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"There's really no rhyme or reason..."
Aug. 3rd, 2019 09:22 amI understand that the point of using those words is to calm the hysterical masses, but quite frankly they annoy the shit out of me. In this instance, there's a highly documented reason, and it's called physics, but our dumb ass human brothers and sisters don't want to hear it, or say it, or go into it. It's that need of having to dumb things down that annoys me so.
"Naturally eroding coastline" leaves 3 dead north of San Diego"
"Naturally eroding coastline" leaves 3 dead north of San Diego"
...and Science!
Jun. 7th, 2019 11:54 pm"...[W]e cannot emphasize how much the Moon is not a part of Mars."
- Brian Williams on The 11th Hour, in response to one of our notorious president's tweets
If MSNBC posts the video clip of this segment of his show, I'll update this post.
- Brian Williams on The 11th Hour, in response to one of our notorious president's tweets
If MSNBC posts the video clip of this segment of his show, I'll update this post.
Aphantasia
Nov. 28th, 2018 07:08 pmI am really, really, really good at visualization and photographic memory and spatial relations. I actually loved those tests in school that asked which 3D item represented the 2D paper with fold markings shown, or which die was the same as the one shown but rotated. For the complete opposite reason she mentions in the second video that she has trouble with fiction novels, I take an inordinate amount of time reading, because I can't move past certain sentences until I've completed the image of the scene in my head first. It made listening to the Game of Thrones audiobooks really difficult, because George R.R. Martin loves him some detailed costumes and dinner tables. While I loved the added details, I wish they had been written into a compendium or something with footnotes, like Ref. 178 to know what Sansa's dress looked like today or Ref. 54,351 to know the detailed colors and patterns of the 5 layers of Tywin's battle dress.
Good Morning
Nov. 4th, 2018 10:07 amI love watching talks and documentaries on just about anything that has to do with our brains, so of course the title of this video got my attention.
The best part was half way through when he discusses the effects of sleep loss on the body. It was fitting, given that today is that fucking biannual change the clocks day and that I've been watching a lot of videos in the past month on diabetes.
The best part was half way through when he discusses the effects of sleep loss on the body. It was fitting, given that today is that fucking biannual change the clocks day and that I've been watching a lot of videos in the past month on diabetes.
Die in a multicolored fire.
Sep. 26th, 2017 02:56 pmYou know an article about tetrachromats is going to be fun when it has that line in it.
Speaking of tetrachromacy, I was looking at some of the paintings made by known tetrachromatic Concetta Antico. It reminds me of how I had to accustom myself to the color effects created by my polarized sunglasses the first time I ever wore them (a couple decades ago now - god I'm getting old).
WOW.
Looking at the sky and otherwise black cars through the tinted glass in the car was almost a psychedelic experience. Many times I had to lift my glasses up to confirm that it was a visual effect of the polarized tint causing the color changes I was seeing. The glowing letters on the outside of the JCPenny store were especially vibrant. It took a moment to realize it was my sunglasses preventing me from viewing the gas pump screens, causing them to be completely dark. I'm still annoyed that my favorite app game on my phone requires me to turn the phone sideways, again causing the screen to go black when viewed through my sunglasses. It makes it hard to play the game while outside on a sunny day.
Speaking of tetrachromacy, I was looking at some of the paintings made by known tetrachromatic Concetta Antico. It reminds me of how I had to accustom myself to the color effects created by my polarized sunglasses the first time I ever wore them (a couple decades ago now - god I'm getting old).
WOW.
Looking at the sky and otherwise black cars through the tinted glass in the car was almost a psychedelic experience. Many times I had to lift my glasses up to confirm that it was a visual effect of the polarized tint causing the color changes I was seeing. The glowing letters on the outside of the JCPenny store were especially vibrant. It took a moment to realize it was my sunglasses preventing me from viewing the gas pump screens, causing them to be completely dark. I'm still annoyed that my favorite app game on my phone requires me to turn the phone sideways, again causing the screen to go black when viewed through my sunglasses. It makes it hard to play the game while outside on a sunny day.
