Friday 29 June 2012
meta-clockwork or synchronized worlds
The grey eminences of weights and measures in Paris who keep the Meter and the Gram, like the warp and weave of the Fates, are gifting the world with an extra second (Schaltsekunde) to compensate for the drift of the winding down rotation of the Earth in comparison to the their household atomics that keep Universal Coordinated Time, the reference point for most of the planet’s civilian timekeepers. With ever more exacting calipers, it seems that the Earth has drifted a whole second off the mark, since it was last adjusted on the last day of the year in 2008.
catagories: ๐ญ, antiques, philosophy
Thursday 28 June 2012
teufels kreis
catagories: economic policy, Europe
Wednesday 27 June 2012
dossier or when hacks attack
Having the ability to wield death-dealing thunderbolts from above under the technology of drones of course supposes that the same capabilities for all are not that far behind. Spying via satellite was a bit more of a challenge until all but the sharpest telemetry was disseminated to everyone; such advances lower the common denominator.
catagories: ๐ฅธ, foreign policy, technology and innovation
Monday 25 June 2012
big in japan
catagories: ๐ฏ๐ต, ๐️, ๐, food and drink, transportation, travel