06 Jul 2010
The Data Singularity is Here

Despite the emphasis on massive data storage, I notice that most of the phenomena revolves around the velocity and endpoints of data, rather than it's mere quantity. To turn a phrase, it's not a database nation, it's a data stream nation, and that stream is moving at light speed. No human required.

In a nutshell, the Data Singularity is this: humans are being spliced out of the data-driven processes around us, and frequently we aren’t even at the terminal node of action. International cargo shipments, high-frequency stock trades, and genetic diagnoses are all made without us.

(link) [Dataspora Blog]

22:00 /Technology | 0 comments | permanent link

What Really Happened in the Gulf?

BP Alien Attack


Lorraine stumbled across this image on a conspiracy forum which claimed (hopefully tongue in cheek, but not obviously so) that there was a massive government coverup of an alien attack in the Gulf of Mexico ... and offered this photoshopped image art as proof.

Need more proof? The forum thread has since disappeared! There! Take that, you skeptics! Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't out to get you!

17:17 /Humor | 0 comments | permanent link