Ants to the Right, Please

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ANts P2P

ANts P2P 04/03/2005 07:50 AM
Hybrid 0.9.9 protocol 0.4.9z brief description

The Ants of 9-11

The Ants of 9-11 06/23/2004 03:18 AM
One of the themes of Supernova is decentralization, and in preparation for the conference I've been rereading Steven Johnson's Emergence: The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities, and Software. I had a strange experience tonight where just before picking the book up I ran into this interesting op-ed, The Best Anti-Terror Force: Us in the Washington Post today arguing for the power of decentralization in so-called "homeland defense". On Sept. 11, 2001, American citizens saved the government, not the other way around ... While the U.S. air defense system did fail to halt the attacks, our improvised, high-tech citizen defense "system" was extraordinarily successful. Confronted by a cruel and diabolical surprise that day, those with formal responsibility for protecting our country from air attack could not defend us. ... This is not surprising given that the command-and-control structure required so many baton handoffs in the 77-minute response window between the crashes of the first and fourth terrorist aircraft. What is surprising is that an alternative defense system, one with no formal authority or security funding, did succeed, and probably saved our seat of government. The downing of United Flight 93 in Pennsylvania was a heroic feat executed by the plane's passengers. But it was more: the culmination of a strikingly efficient chain of responses by networked Americans. Requiring less time than it took the White House to gather intelligence and issue an attack order (which was in fact not acted on), American citizens gathered information from national media and relayed that information to citizens aboard the flight, who organized themselves and effectively carried out a counterattack against the terrorists, foiling their plans. Armed with television and cell phones, quick-thinking, courageous citizens who were fed information by loved ones probably saved the White House or Congress from devastation. It is an interesting take on decentralization. I'm not sure that I buy the whole argument, but it is a nice illustration of the power of decentralization, and how rapid a response you can get when people tied together in an efficient decentralized communications infrastructure can do what Johnson argues ants do, which is act locally based on local knowledge....

Ants do it the way Martians do (no, it's
not about sex)

Ants do it the way Martians do (no, it's
not about sex) 02/13/2004 08:05 PM
Straits Times Feb 14 2004 0:19AM GMT

ants marching

ants marching 01/24/2004 06:10 PM
Though I've often declared that I'd never join a club that would have me as a member . . . I am now registered Linux user number 343637. Can anyone make something cool out of those numbers?

Of Ants and Online Pirates

Of Ants and Online Pirates 01/26/2004 08:43 PM
techtv Jan 27 2004 0:34AM GMT

The Ants Are Coming! (Reuters)

The Ants Are Coming! (Reuters) 08/12/2004 08:02 AM
Reuters - Like some "B-grade" horror movie, a giant colony of Argentine ants stretching 60 miles has been discovered in the Australian city of Melbourne, threatening the local insect population.

Pushy Ants Avoid Traffic Congestion

Pushy Ants Avoid Traffic Congestion 03/06/2004 02:04 AM

ANTs Awarded Two Patents for Core
Technology

ANTs Awarded Two Patents for Core
Technology 07/15/2004 01:53 PM
Linux Electrons Jul 15 2004 6:09PM GMT

Ants Form Supercolony Spanning 60 Miles
(AP)

Ants Form Supercolony Spanning 60 Miles
(AP) 08/12/2004 05:00 PM
AP - Normally clannish and agressive Argentine ants have become so laid back since arriving in Australia decades ago that they no longer fight neighboring nests and have formed a supercolony here that spans 60 miles, scientists say.
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Sony Ericsson Bluetooth Motion Cam ROB-1

Sony Ericsson Bluetooth Motion Cam ROB-1 04/11/2005 05:44 PM
LetsGoDigital Apr 11 2005 8:17PM GMT

CeBIT: Sony Ericsson ROB-1 Bluetooth
Motion Cam

CeBIT: Sony Ericsson ROB-1 Bluetooth
Motion Cam 03/14/2005 06:28 PM
I4U Mar 12 2005 8:43PM GMT

Linux-based Bluetooth Robot - ROB-1

Linux-based Bluetooth Robot - ROB-1 03/19/2005 03:23 AM

Linux-based Bluetooth Robot

Linux-based Bluetooth Robot 03/19/2005 02:33 AM

BREW Running Robot via Bluetooth

BREW Running Robot via Bluetooth 01/06/2005 10:20 PM
Wireless Watch Japan Jan 7 2005 1:47AM GMT

BREW Runs Robot via Bluetooth

BREW Runs Robot via Bluetooth 01/07/2005 04:12 AM
Wireless Watch Japan Jan 7 2005 7:30AM GMT

Seiko develops Bluetooth flying robot

Seiko develops Bluetooth flying robot 08/18/2004 08:44 PM
The Australian Aug 19 2004 0:09AM GMT

Eccentric diner-menu infodesign

Eccentric diner-menu infodesign 08/09/2004 04:19 AM
Kottke's got a great, long post on Shopsin's, the "eccentric" NYC diner with a long menu that reads like the label on a bottle of Dr Bonner's soap. Kottke links to lots of great supplementary material but the gem is the PDF of the menu itself. Link

Apple ships Motion real-time motion
graphics design app

Apple ships Motion real-time motion
graphics design app 08/10/2004 09:11 AM
Apple today announced it has begun shipping Motion, a new application that delivers high-performance, real-time motion graphics design...

