The Fount of Useless Information
Your place for useless information that just might possibly be interesting.
Google threatened Acer with Android excommunication claims Alibaba
http://www.slashgear.com/google-threatened-acer-with-android-excommunication-claims-alibaba-13247461/
Companies never seem to realize when they cross that magical line in the aether where their actions suddenly become anti-competitive. Microsoft had to learn this lesson a long time ago, it …
Helium-filled drives announced
http://www.zdnet.com/helium-filled-drives-announced-7000004222/
Every time I think that hard drive capacity has hit a wall, I find an article like this. Six terabytes per drive is kind of hard to imagine, then raid those suckers and all the sudden …
What Work Is Really For
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/08/work-good-or-bad/
I found the above article and added it to my customary list of things-to-read-today. Reading it was interesting and made me think about my ‘utopia’ where I could simply spend time on the manifold …
Acupuncture works, one way or another
http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/11/health/health-acupuncture/index.html?hpt=hp_bn12
I have had bad feet for quite a few months this year (plantar fasciitis) and was persuaded to go to an acupuncturist after my wife had successful results treating her shoulders (after nearly …
The ‘mule-bot’ walks again
http://security.blogs.cnn.com/2012/09/12/the-mule-bot-walks-again/?hpt=hp_c2
Not exactly how useful this will turn out to be, but since it is another small step along the path to Skynet surely it is a good thing, eh?
One ‘practical’ issue I have is …
Why I miss Ross Perot: Mitt Romney and Barack Obama ads are full of outright lies
Mitt Romney and President Obama are taking a break today from negative campaigning in honor of September 11. But that doesn’t change the outright …
Second Gunman in Death of the Dinosaurs
A cunning study of geology, shells and ancient magnetism offers clues to a long-ago extinction
http://science.time.com/2012/09/11/second-gunman-in-death-of-the-dinosaurs/?hpt=hp_t3
It seems that the great dinosaur killer asteroid wasn’t such a great dinosaur killer after all. More …
Four ways your privacy is being invaded
Slowly but surely, government and telecommunications companies have forged a police-corporate surveillance complex
http://www.salon.com/2012/09/11/four_ways_your_privacy_is_being_invaded/
This is a rather long outline of all the ways we have lost privacy over the last several decades …
Why I left the GOP
I grew up in a rich, conservative household, but after Katrina and Iraq, I realized my priorities were out of order
http://www.salon.com/2012/09/10/why_i_left_the_gop/
I see bits of myself in the author’s descriptions. While not an exact …
Can we predict a wrongful conviction?
Experts find recurring themes in these cases, and safeguards in the system become “speed bumps at best”
http://www.salon.com/2012/09/09/can_we_predict_a_wrongful_conviction/
I discuss the idea of InJustice here off and on and in the rush to make …