100 dollar bills or anything.

Also that's scary because I am in the Midwest. :/

3) Braco. UUUUUGGGHHHH. While I'm all for people who have a natural gift for listening (especially since I'm a talker. I have to work to listen, while talking is super easy for me), charging people for it?! What?! It's not even like this guy is trained for therapy or something. People are paying for an "open and inviting gaze." Jesus, I can get that if I give my cats a few bites of tuna. Yeesh!

[naath]

2)Fore teh LULZ. Some people just suck I guess.

[quirkytizzy]

Truth. There are some really disturbing people out there. I joke about wanting to kill people all the time. But actually doing it? Especially in a random manner like a hospital? *shiver* Very creepy, but I'm sure someone has that hankering. Ugh.

[nancylebov]

Aside from murder and blackmail, the weak passwords make me nervous because they make it easier to get into the wrong account and accidentally foul up a patient's settings.