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"Both the victor and the vanquished are but drops of dew, but bolts of lightning —thus should we view the world." -Ouchi Yoshitaka (1507/1551).

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20100905 182955 Z Muscles Remember Past Glory www.wired.co … 8/muscle-memory/ www.crossfit … ive2/007090.html Biology, Conditioning, Health Talk about muscle memory! Muscle cells are so large (some up to 30 cm or 1') that they can have multiple nuclei. It had been thought that if a muscle atrophied, then the extra nuclei went away. However this study shows that the extra nuclei can hang around for quite a while.
20100827 161449 Z Tracking homicides in Chicago homicides.re … m/neighborhoods/ Julia Chicago, Violence Homicides in Chicago by Community Area [W]. Nice interface with Google Maps. They could improve it (simply) by making the table columns sortable. They could improve it (a bit harder) by adding clickable map for Chicago in general.
20100818 172603 Z Google launching a Chrome OS tablet on Verizon, goes on sale November 26 www.download … ovember-26-2010/ Cyber Life, Gadget, Google, TECH And my birthday is in October too!
20100730 170438 Z Knife Attack Myths www.metacafe … fe_attack_myths/ Allen Fighting, Knives, Live Action, MARTIAL, Security, Self Defense, Videos, Violence, Western Martial Arts Some knife attack myths dismissed as shown by surveillance videos. Ends with some pro-WMA stuff.
20100724 132257 Z India's $35 PC is the Future of Computing www.pcworld. … g.html?tk=hp_pop Cyber Life, Cyber Tech, Gadget, Hardware, Inspiring, News, TECH A $10-35 Internet capable tablet for the masses of India! Intense, a game changer.
20100714 182432 Z Hans Rosling on global population growth www.ted.com/ … tion_growth.html Economy, Education, Food, Inspiring, Live Action, TECH, Videos, World Hans Rosling always has awesome Ted Talks. In this, his latest one, he does an analog/physical talk which I think will make it quite watchable for my kids.
2010-07-21t15:00:36 Z | TAGS: Gear, Lasers, Military, News, TECH, Videos
U.S. Navy Successfully Uses Laser to Shoot Down Drones
U.S. Navy Successfully Uses Laser to Shoot Down Drones [http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501465_162-20011041-501465.html] [VIA: Mike]

Whoot! We have laser cannons!

During the test, the Navy's Laser Weapon System (LaWS), guided by Raytheon's Phalanx Close-In Weapon System sensors, engaged and destroyed four UAV targets flying over water near the Navy's weapons and training facility on San Nicolas Island in California's Santa Barbara Channel, about 120 kilometers west of Los Angeles.
2010-05-27t15:41:38 Z | TAGS: My Stuff, Ramblings, Text, Writing
Time's running out!

I made this just now:

Time's running out!
What to do? What to do!
My spine crackles and slants.
What have I done? What should I have done? What
Time runs out.
2010-05-09t15:37:58 Z | TAGS: Fighting, Gear, Knives, MARTIAL, Military, Pole Arms
Army Drops Bayonets in Training Revamp
Army Drops Bayonets in Training Revamp [http://www.military.com/news/article/army-drops-bayonets-in-training-revamp] [VIA: Gus]

It's nice how the military keeps on the cutting edge of military, martial, and physical conditioning matters.

However dropping bayonet training is a mistake. The bayonet is the direct descendant of the spear, not the sword. I train and fight with the sword and spear (as well as other things). The bayonet is a short spear: The training manuals from medieval times to the present show this pretty clearly. The spear was the predominant military weapon before firearms. If you are hunting, you would probably pick a spear over a sword or knife. A bayonet knife is much lighter than a sword and you could use it as a knife for many thing besides just as a bayonet.

One of the only good reasons for dropping bayonet training is that the standard issue rifle has become a carbine, i.e. shorter, and therefore less like a spear. In which case then the range is similar to just using a knife, however you wouldn't have the advantages of the spear such as using the haft for defense, leverage, and so on. Also if you're gun back up is a knife, then why not have that knife be bayonet capable?

I like this comment from the thread: "Funny thing I learned in Iraq 6 years ago; If you point a loaded M16 at guy he will just look at you, but if you put a bayonet on the end of that M16 and point it at him he will do whatever you tell him to do."

2010-05-04t15:49:37 Z | TAGS: Apple, Audio, Cyber Life, Cyber Tech, Gadget, Hardware, Images, Operating System, Software, TECH, Videos
The real reason why Steve Jobs hates Flash
The real reason why Steve Jobs hates Flash [http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2010/04/why-steve-jobs-hates-flash.html]

Well yes. The article states some stuff that's obvious to some of us, but I support erring on the side of stating the obvious. There are many times where I assumed certain things were obvious and then later I end up wishing that I had said something sooner.

Obvious #1. Yes Mac has always been about a captive audience. They have always wanted to control the hardware, the operating system, the apps, the design, the look-and-feel. Apple equals proprietary. I personally prefer open.

Obvious #2. Hardware, software, and Internet connectivity is getting cheaper, faster, and cooler. Monetizing and staying on the curve is business. Ubiquitous HW with 4G+ and cloud storage and apps is the way to go. Beautiful, powerful, intuitive interfacing is the way to go. Ubiquitous media capture (txt, pic, aud, vid) and geolocation is the way to go.

Obvious #3. For most users the following apps will suffice on an iPad: Media Players (pics, audio, video, books), Browser, Office-like suite. There will of course be hundreds of apps that users want, but the emphasis should be on what users need. What should come soon: Skype/phone-like communications, FTP. Specialized tools that may never come but should: Power editors (text, pics, video, etc.), Remote Desktop access, Development IDEs, Database and Sys Admin tools.

Personally I'm itching to buy a tablet but the iPad is too weak to replace a smart phone and my laptop.

2010-04-26t18:14:55 Z | TAGS: Artificial Intelligence, Biology, Mind, Science, TECH
The secrets of intelligence lie within a single cell
The secrets of intelligence lie within a single cell [http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20627571.100-the-secrets-of-intelligence-lie-within-a-single-cell.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news]

What a wonderful, beautiful, and thought provoking piece. Individual cells may be far more powerful than we realize.

After all, whole living cells are primarily autonomous, and carry out their daily tasks with little external mediation. They are not subservient nanobots, they create and regulate activity, respond to current conditions and, crucially, take decisions to deal with unforeseen difficulties.

We're so self-impressed, that we can barely appreciate what's going on.

For me, the brain is not a supercomputer in which the neurons are transistors; rather it is as if each individual neuron is itself a computer, and the brain a vast community of microscopic computers. But even this model is probably too simplistic since the neuron processes data flexibly and on disparate levels, and is therefore far superior to any digital system. If I am right, the human brain may be a trillion times more capable than we imagine, and "artificial intelligence" a grandiose misnomer. I think it is time to acknowledge fully that living cells make us what we are, and to abandon reductionist thinking in favour of the study of whole cells. Reductionism has us peering ever closer at the fibres in the paper of a musical score, and analysing the printer's ink. I want us to experience the symphony.
2010-04-26t16:30:40 Z | TAGS: ASP.NET, Cyber Tech, Microsoft, Programming, TECH
ASP.NET output that isn't HTML

One of the first things I needed to do with ASP.NET was output a non-HTML page, i.e. change the HTTP output. An ASP.NET generic handler file (*.ashx) does just that. You can output text (*.txt, *.json, *.xml, *.html, etc.) or binary (*.jpg, , *.mp4, *.swf, etc.) or just about any electronic file you want to. BTW, it is trivial to do this in Classic ASP, but .NET allows some fancier stuff too.

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