Adventures in the Rain
Jun. 4th, 2017 10:09 pmMiddle nephew that loves riding the big roller coaster rides with me asked if we could go to Six Flags today. He's learned from me the value of going to Six Flags on skeptical weather days, like cold, possibly rainy days in the fall, and scattered thunderstorm days like today.
We got rained on twice, once as soon as we arrived and again right after eating dinner. That second storm cell included a few park-wide notices of the weather service alert accompanying it, which the alarm sound over the intercom made Little Bit nervous for a moment. I had to pull up the radar on my phone and talk him through understanding that it wasn't a tornado warning, and that we were safer staying there than leaving and driving in the car TOWARDS the oncoming assault. We stayed in the restaurant while the bulk of the second storm passed, which had already started losing power once it reached us and was only a mid-level rain rather than the OMG pummel of doom it started out as on the other side of Fort Worth. The A/C was making us cold, so we were happy to start walking around in the light rain again once the storm subsided. There were puddles to walk through everywhere, and nephew, along with many younger kids throughout the park, were loving stomping and splashing in them. Some bigger puddles were unavoidable while walking through the wait-line corrals Luckily I wore sandals instead of socks and shoes. I know how crinkled my feet get when they're trapped in water-logged shoes all day, like they did when I was a teen and rode the soaking water rides first thing upon arrival on a hot, hot summer day.
Our drink spilled a total of three times - once on the table, once on him while we were on a ride, and once on my hoodie while it was sitting in the bin during another ride. Apparently the lid doesn't seal as well as it should. Luckily we were already thoroughly damp, so while the spillage added a level of soaking to our clothes, you couldn't tell while walking amongst the other water-drenched souls.
The park was emptying out by the time we arrived at around 4pm, so much so that I thought maybe they had decided to close due to the rain, but they stayed open the full day until 9pm. I think most people got in their fun in the morning before the rains started, but those dry folks probably also had much longer lines to stand in. There were absolutely no lines for us. The longest we waited for a single ride was The Justice League at maybe 30 minutes, which on a normal busy day is 2+ hours. I know this because the first time we rode it I got leg cramps from a 2-hr long line, and I've seen the corral be even fuller than that on some days.
We ate a churro and popcorn and carried around that Mr. Pibb in our free refill bottle. We rode the Batman ride with zero wait. We had a burger, chicken nuggets, onion rings, fries, a fruit cup, a fruit roll-up, and Pepperidge Farm Goldfish for dinner. Then we rode The Justice League and Runaway Mountain, the two inside rides we knew would for sure be open again once the storm passed over. Then we rode The Texas Giant twice, The Titan twice, and The Texas Giant another two times. Any other regular summer day, weekend or not, and ALL of those rides would have ~2 hours wait times.
In summary, 5 hours, a snack, a dinner, two water shows, and 9 rides, all for the cost of gas (since we have the season pass with meals).
At least I didn't have to worry about sunscreen.
The best parts about today were our conversations to and from the park. Little Bit definitely has a scientific mind. On the way out he asked about the myth that green skies always means tornado, and I explained super cell clouds, wall clouds, and light dispersion, especially during sunset, through such a gigantic super cell. He now knows green skies and tornadoes are correlated, but not causality - I would have shown him a Venn, but I was driving. We simultaneously debunked the rain-means-no-tornado myth. We also talked about vortexes in general, including dust devils, hurricanes, whirlpools, and even the smoke vortex you can see coming off the iron cooking slab at our favorite Mongolian grill restaurant. I discussed how the power source for some come from the heat coming off the ground/base of the vortex and some get their power from the top. Later, while riding The Texas Giant the second set of times, we enjoyed the sunset and the going-away thunderstorm clouds while the train was pulled up the main drop hill, and he commented to me that he understood the light dispersion stuff better while looking at the pretty sunset colors.
