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Bidness
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Written by Dr. Samuel Centralia, Ph.D., D.D.S., Esq.
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Wednesday, 18 March 2009 |
It feels like I’ve been writing about this story for 10 years. Wait a sec, let me check my notes. Hmm. Actually, I have. The cutting edge tech guys have been presaging the death of ink and paper since at least 1994. According to these reports, filed over the last decade, newspapers and magazines will be supplanted by the Internet, and portable devices, and eventually by crazy sci-fi devices like foldable electronic displays.
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Wednesday, 25 February 2009 |
So I was skimming the International Journal of Astrobiology this morning -- I like a little light reading before breakfast -- when I came across this fascinating report. It seems researchers at the University of Edinburgh (Scotland gets all the best scientists) have constructed a detailed computer model of a synthetic galaxy much like our own Milky Way.
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Smart Design
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Wednesday, 11 February 2009 |
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Everyone has a weakness, and mine is spatial thinking. Also, bad Italian horror films. And a particular variety of narcotic neurostimulants you can only get out of Switzerland. But these are stories for another time -- let’s get back to spatial thinking.
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Written by Dr. Samuel Centralia, Ph.D., D.D.S., Esq.
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Friday, 06 February 2009 |
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Among those given to a certain low-level but persistent paranoia, the
expanding use of radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology is
just one more cause for alarm. Initially developed as a method for
inventory tracking and management, the technology is now being used in
various ID and passport systems. RFID tag systems basically use a
combination of integrated circuitry and radio waves to enable data
storage and tracking of things. Or people, as we shall see.
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Last Updated ( Friday, 06 February 2009 )
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Thursday, 29 January 2009 |
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Sometimes I feel I’ve missed my calling. Although I’ve had several rewarding careers over the decades -- astrophysicist, MLB shortstop, Interpol director, this sort of thing -- I’ve always dreamt of being an architect. As George Costanza has taught us, pretending to be an architect is every young person’s dream.
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 29 January 2009 )
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Written by Dr. Samuel Centralia, Ph.D., D.D.S., Esq.
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Friday, 23 January 2009 |
Another great example of better living through technology: As they do every year, videogame industry titan EA Sports today announced the winner of the Super Bowl as predicted by their flagship football simulation game, Madden NFL 09. Using each team’s projected roster, and up-to-date player statistics, EA pitted the Pittsburgh Steelers against the Arizona Cardinals in a Super Bowl simulation game. Pittsburgh fans will be happy to hear that the Steelers pulled out the victory by a final score of 28-24, giving the team an unprecedented sixth Super Bowl title, and their second championship in four years.
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Last Updated ( Friday, 23 January 2009 )
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Written by Dr. Samuel Centralia, Ph.D., D.D.S., Esq.
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Thursday, 15 January 2009 |
Still sleeping off my hangover from the Consumer Electronics Show. Not from booze -- I gave that up after the infamous MIT Nuclear Reactor Lab Tequila Incident of 1992. No, instead I got caught up in all the 3D TV excitement. Predictably, the show was rather tame this year due to the economy, and 3D TV was among the few recognizable hype spots. Unfortunately, sideband frequencies in 3D throughput tend to trigger my acid flashbacks. I just woke up. In Reno. Again.
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Written by Dr. Samuel Centralia, Ph.D., D.D.S., Esq.
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Thursday, 15 January 2009 |
Still sleeping off my hangover from the Consumer Electronics Show. Not from booze -- I gave that up after the infamous MIT Nuclear Reactor Lab Tequila Incident of 1992. No, instead I got caught up in all the 3D TV excitement. Predictably, the show was rather tame this year due to the economy, and 3D TV was among the few recognizable hype spots. Unfortunately, sideband frequencies in 3D throughput tend to trigger my acid flashbacks. I just woke up. In Reno. Again.
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Tuesday, 06 January 2009 |
Hello from fabulous Las Vegas, where I've settled in to await the dizzying pageant that is the Consumer Electronics Show. Las Vegas is my favorite place in the world, for the first 48 hours. It's fun to indulge all your vices simultaneously. I can usually commit all seven cardinal sins within about an hour and a half. After a couple days, though, I find I lose my stomach for it and need to head for more wholesome pastures. Des Moines, say.
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 06 January 2009 )
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Tuesday, 30 December 2008 |
Here's an interesting statistic for you: According to a Pew Research Center study, 40 percent of Americans now rely primarily on the Internet for national and international news. That's compared to 35 percent for that old standby, the newspaper. Sad, somehow, isn't it? All those plucky newsboys and cranky editors out there, staring at a bleak future.
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Written by Dr. Samuel Centralia, Ph.D., D.D.S., Esq.
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Wednesday, 10 December 2008 |
Traditionally, I spend my Wednesday mornings calibrating the centrifuges and filing for patents. I'm losing focus a bit lately, though. I talked the bosses here at Dyscern World HQ Labs into springing for a PlayStation 3, and I'm terminally hooked on Fallout 3 . Best. Game. Ever. I kind of have a thing for post-apocalypse scenarios. Hence, my collection of underground bunkers at undisclosed locations worldwide.
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Tuesday, 02 December 2008 |
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I always admire initiative among the young people, particularly when it comes to Internet pranks. So I find this inspirational: At the extremely orchestrated, extremely annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade in NYC, those rascals at the Cartoon Network managed to Rickroll a crowd of millions, both in person and via the live broadcast on NBC. If you're not familiar with the concept of Rickrolling, there's a good primer here.
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Tuesday, 25 November 2008 |
As a dedicated man of science, I never miss The Simpsons, which is -- quite empirically --- the greatest TV show ever. So I'm almost positive this was a joke onthe show many years ago. At some point, Homer got so fat he couldn't use his fingers to dial the phone, so he got a widget to cover his fingers with smaller finger extenders. Am I remembering this right? Someone help me out.
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 25 November 2008 )
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Thursday, 20 November 2008 |
Faithful readers are aware that my stalwart Doberman guard dog, Copernicus, often gets us in trouble here at Dyscern World HQ Labs. He's forever nosing around into the experiments and knocking things over. But great scientific discoveries often result from accidents. Just ask Rontgen. Or Fleming.
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 20 November 2008 )
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Friday, 14 November 2008 |
I occasionally feel the compulsion to fill this space with some educational content for the young people. Science is, of course, the most exciting of all endeavors, and I lament that recent generations have found it somewhat unfashionable. The trick is to make science relevant and compelling for the youth of America. I've proposed to publish a weekly formula for high-yield explosives you can assemble in your bedroom, but the Powers That Be here at Dyscern have nixed the idea.
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