The Fount of Useless Information
Your place for useless information that just might possibly be interesting.
The Afghanistan Report the Pentagon Doesn’t Want You to Read
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/national-affairs/the-afghanistan-report-the-pentagon-doesnt-want-you-to-read-20120210
Once again something I meant to publish got lost in limbo as a draft…
Very interesting reading. I am about a third through the report now. I won’t link …
Flying robot made cheap, easy enough to buy from vending machines
Harvard lab builds inexpensive, fold-out flying-bee micro robot UAV
http://www.itworld.com/mobile-wireless/251020/flying-robot-made-cheap-easy-enough-buy-vending-machines
Like the author says, if these are cheap enough I don’t care if they are useful, I want some …
Another March to War?
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/another-march-to-war-20120217
Bla bla bla war with Iran bla bla bla.
This is getting so boring, just like that police state thing I babble about all the time. Can’t I talk about anything else?
I was speaking …
Obama’s War on Pot
In a shocking about-face, the administration has launched a government-wide crackdown on medical marijuana
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/obamas-war-on-pot-20120216
As a general rule I am not in favor of Democrats but I liked a lot of Obama’s rhetoric during his …
The Cost of Living Longer — Much Longer
Number crunchers are dead set on figuring out how long you will live. For those saving for retirement, it’s the $27 trillion question.
http://www.smartmoney.com/retirement/planning/the-cost-of-living-longer–much-longer-1328897162395/?mg=com-sm
While this is a long article (by web …
Nanosecond Trading Could Make Markets Go Haywire
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/02/high-speed-trading/
Man, there is money to be made here! Of course, it is very expensive to get sub millisecond access, let alone programming analysis algorithms that can make decisions in this time frame, …
At least he paid honest taxes…
Santorum took in $3.6M in four years; highest tax rate was 28.3%
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/02/15/four-years-of-santorum-tax-returns-out-soon/?hpt=hp_t2
Why is it so many people who are first elected into Congress that aren’t already millionaires become millionaires once they have …
Researchers Crack Online Encryption System
An online encryption method widely used to protect banking, email, e-commerce and other sensitive Internet transactions is not as secure as assumed, according to a report issued by a team of U.S and European cryptanalysts.…
In a Squeaky-Clean World, a Worm Might Help Fight Disease
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204795304577220993641557460.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
I have been following this theory for a number of years and it seems to be gaining ground. There is increasing evidence that we have mutualistically co-evolved along with …
The hysterical American decline
As America tries to cling to world dominance, we can learn important lessons from Vietnam and Iraq
http://www.salon.com/2012/02/14/the_hysterical_american_decline/singleton/
UPDATE
Part II of the above:
America’s apocalyptic imperial strategy
In Iran, China and elsewhere, U.S. attempts to …