Comments on: Chapter 11 http://w1n5t0n.com/chapter-11/ An annotated version of Cory Doctorow's Little Brother Fri, 07 May 2010 01:01:41 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Syd http://w1n5t0n.com/chapter-11/#comment-1832 Syd Sun, 28 Feb 2010 23:16:29 +0000 http://w1n5t0n.com/?p=32#comment-1832 This is from the Declaration of Independence, directly after the part where it says that people have the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. This is from the Declaration of Independence, directly after the part where it says that people have the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

]]> By: SJBolling http://w1n5t0n.com/chapter-11/#comment-257 SJBolling Sun, 13 Sep 2009 23:52:58 +0000 http://w1n5t0n.com/?p=32#comment-257 The dodecahedron has 12 regular pentagonal faces, 20 vertices, and 30 edges. Three faces meet at each vertex. <img src="http://etc.usf.edu/clipart/20100/20181/dodecahedron_20181_lg.gif" width="200" height="200"> The dodecahedron has 12 regular pentagonal faces, 20 vertices, and 30 edges. Three faces meet at each vertex.

]]> By: SJBolling http://w1n5t0n.com/chapter-11/#comment-256 SJBolling Sun, 13 Sep 2009 23:46:02 +0000 http://w1n5t0n.com/?p=32#comment-256 < a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/wayoflife/07/31/aa.new.car.smell/"> CNN Report</a> < a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/wayoflife/07/31/aa.new.car.smell/"> CNN Report

]]> By: SJBolling http://w1n5t0n.com/chapter-11/#comment-255 SJBolling Sun, 13 Sep 2009 23:44:53 +0000 http://w1n5t0n.com/?p=32#comment-255 New car scent is comprised of chemicals found in the many plastic pieces as well as the adhesive which holds them together. For more info visit: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_car_smell" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia entry</a> < a hred="http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/wayoflife/07/31/aa.new.car.smell/"> CNN Report </a> New car scent is comprised of chemicals found in the many plastic pieces as well as the adhesive which holds them together.

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< a hred="http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/wayoflife/07/31/aa.new.car.smell/"> CNN Report

]]> By: tiptoe http://w1n5t0n.com/chapter-11/#comment-166 tiptoe Sun, 06 Sep 2009 04:28:59 +0000 http://w1n5t0n.com/?p=32#comment-166 "ParanoidLinux" is a reference to Robert A. Heinlein's 1967 novel "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress," which appears to be an inspiration for "Little Brother." In his Hugo Award-winning novel, Heinlein refers to ParanoidLinux as "an operating system that assumes that its operator is under assault from the government... and it does everything it can to keep your communications and documents a secret..." See http://somefantastic.us/Issue_Archive/Issue_No_15.pdf “ParanoidLinux” is a reference to Robert A. Heinlein’s 1967 novel
“The Moon is a Harsh Mistress,” which appears to be an inspiration for “Little Brother.” In his Hugo Award-winning novel, Heinlein refers to ParanoidLinux as “an operating system that assumes that its operator is under assault from the government… and it does everything it can to keep your communications and documents a secret…” See http://somefantastic.us/Issue_Archive/Issue_No_15.pdf

]]> By: tiptoe http://w1n5t0n.com/chapter-11/#comment-164 tiptoe Sun, 06 Sep 2009 04:18:40 +0000 http://w1n5t0n.com/?p=32#comment-164 Blood flow increases in the central retinal artery after lights are turned out. It takes a while for the photoreceptors to adjust to loss of light, as suggested in this article: http://www.iovs.org/cgi/content/full/40/8/1850 Blood flow increases in the central retinal artery after lights are turned out. It takes a while for the photoreceptors to adjust to loss of light, as suggested in this article: http://www.iovs.org/cgi/content/full/40/8/1850

]]> By: tiptoe http://w1n5t0n.com/chapter-11/#comment-163 tiptoe Sun, 06 Sep 2009 04:07:26 +0000 http://w1n5t0n.com/?p=32#comment-163 Photo streams on the photo-sharing service Flickr are one of the key ways people on the social-networking site have of finding photos they might be interested in, according to an analysis at http://arxiv.org/abs/cs/0612047 Photo streams on the photo-sharing service Flickr are one of the key ways people on the social-networking site have of finding photos they might be interested in, according to an analysis at http://arxiv.org/abs/cs/0612047

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