Subscribe to the Daydream Lab [RSS]“There is a record of Copernicus being asked. There is a record that there was a response. There is, of course, no record of what that response was.”
William Krieger, 23 March 2008
omg i pwn3d yr <3 (12 March 2008)
A common new technology for monitoring defibrillators is vulnerable to hacking and even to reprogramming that could stop the devices from delivering a lifesaving shock, according to research to be released Wednesday.
In the past couple years, more than 100,000 patients in the U.S. alone have been implanted with newer devices that reduce medical visits by sending information on a patient to a bedside monitor that then sends the data to a doctor, usually once a day.
In the model researchers studied, transmissions from the defibrillator to the bedside monitor are not encrypted, which means that someone intercepting the transmissions could retrieve such data as the patient’s birth date, medical ID number and, in some cases, Social Security number.
Woah, man, the colors. (6 March 2008)
I think I see God.
The biblical Israelites may have been high on a hallucinogenic plant when Moses brought the Ten Commandments down from Mount Sinai, according to a new study by an Israeli psychology professor.
(Via MadPriest)
Neither sound science nor good theology (8 February 2008)
Didn’t I just say that?
(Via Of Course I Could Be Wrong…)
Your next nicotine patch (2 February 2008)
A Rhode Island company is developing transdermal patches with built-in computer circuitry to manage doses.
“I see that this is the beginning of the new age in which we will communicate with billions of planets across the universe.”
On NASA’s decision to beam the song “Across the Universe” into deep space, where it belongs.
Did, did you just double dip that chip? (31 January 2008)
“The way I would put it is, before you have some dip at a party, look around and ask yourself, would I be willing to kiss everyone here?”
“Okay, the point here is not to scream that Ledger was a drug addict…precisely.”
DrugMonkey, 24 January 2008
Prayer Request
I try to keep an eye on the ICR. It’s not a fun job. A recent email from them requests my prayers to help them in their fight against the forces of darkness and secular humanism:
Of course they could be wrong... (3 January 2008)
Apparently Leonardo’s Last Supper proves that the Holy Grail is somewhere in Iceland. Or something inane like that. A “scientist” said so, so it must be credible.
“Incredible as it seems, our detection of the dark energy may have reduced the life-expectancy of the universe.”
Lawrence Krauss, Case Western Reserve University Professor, 23 November 2007
“Being poor sucks. It’s hard to figure out the secrets of the universe when you’re trying to figure out where you and your girlfriend are going to sleep next month.”
Garrett Lisi, 14 November 2007
Iran's peaceful nuclear program reaches an important target (2 September 2007)
Iran has reached its goal of running 3,000 centrifuges to enrich uranium for peaceful purposes. The peaceful enriched uranium will be peacefully used to produce peaceful energy and not to punish the Western crusaders and the Zionist usurpers.
More people kill themselves in hot weather (2 August 2007)
I don’t blame them.
Researchers studying the suicide rate in England and Wales have discovered that for every degree the average daily temperature rises above 19C (64.4F) the suicide rate rises by 4%. The exact reason is unknown, although the BBC lists several possibilities in their article.
You dirty rat. (25 July 2007)
“The similarities between us and Rattus extend far beyond gross anatomy. They’re surprisingly self-aware. They laugh when tickled, especially when they’re young, and they have ticklish spots; tickle the nape of a rat pup’s neck and it will squeal ultrasonically in a soundgram pattern like that of a human giggle. Rats dream as we dream, in epic narratives of navigation and thwarted efforts at escape…”
Autism symptoms reversed in mice (1 July 2007)
Scientists at MIT have reversed symptoms relating to Fragile X Syndrome in mice, indicating that treatments for autism and learning disabilities “may still be effective even after symptoms are already pronounced.”