The Fount of Useless Information
Your place for useless information that just might possibly be interesting.
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 …
Stories don’t need morals or messages
A “stupid” test shows that the Puritan ethic lives on. Why do we insist on learning lessons from the books we read?
http://www.salon.com/2012/01/31/stories_dont_need_morals_or_messages/singleton/
Some good stuff on Salon today.
While I am all over …
I have commented on the looming war with Iran a number of times and much like drone on and on about our police state it seems I am destined to drone on about the idiotic war we are about to …
Cyberwar Is the New Yellowcake, Fueling a Cybersecurity-Industrial Complex
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/02/yellowcake-and-cyberwar/
We do have a “Cybersecurity-Industrial Complex” exactly like the military industrial complex with the revolving door between the government and the companies sucking on its tits. However, the problem potential …
Polls: All knotted up between Romney & Santorum
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/02/13/polls-all-knotted-up-between-romney-santorum/?hpt=hp_bn3
I have yet to read anything about Santorum that would make me look past his evident desire to push women back into the stone age. Indeed, pretty much everything I have …