That’s apparently what Larry Tribe thinks about yesterday’s (appalling–at least, even by supporters of it, from the standpoint of the reasoning) judicial ruling.
“Fake, But Accurate”
That’s apparently what Larry Tribe thinks about yesterday’s (appalling–at least, even by supporters of it, from the standpoint of the reasoning) judicial ruling.
I Blame George Bush
Jupiter’s spots may be disappearing, as a result of climate change.
At Last
Elizabeth Wolff has to have been waiting years to write this phrase:
Bill Clinton is a sexagenerian.
Warning, though. Have a barf bag ready for the praise from his fans.
Countdown To The Apocalypse
Only two days until Iran’s promised response (like we can trust their promises?) to the UN ultimatum, here’s a roundup of relevant and interesting links. Here’s one:
Americans are now most aware of the Iranian role in promoting fascism: 58 percent in the poll think Iran is now the “main promoter of Islamic fascism in the Middle East,” and 76 percent believe Iran must be prevented from obtaining nuclear weapons “at any cost.”
Nix The Stix
Ed Kyle has a new lunar architecture proposal (or rather, a variant on an old NASA lunar architecture proposal). It’s an improvement on ESAS (a low bar, of course), but it would still be horrendously expensive, and in the long run, neither affordable or sustainable.
[Update]
Sorry, link is fixed now.
Love It Or Leave It
A (brave) British Muslim MP says that those British Muslims who pine for sharia law should move to Saudi Arabia.
Time Of Decision For Israel
Michael Widlanski isn’t very impressed with PM Olmert, either:
As the combat has trailed off in Lebanon, it can now be said that whatever Israel
The Coming Wars
Caroline Glick has a depressing, and entirely plausible (and in fact likely) analysis of the inevitability of war in the Middle East, and Israel’s need to prepare for it now (which probably includes forming a new, competent government).
Just one disagreement. Israel will not have to go to war with Iran. Israel has been at war with Iran (and Syria) for years, only via proxie.
More On Fauxtography
From The Economist:
In an effort to reel in photography, camera-makers are making it more obvious when images have been altered.
One way of doing this is to use image-authentication systems to reveal if someone has tampered with a picture. These use computer programs to generate a code from the very data that comprise the image. As the picture is captured, the code is attached to it. When the image is viewed, software determines the code for the image and compares it with the attached code. If the image has been altered, the codes will not match, revealing the doctoring.
Another way favoured by manufacturers is to take a piece of data from the image and assign it a secret code. Once the image file is transferred to a computer, it is given the same code, which will change if it is edited. The codes will match if the image is authentic but will be inconsistent if tampering occurred.
Digital signatures, just as I suggested. But even that won’t be guaranteed:
…forgers have become adept at printing and rescanning images, thus creating a new original. In such cases, analysing how three-dimensional elements interact is key.
Yup. So we’ll also need the army of photographers, for independent views of the event in question, and an army of ever-more-sophisticated bloggers to keep the forgers honest (or at least catch them when they’re not).