No more Vaccines with Needles
Just rub it on…
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/medtech/0,70363-0.html
Archive for August, 1999
Linux used in 911 Call Centers
Here’s a neat article on Linux being utilized in 911 call centers.
Though the article itself is nice, the great stuff is in the discussion list. The authenticity of the officer is questioned and resolved. This kind of authentication and tightly-bound meta-information just isn’t possible in other mass media.
Computers and the Layman
Ok, get ready to roll around on the floor.
Apologies to the non-techie people in the crowd, but I think most of
these are waaaaay beyond what even the average person may be guilty of.
http://www.rinkworks.com/stupid/
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Getting paid for overtime?
For those of you IT folks who work a gazillion hours every day, you
just may be entitled to overtime. Depends on what state you’re in
though. Looks like California is the state to be in to get paid.
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The New Sony Playstation
Man, this sounds cool. The highlight of the article: this puppy can
render 75 million polygons per second, while current 3D graphic cards
can only pump out upto 5 million polygons per sec.
I still like my Atari 2600…
http://www.wired.com/news/news/technology/story/21301.html
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The Jar-Jar-gonizer
In defense of myself, someone sent this to me, so it wasn’t like I was surfing aimlessly! Not to mention that I’m right now staring at a screen watching OS patches being installed rather slowly.
Anyway, check out the Jar-Jar-gonizer. (can you really have too much of Jar-Jar? mee-sa think not)
Ice Cream in an Apple that’s microwaveable?!
Sweet Spots frozen apple dessert features ice cream inside that won’t melt when you microwave it. Mmmm…
http://www.news.cornell.edu/releases/June99/SweetSpots.bpf.html
