WHY THREE PRONGS? Electrical ground, stray voltage
QUESTION: WITH AC POWER, AREN'T BOTH THE WIRES OF THE PAIR INTERCHANGABLE? WHY IS ONE WIRE CALLED "NEUTRAL?" WHAT'S ALL THIS STUFF ABOUT "GROUNDING?" WHY ARE THREE PRONGS NEEDED?
Hunting down my son's killer
To find it, a team of scientists at Duke University used whole-exome sequencing (a protein-focused variant of whole-genome sequencing) on me, my wife and my son.
The frequent fliers who flew too much
There are frequent fliers, and then there are people like Steven Rothstein and Jacques Vroom.
Instagram + Facebook
When Mike and I started Instagram nearly two years ago, we set out to change and improve the way the world communicates and shares. We’ve had an amazing time watching Instagram grow into a vibrant...
[1203.3602v1] Picture-Hanging Puzzles
arxiv.org
Hasnain says:
"This is the first time I've come across an algorithm which is proven to operate in O(n^56556) time"
Posted on 2012-03-20T10:26:31+0000
http://fc12.ifca.ai/pre-proceedings/paper_79.pdf
fc12.ifca.ai
Hasnain says:
"Attacking the Washington, D.C. Internet Voting System"
These guys managed to get Bender (from Futurama) elected.
Posted on 2012-03-03T22:00:54+0000
Police Censor Google, Facebook and 8,000 Other Sites by Accident | TorrentFreak
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Are we wrong about Pakistan? - Telegraph
When Peter Oborne first arrived in Pakistan, he expected a 'savage' back water scarred by terrorism. Years later, he describes the Pakistan that is barely documented - and that he came to fall in love with
LukeW | Data Monday: Amazon Prime
LukeW Ideation + Design provides resources for mobile and Web product design and strategy including presentations, workshops, articles, books and more on usability, interaction design and visual design.
CARPE DIEM: Newspaper Ad Revenues Fall to 60-Yr. Low in 2011
A lot of people are going top find out one day that their local and state governments have been ripping them off--that is, you will find out if you are lucky.No one is left to cover city hall or county supes.BTW, most local papers were conservative---needed advertisers. The PInk State Empire (GOP-La...
Hasnain says:
This quote sums it up:
"That is a really dramatic graph. It's hard to imagine an industry coming back from something like that."
Posted on 2012-02-27T13:53:49+0000