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I’m on holiday again (yes, I know, *again*) for another 2 weeks. See you Monday 22nd.

For example, a scientist may perform a carbon-dating process on an artifact. He finds that approximately 75% of the Carbon-14 has decayed by electron emission to Nitrogen-14, and infers that this artifact is approximately 10,000 years old, as the half-life of Carbon-14 appears to be 5,730 years. But what our scientist does not realize is that every time he makes a measurement, the Flying Spaghetti Monster is there changing the results with His Noodly Appendage.

This is absolutely stunning (given that it’s Javascript and not Flash). 64k of animation you won’t believe.
Found at waxy.org.

Does Australian cricket really rule the free world after all?

perhaps this is it. Losing McGrath on a pitch unlikely to turn suddenly makes the Australians look a lot less dangerous. Here’s hoping.

When not pregnant, I like the bar scene but not too often

Red or Blue?

UK Workers are ‘morning’ people

Younger readers may not remember that computers used to be programmed by punch card. Apparently it would take 40,960 cards to store a 3 minute mp3 and the reader would need a throughput of 228 cards/second to play it. Jesus. In context, my mum and dad, both early computer workers for the British government, met because dad ran the machines on which mum’s punch cards ran - it’s not that long ago…

This is amazing… Non-Canadians crossing from Canada into the US at 3 different crossing points will be required to carry an RFID card containing, amongst other things, biometric information at all times during their visit to the US. The card can be read from 12 metres by the relevant device.
Found at Raw Feed