On our drive back, he asked me to clarify the magnets installed in the cars affecting stop lights concept. He was close, but not quite right. I told him about the grooves in the road and how the metal car disrupts the inductance, so we played Where's Waldo looking for the grooves at the next couple of intersections. I didn't go into as much scientific depth with that as I did the green tornado clouds stuff. Next time I hang out with him, I'll introduce him to henry.
But Wait, There's More!
He also asked about college, and if I went to college, and how degrees work. So we spent the rest of the drive home talking about undergrad Bachelor, grad Master, and post-grad PhD/MD/JD degrees.
Whew. What a day.
We got rained on twice, once as soon as we arrived and again right after eating dinner. That second storm cell included a few park-wide notices of the weather service alert accompanying it, which the alarm sound over the intercom made Little Bit nervous for a moment. I had to pull up the radar on my phone and talk him through understanding that it wasn't a tornado warning, and that we were safer staying there than leaving and driving in the car TOWARDS the oncoming assault. We stayed in the restaurant while the bulk of the second storm passed, which had already started losing power once it reached us and was only a mid-level rain rather than the OMG pummel of doom it started out as on the other side of Fort Worth. The A/C was making us cold, so we were happy to start walking around in the light rain again once the storm subsided. There were puddles to walk through everywhere, and nephew, along with many younger kids throughout the park, were loving stomping and splashing in them. Some bigger puddles were unavoidable while walking through the wait-line corrals Luckily I wore sandals instead of socks and shoes. I know how crinkled my feet get when they're trapped in water-logged shoes all day, like they did when I was a teen and rode the soaking water rides first thing upon arrival on a hot, hot summer day.
Our drink spilled a total of three times - once on the table, once on him while we were on a ride, and once on my hoodie while it was sitting in the bin during another ride. Apparently the lid doesn't seal as well as it should. Luckily we were already thoroughly damp, so while the spillage added a level of soaking to our clothes, you couldn't tell while walking amongst the other water-drenched souls.
The park was emptying out by the time we arrived at around 4pm, so much so that I thought maybe they had decided to close due to the rain, but they stayed open the full day until 9pm. I think most people got in their fun in the morning before the rains started, but those dry folks probably also had much longer lines to stand in. There were absolutely no lines for us. The longest we waited for a single ride was The Justice League at maybe 30 minutes, which on a normal busy day is 2+ hours. I know this because the first time we rode it I got leg cramps from a 2-hr long line, and I've seen the corral be even fuller than that on some days.
We ate a churro and popcorn and carried around that Mr. Pibb in our free refill bottle. We rode the Batman ride with zero wait. We had a burger, chicken nuggets, onion rings, fries, a fruit cup, a fruit roll-up, and Pepperidge Farm Goldfish for dinner. Then we rode The Justice League and Runaway Mountain, the two inside rides we knew would for sure be open again once the storm passed over. Then we rode The Texas Giant twice, The Titan twice, and The Texas Giant another two times. Any other regular summer day, weekend or not, and ALL of those rides would have ~2 hours wait times.
In summary, 5 hours, a snack, a dinner, two water shows, and 9 rides, all for the cost of gas (since we have the season pass with meals).
At least I didn't have to worry about sunscreen.
The best parts about today were our conversations to and from the park. Little Bit definitely has a scientific mind. On the way out he asked about the myth that green skies always means tornado, and I explained super cell clouds, wall clouds, and light dispersion, especially during sunset, through such a gigantic super cell. He now knows green skies and tornadoes are correlated, but not causality - I would have shown him a Venn, but I was driving. We simultaneously debunked the rain-means-no-tornado myth. We also talked about vortexes in general, including dust devils, hurricanes, whirlpools, and even the smoke vortex you can see coming off the iron cooking slab at our favorite Mongolian grill restaurant. I discussed how the power source for some come from the heat coming off the ground/base of the vortex and some get their power from the top. Later, while riding The Texas Giant the second set of times, we enjoyed the sunset and the going-away thunderstorm clouds while the train was pulled up the main drop hill, and he commented to me that he understood the light dispersion stuff better while looking at the pretty sunset colors.
