plant movies, IPv6, terrorist profiling

Really cool time lapse videos of plants in different situations.

Why are we powering fans and battery chargers off of USB now? That seems absurd.

For the next six months, the U.S. Department of Defense will operate the largest multivendor IPv6 network to date. This is a GOOD thing. People have been way too slow to adopt IPv6 because they're lazy and cheap, and having really delicious government contracts with IPv6 requirements will get everyone off their asses to start converting.

I'm pretty mixed about this ruling about X10. They have to pay millions to people they stole "pop-under" from, apparently. I hate X10 and would love them to hurt badly, but no one should be rewarded for that pop-under nonsense. Luckily google blocks all popups for me now.

Gulkis should like this. Bruce Schneier wrote a pretty good editorial on why terror profiles are ineffective.
"I have an idea. Timothy McVeigh and John Allen Muhammad - one of the accused D.C. snipers - both served in the military. I think we need to put all U.S. ex-servicemen on a special watch list, because they obviously could be terrorists. I think we should flag them for "special screening" when they fly and think twice before allowing them to take scuba-diving lessons."

Steve Ballmer is funny. Of all the things to try to sell Windows as, and there are plenty, saying it's more secure than unix is really just the wrong approach. Easier to use, more intuitive, easier to install programs, sell those things, yes. But for the love of god stay away from security as a selling point.