#infoAnarchy Chump Archives for 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006

How am I going to explain this to my insurance company?
posted by Mutiny at 2006-08-20 21:53

Now *THAT* is a bridge!
posted by Mutiny at 2006-08-20 20:48

Mutiny:

continuous-spectrum pixels, not just R|G|B
posted by nnnnn at 2006-08-20 13:17

nnnnn: using some kind of flexing polymer as a prism
nnnnn: this still won't equal reality, since irl many textures have multiple colours, and/or irridescence .. but it's an improvment
nnnnn: i want my holodeck
nnnnn: "We are working on pixels that mix the output of three tuneable gratings" .. not bad .. this should come pretty close
nnnnn: use two of these for stereo simulation and i guess it is limited only by the source material and encoding

Quantum key distribution rack unit, 100km range, rekeys your AES 100x /s
posted by nnnnn at 2006-08-20 12:39

nnnnn: can be chained for greater range, transport is fibre optic
Mutiny: I bet you this is snake oil to the max.

Niobium-based computer chip instead of Silicon, for superconducting
posted by nnnnn at 2006-08-20 12:11

nnnnn: "100 GHz without alot of problems"
nnnnn: except for the need for an enourmous refrigeration system to keep the thing around -270C
nnnnn: apart from that, no problems at all. and the chip doesn't generate a lot of heat (lucky, eh?)
nnnnn: i suppose perhaps useful in the cold of space far from the sun, where you already have the -270C .. and not a lot of power to waste on generating heat ..
nnnnn: oh, and the superconducting may allow quantum computation using ordinary sized circuits
coderman: OH YEAH, KISS THOSE PUB KEYS GOODBYE!
coderman: fire up your McEliece ciphers bitches

Everybody Loves Raymond
posted by fridge at 2006-08-20 11:08

fridge:

Hexayurts!
posted by huslage at 2006-08-20 05:14

huslage: Revolutionary architecture
fridge: Almost as cool as geodesic domes

http://23b.org/albums/Defcon-14/adl.jpg
posted by Zerodhreo at 2006-08-20 02:45

Zerodhreo: Do not disturb at the Riveria.. Must have been kp's room

The FDA's Marijuana Problem
posted by coderman at 2006-08-20 01:37

coderman: "<FDA> no sound scientific studies supported medical use of marijuana for treatment in the United States, and no animal or human data supported the safety or efficacy of marijuana for general medical use. except studies we don't agree with, for ideological reasons, further reinforced by BigPharma payola."
cryptomail: <Hippie_standing_up_with_fists>It's just a plant mannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

Irish "free energy" device
posted by cryptomail at 2006-08-20 00:56

cryptomail: 420 scientists sign up to check out the pipe dream
fridge: Does this 'free energy device' involve attaching electrodes to your genitals?
coderman: you need to move it across existing magnetic fields produced by the earth in a dry humping, hip gyrating fashion. so it need only be placed in front of your genitals.
coderman: using the device in pubic does produce a somewhat offensive posture while walking or standing. please check with local obscenity laws before using.
cryptomail: midnight show of rocky horror is probably a safe harbour
nnnnn: the technology
nnnnn: ie "we are saying fuck all about how it works"
nnnnn: the company is said to be working on a new project, to develop "free marketing"
nnnnn: <seorn> this would save us even more money
nnnnn: a wiki entry regarding what steorn might have developed
nnnnn: the patent makes claims regarding use of moveable magnetic shielding and a spring or magnetically loaded balancing system to assist with moving the shield. it gives no indication how this might be used in harnessing energy, and seems an obvious application of magnetic shielding, if indeed magnetic shielding can be applied this way
nnnnn: steorn admit that the toto invention is what the patent office calls a perpetual motion machine (therefore not patentable as a whole)
nnnnn: which means either it doesn't work, or they don't understand how it does whatever it appears to do
nnnnn: and if it's (b) then there's a good chance it is also (a) but they haven't noticed yet
Mutiny: The saddest thing about this whole thing is that everybody knows it's not feasible, and yet, are talking about it at all.
pretender: well, it's interesting to figure out why it appears to work
nnnnn: but that requires demonstrating and examining, and discussing it, not having a bunch of scientists sign off on it
nnnnn: and because it's not patentable they can't release the plans .. they have invented a perpetual marketing machine imho
pretender: right, if you think you have a perpetual motion machine and your primary concern is how to make money with it chances are it doesn't work