* Posts by Chris

3 publicly visible posts • joined 8 Jul 2007

DARPA to build nothingness detector for tunnel sniffing

Chris
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What about the pithy DARPA description?

Whenever I encounter a new Lewis Page article mentioning DARPA, I immediately click through to find his latest description of the military boffins (eg "the military research bureau so far beyond the bleeding edge it serves moon-on-a-stick as canapés.").

But alas, it seems as if he's run out of pithy metaphors.

Vote now for your fave sci-fi movie quote

Chris

Another Ghostbusters quote

What about "Back off man, I'm a scientist" from Ghostbusters?

I did an entire science degree just to be able to use that line.

Brit fumes over Wikipedia, lava lamps

Chris

As much as I'd like to hate wikipedia..........

Really, as much as I'd love to agree with the continuing crusade against Wikipedia, every time I try to find information about something topical (be it the Red Mosque or Britney Spears) Wikipedia is a great starting point for information.

As long as you assume that Wikipedia isn't perfect (or even nearly perfect) isn't it a great information source?