Instant-Messagers Really Are About Six Degrees from Kevin Bacon
Big Microsoft Study Supports Small World Theory
By Peter Whoriskey
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, August 2, 2008; A01
Turns out, it is a small world.
The “small world theory,” embodied in the old saw that there are just “six degrees of separation” between any two strangers on Earth, has been largely […]
Here is the copy of email found in Brad Blog…
Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 10:51 AM
To: AskDOJ@usdoj.gov
Subject: Report of Rove threats against witness Michael ConnellDear Attorney General Mukasey:We have been confidentially informed by a source we believe to be credible that Karl Rove has threatened Michael Connell, a principal witness we have identified in our […]
STAR CHAMBER TUNA
The object of this game is to prepare casseroles, sandwiches, salads and surprises before the six dolphins caught in the tuna fisherman’s net perish. As a tie in with the Gluttony Channel, a fully-functioning Nimitz class aircraft carrier cyber-galley is available to the players, but Chinese submarines are on the prowl to end […]
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Images: (weapons cache) smh.com.au; (accordions) accordionsofcoventry.co.uk; (electric Pianos) sonicftp.com via sonicstate.com; (Bob Gates) msnbcmedia.msn.com;
Chip-Shrinking May Be Nearing Its Limits
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December 15, 2007
By JORDAN ROBERTSON –
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Sixty years after transistors were invented and nearly five decades since they were first integrated into silicon chips, the tiny on-off switches dubbed the “nerve cells” of the information age are starting to show their age.
The devices — whose miniaturization […]
Chinese military hacked into Pentagon
By Demetri Sevastopulo in Washington and Richard McGregor in Beijing
Published: September 3 2007 19:00 | Last updated: September 3 2007 20:53
The Chinese military hacked into a Pentagon computer network in June in the most successful cyber attack on the US defence department, say American officials.
The Pentagon acknowledged shutting down part of […]
TSA loses hard drive with personal info
By MATT APUZZO, Associated Press
Last updated: 8:03 a.m., Saturday, May 5, 2007
WASHINGTON — The Transportation Security Administration has lost a computer hard drive containing Social Security numbers, bank data and payroll information for about 100,000 employees.
Authorities realized Thursday the hard drive was missing from a controlled area at TSA […]
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New York Daily News
Age-old answer
More New York celebrities get aged by computer whiz Dr. D’Lynn Waldron
Monday, April 30th 2007, 4:00 AM
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Computer whiz Dr. D’Lynn Waldron’s spectacular “age-processed” portraits of New York stars caused such a stir yesterday, we’re publishing more today.
These are the original digitally-aged pictures.
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Jose Reyes […]
Who Wears the Donald…Best of All?
Their (G)olden Age
Celebs get aged by computer whiz Dr. D’Lynn Waldron
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BY JANE RIDLEY
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Sunday, April 29th 2007, 4:00 AM
Looking at these amazing pictures could be hazardous to your health - especially if you’re Paris Hilton!
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The Daily News commissioned computer whiz Dr. D’Lynn Waldron, […]
27 March 2007
IBM demonstrates record-speed 160Gb/s optical chipset
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Okay, IBM. We get the idea. It looks small.
At this week’s 2007 Optical Fiber Conference in Anaheim, CA, USA, IBM’s T. J. Watson Research Center of Yorktown Heights, NY, USA is presenting a prototype optical transceiver chipset capable of transmitting data at a record speeds (for a […]