Laughed until I hurt
by Vinay Gupta • September 9, 2008 • Trivia and Media • 0 Comments
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The Bucky-Gandhi Design Institution
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Terabyte SATA drives likely contain single bit errors
by Vinay Gupta • September 9, 2008 • Science • 0 Comments
http://alumnit.ca/~apenwarr/log/?m=200809#08 They’re so big, there are likely to be problems on any given drive (56%) which is (the author notes) a big issue for RAID. Seems like exactly the sort of thing ZFS was designed to combat.
Read more →Electric light plane
by Vinay Gupta • September 8, 2008 • Science • 0 Comments
A direct drive 5 KWh electric motor carbon fiber lightweight 45 inch propeller gets the little airplane climbing at 500-600 feet per minute. The ElectraFlyer-C has a cruisng speed of 70 mph (112 kmph), a top speed of 144 kmph, and your flight time would be 1.5 to 2 hours. That is with the top [...]
Read more →Humanitarian Drupal event in Geneva
by Vinay Gupta • September 8, 2008 • Trivia and Media • 0 Comments
http://www.developmentseed.org/blog/2008/sep/08/drupal-meetup-geneva-talking-drupal-and-humanitarian-relief
Read more →e-health snippets
by Vinay Gupta • September 8, 2008 • The Global Picture • 0 Comments
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/08/207227&from=rss – fat statistical analysis on HIV http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/10/1849255&from=rss – webcams for remote diagnosis See supercomputer applications for the developing world for context.
Read more →Interesting bits and bobs on robot wars from Slashdot
by Vinay Gupta • September 8, 2008 • The Global Picture • 0 Comments
http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/08/1643219&from=rss Talking about the psychological toll on the bot operators.
Read more →Palin’s banned book list
by Vinay Gupta • September 8, 2008 • Personal • 0 Comments
Books (then) Mayor Sarah Palin tried to remove from Wasilla library. When the librarian refused to ban the books, Palin tried to get her fired. This information is taken from the official minutes of the Wasilla Library Board. A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle Annie on My Mind [...]
Read more →Original Debt, or the Social Contract Gone Wrong
by Vinay Gupta • September 8, 2008 • The Global Picture • 0 Comments
Consider: My niece was born in April (woohoo!) She was born on American soil. This means she’s American, and, adjusting for inflation, she can expect to be personally on the hook for more than $65,000 in federal debt the day she starts her first high school McJob at 14. … My niece was born into [...]
Read more →Nice Hexayurt picture from Tommy Legba
by Vinay Gupta • September 8, 2008 • Hexayurt • 0 Comments
Via http://tommylegba.livejournal.com/.
Read more →Acumen Fund fellowship applied for
by Vinay Gupta • September 7, 2008 • Personal • 0 Comments
http://www.acumenfund.org/ Not a snowball’s chance in hell of getting it, but I apply for these things from time to time partly to spread the understanding of what we’re doing with the hexayurt etc. inside the organization and partly to keep retelling the story in different ways, to communicate it for different perspectives. We shall see. [...]
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