As a cyborg, eccentric professor tailors
reality

As a cyborg, eccentric professor tailors
reality 01/11/2004 03:45 PM
Canadian Press via Canada.com Jan 11 2004 2:03PM ET

Now that's mobile entertainment:
eccentric dude's piano bar on wheels

Now that's mobile entertainment:
eccentric dude's piano bar on wheels 07/13/2004 12:23 PM
Following up on yesterday's post about the ice cream truck converted into a reggae dub soundsystem on wheels, Bill Pollock says: "Harrington King (whose business cards read "Spiritual Optimist") regularly parks his custom piano bar on wheels at various places down midtown [Sacramento, California] most weekend nights. Its cozy inside, appropriately piano bar-y with assorted bongos for those who feel moved to play. An awful photo but decent writeup avaialble via the News & Review (L ink) and the traveling piano bar has its own website (Link)."

On the piano bar website, an archived interview in the Sacramento Bee, in which the eccentric dude says:

(Reporter) Do you have a favorite weekend song to play?
(King) I've got a Sacramento song that people like.
(Reporter) What's that?
(King) I don't know. I guess it's called "Sacramento Song."
(Reporter) You go to any music spots around town?
(King) I am a music spot around town.

Link

Review: E-Brite Digital Flashlight

Review: E-Brite Digital Flashlight 01/04/2005 04:21 AM
Technocrat.net Jan 4 2005 7:47AM GMT

Pixelblocks are like a cross between
Lego and Lite Brite

Pixelblocks are like a cross between
Lego and Lite Brite 07/23/2004 04:31 PM
Pixelblocks are Lego-like colored plastic blocks. The cool thing about them is that you can use them like pixels, to add images and patterns to the surfaces of your creations. Link (Thanks, Kevin!)

Sony ships lifelike colour X-brite LCD
panels

Sony ships lifelike colour X-brite LCD
panels 07/08/2004 07:04 AM
Reg Kit Watch Closest LCDs to a CRT yet?

More Than 100 Argentine Policemen Ousted
(AP)

More Than 100 Argentine Policemen Ousted
(AP) 05/07/2004 09:49 PM
AP - President Nestor Kirchner ousted more than federal 100 police officials and revamped key policing operations Friday, moving to improve the force to fight rising crime.

Big rise in Argentine kidnappings

Big rise in Argentine kidnappings 06/20/2004 05:40 PM
Kidnappings in Argentina increase more than fivefold in two years, according to official figures.

Man arrested over Argentine fire

Man arrested over Argentine fire 12/31/2004 10:19 PM
A nightclub owner is arrested in Buenos Aires after a fire kills 175 people and injures hundreds.

Warrant for ex-Argentine head

Warrant for ex-Argentine head 04/20/2004 11:39 PM
An judge in Argentina asks Interpol to track down former President Carlos Menem, accused of fraud.

Sony's X-Brite Flat Panel Monitors:
SDM-HS74P and SDM-HS94P

Sony's X-Brite Flat Panel Monitors:
SDM-HS74P and SDM-HS94P 07/08/2004 12:29 PM

Sony has taken its impressive X-Brite/X-Black LCD flat-panel technology out of its VAIO notebook computers and placed it in a couple of new standalone monitors, the 17-inch SDM-HS74P and the 19-inch SDM-HS94P, both of which share a native resolution of 1,280 x 1,024. If you haven't seen an X-Brite screen before, it's worth checking out. While you won't mistake it for real life, no birds will try to fly through it or anything, but the special anti-glare filter that Sony uses really does make for a nice looking monitor. The Register doesn't have prices, but a cursory scan of the web shows prices around $600 for the 17-inch model, and around $850 for the 19-inch.

Oh, and the response times -- the refresh rate, basically; the thing that determines how good moving images look -- are nice, as well, with a 12ms rating on the 19-inch and a 16ms on the 17-inch.
Re ad - Sony ships lifelike colour X-brite LCD panels [TheRegister]

Argentine priest tells all about sex
(Reuters)

Argentine priest tells all about sex
(Reuters) 06/14/2004 08:28 AM
Reuters - A 77-year-old Roman Catholic priest in Argentina has published his memoirs recounting sex with women and a frustrated gay liaison, angering Church officials.

Ants to the Right, Please

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