What we have featured in this article is a potential 3D version of the same fractal. For the impatient, you can skip to the nice pics, but the below makes an interesting read (with a little math as well for the curious). [via Mandelbulb: The Unravelling of the Real 3D Mandelbrot Fractal]

Gorgeous.

To all my regular readers a fond hello again after a few months of not being bothered that this thing didnt work, even not noticed that this thing didnt work and so i have slipped out off the google number one spot. Now, test number 3 in a sequence of indeterminate number - will i make it back again?

Is public domain software open-source?. [via CNET News.com]

Absolutely not, public domain has no license. Open source is encumbered by a restrictive license. Period, end, move on.

Did you know... You can use Solution Folders to hide projects? - #157.  .... [via MSDN Blogs]

Wonderful

Go read:

a google horror story: what happens when you are disappeared.  

Earlier this week, an acquaintance of mine found himself trapped in a Kafka-esque nightmare, a nightmare that should make all of us stop and think. ... [via apophenia]

It seems being connected still counts for so much but I wonder how many 'real' people are being bombed by this. How many people really are handing over their filofaxes for someone else to keep, or more importantly, filofaxes they care about.

 

It has become apparent that if you only watch BBC content via the iPlayer then you do not need a TV license because said license is only required if you are watching programmes as they are broadcast. So, if you subscribe to Sky+ and watch BBC content from recordings (or just press pause for a few seconds <g>), then you don't need a license. Similarly, I suppose Freeview and Virgin Media et al systems that include the ability to record.

What I am not sure about is whether this watch as broadcast applies for other content providers - but, doesn't matter, there is the pause button.

Hmmmm, might be heading for ooops land this one.

Judge rules computer programs can be patented.  The High Court ruling has cast doubt on the UK's application of the European Patent Convention [via ZDNet UK News]

Oh boy, here we go.

Hate the mouse!.  

I hate mice. I really do. If it weren't for web browsers, I'd likely never use a mouse. So what does it really mean to live a mouse-free lifestyle?

<snip loads of stuff about memorising keyboard shortcuts and macros for outlook>

 [via John Lam on Software]

Much much much (really) more effective is to use a something like a wacom tablet and pen. I can't draw, totally useless at graphics but using a pen has completely solved some RSI problems I was getting using a mouse.

the absurdities of Davos.  

... Another thing about Davos was that it became painfully clear that most business people are unaware of their role in the system. .... What I found was that many powerful people desperately want to help solve these problems but they seem unaware of their role in perpetuating some of the ills. It was weird... I couldn't tell if such folks were clueless or delusional.

 [via apophenia]

As you rise up the chain, you forget. Same as most of us oldies (but very especially politicians) seem to forget what it is like to be a kid - that working all hours and being driven to success and attainment and all that stuff just isn't a driver for the majority. 

Bill Gates: "Recognition enhances a company's reputation, appeals to customers and attracts good people to an organization," he said. "In a market where profits aren't possible, recognition becomes a proxy for profit." [via InfoWorld RSS Feed]

I like the phrase proxy profit, it has appeal to the baser instincts while dragging them out of the mud.