Month: October 2005
Damn! That’s slick
A method of generating random numbers using a lava lamp was mentioned in this week’s “Security Now!”. I was intrigued enough to find LavaRnd: LavaRnd is a cryptographically sound random number generator. At its heart, it uses a chaotic source to power the generation of very high quality random numbers. As an added bonus, it’s … Continue reading “Damn! That’s slick”
Abstract – Hydrodynamic interactions and diffusion of bovine serum albumin
Recenetly, I posted a list of old files. Here’s the contents of one of those files — the abstract of my master’s thesis. The concentration dependence of the diffusion coefficient of bovine serum albumin (BSA) was determined using data from osmotic pressure measurements and light scattering. The results showed that hydrodynamic interactions had a larger … Continue reading “Abstract – Hydrodynamic interactions and diffusion of bovine serum albumin”
Quinoa with Autumn Vegetables
(from the WTF is quinoa? dept.) Stolen from Tina’s Shark Tank: 1 Cup Quinoa 2 Cups apple cider assortment of sliced/diced/chiffonaded fall vegetables of your choice (I used sweet potatoes, parsnips, and Chinese cabbage), 1-2 cups, according to your personal taste Cinnamon Nutmeg black pepper sea salt In a skillet, brown the vegetables in canola … Continue reading “Quinoa with Autumn Vegetables”
Trolls / Spammers / Kooks / Clueless People
I’ve had a a continuous presence on the web for over 10 years . It’s pretty difficult to go that long without attracting some trolls, kooks, and generally clueless people. I’ve recently created a new topic to consolidate guestbook entries, comments and emails from such people.
(more…)Say it ain’t so, Joe
(from the interesting juxtaposition dept.) Tonight (2005-10-22), opposite the World Series, Encore Drama is showing John Sayles‘ Eight Men Out. For those who aren’t familiar with this film, here’s a summary from the IMDb: A dramatization of the Black Sox scandal when the underpaid Chicago White Sox accepted bribes to deliberately lose the 1919 World … Continue reading “Say it ain’t so, Joe”
But I can explain everything…
Almost always amusing, but the Onion hits one out of the park with this one: Philandering String Theorist Can Explain Everything BATAVIA, IL—Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory physicist Laird Karmann, a noted string theorist and accused philanderer, said Monday that he can “explain everything” if his wife Elizabeth will just give him a chance. “Surely, anyone … Continue reading “But I can explain everything…”
Matt watches Kent Hovind’s “Blue Series” so you don’t have to
(via Pharyngula) The Hovind Files: Lying for Jesus An interesting summary of the bullshit Hovind spews…
Blog Post #407
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They’ll want a real system and will end up doing VMS when they get to be serious about programming
One of the questions that comes up all the time is: How enthusiastic is our support for UNIX? Unix was written on our machines and for our machines many years ago. Today, much of UNIX being done is done on our machines. Ten percent of our VAXs are going for UNIX use. UNIX is a … Continue reading “They’ll want a real system and will end up doing VMS when they get to be serious about programming”