Then you could post your project on pinterest!

Maybe they will next time.

The same thing happens with conference calls. Adding video doesn't change the fact that you aren't in the same room as the other people. I don't see this working all that well until we get holodecks or something like that.

I find that when faced with something like this, people almost invariably see what they bring into it, as evidenced by some of the comments. If you expect evolution, you see evolution. If you expect a designer, you see a designer. These kind of things don't persuade me either way, but I do find it to be *really* cool regardless of how it came about.

Brutal. Funny, but brutal.

I'm saddened to see how much animosity there seems to be between developers and sysadmins. I have always gotten along very well with my sysadmins over the years. Not sure what the difference is.

Why haven't they been doing this for a long time already?

Chaos: Making a New Science by James Gleick.

Non-maths guy, so his explanations and examples are approachable. Good jumping off point if it piques someone's interest.

I'll feed the troll.

One thing that's probably very difficult to measure from satellite images is energy in a storm, which I would think would be an important part of measuring storminess. I'd think that knowing how far the impact extended through the earth would be very helpful in measuring energy.

These are speeding tickets, not light-running tickets.

... and Tolkien was dead.

This makes me happy