July 2007
36 posts
Conversation with Kip Hawley, TSA Administrator... →
Call Congress Now - NSA Spying Bill Headed for... →
“Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.”
– Pablo Picasso
Wii + Second Life = New Training Simulator →
“Nintendo games have made the Wii controller a satisfyingly realistic controller for pretend tennis, golf and baseball. But how about using it to practice doing surgery, applying pesticides or operating a nuclear power plant?”
Joseph LeDoux's heavy mental →
“The neuroscientist explains how music, emotion and memory shape our identities — and why he has donned a Stratocaster to keep the brain rollin’ all night long.”
No End In Sight (video) →
“A new documentary about the lack of pre-war planning and the disastrous occupation of Iraq gives more of an inside story and has more incendiary interviews than any previous film.”
5 Ways to Develop Independent Thought →
“Independent thought is not popular — it is absolutely, pricelessly, rare.”
The Race is on for the 'God Particle' →
“A condition of complete simplicity
(Costing not less than everything)
And all...”
– T.S. Eliot
Google's $4.6 billion plan for an open wireless... →
Copyright Board of Canada gives thumbs-up to "iPod... →
“Canadians who purchase digital music players and removable memory cards should have to pay an extra tax, according to the Copyright Board of Canada.”
The Sultan’s Elephant →
A Race to Solve the Mystery of the Subterranean... →
Canada Worse than 3rd World Countries when it... →
Top 10 Banned Books of the 20th Century →
“The wages of sin are death, but by the time taxes are taken out, it’s just...”
– Paula Poundstone
Steve Wozniak interviewed by RU Sirius →
Presidential Power at 60-Year-High | LiveScience →
“Presidential power is spiraling out of control, making George W. Bush the most powerful American leader since at least WWII, according to a new analysis.”
“The good life, as I conceive it, is a happy life. I do not mean that if you are...”
– Bertrand Russell
Swarm Behavior →
“A single ant or bee isn’t smart, but their colonies are. The study of swarm intelligence is providing insights that can help humans manage complex systems, from truck routing to military robots.”
Real Time Rome: Using Cellphones To Model a City's... →
Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency →
The new age of ignorance →
“We take our young children to science museums, then as they get older we stop. In spite of threats like global warming and avian flu, most adults have very little understanding of how the world works.”