The Fount of Useless Information
Your place for useless information that just might possibly be interesting.
Really, I didn’t make that up! They really did create it: http://cser.org/
I found it from this BBC article:
Risk of robot uprising wiping out human race to be studied
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20501091
There is no doubt in my mind that humans …
Cheaters and the sinister normalisation of our surveillance society
With zero outrage, a hit TV show turns snooping on private citizens into entertainment. How little we value our liberties
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/nov/26/cheaters-sinister-normalisation-surveillance-society
In many ways the most horrifying part of this is …
Unemployment benefits cost: $520 billion
http://money.cnn.com/2012/11/29/news/economy/unemployment-benefits-cost/index.html?source=cnn_bin
The headline is clearly intended to fire up conservative blowhards who are convinced that poor people are stealing their money. Note that this figure is for the entire 5 year period of the Great …
AP believes it found evidence of Iran’s work on nuclear weapons
A primitive graph provided by “a country critical of Iran’s atomic program” indicts the news outlet more than Tehran
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/nov/28/ap-iran-nuclear-bomb
The drumbeat for the war with Iran continues. Below …
There just doesn’t seem to be anything worth writing about today (or the last several days, though I wasn’t browsing the news sites, just glancing through the WaPo). Same old police state, same old corrupt politicians, same old ignorant sheeple …
Kill the Password: Why a String of Characters Can’t Protect Us Anymore
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/11/ff-mat-honan-password-hacker/all/
Yes, a long article, but one well worth reading for anyone reading this (since you clearly are on-line and thus have an on-line presence to protect and …
As I already admitted, I didn’t do any research to see if the management bore a substantial part of the responsibility for the problems Hostess is/was having. Perhaps I should have, as this article presents a pretty damning picture against …
Telomere length linked to risk of dying
Large study examines association between protective caps at end of chromosomes and health
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/346387/title/Telomere_length_linked_to_risk_of_dying
Lots of science stuff today helping to make up, somewhat, from a dearth of blogging last week. This article …
Global drought may have changed less than thought
Simple models have overestimated drying over past 60 years
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/346428/title/Global_drought_may_have_changed_less_than_thought
Once again there seems to be accumulating information that perhaps, just perhaps, we should take a collective deep breath and re-evaluate our …
Nanoparticles Stop Multiple Sclerosis In Mice
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/252967.php
This particular article is more interesting because I have very good friend who has dealt with MS for about 15 years now. I also like the idea that it can probably be widely …