The Fount of Useless Information
Your place for useless information that just might possibly be interesting.
Or de-motivator; something to think about…
The Unhappiness Motivator
http://dilbert.com/blog/entry/the_unhappiness_motivator/
I think Scott is on to something here. I have commented several times that I became a life-long learner in spite of my educational experience rather than because of it. …
Precognition software used to predict which prisoners will murder
Minority Report style systems might seem creepy, but they’re no more flawed than human parole officers
http://www.salon.com/2013/01/11/precognition_software_used_to_predict_which_prisoners_will_murder/
Kinda interesting, but I agree with the author that the alternative (letting parole officers …
Secrets and Lies of the Bailout
The federal rescue of Wall Street didn’t fix the economy – it created a permanent bailout state based on a Ponzi-like confidence scheme. And the worst may be yet to come
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/secret-and-lies-of-the-bailout-20130104
I have …
Why are Bob Woodward’s WH sources – or Woodward himself – not on trial next to Bradley Manning?
The extremist prosecution of Manning, accused of “aiding and abetting al-Qaida”, poses a real threat to US press freedom
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jan/10/manning-prosecution-press-freedom-woodward
It is …
I read this over the holiday and was tempted to comment then, but instead went off to stuff my face yet again (I have no doubt I put on at least 10 lbs in the last several weeks). I came …
Why ‘gerrymandering’ doesn’t polarise Congress the way we’re told
Biased redistricting is commonly held up as the culprit for America’s increasingly partisan politics. If only it were that simple
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jan/03/gerrymandering-polarise-congress
I don’t particularly like being wrong (does anyone?), but since …
Software maker faces jail because his product was illegally used
Robert Stuart legally sold gambling software to overseas online casinos but the program was used by others in N.Y.
http://www.salon.com/2013/01/03/software_maker_faces_jail_because_his_product_was_illegally_used/
This is one of the ‘lesser’ impacts of our police …
Being overweight linked to lower risk of mortality
http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/02/health/overweight-mortality/index.html?hpt=hp_t3
I thought I had talked about the relationship between being, shall we say, ‘Rubenesque‘, before, but I am not finding such a post. This is not the first time …
Is sugar the next tobacco?
It will be if author Robert Lustig, the man behind the YouTube sensation “Sugar: The Bitter Truth,” has his way
http://www.salon.com/2013/01/01/is_sugar_the_next_tobacco/
I talk a time or twain about how the evidence is building up that …
House staves off fiscal cliff, but more money squabbles lie ahead
http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/02/politics/fiscal-cliff/index.html
I was actually hoping we would ‘go over the cliff’ and get all that extra revenue even though it was likely to result in a bit of a …