Chris Henry data sound football alarm

Submitted by JimV on Tue, 06/29/2010 - 5:40pm
Chris Henry data sound football alarm
Source: sports.espn.go.com
Nobody wants to hear what doctors discovered about the damage to the brain of the late Chris Henry, but we all need to listen and reconsider the danger in the game of football.    
It's getting hard to be a football fan.    

Quantum Entanglement Holds DNA Together, Say Physicists

Submitted by JimV on Mon, 06/28/2010 - 11:08pm
Quantum Entanglement Holds DNA Together, Say Physicists
Source: www.technologyreview...
From MIT. Information on Emerging Technologies & impact on business & society    

Dusty Baker not inspiring faith as Reds battle Cardinals - Joe Sheehan - SI.com

Submitted by JimV on Sun, 06/27/2010 - 6:20pm
Dusty Baker not inspiring faith as Reds battle Cardinals - Joe Sheehan - SI.com
Source: sportsillustrated.cn...
Coming off a sweep of the A's in Oakland, the Reds look more and more like serious challengers to the Cardinals in the NL Central. While it was their pitching that got the job done in Oakland -- three quality starts, capped by Johnny Cueto's seven shutout innings on Wednesday -- they're in the race,...
The Reds primary lead off men since Dusty Baker took over have been Corey Patterson, Willy Taveras, and Orlando Cabrera. Their respective OBP's were .238, .275, and .281. FIRE DUSTY.    

Say no to a government 'kill switch' for the Internet - InfoWorld

Submitted by JimV on Thu, 06/24/2010 - 5:59pm
Say no to a government 'kill switch' for the Internet - InfoWorld
Source: www.infoworld.com
A proposed law would give the president sweeping new powers to shut down the Internet if he declares a 'cyber emergency'
This is absurd, so of course it gets bipartisan support.    

Monsters in the Market - The Atlantic

Submitted by JimV on Thu, 06/17/2010 - 4:11pm
Monsters in the Market - The Atlantic
Source: www.theatlantic.com
In today’s exchanges, strong programs prey on weak ones, humans are hard to find, and the SEC struggles to keep up.    
This isn't investing, it's a casino.    

Michael Shermer: The pattern behind self-deception

Submitted by JimV on Tue, 06/15/2010 - 3:31pm
Michael Shermer: The pattern behind self-deception
Source: www.youtube.com
http://www.ted.com/ Michael Shermer says the human tendency to believe strange things -- from alien abductions to dowsing rods -- boils down to two of the brain's most basic, hard-wired survival skills. ...

Remembering D-Day, 66 years ago - The Big Picture - Boston.com

Submitted by JimV on Mon, 06/07/2010 - 7:25pm
Remembering D-Day, 66 years ago - The Big Picture - Boston.com
Source: www.boston.com
Yesterday was June 6th, the 66th anniversary of the successful 1944 Allied invasion of France. Several operations were combined to carry out the largest amphibious invasion in history - over 160,000 troops landed on June 6th, assisted by over 5,000 ships, aerial bombardment, gliders and paratroopers...
This is an awesome blog.    

College Students Are Less Empathic Than Generations Past

Submitted by JimV on Wed, 06/02/2010 - 9:40pm
College Students Are Less Empathic Than Generations Past
Source: www.scientificameric...
For instance, today’s students are less likely to agree with statements like, “I sometimes try to understand my friends better by imagining how things look from their perspective"

Instead of posting the latest account of Miami spoiled-brat misdeeds, I thought I'd share something that helps makes sense of it.

Well, These New Zuckerberg IMs Won't Help Facebook's Privacy Problems

Submitted by JimV on Sun, 05/23/2010 - 10:11am
Well, These New Zuckerberg IMs Won't Help Facebook's Privacy Problems
Source: www.businessinsider.com
An early IM exchange shortly after Mark founded Facebook suggests that the cavalier attitude toward privacy was there from the beginning. 

Here's what the CEO of Facebook thinks about your privacy. I swear I'm this close to deleting my account.

Craig Venter unveils "synthetic life"

Submitted by JimV on Fri, 05/21/2010 - 4:12pm

Craig Venter and team make a historic announcement: they've created the first fully functioning, reproducing cell controlled by synthetic DNA. He explains how they did it and why the achievement marks the beginning of a new era for science.

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