Monthly Archives: July 2012

I’d buy that for a dollar!

Posted on July 31, 2012 by Tfoui

Your wallpaper could soon be an HD display http://money.cnn.com/2012/07/30/technology/microsoft-vx-display/index.htm?source=cnn_bin Like that deleted scene in Avatar (available on the extended version), at some point in the not-too-distant-future we will have the ability to have an HD screen the size of our … Continue reading →

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A depressing, but important read…

Posted on July 31, 2012 by Tfoui

Plutocratic vistas: America’s crisis of democracy Is the present American national legislature an “exact transcript of the whole society”? http://www.salon.com/2012/07/30/plutocratic_vistas_salpart/ This is really interesting in its historical perspective. I talked earlier about the elite ‘conspiracy’ to rule the world, some … Continue reading →

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More police state

Posted on July 31, 2012 by Tfoui

Extremism normalized How Americans are efficiently trained to acquiesce to ideas once deemed so radical as to be unthinkable http://www.salon.com/2012/07/31/extremism_normalized/ Regular reader(s) will no doubt be well aware of my thoughts on our police state. I haven’t had a lot … Continue reading →

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Survival of the non-stupid

Posted on July 30, 2012 by Tfoui

Distracted pedestrians stumble into danger http://online.wsj.com/article/AP50e3f5f32487449299f8201a13bd4ad5.html Personally I think our gene pool needs a bit of scrubbing, so losing some of these people would be a fine thing for me. However, since that won’t be allowed, creating no-texting-while-walking laws are … Continue reading →

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Not sure how I feel…

Posted on July 30, 2012 by Tfoui

Why Capitalism Has an Image Problem Charles Murray examines the cloud now hanging over American business—and what today’s capitalists can do about it. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443931404577549223178294822.html?mod=googlenews_wsj I got no idea who this Charles Murray guy is and am more than a bit … Continue reading →

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Brain freeze

Posted on July 30, 2012 by Tfoui

The Brain Set Free Lifting neural constraints could turn back time, making way for youthful flexibility http://www.sciencenews.org/view/feature/id/342559/title/The_Brain_Set_Free It is interesting to me that it might be practical to ‘soften’ the brain a bit to allow for learning complex new subject … Continue reading →

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So obvious to me

Posted on July 27, 2012 by Tfoui

GDP likely slowed without strong consumer spending http://money.cnn.com/2012/07/25/news/economy/GDP-consumer-spending/index.htm?hpt=hp_t2 This is what happens when a strong (financially) government elects to engage in austerity during an economic downturn. The downturn goes on and on and on and on and growth, if there … Continue reading →

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This seals the deal

Posted on July 27, 2012 by Tfoui

Romney in Piers Morgan interview: Stop attacking success http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/07/26/romney-in-piers-morgan-interview-stop-attacking-success/?hpt=hp_c2 I am now committed to voting for Obama (as much as I detest him; I think I would rather have voted for Ron Paul (and I detest him as well)). I … Continue reading →

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Hacking eyeballs

Posted on July 26, 2012 by Tfoui

Hackers’ next target: Your eyeballs http://money.cnn.com/2012/07/26/technology/iris-hacking/index.htm?hpt=hp_t3 Because I want my reader(s) to read this article, I will leave you with just the teaser titles. Pretty scary stuff, though, so only read it if you are strong enough!

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Sudden melt

Posted on July 26, 2012 by Tfoui

NASA: Strange and sudden massive melt in Greenland The abnormally warm weather is causing meltdowns even in Greenland’s highest and coldest places http://www.salon.com/2012/07/25/nasa_strange_and_sudden_massive_melt_in_greenland/ I read this yesterday but wasn’t motivated to post at the time. To me this is just … Continue reading →

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