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Comment: Gatgets are useless, get good info instead (Score 1) 169

by Madman (#40135643) Attached to: Grilling For Geeks

You've got to be kidding! The way to make grilling fun is to get good results, and that means understanding what you're doing. I use an app called BB Meat Master which has an odd name and looks basic but the info on it is absolute gold and I haven't grilled a steak wrong since. You can spend $100 on a wireless something or other or you can spend $1 on an app. Your choice!

Comment: How can we bring trust back to the internet? (Score 2) 109

by Madman (#37759612) Attached to: Ask Internet Visionary and Pioneer Vint Cerf

One of the secrets of the internet's massive success is the lack of controls over it; if there had been strict security and processes in place it would likely not have come about. One of the downsides is that all our security measures are tacked-on, there is no built-in security to the protocols used on the internet and as a result security is a massive problem. How do we go from the wild west to having at least a reasonable level of trusted computing?

Comment: Quite franly, boredom (Score 1) 904

by Madman (#37737558) Attached to: What Happens When the Average Lifespan is 150 Years?

If I could keep my physical shape and my marbles I would see running out of things to do to keep busy as a problem. To combat that I would expect to see 95 year olds going back to University, and people having extremely varied careers like being a doctor, then an engineer, then taking 10 years out to lay bricks. The question I would have is would it work? Given that the one thing I would like to do in my life is to explore another planet and the technology to do that is centuries away, would I feel fulfilled with my life? I'd like the chance to find out!

Comment: So is that what we want, or the other way around? (Score 2) 243

by Madman (#36632534) Attached to: Is There a Formula For a Hit Song?

There are 2 ways to look at these results. One is that out of all the music produced this formula is what the majority of people want to listen to, or it could be that this is what the record companies flog us because it's what they think we want to hear. Either way this is all that bands will be producing from now on, meaning less variety in music. It's a case of data driven choices gone mad.

My next album title's going to be I-III-IV, should make me a million.

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