Science Fiction becoming reality... BBC NEWS | Technology | US military creates second Earth

A group of scientists, including 12 Nobel Prize winners, charged President Bush's administration with "suppressing and distorting scientific findings that run counter to its own political beliefs." US scientists tax Bush on climate. According to one report, cataclysmic global change could push us all into chaos within 20 years. Did this report come from some left-wing liberal tree-hugging group? No, this report was commissioned by the Pentagon. Will Bush listen to it and make his administration take steps to ensure our future? Or will he ignore it like the Kyoto Protocol?

I think this is a cool idea. I would love to do something like this, just to improve my photography skills.

This report is a little off kilter. For one thing, it points out that "the creation of new jobs always overwhelms the destruction of old jobs by a huge margin." True, but misleading. The number of jobs isn't what's important here, it's the jobs themselves. For instance, in my job, one must be a worker for a while before being a manager. That route gets cut when the worker jobs move overseas.

I also found this article about robots interesting.

I'm bored. I wish I didn't have to work today... [clicking heels together three times and chanting there's no place like home, there's no place like home...] HRRUMPH! Didn't work.

Ah.... is it mud-slinging season already?

It was never really a question of should we or shouldn't we, it was only a matter of time.

People, please read your software disclosure statements when you install software. You never know what that corporation really wants to do.

Can the Mouse be bought? This would create another entity to rival Time Warner maybe, but I don't think it will happen.

Next time I'm on the phone with an automated phone system, I'll just yell a few obscenities into the handset in order to get a real person. Wired News: A Way Out of Automated Phone Hell

Please, Please, Please protect your computer, for everyone's sake! Wired News: Cheapskate's Guide to a Safe PC

DOH! I forgot to call my mom on her birthday! I'm such a dumb-ass.

Sign of the apocalypse #2,378,981: Wired News: Popping Pills in Preschool

A very good, balanced discussion of offshoring. I am personally against offshoring for a few reasons.
1- tax money going to another country's work force
2- jobs going to another country
3- quality of work is lower because of translation issues

Speaking from personal experience, the company I work for has used and is still using offshore programmers (India.) I believe you get what you pay for... my manager has said he can get two of them for one of us. That's all well and good, but let's put it in different terms. Our system is like a baby... it takes great care and attention to keep it in good health. When you take that baby to a day care center, cost wouldn't be your top concern, care would.

Another Bad Idea from the Bush administration. Don't get me wrong, I think Bush is much better than Clinton, but he tries to circumvent too many checks and balances.

Another Bad Idea from the Bush administration. Don't get me wrong, I think Bush is much better than Clinton, but he tries to circumvent too many checks and balances.

A strong argument for traffic light cameras and speed monitoring cameras.

Yeah, the boob shot wasn't planned, it's just coincidence thatMTV promised shocking moments.

There are some very sick people out there.

These days, even a company can be based on a lawsuit. Or at least brought back from the brink of death.