"To achieve this level of precision, the clock ticks from the GPS satellites must be known to an accuracy of 20-30 nanoseconds. However, because the satellites are constantly moving relative to observers on the Earth, effects predicted by the Special and General theories of Relativity must be taken into account to achieve the desired 20-30 nanosecond accuracy."

Bookmarks for July 29th through August 2nd

02 Aug 2009

By Dominik Schwind

These are my links for July 29th through August 2nd:

law blog» Archiv » Die Meinungsfreiheit als Sondermüll – Die böse Absicht darf mittlerweile unterstellt werden.
Font Squirrel | Handpicked free fonts for graphic designers with commercial-use licenses. – Especially cool: the "font-face kits"
Salon.com | Why America is flunking science –
Formel Eins: Michael Schumacher gibt Comeback –
Maker’s Schedule, Manager’s Schedule –

Bookmarks for April 19th through April 21st

21 Apr 2009

By Dominik Schwind

These are my links for April 19th through April 21st:

Vettel: I Name Thee Kate’s Dirty Sister – I laughed.
Inside the precision hack – So why do they do it? Why do they write code, build complex applications, publish graphs – why do they organize a team that is more effective than most startup companies? Says Zombocom: “For the lulz”.
The Pirate Bay – The world’s largest BitTorrent tracker – "Continue to build the internets! Start more bittorrent sites, blog more, start your own lobby group, create, remix, mash up and continue to grow more heads on this amazing hydra that we know as the internets!"
Google Torrent Search – Useful.
Police delete London tourists’ photos ‘to prevent terrorism’ | UK news | guardian.co.uk – To prevent tourism?

Bookmarks for February 23rd through February 24th

24 Feb 2009

By Dominik Schwind

These are my links for February 23rd through February 24th:

Sleep anywhere! – I want this! No.. I NEED this.
Retweet Rivva – Nice. I still hate re-tweets.
Getting Real: The alone time zone – Signal vs. Noise (by 37signals) – I have this, sometimes. When I am at home and don't get bothered. I can't remember the last time I had this at work.
Do people really like the window management in xCode? – Warpspire – WTF-based management – this time it's window management.
Why Are PR Firms a Waste of Money? Here’s the Answer – Snarky and amusing.