Ronald Bailey suggests that humanity is Gaia’s immune system.

I think he’s right. And it’s a lot more flattering (and accurate) analogy than calling us a cancer.

Jim Traficant’s name in prison will be “Dirtbox Demon.”

John Walker Lindh’s will be “F**k Stick.”

And if the Justice Department had actually done its job, Robert Torricelli’s would have been “Fruit Loop.”

At least, that’s what this web site says. When they start coming after bloggers, what will your name in the Big House be?

Is there no aspect of American life that federal politicians think they shouldn’t be managing? The Senate is contemplating a bill to address obesity. I wonder what the average body mass index of the upper house is?

I doubt that these guys are in a position to lecture anyone else on healthy diets. But then, these same people who bloviate on and lie about things like Social Security “lockboxes” think that they’re qualified to criticize corporate bookkeeping.

I’ve got an article up at TechCentralStation today on (what else?) the potential ethical implications of cryonics for the medical establishment.

There’s a good story in USA Today on progress in vitrification, which is freezing animal tissue into a glasslike state. This is the best near-term technology for reducing the damage caused by freezing cryonics patients.

The article makes it sound like Fahey and Wowk are part of the mainstream cryobiological community (which in fact they are), which will have some members of it grinding their teeth.

There’s a project to port Linux to XBox. Since Microsoft is almost giving the hardware away, with the idea that they’ll make money on the gaming software, this would blow a huge hole in their business strategy.

There’s a project to port Linux to XBox. Since Microsoft is almost giving the hardware away, with the idea that they’ll make money on the gaming software, this would blow a huge hole in their business strategy.

There’s a project to port Linux to XBox. Since Microsoft is almost giving the hardware away, with the idea that they’ll make money on the gaming software, this would blow a huge hole in their business strategy.

OK, my question is, are these really random idiots walking the streets of NYC, or did the Voice edit them down to the ones that they wanted to hear?

Mindles Dreck has a more detailed explanation of the “committee effect,” and an example as applied to major technology projects. Sounds right on to me.