fifo.push(stuff)

"It’s weird I had to solve my own medical problem"

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:24:45 +1100

“It’s weird I had to solve my own medical problem”

- Jessica Terry, on diagnosing herself with Crohn’s disease in her highschool science class, based on intestinal biopsies.

"There are more yeast researchers than there are yeast genes, but there are still many..."

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:16:10 +1100

“There are more yeast researchers than there are yeast genes, but there are still many uncharacterized genes in the yeast genome, often because deleting these genes doesn’t seem to harm the organism in any way.”

- Christina Agapakis, “On Failure”.

"1989 called and they want their license back."

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:10:50 +1100

“1989 called and they want their license back.”

- Nathan de Vries, on the GPL and the definition of derivative works

"The secret of life, the wellspring of reproduction, is not to be found in the beauty of Waston-Crick..."

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:50:14 +1100

“The secret of life, the wellspring of reproduction, is not to be found in the beauty of Waston-Crick pairing, but in the achievement of collective catalytic closure.”

- Stuart Kauffman, ”At Home in the Universe”, Oxford University Press, 1995, p 47.

"a computer for every pixel"

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:34:01 +1100

““a computer for every pixel””

- Toby Hudon - Why DirectX 11 will save the video card industry and why you don’t care

"Clay tablets were heavy and tended to shatter. Papyrus crumbled but at least it was flatter...."

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:17:09 +1000

“Clay tablets were heavy and tended to shatter. Papyrus crumbled but at least it was flatter. Parchment was handsome but prone to decay. Paper with acid will just melt away. Magnetic disks are erased in a trice. Something that lasts, really lasts, would be nice.”

- D0r0th34 quoting David Drake - http://friendfeed.com/neilfws/22ccd8a9/amusing-group-email-at-work-asks-why-can-t-we-just#c-4ce8974b1c9a4bcaa547036e130d1f99

"“Seriously? What? What can you do from a C64 shell on an iPhone?” The same thing..."

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 09:01:00 +1000

“

“Seriously? What? What can you do from a C64 shell on an iPhone?”

The same thing everyone used to do with the C64 out in front of Radio Shack back in the day…

10 PRINT “PENIS!!!!!!”
20 GOTO 10

”

- Mechanik (104328) — http://apple.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1361481&cid=29353823

"The first speaker at a conference I attended told the audience that he would not be using a..."

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:06:16 +1000

“The first speaker at a conference I attended told the audience that he would not be using a PowerPoint presentation because “they had neither power nor point”. The poor folks waiting to follow him with PP presentations were doomed.”

- Joseph of Stirling, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8213901.stm

"Despite a broad range of educational and prevention approaches, most programmes do not prevent..."

Sat, 13 Jun 2009 15:18:00 +1000

“Despite a broad range of educational and prevention approaches, most programmes do not prevent myths, but perpetuate stereotypes and misinform the general public. Such programmes rely on sensationalized, exaggerated statements about cocaine which misinform about patterns of use, stigmatize users, and destroy the educator’s credibility. This has given most education campaigns a naïve image and has reduced confidence in the quality and accuracy of these campaigns.”

- (Leaked) briefing document from the World Health Organisation & United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute Cocaine Project, 1995. via Ben Goldacre, This is my column. This is my column on drugs. Any questions?

"This is Singapore, if international graffiti writers think that we are not hardcore enough then I..."

Mon, 11 May 2009 18:51:49 +1000

“This is Singapore, if international graffiti writers think that we are not hardcore enough then I welcome them to try it here.”

- Slac (from an interview by Mark Holsworth)

"It should be noted that both the pulling model and the Brownian ratchet model are not mutually..."

Fri, 24 Apr 2009 18:14:00 +1000

“It should be noted that both the pulling model and the Brownian ratchet model are not mutually exclusive: the ratchet is likely to operate irrespective of (or in addition to) any ATP-driven pulling action.”

