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  The Platypus - Stranger than it looks?[->] 2008-05-07 19:28 pugugly

Submitted by pugugly on Wednesday May 07, @07:28PM
pugugly writes "The NYtimes and NPR are both covering the recent decoding of the Platypus genome. Among other topics of interest, at 150 million years, evidently the Platypus is an older mammal than I realized. Lesson Learned: Make sure they're strange when they're young, and they will be strange forever."
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/08/science/08platypus.html
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 [+] submission, science, biotech

  Getting smarter in 50 reps.[->] 2008-04-23 22:00 pugugly

Submitted by pugugly on Wednesday April 23, @10:00PM
pugugly writes "Wired Magazine has a seven page review Wired of a program known as SuperMemo and it's creator Piotr Wozniak. The program is designed (as I understand it) to evaluate when the best time is to refresh ones memory to facilitate memorizing information. I'm still evaluating this in my own mind, but the principle doesn't seem to be inherently pseudo-scientific.

As someone that scores highly on every aspect of IQ tests *except* rote memorization, I am perhaps too hopeful of a cheap, easy way to support my weaknesses — has anyone had the chance to evaluate this themselves? Shall we become uber-geniuses together? What Would Luthor Do?"
http://www.wired.com/medtech/health/magazine/16-05/ff_wozniak?currentPage=all
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 [+] submission, science, medicine

  Assume FISA goes through. What now? 2008-02-15 00:22 pugugly

Submitted by pugugly on Friday February 15, @12:22AM
pugugly writes "Going by past history, it is safe to assume the the Democrats will fold, and all avenues for legally holding the U.S. Government accountable for illegally listening to calls and reading e-mail will be closed. I know how to use PGP, although I've never done so. I *use* truecrypt, basically on the theory that it's a simple prophylactic procedure that insures neither loss of my laptop nor seizure of it can result in the complete publication of everything I have. For one password — well worth it. But I have not, typically, bothered to be all that paranoid. What else. If I am the ex-wife/husband of an FBI agent who I don't trust not to peek on my internet connection in the name of 'national security', and my ISP has to pretty much assume he's telling the truth, how do I set up personal privacy, encrypted connections, and everything else to minimize the information he can compromise my privacy with."
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 [+] submission, askslashdot, security

  Computer Checkers Program Is Invincible 2007-07-19 16:59 pugugly

Submitted by pugugly on Thursday July 19 2007, @04:59PM
pugugly writes "While we humans are still (barely) on top at Chess, we appear to have lost at Checkers. Chinook the worlds most powerful Checkers (Draughts) programs has been proven to be invincible in it's current incarnation — at best it can be drawn, not beaten. It's previous version had lost to Checkers Champion Dr. Marion Tinsley with two wins, four losses, and 33 draws — the two wins brought Dr. Tinsleys total loss record since 1950 to 7. The article from the NY Times, registration and sacrifice of first born req'd."
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 [+] submission, games, classicgames

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