The other day I was thinking in the shower (not an uncommon occurrence) and an idea occurred to me. Is there a smallest discrete unit of time? Not of measurable time, but is the space between one second and another infinite like the number line? Or is there a smallest unit of time that exists?
I was thinking today about speed limits in NJ, and I realized that I have seen speed limits posted for 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55 and 65. And there are from time to time limits posted between 5 – 25 mph, especially in certain neighborhoods or parking lots. But is there a 60 mph speed limit posted on any stretch of NJ roadway?
A few articles highlight just how important their customers' privacy really is. First, in an article that represents a certain level of vindication, Ameritrade is settling a class action lawsuit over their multi-year customer data leak.
In other news, there was another article on the pros and cons of LifeLock, the service with annoying, boastful commercials about protecting your identify from theft. While the author speaks to the LifeLock service, the broader point made is again how little the institutions actually care about protecting privacy relative to profits.
Not that the rapture is any laughing matter (should such an event come to pass, your beliefs are your own), but reading about this service made me laugh out loud last night.
"You've Been Left Behind gives you one last opportunity to reach your lost family and friends for Christ," reads the website, which is purportedly run "by Christians, for Christians." The domain name is registered through an anonymous proxy service, presumably to protect the proprietors from the Forces of Darkness, and not because they're up to anything shady.
I'm sure it's all legit. Just check out the verification mechanism.
The e-mails will be triggered when three of the site's five Christian staffers "scattered around the U.S." fail to log in for six days in a row — a system that incorporates a nice margin of safety, should two of the proprietors turn out to be unrepentant sinners or atheists.
See? Look at the redundancy they've built in.
Bryan and I had an e-mail exchange last week on the topic of whether I should get a PC or a Mac as my next laptop. Here’s a brief summary of what I learned.
Looks like I’m going to have a tough decision on my hands soon (very soon, given my keyboard is starting to break).