In addition to being gone for almost a week, the last several days has seen my domains stuck in ice cold molasses for some reason. Though I have had no reply from my service provider, the problem appears to have …
Month: November 2011
We need to broaden our definition of life
Want to Find Aliens? Look for More than Just Earth-Like Planets
http://www.space.com/13701-search-alien-life-earth-planets.html
They talk about producing a “Planetary Habitability Index” based more on the known extremes of life as found here on Earth. I like that idea as I feel …
More uselessly interesting…
Scientists invent lightest material on Earth. What now?
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2011/11/lightest-material-on-earth.html?track=lat-pick
In the collection of cool but perhaps useless stuff, this should rank near the top…
…“It takes more than 10 seconds, for instance, for the lightest material we’ve made to fall
Hackable printers
HP printer loophole permits data harvesting
http://www.slashgear.com/hp-printer-loophole-permits-data-harvesting-or-self-destruct-29198636/
It seems you can not only get copies of every document printed, but set the printer on fire as well!…
A bit obscure
But to me interesting in the future potential…
Scientists Of University Of Cambridge Devise Flexible Collective Osmotic Shock (COS) Method
Scientists of the University of Cambridge have published a novel research, demonstrating a novel flexible collective osmotic shock (COS) method …
Americans Have Put On 20 Pounds In 20 Years
Americans Have Put On 20 Pounds In 20 Years
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/238386.php
This is horrifying in a different way. Not only are we turning into a nation of lard-asses, but it seems we are convincing ourselves that it is OK for us …
This is rather horrifying
I have mentioned the de facto police state we live in now a few times (http://sol-biotech.com/wordpress/?s=%22police+state%22), but it seems that certain members of Congress want to formally make the United States a police state and do away with …
A way different type of robot…
Robot without a skeleton inspired by squid, crawls on land
http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2011/11/robot-without-a-skeleton-inspired-by-squid-crawls-on-land.ars
This really intrigued me and thought readers here (all two of you, or is that too many?) would also find it interesting. I have been reading for years about …
Am I a Global Warming Skeptic?
I read this article on Science News (hopefully the link below will work for you) and felt motivated to comment on it.
Contrasting the concerns over climate and ozone loss
Why phasing out chlorofluorocarbons proved a much easier sell than …
I’m baaaaaack!
We took a week off over Thanksgiving partly to work on the greenhouse pool project (http://sol-system.com/koxenrider/property/greenhousepool/ if you find yourself with too much time on your hands) and partly to spend time with my mom. I got very sore …