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Daily Archives: January 29, 2008
War on Science – intelligent design – Part 5
“Dover may be the first of many battles to follow…” Continue reading War on Science – intelligent design – Part 5
Get Your Own Death Ray
The Torch is the world’s brightest and most powerful flashlight.It is capable of melting plastic, lighting paper on fire within seconds, and if you like, fry an egg or a marshmallow on a stick.
Home Schooling = Lower Taxes
This is the first time I’ve seen this argument made, in a letter to the editor in LJWorld of Lawrence, Kansas: Continue reading Home Schooling = Lower Taxes
Wife Swap and Home Schooling
You may not want to miss this (Feb 13th) episode of Wife Swap:
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Creationists Acting Badly, as usual…
Creationists Acting Badly, as usual…[Hat Tip: Pz Myers]
Creationist Buffoonery and its Dangerous Implications
Lee Salisbury, a former evangelical preacher, comments on evolution and creationism.
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Ethical Implications of Robots in War
From Slashdot:
Schneier points out an interesting (and long, 117-pages) paper on the ethical implications of robots in war: “This report has provided the motivation, philosophy, formalisms, representational requirements, architectural design criteria, recommendations, and test scenarios to design and construct an autonomous robotic system architecture capable of the ethical use of lethal force. These first steps toward that goal are very preliminary and subject to major revision, but at the very least they can be viewed as the beginnings of an ethical robotic warfighter. The primary goal remains to enforce the International Laws of War in the battlefield in a manner that is believed achievable, by creating a class of robots that not only conform to International Law but outperform human soldiers in their ethical capacity.”
Sheila Patek: Measuring the fastest animal on earth
UC Berkeley biologist Sheila Patek gives a wide-ranging talk on the effort to measure the hyperfast movements of peacock mantis shrimp heels using high-speed video cameras recording at 20,000 frames per second. She and her team slowed down the movements of these amazing animals and showed they had the fastest known feeding strike in the animal kingdom. (In 2006, Patek’s team announced an even faster animal part: the mandible of the trap-jaw ant.)
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Open Source Technology Does Not Have Ads
And neither does a lot of proprietary technology. But the possibility that ads will show up on either type of technology is obviously very different.Now, we are about to see add supported P2P services. Continue reading Open Source Technology Does Not Have Ads
Satellite may hit earth
You’ve probably already heard that a US spy satellite known as USA-193 is no longer able to keep itself up because the software on board has failed. This is a secret spy satellite so we don’t at present know what the software was (any guesses?). It is big enough to not totally burn up in the atmosphere, and there are concerns that the satellite has nasty toxins on board. But again, since it is a secret spy satellite we can’t know this either.The expected date of entry is late February or early March.Here is a source of info and a picture of the satellite.
Sea lions massacred in Galapagos
OMG, Larry and George Sittin’ In a Tree…
Larry Craig, or as we call him in Minnesota, Happy Feet Larry, stepped in where Michelle Bachmann could not perform, in an overt act of erotic love with the President of the United States, George Bush.
OMG, Larry and George Sittin’In a Tree…
Larry Craig, or as we call him in Minnesota, Happy Feet Larry, stepped in where Michelle Bachmann could not perform, in an overt act of erotic love with the President of the United States, George Bush. Continue reading OMG, Larry and George Sittin’In a Tree…