…and the military. Some concerns.
Category Archives: Technology and Society
Congratulations
…to Pete Worden:
“I am truly honored to receive the 2010 Arthur C. Clarke Foundation’s Innovator’s Award,” Worden said. “This prestigious award recognizes technology trailblazers whom I personally admire, and I am proud to be considered among them.”
I’m surprised, but pleased that Pete, probably the most politically incorrect center director ever, has survived the transition. But fortunately, he has friends in high places, if not all the way up in the White House.
Heating The Planet
…with biodiesel.
Maybe politicos should do more research before imposing half-baked energy mandates?
It wouldn’t do any good. They’re mostly too stupid to understand the results of the research, or too much on the take from the benefitting industry to care. But they get to pretend to be saving the planet.
Speaking of biodiesel, will the same be true of biokerosene? Is the “green aviation” initiative another unintended consequence on the way?
The Return Of Nukes
…is happening, but very slowly.
And I wonder if it’s happening in space at all? I haven’t looked at the new budget in detail, so I’m not sure if nuclear is one of the technologies being restored. If not, it’s futile to develop new propulsion technologies if there’s no way to power them.
More Earth Day Celebration
Andy Borowitz: “I’m not sure if a gigantic oil rig sinking was the best way to celebrate Earth Day.”
But they’d been planning it for months!
[Update a few minutes later]
On this Earth Day, thank Big Oil.
And Now For Something Completely Different
A weightless dog.
He (or she) doesn’t seem that upset about it. Probably not the first time.
[Via Stephen Gordon]
The Downfall Of The Thousand-Video Reich
First they came for Hitler. And of course, Hitler is understandably upset.
Greased Lightning
I’ve been suffering with a crummy DSL connection for months, since the move back to CA (I’ve had to reboot the modem often, because it seems to slow down and start dropping packets periodically, with multi-second delays on pings). But yesterday, Verizon fiber finally came to the house.
This is real broadband, for the first time at home. It’s like night and day, in terms of page loads and video.
[Update a few minutes later]
No, I don’t know why the date is wrong. I did the test today. Maybe I should try a different site.
[A couple minutes later]
Bandwidthplace says that it’s about 4 Mbps up and 15 down.
The Beginning Of The End?
Those tiny black dots are nanobots delivering a lethal blow to a cancerous cell, effectively killing it. The first trial on humans has been a success, with no side-effect.
Faster, please. I wonder if innovations like this will continue under ObamaCare?
What Happened To Technorati?
When I search for posts related to this blog, it comes up empty. But I know that Glenn Reynolds has linked me in the last week. Does it no longer track incoming links? If not, what service (if any) does?