On our drive back, he asked me to clarify the magnets installed in the cars affecting stop lights concept. He was close, but not quite right. I told him about the grooves in the road and how the metal car disrupts the inductance, so we played Where's Waldo looking for the grooves at the next couple of intersections. I didn't go into as much scientific depth with that as I did the green tornado clouds stuff. Next time I hang out with him, I'll introduce him to henry.
But Wait, There's More!
He also asked about college, and if I went to college, and how degrees work. So we spent the rest of the drive home talking about undergrad Bachelor, grad Master, and post-grad PhD/MD/JD degrees.
Whew. What a day.
The New Paradigm
Oct. 21st, 2016 08:48 amI've only read the first couple of pages of this article about why there's such a prevalence of allergies nowadays, and I think we should look into a new paradigm for civilized living.
The moment a woman realizes she is pregnant, she takes maternity leave and goes and works on a farm, and then continues to work there for the next 6 months after the baby is born. Maternity leave would have new meaning. Many people currently interpret maternity leave as a drain on society while the mother sits at home on her ass (again, how other people interpret it, not me). Instead, it would mean a constant influx of workers into the farming industry while hopefully creating a healthier, less asthma-prone generation of newborns. The fathers could get a similar paternity leave, so as to keep the family unit together. More city folks living in the country for ~15 months at a time would encourage them to start pushing more money for education into these rural areas, since if they have more than one child they would be encouraged to bring the other kids along and start going to school there.
Hell, the rich could have their own "spa farms" in which they hang out around the animals, but get to keep their Louis Vuitton sneakers from touching the animal poo. Then they could still indulge in horse riding and croquet on the lawn, while baby gets to take fabulous pictures with other baby animals in the petting zoo.
I digress.
I still love the idea of adding agriculture programs to schools, although that doesn't affect expecting moms and newborns. My old roller skating rink was turned into an agriculture center for Birdville ISD. As far as I can tell, they're done with the building renovation, although there's still lots of unused parking space that I wonder if they will do anything with.
After reading Pearl S. Buck's book The Good Earth back in 9th grade, and specifically the sections when the mother walked off the rice fields into the house to give birth only to resume her duties a little later in the day, I realized just how pampered and spoiled we really are, and I've always thought about our germophobic* hospital environments as ironically gross. (Man. I managed to turn that into a single sentence. I'm leaving it as it is instead of editing it down.)
*My computer dictionary recognized homophobic, xenophobic, agoraphobic, arachnophobia (although not arachnophobic), but it didn't recognize germophobic or germophobia. *Add to Dictionary*
The moment a woman realizes she is pregnant, she takes maternity leave and goes and works on a farm, and then continues to work there for the next 6 months after the baby is born. Maternity leave would have new meaning. Many people currently interpret maternity leave as a drain on society while the mother sits at home on her ass (again, how other people interpret it, not me). Instead, it would mean a constant influx of workers into the farming industry while hopefully creating a healthier, less asthma-prone generation of newborns. The fathers could get a similar paternity leave, so as to keep the family unit together. More city folks living in the country for ~15 months at a time would encourage them to start pushing more money for education into these rural areas, since if they have more than one child they would be encouraged to bring the other kids along and start going to school there.
Hell, the rich could have their own "spa farms" in which they hang out around the animals, but get to keep their Louis Vuitton sneakers from touching the animal poo. Then they could still indulge in horse riding and croquet on the lawn, while baby gets to take fabulous pictures with other baby animals in the petting zoo.
I digress.
