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I had a "Science Brain Bowl" competition today; basically a contest where you get asked science
trivia questions, such as "What is the largest volcano in the Solar System?" Last year my school won
the contest, but this time we didn't make it to the final round since we played the hardest team in
the semi-finals and lost to them. If it'd been seeded or something, then we would have probably
gotten second place. Regardless, it was a lot of fun, and I learned a lot from all those questions I
didn't know, "What is the largest gland in the human body?" being one of them.
11 new planets have been discovered, including one
that is the right distance away from their sun to possibly let it support life. It'll be a great day
when we finally have the technology to visit these foreign solar systems and see how hospitable they
really are, and to possibly even see extraterrestrial life.
Browsing through my bookmarks today I stumbled across a page that had pictures of famous hackers across the world.
These include Linus Torvald (Linux
creater), Robert Morris (author of the
infamous Morris worm), and Emmanuel
Goldstein (editor of 2600). It's really interesting seeing the faces of some of the people
you've always read about, but never seen.
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