Here’s What Happens When You Light a Fire in #Space: flame doesn’t go up & you can get cool flames
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/06/heres-what-happens-when-you-light-a-fire-in-space/276950 via @TheAtlantic
Kitchen as a Pollution Hazard: #health impact is on a par with car accidents & greater than secondhand smoke or radon
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/07/22/the-kitchen-as-a-pollution-hazard
Importance of hoods & fans !
QT:”
Recently Dr. Logue estimated the long-term health effects expected from hundreds of chemicals found in average homes. Her 2012 study, published in Environmental Health Perspectives, used a common epidemiological metric known as disability-adjusted life-year to show that the population-wide health impact of indoor pollutants is on a par with that of car accidents, and greater than that of traditional concerns like secondhand smoke or radon.
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Great eval of @LastPass on old @SecurityNow episode, highlighting total #encryption approach & plan if company tanks
Also, login grids, 1-time passwords
Steve thoroughly evaluates LastPass, explains why high-security passwords are necessary, and tells us how LastPass makes storing those passwords secure.
http://twit.tv/show/security-now/256
downloaded, synched, listened & posted
Debate rages over availability of history dissertations in NYT: Does a 6-year embargo make sense? http://bit.ly/13VgQCD via @ivanoransky
Simpson’s Paradox That Both Raises and Reduces Wages
http://lifehacker.com/four-common-statistical-misconceptions-you-should-avoid-906056582
Two foci for Genomics England are cancer and rare, inherited diseases – not neuro, cardio, &c.
https://twitter.com/timjph/status/353047985808084993
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/6a1f001e-e48a-11e2-a74d-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2Y840CSnr
speedtest results (in Mb/s downloading and then uploading) comparing DSL & Cable
mb16 =>
860mbg11=>Verizon-DSL : 6.4, .9
860mbg11=>TW-Cable : 6.4, 5.2
FD4CN=>Verizon-DSL : 5.1, .8
77c021=>TW-Cable : 8.8, 5.1
verizon.net/speedoptimizer
then
verizon.net/speedtest
MT @hlatim: Checkpoint Charlie | Economist http://bit.ly/137nZLO checkpoint inhibitors for lymphocyte proliferation, which combats #cancer
