Archive for January, 2007
Waterwheel Invention Promises Cheap Electricity
January 5th, 2007At least 24 kilowatt hours/day from a 20cm head? This almost makes the Steorn thing look like a walk in the park! This is mainstream (no pun intended) news out of the UK. Can anyone out there see how this could be possible? Via: Daily Mail: It’s a mechanical problem that’s troubled scientists since Archimedes […]
Solid State Drives for Laptops
January 5th, 2007I typically ignore the ceaseless grind of computer hardware developments, but this is pretty incredible. Solid state disk technology has been around for a long time, but only the top end government, military and corporate computing environments would demand, and be able to afford, such technology. See Texas Memory Systems. Solid state drives are about […]
World Spy Chiefs Gather in New Zealand
January 5th, 2007This is a few weeks old, but it’s a good one. These are the ECHELON members, by the way. USA Today forgot to mention that. Imagine my shock. Via: USA Today: The CIA director was among the top world spy chiefs visiting New Zealand this week for secret celebrations of the 50th birthday of the […]
Cryptogon Reader Contributes $6
January 5th, 2007Thanks PS!
Cryptogon Reader Signs Up for Hosting with Blue Host
January 5th, 2007Thanks barnabyrustin.com! Cryptogon receives $65! Related: Hosting with Blue Host via Cryptogon
Thanks to All December Cryptogon Supporters
January 5th, 2007Cryptogon readers poured on the support in December. I want to take a moment to thank, and acknowledge, all of you. Becky and I had to buy, what was for us, some very expensive fencing supplies for some avocado trees that we’re planting out in one of our paddocks. Without failsafe protection from the cows, […]
U.S. Government Can Open Your Mail Without a Warrant
January 4th, 2007Via: Seattle Times: President Bush quietly has claimed sweeping new powers to open Americans’ mail without a judge’s warrant. Bush asserted the new authority Dec. 20 after signing legislation that overhauls some postal regulations. He then issued a “signing statement” that declared his right to open mail under emergency conditions, contrary to existing law and […]
Rehnquist’s Hallucinations About the CIA?
January 4th, 2007I’ll wait for Jeff’s comments on this one. Via: CNN: The FBI’s file on former Chief Justice William Rehnquist — made public more than a year after his death — offers insight into hallucinations and other symptoms of withdrawal that Rehnquist suffered when he was taken off a prescription painkiller in 1981. A doctor was […]
The DNA So Dangerous it Does Not Exist
January 4th, 2007Commentary? This is the most frightening story that I’ve ever posted on Cryptogon. Via: New Scientist: Could there be forbidden sequences in the genome – ones so harmful that they are not compatible with life? One group of researchers thinks so. Unlike most genome sequencing projects which set out to search for genes that are […]
The Private Arm of the Law
January 4th, 2007Yes, corporate pigs. Via: Washington Post: With the sleeve patch on his black shirt, the 9mm gun on his hip and the blue light on his patrol car, he looked like an ordinary police officer as he stopped the car on a Friday night last month. Watt works, though, for a business called Capitol Special […]
