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Going for the gusto - 21 April 2008
Apr. 22nd, 2008 12:35 amWhee, working late today. Got to get to bed early for that reason.
Following on earlier stories, a judge has ordered DNA tests for the 416 children taken from an FLDS compound, presumably as a way of identifying whose children are whose (and whether that results in additional charges). Involving far fewer people, a woman who advertised on Craiglist for a hitman to kill her husband has pleaded guilty to the crime.
No Blood for Hubris wonders why haven't the entire crowd involved in the torture authorizations been arrested and put in jail? Ah, yes, we’re too fixated on whether or not someone's wearing a fetish to figure out what they’re actually saying. Some wake-up calls are on the way, however, as United States military veterans sue their government over inadequate mental care. On the other side of things, I would almost expect the TSA to make shock bracelets a requirement for every passenger wanting to fly a plane. So when I read they’re not interested in the article, I’m rather happy.
Of course, the attempts by authority figures to coerce women into sex isn’t raising our country’s scores all that much. Nor is our government's prosecution of an adult film producer for selling adult films to adults. Trying to apply the Miller test to the Internet is probably an exercise in futility. Much like having pastors at an adult film convention talking about the evils of porn. Our neighbors to the north are suffering indignity over the discovery of mass graves of aboriginal peoples in Canada, but there is an investigation happening.
Of course, if we really want the worst of the world at our doorstep, look no further than Saudia Arabia and its laws regarding women.
With regard to the presidential primary tomorrow, a church linked Osama and Obama, trying to get a message of brotherhood of humanity across, but likely only providing fodder for comedy routines. Nora Ephron tries a little bit harder to make everyone unhappy by making it all white men's fault that neither Hillary nor Barack will be elected. It is the Slacktivist, however, who does the very best job of interpreting things, by showing why Barack Obama's statement about the bitter peoples is true - they’ve been screwed over by everyone else who wants them to point their shotgun and hatred at someone else. And there are a lot of people who want the guns of the people turned away from them.
In science departments, mental disorders may be caused by infections of microbes, whether the microbes themselves or the immune response to them. And the bees are suffering because pollution masks the natural scent of the flowers.
Moving into technology, Quantum Cryptography needs some revisions, with a method developed that allows an intruder to break into the stream. Luckily, the people who found the problem have also found a solution. AT&T's vice president of legislative affairs says the Internet will hit full capacity by 2010. Without lots of infrastructure improvements and the like, of course. Since everything’s getting on the broadband wagon these days, and video is becoming ever more popular. For all of those increased demands, next year we’ll have holographic storage. To help those who have fallen and cannot get up, a robot can sense this, wield a stethoscope, and dial emergency services. It’s not the NS-5, but for many, it will be creepy enough. If that’s not enough, Google's intent to index people's DNA sequences might be. At the end, if all of that wasn’t enough tech stuff, 25 leading-edge IT projects.
Okay, one more. Music and mathematics are further linked with the translation of music into geometric patterns.
And in our listmania for tonight, eleven tips to better tech support and seven items to have on hand in case of a pet emergency.
At the end here, Plan 59, an archive of mid-century images. Then a ship sailing on the night sky. And finally, a city flooded with bubbles and foam. And on that note, it’s time to go to bed. G’night.
Following on earlier stories, a judge has ordered DNA tests for the 416 children taken from an FLDS compound, presumably as a way of identifying whose children are whose (and whether that results in additional charges). Involving far fewer people, a woman who advertised on Craiglist for a hitman to kill her husband has pleaded guilty to the crime.
No Blood for Hubris wonders why haven't the entire crowd involved in the torture authorizations been arrested and put in jail? Ah, yes, we’re too fixated on whether or not someone's wearing a fetish to figure out what they’re actually saying. Some wake-up calls are on the way, however, as United States military veterans sue their government over inadequate mental care. On the other side of things, I would almost expect the TSA to make shock bracelets a requirement for every passenger wanting to fly a plane. So when I read they’re not interested in the article, I’m rather happy.
Of course, the attempts by authority figures to coerce women into sex isn’t raising our country’s scores all that much. Nor is our government's prosecution of an adult film producer for selling adult films to adults. Trying to apply the Miller test to the Internet is probably an exercise in futility. Much like having pastors at an adult film convention talking about the evils of porn. Our neighbors to the north are suffering indignity over the discovery of mass graves of aboriginal peoples in Canada, but there is an investigation happening.
Of course, if we really want the worst of the world at our doorstep, look no further than Saudia Arabia and its laws regarding women.
With regard to the presidential primary tomorrow, a church linked Osama and Obama, trying to get a message of brotherhood of humanity across, but likely only providing fodder for comedy routines. Nora Ephron tries a little bit harder to make everyone unhappy by making it all white men's fault that neither Hillary nor Barack will be elected. It is the Slacktivist, however, who does the very best job of interpreting things, by showing why Barack Obama's statement about the bitter peoples is true - they’ve been screwed over by everyone else who wants them to point their shotgun and hatred at someone else. And there are a lot of people who want the guns of the people turned away from them.
In science departments, mental disorders may be caused by infections of microbes, whether the microbes themselves or the immune response to them. And the bees are suffering because pollution masks the natural scent of the flowers.
Moving into technology, Quantum Cryptography needs some revisions, with a method developed that allows an intruder to break into the stream. Luckily, the people who found the problem have also found a solution. AT&T's vice president of legislative affairs says the Internet will hit full capacity by 2010. Without lots of infrastructure improvements and the like, of course. Since everything’s getting on the broadband wagon these days, and video is becoming ever more popular. For all of those increased demands, next year we’ll have holographic storage. To help those who have fallen and cannot get up, a robot can sense this, wield a stethoscope, and dial emergency services. It’s not the NS-5, but for many, it will be creepy enough. If that’s not enough, Google's intent to index people's DNA sequences might be. At the end, if all of that wasn’t enough tech stuff, 25 leading-edge IT projects.
Okay, one more. Music and mathematics are further linked with the translation of music into geometric patterns.
And in our listmania for tonight, eleven tips to better tech support and seven items to have on hand in case of a pet emergency.
At the end here, Plan 59, an archive of mid-century images. Then a ship sailing on the night sky. And finally, a city flooded with bubbles and foam. And on that note, it’s time to go to bed. G’night.
