Spotted these in the wild. 50c a packet. The verdict? Too sweet, like strawberry. I still prefer classic grape.
Archive for February, 2008
I almost literally jumped for joy when I read that Australian Government officials are considering introducing an R18+ rating for video games. About bloody time is all I can say. The story was originally reported by The Age in an article unfortunately titled “R-rating risks influx of excessively violent games”. However, the article goes on to cite research conducted by a Queensland university claiming that in Australia, 50% of gamers are over 18 and that the average age of gamers is 28.
Via Joystiq and GamePolitics.com.
This occurred to me recently: Google have a unique opportunity to write an AI that can pass the Turing Test. All they would have to do is write some fancy algorithm to parse all the data from Google Talk logs. There would of course be the small issue of personal information people type into chats, but surely complete loss of privacy is a small price to pay when the potential rewards are so great. Seriously, people. It would be a computer you could TALK TO!
I used to respect ABC as a source of genuine news. But I simply cannot get over Anna Hipsley’s excuse for an article posted on the ABC Science & Technology news site yesterday. A 15-year-old student from Adelaide has recreated the Mythbusters experiment proving that a goldfish’s memory lasts more than 3 seconds. Now I’m all for youngens getting into science, but there are several problems with this story that have really got my goat.
This is NOT news. It was busted more than FOUR years ago on a Mythbusters episode which originally aired on January 25, 2004.
Kudos to the kid for reproducing the results using exactly the same technique as the Mythbusters experiment. Using colour conditioning to feed the fish, then teaching them to navigate obstacles. But writing “a 15-year-old schoolboy from Adelaide has just debunked that theory.” I’m sorry, but that sounds a lot like the student is being credited with some kind of original discovery. Hipsley even has the cheek to say “myth busted” in the title of the article, yet ZERO reference is made to the Mythbusters experiment.
Credit where it’s due, please.
This is the funniest thing I have seen since, well… since Sue White’s upper limbs extended themselves so very unexpectedly.
They’re back! And if you need any convincing to watch the new terminator series, here it is. Just be sure to ignore any negative reviews on IMDB until after you’ve seen it.
- It’s about robots who want to destroy humanity, and an artificial intelligence that wants to take over the world. I could stop right here, but just for good measure, I’ll go on. They’ve also thrown in some destiny and identity themes; always interesting.
- Summer Glau plays the most kick-ass sidekick, excelling once again at beating everyone up.
- Fresh from cutting his teeth on another series about robots hell-bent on genocide, Bear McCreary’s score will completely blow your mind.
- Plenty of soothing ACTION, Action, action. More of what we loved about the original Terminator movies.
- Oh, and did I mention the robots? ;-)
Well, I’m off to rent this, this and this to catch up on the story.
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