I still love the idea of adding agriculture programs to schools, although that doesn't affect expecting moms and newborns. My old roller skating rink was turned into an agriculture center for Birdville ISD. As far as I can tell, they're done with the building renovation, although there's still lots of unused parking space that I wonder if they will do anything with.
After reading Pearl S. Buck's book The Good Earth back in 9th grade, and specifically the sections when the mother walked off the rice fields into the house to give birth only to resume her duties a little later in the day, I realized just how pampered and spoiled we really are, and I've always thought about our germophobic* hospital environments as ironically gross. (Man. I managed to turn that into a single sentence. I'm leaving it as it is instead of editing it down.)
*My computer dictionary recognized homophobic, xenophobic, agoraphobic, arachnophobia (although not arachnophobic), but it didn't recognize germophobic or germophobia. *Add to Dictionary*
The Paradox of Publishing
Oct. 7th, 2016 07:47 amThe most interesting thing I found in this article on the paradox of choice, published in 2014 and coming directly from the horse's proverbial mouth Barry Schwartz no less, was that it utilized QED and utilized a hyperlink to Wolfram MathWorld to explain the QED. Yes, I am a true and honest geek.
What annoys me about this article is that there is no mention whatsoever about decision fatigue, and instead there are statements like, "So too-much-choice happens. It just doesn’t happen all the time. And we don’t yet know when it does and when it doesn’t." Um, yeah we do, Barry. I just linked to it in this paragraph.
I give him some credit for stating, Hey, I may have jumped the gun with my book based on minimal research. However, that credit gets used up immediately in the sentence preceding it in which he pretty much blames the other researchers for publishing their work in the first place. It's like he's saying, yeah, I've done it, but they did it first so my faux pas is minimal, even though his faux pas was what allowed that idea to reach a much larger audience and become a well-known moniker well before more additional research had been done.
Needless-to-say, this article kind of ticks me off.
What annoys me about this article is that there is no mention whatsoever about decision fatigue, and instead there are statements like, "So too-much-choice happens. It just doesn’t happen all the time. And we don’t yet know when it does and when it doesn’t." Um, yeah we do, Barry. I just linked to it in this paragraph.
I give him some credit for stating, Hey, I may have jumped the gun with my book based on minimal research. However, that credit gets used up immediately in the sentence preceding it in which he pretty much blames the other researchers for publishing their work in the first place. It's like he's saying, yeah, I've done it, but they did it first so my faux pas is minimal, even though his faux pas was what allowed that idea to reach a much larger audience and become a well-known moniker well before more additional research had been done.
Needless-to-say, this article kind of ticks me off.
The Amazing Karst
Sep. 17th, 2016 08:57 amWhat I find so absolutely fascinating about karst is that it shows you where the ground level for the area used to be.
In every single one of those images linked above, especially ones in which towns now exist at the base of the karst, imagine the ground level once used to be at the top of all those formations. You could have walked straight across what would now be considered high in the sky, assuming of course that the land was above sea level.
That's the other fascinating thing. Most of the limestone which comprises karst was formed from marine life remains and the settling of minerals as seabed. There may not have been any land visible, but if you were in a boat, you would have been floating at least just above the tops of all those formations.
So much land and water moved by erosion over millions of years. It reminds me of the time lapse of the land seen in the remake of The Time Machine, watching canyons form out of the land where once tiny creeks were and how the incoming glacier appears as an actual wave of water when sped up.
In every single one of those images linked above, especially ones in which towns now exist at the base of the karst, imagine the ground level once used to be at the top of all those formations. You could have walked straight across what would now be considered high in the sky, assuming of course that the land was above sea level.
That's the other fascinating thing. Most of the limestone which comprises karst was formed from marine life remains and the settling of minerals as seabed. There may not have been any land visible, but if you were in a boat, you would have been floating at least just above the tops of all those formations.
So much land and water moved by erosion over millions of years. It reminds me of the time lapse of the land seen in the remake of The Time Machine, watching canyons form out of the land where once tiny creeks were and how the incoming glacier appears as an actual wave of water when sped up.
