“Speed of iteration beats the quality of iteration…”

Lots to think about.

Fascinating colour images from the 1940′s. Click through to see all the images.

Totally rad. Yes, that is my highest level of compliment.

They crack passwords by measuring the time it takes for a computer to respond to a login request. On some login systems, the computer will check password characters one at a time, and kick back a “login failed” message as soon as it spots a bad character in the password. This means a computer returns a completely bad login attempt a tiny bit faster than a login where the first character in the password is correct.

By trying to log in again and again, cycling through characters and measuring the time it takes for the computer to respond, hackers can ultimately figure out the correct passwords.

Beautiful icons by SoftFacade, based in St.Petersburg (via @atebits)

the arrival of the Singularity — a time, possibly just a couple decades from now, when a superior intelligence will dominate and life will take on an altered form that we can’t predict or comprehend in our current, limited state.