Category: Sci/Tech

This is interesting: “State computer with confidential medical data put up for sale.A state computer put up for sale as surplus contained confidential files naming thousands of people with AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases, the state auditor said Thursday.” I’ve been trying to buy up some old hardware from Texas A&M’s surplus auctions myself.…

As this Reuters story reports, scientists are developing a way to “recreate the sense of touch” over the Internet. Says Reuters: “Pushing on the pen sends data representing forces through the Internet that can be interpreted by a phantom and therefore felt on the other end,” said Mel Slater, Professor of Computer Science at University…

I got spam from the Air Force Reserve today. Are they getting desperate or what? Maybe they should make a flight simulator game — hey, it worked for the Army. Would it work so that you were always fighting the enemy, and if so, who would you go after? Is it open season on Iraq…

I wish I could just give one of these to all the people have who mess up their computers for no good reason and then come asking me how to fix it…