Daily Archives: January 11, 2012

Jan 11

The Explainer’s 2011 Question of the Year

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Tom

Slate Magazine’s The Explainer‘s 2011 Question of the year: Why are smart people usually ugly?

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Jan 11

Pine by Streetlight

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Tom

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Jan 11

Help Chris Fenton boot his Cray-1 supercomputer

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Tom

Chris Fenton built a 1/10th scale Cray-1 supercomputer that actually runs Cray code. But despite receiving a Cray disk pack he’s unable to boot the machine, so if you have experience booting a Cray-1 let Chris know.

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Jan 11

Still time to comment on fracking regulations

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Tom

If you think contaminated ground water, increased seismic activity and unknown impacts to the food chain are a bad idea, there’s still time to comment on NY’s regulations on hydraulic fracturing (fracking).