Peter Jackson, Oscar-winning director of the Lord of the Rings movies, has signed a deal to produce two films based on JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit.

Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy.... wait a minute... Two Movies?!?!?

Thratchen

Jackson to produce Hobbit movies

Very interesting research of the mental and cognitive values of being bilingual.

Being bilingual protects against some age-related cognitive changes, says new research

Interesting new book on unique words from around the world.

Untranslatable Insults, Put-Downs and Curses from around the World

This is a very cool presentation on breaking all kinds of keys (WPA, BT PIN, WinZip, OSX FileVault, etc) with an single PC-based FPGA cluster. Very very cool stuff.

Thratchen

Faster PwninG Assured: Cracking Crypto with FPGAs

This is very cool. These researchers are growing cells and then making tissue by "printing" cells with a ink jet printer and then making simple organs. Very cool.

Thratchen

Can you whip up a new liver on your HP photo printer while you are at it?

Not really, but this is fairly cool stuff. Be sure to look the the more detailed link.

Playstation 3 used to Predict US Presidential Race Winner...

This is a fairly interesting project that is going on in the EU. Think putting the entire EU transportation system grid on the 6Bone Internet all the way down to each major system (e.g. Engine) in your car. Allow for grid to car and car to car communications. Pretty wild and scary stuff. Can I run IPFW on my car?

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CVIS

woofus wrote:
I expect Nanochick to pick me up on her way to this. We know how to cheat at this game. It has a prize of $10,000 Canadian. I am going to ask for mine in all dimes. What does that covert to in dollars, like $20.00 or something I think.

Bob Bernstein, founder and owner of Bongo Java, Fidos and Bongo Java Roasting Company is a big "player" of Rock, Paper Scissors (and has actually went to the competition.) I had heard of this from Bob and there have been some articles on this. But, this is the only one I could easily find (and it's only in Google Cache.)

http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:pgUF6X3mWhoJ:www.theadvertiser.com/accent/html/4EEA7705-6F43-45F3-B396-B4D84A09ACCA.shtml+bongo+java+bernstein+rock+paper+scissors&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=1

Thratchen

RE: Hundreds to compete for rock, paper, scissors title.

Well, I ran across this link while reading my standard news feeds and thought it was worth posting for the amusement factor alone. I'm wondering if this will travel outside of Japan. I don't think it's very likely.

Thratchen

New X-Games Event?