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Physicists Prove Teleportation of Energy Is Possible

This is exactly what I wanted to hear as 2010 started. No flying car, but real progress in bringing my Trek fantasies to life.

Over five years ago, scientists succeeded in teleporting information. Unfortunately, the advance failed to bring us any closer to the Star Trek future we all dream of. Now, researchers in Japan have used the same principles to prove that energy can be teleported in the same fashion as information. Rather than just hastening the dawn of quantum computing, this development could lead to practical, significant changes in energy distribution.

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The Worst 20 Passwords

Another reason I use 1Password for almost everything these days

In December, RockYou.com was hacked, and a list of usernames and passwords was exposed to the Web, in plain text. A month later, security analysis firm Imperva has analyzed the most common passwords, and the results are depressing, to say the least.

By far, the most popular password on the site was '123456,' apparently satisfying a minimum character limit on the site's password restrictions, but doing little for security. A full 290,731 users used this password, far more than the runner-up, the slightly less complex '12345, which attracted 79,078 uses."

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p>RockYou Hack Reveals the Worst 20 Passwords via PC Magazine

Conan O’Brien Says He Won’t Host ‘Tonight Show’ Following Leno - Media Decoder Blog - NYTimes.com

Conan O’Brien Says He Won’t Host ‘Tonight Show’ Following Leno - Media Decoder Blog - NYTimes.com



"Mr. O’Brien said ‘I sincerely believe that delaying the ‘Tonight Show’ into the next day to accommodate another comedy program will seriously damage what I consider to be the greatest franchise in the history of broadcasting. ‘The Tonight Show’ at 12:05 simply isn’t the ‘Tonight Show.’’"


I couldn't be happier with this statement. Thank you Conan, keep it up.

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