- Andrew Perry (me), on the supposed ‘controversy’ over the “Brownian ratchet model” vs. the “pulling model” of mtHsp70 driven protein translocation into mitochondria.

"Thus, although a camel cannot pass through the eye of a needle, it is extraordinary to imagine that..."

Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:33:34 +1000

“Thus, although a camel cannot pass through the eye of a needle, it is extraordinary to imagine that every day its body weight’s equivalent in metabolites tunnel backward and forward through an integral membrane aperture ≈6 orders of magnitude smaller in diameter.”

- Susanna Törnroth-Horsefield and Richard Neutze on flux through the VDAC pore in “Opening and closing the metabolite gate”, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, December 2008.

"Much of the rationale for data sharing, the engine of much of its promise, is the simple observation..."

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:42:03 +1000

“Much of the rationale for data sharing, the engine of much of its promise, is the simple observation that you cannot know what someone else will do with your data, particularly when they have access to lots of other people’s data to go with it.”

- Bill Hooker

"Ya see, there’s where T.S. Elliot went wrong. The world doesn’t end with a bang OR a..."

Thu, 09 Apr 2009 09:52:59 +1000

“

Ya see, there’s where T.S. Elliot went wrong.

The world doesn’t end with a bang OR a whimper … it ends with a snack.

”

- jphilby, April 8, 2009 1:39 PM — (Endangered shark found. Eaten.)

"Thank You, John Carmack Owing to Microsoft’s dominant market position and significant R&D..."

Sun, 05 Apr 2009 12:38:04 +1000

“

Thank You, John Carmack

Owing to Microsoft’s dominant market position and significant
R&D investments, for a while it looked like Direct3D was going to
take over as a de facto industry standard for gaming. However,
one man, John Carmack, cofounder of id Software, refused
to comply. His wildly popular Doom and Quake games almost
single-handedly forced hardware manufacturers to keep their
OpenGL device drivers up-to-date on the PC …
helping to keep the OpenGL standard relevant.

”

- Ed Burnette in Hello Android.

"You might even say that everyday is April 1st, somewhere on the Web."

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 14:20:10 +1100

“You might even say that everyday is April 1st, somewhere on the Web.”

- Neil Saunders, on the Slideshare April Fools joke gone wrong … http://nsaunders.wordpress.com/2009/04/02/slideshare-fail/

"GNUStep runs on Windows, and it’s about 90% compatible with the Cocoa API. I think there is a..."

Mon, 09 Mar 2009 11:07:28 +1100

“GNUStep runs on Windows, and it’s about 90% compatible with the Cocoa API. I think there is a demand for Apple stuff, not a demand for their unusual API.”

- OrangeTide (124937) - http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1153123&cid=27114495

"The biggest issue with Zeitgeist is the way everything is mixed together-the guitars seemed turned..."

Sat, 07 Feb 2009 13:14:47 +1100

“The biggest issue with Zeitgeist is the way everything is mixed together-the guitars seemed turned way down low in the mix-while Billy Corgan’s vocals have been turned up, overtaking the music.”

- Porter W. Richards — http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?reviewid=12720

"The key to moving to a more open scientific system is changing scientist’s hearts and minds about..."

Sat, 24 Jan 2009 08:59:36 +1100

“The key to moving to a more open scientific system is changing scientist’s hearts and minds about the value and desirability of more openly sharing information, not reforming the legal rights under which they publish content.”

- Micheal Nielsen — http://michaelnielsen.org/blog/?p=540

"Nokia’s preloaded apps encourage you to create — shoot video, share photos, blog, etc...."

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:39:33 +1100

“Nokia’s preloaded apps encourage you to create — shoot video, share photos, blog, etc. — while the Apple platform encourages you to consume — buy music, buy games, buy apps. Thus far, the Android platform is encouraging users to _develop_.”

- Linux.com :: Android-powered G1 phone is an enticing platform for app developers