Book Reviews


[Day Permalink] Monday, November 14, 2005

[Item Permalink] How to write a Christmas tale -- Comment()
Now that Christmas is getting nearer, the skill of writing a Christmas tale is becoming more and more important. A couple of years ago I wrote a short introduction, which may be useful even today (in Finnish, Miten kirjoitan joulupakinan (lyhyt oppimäärä)).


[Item Permalink] Don't rely on aluminium foil helmets -- Comment()
On the Effectiveness of Aluminium Foil Helmets: "Among a fringe community of paranoids, aluminum helmets serve as the protective measure of choice against invasive radio signals. We investigate the efficacy of three aluminum helmet designs on a sample group of four individuals. Using a $250,000 network analyser, we find that [...] certain frequencies are in fact greatly amplified."


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Now the Legalese Rootkit: Sony-BMG's EULA: "If your house gets burgled, you have to delete all your music from your laptop when you get home. That's because the EULA says that your rights to any copies terminate as soon as you no longer possess the original CD."