Internet Finds – Page 19

NROL-39: Release the Kraken

A kraken devouring the earth captioned “Nothing is beyond our reach” is an official NRO spy satellite mission patch … you can’t make this shit up.

NROL-39 Payload Container (Source: United Launch Alliance via ODNI)

NROL-39 Mission Patch (Source: NASA Space Flight Forum)

Update:

Arstechnica has something about this as well. 🙂

NROL-39 - Know Your Enemy — NROL-39 – Know Your Enemy 😛 (Source: Arstechnica Forum)

Struggles of a Systems Programmer

James Mickens has probably written the most hilarious essay about the struggles of a systems programmer. xD

Universal Surveillance Justification

You have your own invasive surveillance program? The EFF has created an online tool for generating justification statements using real quotes that are so broad and nonsensical that they can be used to justify just about anything. 😀

An ABC for Baby Linguists

Ingenious: An ABC for Baby Linguists

Thanks @atopal

Super Mario World Camera Logic Review

A great analysis of the level of detail that went into the camera logic of Super Mario World.

Jonathan Blow: Game design: the medium is the message

Jonathan Blow shares his insights into why free-to-play games are a step back in the evolution of entertainment. He basically talks about what constraints of the medium (structurally) influence film plots and game play respectively. He draws an interesting parallel between free-to-play games and the “commercials and syndication” based monetization model of 70s and 80s TV series.

Highly recommended! 😀