Sugar filled diet for programmer’s mind

I feel that sugar deserves a spot as an honourary member of the Computer Science field, for its integral part in the culture. It’s up there, right next to the coffee. The thing is, our brain is a powerful machine, and according to Popular Science, kicking things into the thinking gear costs 1.5 Calories per minute. That’s not as much as during a physical workout; though trying to sustain active thinking throughout the 8 hour workday will add up to 720 Calories. Keep in mind that 2000 is what is recommended for daily intake.

Internet protocols could be facing a siege from ISPs

Rogers, one of the two major Canadian Internet Service Providers, has been busy exercising their position of power. Again. After having been injecting content into HTTP webpages for half a year, Rogers has moved on to hijack DNS as well, replacing “not found” responses with pages full of ads. Though why stop there? Internet comes with many more communication protocols; plenty of opportunities to disrupt expected responses and inject unwanted ads into someone else’s content. All in the name of extra profits.

University of Waterloo’s CS sculpture is missing

Original image by Tony Targonski

University of Waterloo’s iconic Computer Science sculpture has gone missing, from in front of the Mathematics & Computer building. The metallic blue “abstract art” sculpture that spelled out “CS”, supposedly from a variety of angles, has not been found to greet the Math students, on their way to class this morning. [...]