Random links
- Your diet: 20 everyday things and the calories they burn
- You could maybe spend some time doing home maintenance and cleaning instead of going to a gym if you're looking for a workout. A gym membership is probably cheaper than the workout of owning a car though.
- Traveling Light in a Time of Digital Thievery
- How worried should you be about your electronics getting hacked during international travel?
- Sexually Rejected Flies Turn to Booze
- "Offer a male fruit fly a choice between food soaked in alcohol and its nonalcoholic equivalent, and his decision will depend on whether he's mated recently or been rejected by a female. Flies that have been given the cold shoulder are more likely to go for the booze, researchers have found. It's the first discovery, in fruit flies, of a social interaction that influences future behavior."
- Patent reform bill approved by Senate
- Patent reform in the US from September 2011. In what conceivable universe is the following a good idea? "The America Invents Act switches the U.S. patent system from a first-to-invent to a first-to-file nation." It may perhaps boost the employment of lawyers, but seems to damage some others. Would also seem to promote the interests of larger firms (who have lower percentagewise overhead when it comes to filing patent applications) over smaller ones.
- Japan Population Decline: Third Of Nation's Youth Have 'No Interest' In Sex
- "... 36% of males aged 16 to 19 said that they had "no interest" in or even 'despised' sex. ... If that's not bad enough, The Wall Street Journal reports that a whopping 59% of female respondents aged 16 to 19 said they were uninterested in or averse to sex." Given the mention of virtual girlfriends in the article (amidst I'd imagine a few other things as well), I'm not sure that the "sex" is the right word here - "relationships with real people" seems a bit more accurate.