DNSSEC implementation has been dismal so far, so it's great that people are agreeing to progress, but there's relatively little that ISPs can do, other than upgrading their caching nameservers. Most of the bottleneck is client software and zone administrators.

Except TFA says the new TOS forbids automated scripts, too!

This project shows off a front-end, but what we need to think about is the back-end.

Step 1) We need a standardized format and data structure for referring to events on this scale - IMO the best way is to extend unix timestamps to 64 bits, which would encompass many times the full age of the universe. Most of human history would be negative numbers, but oh well.

Step 2) Write software that can accurately translate between this and conventional time expressions - anything from calendrical expressions to radiometric dating ranges should be usable. A lot of serious thought needs to go into this stage, as you run up against fundamental questions of what time and time spans even mean, given a spherical earth, relativity and the uneven historical progression of precise measurement. It would probably also mean forking the tz/zoneinfo database and extending its scope backwards before 1970, which is a formidable research job in itself. But worth it to get to:

Step 3) Write a Wikimedia extension where articles can be "chronotagged". From there you'll essentially see the full timeline of the universe be crowdsourced, and the data pool becomes a more important asset than the front-end. Then anybody could write cool ways of interacting with the data, whether you prefer HTML5 megapixel images, or something else.

No ... quite the opposite. Why do you think "corporate donations" are such a big issue? Really now.

You'd be surprised how much software from all business models is written by queer folk! Microsoft actually lobbies the state of Washington for gender-neutral marriage so that they can poach more gay programmers. Google does the same. Your OS, browser and phone were probably designed by fagets. The field of computer science was founded by Alan Turing, an internationally infamous faget. Face it dude, queers are too smart and useful, you'll never get rid of us.

Well that was a very disorganized, poorly paced retelling of what was probably an interesting talk.

Any 3.5 SATA that fits in a standard ATX case with a standard ATX mobo.

Time passing is narrative enough. Wii is crusty, people are ready for something new. Especially gamers who are often young, for whom 6 years is an eternity. But I'm personally looking forward to Wii-U because then original Wii will be cheaper and I can finally afford to play Mario Galaxy :P

So what was the exact document? Can the police post a link + md5sum? I need to know so I can make sure I don't download it myself.

Minus all the (infinitely more valuable) information that will be LOST with the thousands of plants, animals and languages that will go extinct this year

Good grief, knowledge and education are not all about the efficiency of search algorithms. A luddite dystopian scifi novel called, they want their villain back.

I don't need a new NIC card - I have an Advanced Reduced Instruction Set Computer Machine Processor.

I'd look into getting some long trenchcoats, for anonymity.

Oh haha i get it, it's sexist. Clever!

ah .... brisk!