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Joe Armstrong's 2000 patent application (futilitycloset.com)
1 point by davesailer on March 22, 2011 | past
Two islands in a lake on an island in a lake (futilitycloset.com)
3 points by splattne on March 12, 2011 | past | 1 comment
Applied Chemistry | Futility Closet (futilitycloset.com)
2 points by johndcook on Feb 20, 2011 | past
Can a Ship Sail Faster Than the Wind? (futilitycloset.com)
2 points by Adrock on Dec 22, 2010 | past | 1 comment
Happenstance (futilitycloset.com)
15 points by __Rahul on Dec 12, 2010 | past | 10 comments
Placebo buttons (futilitycloset.com)
4 points by wdaher on Nov 7, 2010 | past
The Wow Signal (futilitycloset.com)
1 point by shawndumas on Oct 8, 2010 | past
Magic 13x13 Square (futilitycloset.com)
5 points by wyclif on Aug 16, 2010 | past
Before the Facebook Login page was the Woolworth ID (futilitycloset.com)
2 points by hernan7 on May 28, 2010 | past
An 1892 Easter Egg (futilitycloset.com)
7 points by nobody_nowhere on March 8, 2010 | past
Perfect example of real-life hacking (futilitycloset.com)
208 points by ph0rque on Feb 26, 2010 | past | 41 comments
The Wow Signal (futilitycloset.com)
2 points by AlphaMonkey on Sept 24, 2009 | past | 1 comment
Euclid, Schmeuclid (futilitycloset.com)
6 points by Jebdm on Aug 22, 2009 | past | 3 comments
The Prisoners’ Paradox (futilitycloset.com)
10 points by TriinT on July 3, 2009 | past | 24 comments
Some things never change (futilitycloset.com)
1 point by TriinT on July 2, 2009 | past
Knuth is so revered among computer scientists that they won't cash his checks. (futilitycloset.com)
19 points by TriinT on May 29, 2009 | past | 12 comments
Beware the Inventor (futilitycloset.com)
23 points by noodle on Feb 15, 2009 | past | 3 comments

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