Category Archives: Technology

Evil (Mouse) Genius

How soon before they take our cheese? According to a paper published in the latest Journal of Neuroscience, scientists have successfully injected human glial cells — which support the communication between neurons — into mouse brains, creating hybrid mice four times smarter than their peers. via Mice with half-human brains four times smarter than theirContinue reading “Evil (Mouse) Genius”

San Francisco, city of myths – are any true? – SFGate

Some urban stories turn out to be true. Here’s one you hear all the time: San Francisco has more dogs than children. That’s no myth. The census estimates that 20 percent of the city’s population – or about 161,975 people – are younger than 18. The SPCA estimates that the city has approximately 178,000 dogs.Continue reading “San Francisco, city of myths – are any true? – SFGate”

Vint Cerf on Spam

Earlier today, in a thread titled “More Information Regarding the ISOC Anti-spam Project” Vint Cert posted this to the ISOC mailing list. I thought it worth sharing. Stopping spam at the source is hard. Filtering fake source IP addresses may stop some spambot generation but I think the only proven tactic is filtering. For someone onContinue reading “Vint Cerf on Spam”