The Linkielist

Linking ideas with the world

Microsoft has a sense of humor!

Posted on March 15, 2006 by Robin

The ipod packaging movie apparently was made internally by Microsoft to show how packaging should be done. The link to the movie is in the article.

My Quantum computer is a black hole

Posted on March 15, 2006 by Robin

Not that I know how to turn a black hole off, for best results, but if I can capture the emissions from a black hole, I should be able to know everything that ever went into it. So for my next trick: turn the globe inside out as my pinhole black hole computer project gets out of hand.

Stalk the stars!

Posted on March 15, 2006 by Robin

You ain’t nobody if you ain’t got a stalker. And Gawker helps you – the stalker!
With a Google Maps interface, you can see where the celebrities are, as the reports are filed in – which they seem to be pretty quickly! A nice little story comes with each siting. Invasion of privacy? I thought as a star you made a choice to give that up…

Why surveillance can be bad

Posted on March 15, 2006 by Robin

Nobody seems to believe me when I say it’s possible, but now it’s happened – in Greece unknown people have hacked into the cellular system and been tapping politicians and officers. Yup, the bad guys can get into your wonderful surveillance infrastructure too.

Schneier asks for some defence

Posted on March 15, 2006 by Robin

The following question is one I’ve had to struggle with as well:

I know a lot of people are concerned about Big Brother, but my response to that is, if you are not doing anything wrong, why should you worry about it?

Schneier gets some good responses on his blog.

Quantum computer works when turned off

Posted on March 15, 2006 by Robin

Don’t you love things quantum?