Rise of the Machines
Remember when I wrote about the armed robots patrolling the streets in Iraq? Well, it might be time to start worrying about those machines.
Here’s the deal: “Many advanced military weapons are essentially robotic — picking targets out automatically, slewing into position, and waiting only for a human to pull the trigger.” Well, one of these [...]
Scared
I just came across an article I missed from the middle of September. Newsweek reported on a website called MarryOurDaughter.com. The site appears to be under construction right about now, but here is what it had offered (according to Newsweek): “a matching service for followers of ‘the Biblical tradition’ of arranged marriages.” It allowed people [...]
Space Sickness
As I type this I know my computer is headed for a crash, so I am going to make this brief, to the point and save it before I reach the point of impending doom where I actually loose data.
Anyway, I came across this article the other day about… well, the title kind of explains [...]
Mysteries of the Unknown
Does anyone else remember the Time-Life Series “Mysteries of the Unknown“?
It was the one that had the long commercials asking how the Egyptians were able to build such incredible pyramids and the Sphinx and then commenting how the moon had similar structures on it. Basically the books, as far as I know (unfortunately, I [...]
Danger Alert
You know that friend of yours, the one who is always wearing Crocs and talking about how comfortable they are when folks try pointing out that they are god-awful-ugly?
Well, that friend may be in danger, especially while riding escalators. The Japanese National Institute of Technology and Evaluation has issued a warning to the public about [...]
Trust us
As with Anna Karina, we prefer to remember the U.S.A as she was in the 1960s.
Seek and ye shall find
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