Blame the Allele
Sep. 11th, 2016 11:04 amI was aware of the ear wax gene, but I was not aware of how it also affects sweat glands and body odor.
The Three-Body Problem
Jul. 9th, 2016 09:09 amNot the book, but the reality of finding another planet.
There's a moment when the camera action almost makes me sea sick.
There's a moment when the camera action almost makes me sea sick.
2 Exciting Articles Today via ArsTechnica
Jun. 9th, 2016 11:04 pmElements 113, 115, 117, and 118 have been officially named
Expandable room added to the International Space Station
I finally watched Gravity a couple weekends ago, and now the thought of kevlar-like weave material getting bombarded by space debris is going to cause me nightmares.
Expandable room added to the International Space Station
I finally watched Gravity a couple weekends ago, and now the thought of kevlar-like weave material getting bombarded by space debris is going to cause me nightmares.
Kids have it Awesome
Jun. 7th, 2016 07:05 pmI won't say kids have it easy, but their resources for learning are so much more awesome than they were 30-40 years ago.
I re-watched Apocalypto and then decided to do a little search on the Mayans, since I have never learned all that much about them.
Looking at Mayan images led me to KidsPast.com (which has the Mayan ruins image I was previous trying to link here), which in turn led me to Miamiopia, which I think I'm going to have to share with at least my middle nephew. Eldest is a teenager now and probably won't be interested, but I'll at least show it to him. Youngest might still be a little too young for it, but Little Bit might really like it. Not only does it appear to be geared more for his age, but he's the same one with the scientific mind, so he just might eat up a website like this, especially considering it has a point system and games built into the learning.
I re-watched Apocalypto and then decided to do a little search on the Mayans, since I have never learned all that much about them.
Looking at Mayan images led me to KidsPast.com (which has the Mayan ruins image I was previous trying to link here), which in turn led me to Miamiopia, which I think I'm going to have to share with at least my middle nephew. Eldest is a teenager now and probably won't be interested, but I'll at least show it to him. Youngest might still be a little too young for it, but Little Bit might really like it. Not only does it appear to be geared more for his age, but he's the same one with the scientific mind, so he just might eat up a website like this, especially considering it has a point system and games built into the learning.
Mid-Night Crisis
May. 12th, 2016 10:24 pmHere's an article on bimodal sleep, wherein* the idea of waking up for about an hour or so in the middle of the night is quite normal.
If I wake up like that with my brain turned on, you usually know about it, because I tend to gravitate towards posting my thoughts here to help speed me along on my way back to the Land of Nod. I don't always wake up, though. The other night I don't even recall turning in bed, which tends to wake me up slightly when I do it.
This evening I dealt with an unwanted intrusion on my computer (and my mom's and my work computers) via my TeamViewer account. They appeared to be trying to find a logged-in eBay account, and luckily I was directly watching my computer the moment the hack started, so I was on the phone with mom while she saw the same thing, and then I caught them just as they were logging out of my work computer when I went to exit out of that connection. None of our eBay accounts were logged in, so as soon as they clicked on My Account and hit a login screen they moved on, and with me watching as it was happening I was able to stop them from having continued unlimited access to our computers. I still think of myself as lucky in that respect.
Mom overreacted. I told her to exit out of TeamViewer and then got off the phone to deal with triage. I called her back after a couple passwords were changed, and she informed me that after getting off the phone she put TeamViewer in the Recycle Bin on the desktop and then closed Firefox and did the same with that. Then she turned off the laptop completely.
Blink.
Blink.
Headdesk.
