A Japanese man has been arrested on suspicion of writing a computer virus that destroys and replaces files on a victim PC with manga images of squid, octopuses and sea urchins. I love his reason for all of this:
Masato Nakatsuji, 27, of Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture, was quoted as telling police: “I wanted to see how much my computer programming skills had improved since the last time I was arrested.”
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Yes, this is an image from an actual patent filed by Edward L. Van Halen on 30 July, 1985. Here’s what it’s for:
A supporting device for stringed musical instruments, for example, guitars, banjos, mandolins and the like, is disclosed. The supporting device is constructed and arranged for supporting the musical instrument on the player to permit total freedom of the player’s hands to play the instrument in a completely new way, thus allowing the player to create new techniques and sounds previously unknown to any player. The device, when in its operational position, has a plate which rests upon the player’s leg leaving both hands free to explore the musical instrument as never before. Because the musical instrument is arranged perpendicular to the player’s body, the player has maximum visibility of the instrument’s entire playing surface.
Dear sixteen year old millionaire kid…I hate you.
Delighted Christian Owens, now 16, used his pocket money to fund his first venture, website Mac Box Bundle, which has taken £700,000 since its launch in 2008. He launched advertising pay-per-click company ‘Branchr’ a year later and worked on the company after school and at weekends. Branchr was a smash hit with internet sites, made a staggering £500,000 in its first year.
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I’d expected that Dr. OMG would drive something much grander. Taken at Los Angeles Cedars Sinai Hospital parking lot.
Surprise, surprise! The average American worker slacks off about 1.7 hours per work day. Almost half of them spent this time unproductively on the Internet, 1/5th socialized instead of worked, and the rest … Oh, I’ll finish this post l8r.
