I’m having lunch with Dr. Science tomorrow, so in his honor I thought I would post this interesting story about a scientific test designed to test the veracity of one of Aesop’s Fables. In this case, the test examined whether rooks could use stones to raise the level of water in a container so the [...]
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Posted in Books, Science, tagged Aesop's Fables, Animals, birds, Books, Congress, Science on August 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Hack Moves
Posted in crime, tagged computer hacking, computers, crime, Facebook, Twitter, vandalism on August 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
When I was in college, my roommate Graydon and I often referred to someone who behaved inappropriately as a “hack,” or to an ill-advised decision as a “hack move.” I thought about that phrase when I read the latest story about computer hackers, this time in connection with hacking efforts directed against Twitter and Facebook. [...]
