The Daily Nerd (April 16th, 2014)
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The Daily Nerd (April 16th, 2014) #
Follow-Up on Skydiving Meteorite: Crowdsourcing Concludes it Was Just a Rock
For all those involved with the initial investigation of the skydiver and the possible meteorite, they now feel they have resolution to their puzzle, thanks to the beauty of crowdsourcing. The rock that showed up in a video taken during a skydive in Norway in 2012 was likely just a rock — accidentally packed in the parachute — and not a meteoroid. Steinar Midtskogen, from the Norwegian Meteor Network who was involved in the initial investigation of the video, suggested an adaptation of Linus’s Law to explain what has happened in the past week: “Given enough eyeballs, all mysteries are shallow.”
Eso es lo que aparentemente se preguntan los chicos de las nuevas generaciones, ante ese preciado objeto que soliamos exhibir con orgullo en la decada de los 80 y principios de los 90s. Señoras, y señores, así reaccionan los purretes cuando ven un ¡WALKMAN!
Tecnología y no tanto: Movibug
Descubrí un bug (comportamiento no esperado en una aplicación) de seguridad en movistar. Me parece que lo mejor que puedo hacer es compartirlo para que sea de público conocimiento. La primera vez que lo vi fue en enero y sigue en vigencia.
New Gully Appears On Mars, But It’s Likely Not Due To Water
Check out the groove! In the blink of a geological lifetime, a new gully has appeared on the planet Mars. These images from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter show a new channel in the southern hemisphere region of Terra Siernum that appeared between November 2010 and May 2013. While there’s a lot of chatter about water on Mars, this particular feature is likely not due to that liquid, the agency added.
The GNOME Foundation Is Running Out of Money
The GNOME Foundation is running out of money. The foundation no longer has any cash reserves so they have voted to freeze non-essential funding for running the foundation. They are also hunting down sponsors and unpaid invoices to regain some delayed revenue. Those wishing to support the GNOME Foundation can become a friend of GNOME.