Archive for the 'Social Engineering' Category
Planetary Defense Coordination Office Proposed to Fight Asteroids
October 21st, 2010Maybe they’ll milk the space rocks before the little green men scenario??? Via: Space: A new report calls on NASA to establish a Planetary Defense Coordination Office to lead national and international efforts in protecting Earth against impacts by asteroids and comets. The final report of the Ad-Hoc Task Force on Planetary Defense of the […]
Most Food Grown By Children in Chicago Public School Gardens Must Be Sold or Given Away
October 21st, 2010I’m pretty numb to much of the sludge that falls down this page… but this one is going to haunt me. Via: Chicago Tribune: It’s harvest time in Chicago Public School gardens full of chubby tomatoes, heavy squash and fragrant basil. These urban oases, carefully tended by teachers, students and volunteers, range from several square […]
NSA’s Newest Recruiters: Cartoon-Leopard Twins
October 20th, 2010Via: Wired: Dudes and dudettes: You know what’s totally radical? Reading your neighbors’ e-mail! So don’t you wanna be a junior National Security Agency deputy? If so, the surveillance and cryptology crew at NSA has the right online companions for you: Cy and Cyndi, a pair of anthropomorphic snow leopards now kickin’ it with the […]
Drug Companies Pay 17,000 U.S. Doctors to Market Drugs to Other Doctors
October 20th, 2010Via: Reuters: More than 17,000 doctors and other healthcare providers have taken money from seven major drug companies to talk to other doctors about their products, a joint investigation by news organizations and non-profit groups found. More than 380 of the doctors, nurses, pharmacists and other professionals took in more than $100,000 in 2009 and […]
The Most Disgusting School Lunches
October 20th, 2010Via: Holy Taco: A Harrisonburg, VA school system thought it was a good idea to put photos of their school lunches on their website. But what they didn’t realize is that the food they were taking pictures of was a collection of the most unappetizing piles of garbage you wouldn’t feed to a dying hamster. […]
Toddlers’ Favorite Toy: The iPhone
October 20th, 2010Via: New York Times: THE bedroom door opened and a light went on, signaling an end to nap time. The toddler, tousle-haired and sleepy-eyed, clambered to a wobbly stand in his crib. He smiled, reached out to his father, and uttered what is fast becoming the cry of his generation: “iPhone!” The iPhone has revolutionized […]
Pilot to TSA: ‘No Groping Me and No Naked Photos’
October 18th, 2010Via: Lew Rockwell: Pilot to TSA: ‘No Groping Me and No Naked Photos’ by Michael Roberts October 15, 2010 – My name is Michael Roberts, and I am a pilot for ExpressJet Airlines, Inc., based in Houston (that is, I still am for the time being). This morning as I attempted to pass through the […]
BBC Ad from March (You’ll Love This)
October 15th, 2010Britain: Another Primary School Presents Students with UFO Scenario Has There Ever Been This Much “Alien” Entertainment at Once? Via: BBC / YouTube: Related: BBC Superpower: Exploring the Power of the Internet Research Credit: AT
Super Soaker Inventor May Hold the Key to Affordable Solar Power
October 13th, 2010Take this graph into consideration as you read the piece below. Via: The Atlantic: From his childhood in segregated Mobile, Alabama, to his run-ins with a nay-saying scientific establishment, the engineer Lonnie Johnson has never paid much heed to those who told him what he could and couldn’t accomplish. Best known for creating the state-of-the-art […]
The Crisis of the Humanities Officially Arrives
October 13th, 2010I personally know someone who recently got a tenure track position in a French department. Yes! It’s true. (I exhale deeply and lean back in my chair with sense of awe and wonderment at his achievement.) Of course, he might simply be fired after four to eight years—increasingly, this is how alleged tenure track jobs […]
