Archive for February, 2007
Hitachi Develops RFID Powder
February 16th, 2007Via: Pink Tentacle: RFID keeps getting smaller. On February 13, Hitachi unveiled a tiny, new “powder†type RFID chip measuring 0.05 x 0.05 mm — the smallest yet — which they aim to begin marketing in 2 to 3 years. By relying on semiconductor miniaturization technology and using electron beams to write data on the […]
Cryptogon Readers Contribute $20 and $35
February 16th, 2007Longtime reader and frequent contributor, MW, sent $20. JS sent $35. Thanks to both of you!
HOME PRICES FALL BY LARGEST AMOUNT EVER
February 15th, 2007* yawn * Via: CNN: The slump in home prices was both deeper and more widespread than ever in the fourth quarter, according to a trade group report Thursday. Prices slumped 2.7 percent in the fourth quarter compared to the fourth quarter of a year earlier, according to the report from the National Association of […]
FLASHBACK: British Gave Bomb Technology to the IRA Which Is Now Being Used by Iraqi Insurgents
February 15th, 2007… while Iran is being blamed. Ask these SAS guys about it. What else were they doing besides dressing up as Arabs and shooting at Iraqi police? Via: Independent: Eight British soldiers killed during ambushes in Iraq were the victims of a highly sophisticated bomb first used by the IRA, The Independent on Sunday can […]
Amazing Stirling Engines
February 15th, 2007Insane! More: YouTube User Mdevink More: Mdevink’s Home Page
Depression, or Toxic Lifestyle Disorder?
February 15th, 2007Imagine my shock. Via: Los Angeles Times: The backdrop to therapeutic lifestyle change, or TLC, is an increase in depressive illness since World War II, Ilardi says. “There’s increasing evidence that we were never designed for our sedentary, socially isolated, indoor, sleep-deprived, frenzied, poorly nourished lifestyle,” he says. Ilardi combines group therapy sessions with a […]
Canadian Company Demonstrates 16 Qubit Quantum Computer
February 15th, 2007If these guys have a 16 qubit system, what does NSA have? Via: Scientific American: A Canadian manufacturer today unveiled what it called “the world’s first commercially viable quantum computer.” D-Wave Systems, Inc., “The Quantum Computing Company,” during a much ballyhooed rollout at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, Calif., hailed the new device […]
PROPOSED U.S. LEGISLATION: EXIT TAX
February 15th, 2007As wealthy people attempt to flee America, the U.S. Government is planning to rob them at gunpoint with a tax on UNREALIZED gains on their property! Via: DESCRIPTION OF THE CHAIRMAN’S MODIFICATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE “SMALL BUSINESS AND WORK OPPORTUNITY ACT OF 2007†Scheduled for Markup by the SENATE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE on […]
10 Stocks to Last the Decade, Revisited
February 15th, 2007Fortune should be called, How to Lose a Fortune. Via: Fool: Back in the summer of 2000, Fortune, a highly respected publication and home to many fine pieces of journalism over the years, published an article titled “10 Stocks to Last the Decade.” An easy enough challenge, one might surmise — simply picking 10 companies […]
Several Readers Contribute to Cryptogon
February 14th, 2007Thank you all very much! JB $35 JS $35 General Patton $6