Yeah. Keep laughing - I'm laughing right along with you. That's my mom for ya. At least the part about turning off the computer completely wasn't that horrible of an idea, and she did have the right intentions regarding all of her other actions. She also was freaking out because dad was possibly surfing eBay earlier in the day on a different computer in their house which doesn't have TeamViewer loaded, but she was still worried that he hadn't logged out and they might have accessed their eBay account through that computer as well. I had to reassure her that was most likely not the case - they were fishing via TeamViewer and logged out as soon as they couldn't find what they were looking for. Planned epee stab attack. Still, since my computer was the first hit, I've already run a couple scans, checked running processes and verified no new installed programs, and I'm not seeing anything new, special, or out of the ordinary. Had I not been watching the entire activity which lasted all of a minute or two at most, I'd probably consider more drastic measures, but at this point, I'm betting on the epee point being quite small, and our padding being just right.
I have a feeling that should I awaken tonight it'll be from some kind of intruder nightmare, or worse, a nightmare about All The Things getting thrown in the recycle bin, and I'll have some jackass hacker out there (and possibly my mom to some small extent) to blame.
* "wherein" seems to be a favorite meme word of mine these days, because I keep catching myself using it for some reason
If I wake up like that with my brain turned on, you usually know about it, because I tend to gravitate towards posting my thoughts here to help speed me along on my way back to the Land of Nod. I don't always wake up, though. The other night I don't even recall turning in bed, which tends to wake me up slightly when I do it.
This evening I dealt with an unwanted intrusion on my computer (and my mom's and my work computers) via my TeamViewer account. They appeared to be trying to find a logged-in eBay account, and luckily I was directly watching my computer the moment the hack started, so I was on the phone with mom while she saw the same thing, and then I caught them just as they were logging out of my work computer when I went to exit out of that connection. None of our eBay accounts were logged in, so as soon as they clicked on My Account and hit a login screen they moved on, and with me watching as it was happening I was able to stop them from having continued unlimited access to our computers. I still think of myself as lucky in that respect.
Mom overreacted. I told her to exit out of TeamViewer and then got off the phone to deal with triage. I called her back after a couple passwords were changed, and she informed me that after getting off the phone she put TeamViewer in the Recycle Bin on the desktop and then closed Firefox and did the same with that. Then she turned off the laptop completely.
Blink.
Blink.
Headdesk.
Yeah. Keep laughing - I'm laughing right along with you. That's my mom for ya. At least the part about turning off the computer completely wasn't that horrible of an idea, and she did have the right intentions regarding all of her other actions. She also was freaking out because dad was possibly surfing eBay earlier in the day on a different computer in their house which doesn't have TeamViewer loaded, but she was still worried that he hadn't logged out and they might have accessed their eBay account through that computer as well. I had to reassure her that was most likely not the case - they were fishing via TeamViewer and logged out as soon as they couldn't find what they were looking for. Planned epee stab attack. Still, since my computer was the first hit, I've already run a couple scans, checked running processes and verified no new installed programs, and I'm not seeing anything new, special, or out of the ordinary. Had I not been watching the entire activity which lasted all of a minute or two at most, I'd probably consider more drastic measures, but at this point, I'm betting on the epee point being quite small, and our padding being just right.
I have a feeling that should I awaken tonight it'll be from some kind of intruder nightmare, or worse, a nightmare about All The Things getting thrown in the recycle bin, and I'll have some jackass hacker out there (and possibly my mom to some small extent) to blame.
* "wherein" seems to be a favorite meme word of mine these days, because I keep catching myself using it for some reason
I'm listening to Percival's Planet while waiting for my current Game of Thrones volume to become available again.
I decided to go looking at the wiki page for Pluto, the search for which is the main story plot of this book. I can't seem to make it work via controlled ciliary muscle movements, but I can create the 3-D image of this accidental stereogram by crossing my eyes.
Now I want to hunt down Hubble deep space images for a View-Master.
I decided to go looking at the wiki page for Pluto, the search for which is the main story plot of this book. I can't seem to make it work via controlled ciliary muscle movements, but I can create the 3-D image of this accidental stereogram by crossing my eyes.
Now I want to hunt down Hubble deep space images for a View-Master.