Archive for September, 2008
Japan Wholesale Prices Rise 7.2 Percent in August
September 10th, 2008Via: AP: Japan’s corporate goods prices rose 7.2 percent in August, driven up by the soaring costs of energy and raw materials, the Bank of Japan said Wednesday. In data released separately Wednesday, Japan’s current account surplus — the widest barometer of its trade with the world — fell 17.3 percent in July from a […]
Lawsuit to Ask That Cheney’s Papers Be Made Public
September 10th, 2008Yeah, well, Cheney doesn’t concern himself with lawyers and sign wavers and other people who ask politely. They would have a better chance of suing Darth Vader to get an injunction against the use of the Death Star. Via: Washington Post: Months before the Bush administration ends, historians and open-government advocates are concerned that Vice […]
Obama, McCain to Appear at Ground Zero on 9/11
September 10th, 2008Make ready the robes, masks, black candles and pyramid trinkets. Via: Reuters: Presidential nominees John McCain and Barack Obama will appear together on Sept. 11 in New York at the site where the World Trade Center collapsed after being hit by hijacked planes in 2001. “All of us came together on 9/11 — not as […]
UK: Shoppers to Use Fingerprints or Eye Scans to Pay for Goods
September 10th, 2008Mmm hmm. The clean, green ziggurat will have everything under control. Get your retina scanned to gain access to the free speech zone? Via: Telegraph: The futuristic systems, like those used by Tom Cruise in the science fiction film Minority Report, are being developed by scientists for Barclaycard. The company has announced it is investing […]
O3b Links With Google for Fast Satellite Internet Capacity
September 10th, 2008Alternately, here’s one for your old, dusty Teledesic file folder. Hey, brother, can you spare a bird? I’m actually thinking, yes, thinking of going back to dialup even though a lightning ground strike blew up most people’s modems around here, including mine, during a recent storm. If you’ve ever looked at a surge suppressor that […]
Cryptogon Readers Sign Up for BlueHost
September 10th, 2008Thanks to betterufoundation.org and airlinepilotforum.net for signing up for hosting with BlueHost.
Cryptogon Readers Send Contributions
September 10th, 2008Thank you. JL $20 MI $20 Pookie $75 RR $50
August Earnings
September 10th, 2008In August, earnings from all sources came to a total of $1010. Thanks to everyone who sent cash and/or used Amazon, BlueHost, Nitro-Pak affiliate links.
Reddit Filter Plus
September 10th, 2008A computer science student in Sweden has fixed and improved the now broken Reddit Content Filter script for Greasemonkey. The new script is called Reddit Filter Plus. Ahhh, Reddit is usable again. I contacted Burger, the author of the script (he may not want his real name used here), to see if I could contribute […]
LEHMAN DOWN 40%
September 9th, 2008Via: Reuters: Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc shares fell as much as 40 percent on Tuesday to their lowest level in nearly a decade on concern the fourth-largest Wall Street investment bank would be unable to raise needed capital. Much of the decline came after reports that Lehman’s talks with state-owned Korea Development Bank on a […]
