A bit of a slow news day, or rather a day slow on news that prompts me to comment. I read this article earlier today and was on the edge of blogging on it, but the activation energy was just …
Month: February 2012
Got to be seen!
So, here’s why I’m not moving to Wyoming
http://www.hlntv.com/article/2012/02/27/wyoming-doomsday-bill-emergency-military-draft?hpt=hp_bn13
This really has to be read! Wyoming wants to explore the feasibility of having its own aircraft carrier in the event there is a nation-wide economic meltdown! While I am quick …
What is the chance of a favorable ruling?
Favorable, of course, to the poor people
Shell Oil must aid workers abused overseas
http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/27/opinion/simons-corporations-abuses/index.html?hpt=hp_bn9
Somehow I expect the Supreme Court will follow the lower court ruling and agree that corporations are only people when it comes to Constitutional _benefits_ …
He makes this sound very attractive
Privacy versus Efficiency
http://dilbert.com/blog/entry/privacy_versus_efficiency/
Adams makes the idea of zero privacy sound very attractive. I am sure that for youth of today (probably anyone under 35) this ‘loss’ of privacy wouldn’t even be noticed. Barring biblical apocalypse or some such …
Microbial fuel cell and Bacillus stratosphericus
Superbugs: Efficient Generator of Electricity
http://www.medindia.net/news/superbugs-efficient-generator-of-electricity-98049-1.htm
I had heard about the idea of the microbial fuel cell before and if I could somehow motivate myself to work in my lab again it might be something I would pursue, but when …
Giving home schooling a bad name
Rick Santorum’s home-school hokum
America’s most famous home-schooler spent three years soaking Pennsylvania taxpayers for his kids’ education
http://www.salon.com/2012/02/26/rick_santorums_home_school_hokum/singleton/
I don’t need other reasons to not like Santorum and almost didn’t bother to read this article (I had already heard …
The hypnotic spell of apocalypse
America’s endless apocalypse
Over the last decade, we’ve become obsessed with the end of the world — and it’s hurting us all
http://www.salon.com/2012/02/26/americas_endless_apocalypse/singleton/
OK, I freely admit that I engage in apocalyptic talk from time to time (sometimes way more …
I guess I am a “smart idiot”
The ugly delusions of the educated conservative
Better-educated Republicans are more likely to doubt global warming and believe Obama’s a Muslim. Here’s why
http://www.salon.com/2012/02/24/the_ugly_delusions_of_the_educated_conservative/singleton/
I have talked about my ‘skeptical’ thoughts on global warming before (and talked many other times…
A follow-up
A follow up to Life as we don’t know it:
‘Nomad planets’ could carry bacterial life
http://www.tgdaily.com/space-features/61668-nomad-planets-could-carry-bacterial-life
According to the article there might be as many as 100,000x ‘nomad’ planets for each visible star which, if true, would almost …
Exercise and get smarter!
How Exercise Fuels the Brain
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/22/how-exercise-fuels-the-brain/
As if we needed more reasons to exercise, now it makes us smarter! The article didn’t make it clear if you had to bust your ass exercise or if walking for an hour …