The Fount of Useless Information
Your place for useless information that just might possibly be interesting.
An interesting article that tries to discuss a complex subject:
The End of Evil?
Neuroscientists suggest there is no such thing. Are they right?
http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/the_spectator/2011/09/does_evil_exist_neuroscientists_say_no_.html
In my view ‘evil’ is a subjective thing and will always remain so. People who …
Just in case you thought there were any vestiges of privacy left…
Cloud-Powered Facial Recognition Is Terrifying
By harnessing the vast wealth of publicly available cloud-based data, researchers are taking facial recognition technology to unprecedented levels
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/09/cloud-powered-facial-recognition-is-terrifying/245867/
Couple this with …
Computer virus hits U.S. drone fleet
http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/10/tech/innovation/virus-hits-drone-fleet-wired/index.html?hpt=hp_bn6
And the geniuses are not even sure if it was specifically targeted or just happened to coincidentally infect from the Internet.
I am starting to take the doomsday scenarios about China having our …
Rather than the govt being actually involved in the 911 attacks, this is about the cover-up afterward when it seems the CIA not only knew that a couple of the terrorists were in the US, but actively worked to keep …
Perhaps you heard some of the buzz that a group was reporting that they had measured a particle (neutrino) moving faster than the speed of light? Well, most people who have studied the topic were 99.9% sure it was an …
Scientists Create Reconfigurable Electronic Materials
http://www.azom.com/news.aspx?newsID=30906
I didn’t get any sense of the speed that the hardware could be reconfigured and in the case of FPGAs it seems the lag in reprogramming is substantial enough that it is something you …
And I bet I don’t get any benefit from it either…
Student loan debts crush an entire generation
Hyped like subprime mortgages, school loans now run to hundreds of billions with no relief in sight
http://www.salon.com/2011/10/20/student_loan_debts_crush_an_entire_generation/singleton/
I have been out …
I was really interested in this idea when I first read about it:
New camera allows users to shoot first, focus later
http://www.thestar.com/business/article/1073136–new-camera-allows-users-to-shoot-first-focus-later?bn=1
But it definitely appears that the company is operated by morons who insist on doing things themselves. …
The right to live in America isn’t for sale
Wall Street, not homeowners, would benefit from Schumer and Lee’s plan to let foreigners buy U.S. homes
http://www.salon.com/2011/10/25/the_right_to_live_in_america_isnt_for_sale/singleton/
As mentioned in the article Canada basically allows the same thing (except I …
Red-light traffic camera deals under scrutiny
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2011-10-26/red-light-camera-deals/50943554/1
I think I am starting to grok the core problem with our government. When you have governments that award lucrative contracts (i.e., outsource something) you get corruption that is nearly impossible to remove. …