“Occupy” protests across the nation have been noted for their squalor as well as their crime and general disorder. The Weekly Standard reports that some protesters are using a “greener than thou” strategy in attacking the protesters. It turns out that a hidden cost of wind mills, a technology favoured by green activists is [...]
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The Chevy Volt, an electric car that has had massive subsidies from the Obama administration, suffered from underwhelming sales,with only 603 of the $46,000 dollar cars sold in the month of January.An indication of why the sales are so anemic comes from Eric Billing of Fox News, who reported that a full twelve hour charge [...]
E Books were supposed to be the wave of the future. Freed of the need to print and ship books, publishers could save the cost of producing books. Customers would benefit from the savings brought about by lower production costs. The Chronicle of Higher Education had a sobering message for college students about the [...]
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Up until now, the H5N1 strain of the”bird flu” has relied on close contact to be spread. Dutch scientists have now created a mutated version of the virus that can be spread by airborne contact. The virus has the potential to kill millions of people and creates a terrible security risk. Fox News reports [...]
The traditional division between city and country is going to be blurred in Berlin, in a bid to bring agriculture to a 21,000 square foot rooftop in the middle of thecity. Der Spiegel reports that Frisch vom Dach, or Fresh From the Roof will be a project in which letuce, herbs and tomatoes will [...]
Reality TV cop shows are very popular in the wee hours of the morning on overnight television. On more than one occasion, I have watched highway police and state police and admired their professionalism. One ingredient of such professional polish has undoubtedly been the presence of a camera. Police brutality, or even civilian brutality, is [...]
The New York Times presented an article by John Tierney called “Do You Suffer From Decision Fatigue?” It starts off with the disturbing presentation of three prisoners who went before a parole board for substantially similar offenses. Only one prisoner got paroled, and that one was the prisoner who appeared in the morning. Tierney [...]
The computer age has created a dilemma much like that posed by television when “the idiot box” achieved ubiquity back in the 1950′s. Jaron Lanier is a rare figure in the forum of discussion of computer technology. Most critics of new technology come from a Luddite perspective, seeing technology as a threat to life [...]
Not long ago, my twelve year old computer finally died. Although I like Linux, for the time being I am stuck with Windows Seven on my Pavilion G6 laptop. One maddening feature on my new computer is the tendency of windows to open without my asking them to and for the cursor to attempt [...]
One of the worst scourges of the clubbing scene may be eliminated with new technology that is being developed in Israel. Up until now, it was up to women to guard their drinks at night clubs to avoid being overpowered with colourless, odourless drinks that make them unable to resist sexual attacks and unable [...]
