tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53520360658325716472011-11-27T15:15:02.647-08:00Wherein we gather the best WJW bits of the day.Patrick Berrynoreply@blogger.comBlogger71100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5352036065832571647.post-5855616824708488012007-02-18T15:31:00.000-08:002007-02-18T15:36:42.503-08:00Via <a href="http://anarchaia.org/archive/2007/02/18.html">Anarchaia</a> we discover that <a href="http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Judaism/Kashering_Coke.html">Coke is kosher</a>. I'm surprised Pepsi didn't try <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2007/LAW/02/02/coca.cola.trade.ap/index.html">getting the secret ingredients</a> this way.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5352036065832571647-585561682470848801?l=wow-just-wow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patrick Berrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5352036065832571647.post-21583702089452363402007-02-18T10:56:00.000-08:002007-02-18T12:57:57.381-08:00Yeah. A guy is <a href="http://money.aol.com/news/articles/_a/man-sues-ibm-over-adult-chat-room-firing/n20070218103809990001">suing IBM for $5mil</a> because they fired him for "adult chat" at work. He claims he is protected by the ADA because he's addicted to sex and the internets. Is that was ADA was designed for? Is it really?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5352036065832571647-2158370208945236340?l=wow-just-wow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patrick Berrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5352036065832571647.post-30065359590786705522007-02-17T12:44:00.000-08:002007-02-17T12:46:16.155-08:00Via <a href="http://anarchaia.org/archive/2007/02/17.html">Anarchaia</a> we discover that they are <a href="http://bldgblog.blogspot.com/2007/02/going-green.html">painting rock quarries in China</a> to make it look like there are still trees there. Yeah, wow...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5352036065832571647-3006535959078670552?l=wow-just-wow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patrick Berrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5352036065832571647.post-66819975611360642402007-02-17T09:36:00.000-08:002007-02-17T09:51:59.975-08:00Via comrade <a href="http://www.ajax.org/">Ajax</a> we get <a href="http://www.co888.com/flash/ff008.htm">a mind-boggling website</a> that really must be seen to be believed. It's safe for work, I think...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5352036065832571647-6681997561136064240?l=wow-just-wow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patrick Berrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5352036065832571647.post-80145489378038923032007-02-16T11:17:00.000-08:002007-02-16T11:19:43.705-08:00Via <a href="http://www.boingboing.net/2007/02/16/macrovision_sends_pr.html">BoingBoing</a> we learn how <a href="http://macrovision.com/company/news/drm/response_letter.shtml">awesome DRM is</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5352036065832571647-8014548937803892303?l=wow-just-wow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patrick Berrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5352036065832571647.post-61429341822365033622007-02-16T10:34:00.000-08:002007-02-17T09:40:16.137-08:00Via irc we get this (SFW) photo.<br /><blockquote>Caine> I suggest that you run away from it this fast: <a href="http://ljplus.ru/img3/e/x/extel2/070213_001_l.jpg">http://ljplus.ru/img3/e/x/extel2/070213_001_l.jpg</a> </blockquote><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5352036065832571647-6142934182236503362?l=wow-just-wow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patrick Berrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5352036065832571647.post-87381448877763673572007-02-16T07:57:00.000-08:002007-02-16T08:00:04.011-08:00Today via <a href="http://anarchaia.org/archive/2007/02/15.html">Anarchaia</a> we learn of <a href="http://alumni.media.mit.edu/%7Epaulo/courses/howmake/mlfabfinalproject.htm">programmable water</a>. So, what's the wow?<br /><blockquote> The idea of the project was to build some devices that could do computation without eletrons. Water was a interesting choice, in fact, <i>Fluidics </i>is a very important field of study that is widely used in aerospace or mission-critical applications, where eletronic control devices don't offer the reliability of cannot support the envoronment. Also, military technologies use Fluidics in order to prevent malfunction in a nuclear war, when eletric devices cease to work.</blockquote><span class="" style="display: block;" id="formatbar_CreateLink" title="Link" onmouseover="ButtonHoverOn(this);" onmouseout="ButtonHoverOff(this);" onmouseup="" onmousedown="CheckFormatting(event);FormatbarButton('richeditorframe', this, 8);ButtonMouseDown(this);"></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5352036065832571647-8738144887776367357?l=wow-just-wow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patrick Berrynoreply@blogger.com0