I’ve just discovered PsyncX, a free and open source back up tool you can download here. I’m using it to create a synchronized backup of my files to an encrypted volume on a separate disk, and it works rather well (albeit with the occasional crach). Options are sparse, but it just right for […]
Two people have been charged with a felony for using flour and chalk to mark a trail through a parking lot to direct runners. For those who don’t know what a felony is, and on what category this pair is being charged, here’s a helpful description from Wikipedia:
Crimes commonly considered […]
Could well be an explanation of DRM.
On Vernor Vinge’s Rainbows End all hardware and operating systems have embedded Digital Rights Management software, a fact that while Vinge doesn’t specifically explain it, probably outlawed operating systems such as Linux which you have under your control (and not the other way around).
Now a guy in the U.S. who has been convicted of uploading […]
Venezuela has passed a constitutional reform that will allow Chávez to legally stay on as a president for the rest of his life.
Assembly President Cilia Flores said Chavez’s proposed changes to the constitution, including the lifting of presidential term limits, were approved by all 167 lawmakers after about six hours of […]
I know it sounds like a How-To book by Abdul Alhazred, but No Starch Press is coming out with a book called Forbidden LEGO, for creating such things as a continuous-fire ping-pong ball launcher. Here’s a video of a toy gun that shoots LEGO plates:
Found via Gizmodo, where they have another video […]
Here’s a brilliant conference by Hans Rosling on how developing countries are pulling themselves out of poverty. Besides being the most sui generis and amusing talk on economics I’ve ever seen, he presents viscerally the difference an extra $10 per day on income can have in the quality of life.
I was surprised that he […]
A hilarious Fable review by some bloke calling himself Yahtzee who manages to compress about 15 minutes of human speech into 120 seconds, while still pointing out every single possible flaw in the game.
Some group is advocating blocking Firefox from accessing some sites, and has set up a site to explain their reasons. Their argument is that Firefox provides an easy way to block ads and - get this - watching a site without ads is theft.
Numerous web sites exist in order to […]
Detailed fiat currency article over at Technocrat, with a very spirited discussion on the comments. I completely disagree with Thomas Lord’s points, but an anonymous poster already went through a lot of work calling bullshit! on them. I’d never heard of the Working Group before (more on that group on The Telegraph).