Neuromusicologists have long been interested in the psychophysiological structures that separate relative-pitched people (a majority in Western civilization) from those with perfect/absolute pitch. Hard data has not been forthcoming, though experiments asking participants to sing popular songs they know by heart has demonstrated that absolute ( Read more... )

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When I was bean-slinging in Boston, one of my regular customers was an MIT guy who was working on the detection system to allow using one of these devices for preventing seizures. Now they're trying them on psychiatric disorders.
Humans rewire own brains. I am a strange loop. Whoa.
Ciro
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http://news.wired.com/dynamic/stories/T/TECHBIT_EPILEPSY_FOUNDATION_HACKED?SITE=WIRE&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-05-07-19-29-17&reload=true

I'm all for the Computer Underground, but this shit makes me want to napalm the next DefCon.

Ciro

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"I am a hacker and this is my manifesto."
- The Mentor, "The Conscience of a Hacker" (a.k.a " ( Read more... )

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My father is not afraid to cry. His father was, I think. I have a picture of the two of them together, from some time in the late 70s or early 80s. My father has on a rockstar face, one of a series of expressions he learned from Mick Jagger. My grandfather looks made of wood or stone. No expression. I wonder if his face ever moved, except out ( Read more... )

So the emerging scene is far less than we deserve, and the outcome is far from certain, but I think that misses the point. When it's all over, I'm selling t-shirts that say, "I made it through the Bush Administration."
Ciro
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