Archive for March, 2010
Cryptogon Reader Sends $500
March 11th, 2010“In memoriam for Julia” sent $250 to Cryptogon and $250 to Farmlet. Thank you.
Airlines Will Cancel Flights to Avoid Risk of Fines for Delays
March 10th, 2010Didn’t think air travel in the U.S. could suck any more than it already does? Behold… Via: MSNBC: Passengers may soon be seeing more cancellations on airport departure boards. Several airlines, including Fort Worth-based American and Houston-based Continental, say they will cancel flights rather than risk paying stiff penalties for delaying passengers on the runway. […]
A Giant Ant Colony Pumped Full of Cement to Reveal Underground Structures
March 10th, 2010Off topic but must see.
Britian: Fake Storefronts Soothe Consumers During Recession
March 10th, 2010Via: BBC: Fake businesses are to be used to lessen the impact of the recession on high streets in North Tyneside. With 140 empty shops in the borough, council bosses think they have come up with a unique way of ensuring shopping areas remain as vibrant as possible. The first empty shop unit to be […]
The Lithium Chase
March 10th, 2010Via: New York Times: For many years, few metals drew bigger yawns from mining executives than lithium, a lightweight element long associated mostly with mood-stabilizing drugs. Suddenly, the yawns are being replaced by eurekas. As awareness spreads that lithium is a crucial ingredient for hybrid and electric cars, a global hunt is under way for […]
Ractopamine: Banned in 160 Countries… Yet U.S. FDA Regards it as Safe?
March 10th, 2010Via: Food Consumer: A livestock drug banned in 160 nations and responsible for hyperactivity, muscle breakdown and 10 percent mortality in pigs has been approved by the FDA. The beta agonist ractopamine, a repartitioning agent that increases protein synthesis, was recruited for livestock use when researchers found the drug, used in asthma, made mice more […]
Apple’s Secret iPhone Developer Agreement Goes Public
March 10th, 2010Via: Wired: The first rule of the iPhone developer program is: You do not talk about the iPhone developer program. Before you create software for the iPhone, Apple demands that you sign away a laundry list of rights, including the ability to sell rejected apps through other channels, the ability to sue Apple for more […]
Study Finds Median Wealth for Single Black Women at $5 (Yes, Five Dollars)
March 10th, 2010That’s the good news. See the last sentence of the excerpt below. Via: Post Gazette: Women of all races bring home less income and own fewer assets, on average, than men of the same race, but for single black women the disparities are so overwhelmingly great that even in their prime working years their median […]
CIA Waterboarding Guidlines
March 9th, 2010Via: Salon: Interrogators pumped detainees full of so much water that the CIA turned to a special saline solution to minimize the risk of death, the documents show. The agency used a gurney “specially designed” to tilt backwards at a perfect angle to maximize the water entering the prisoner’s nose and mouth, intensifying the sense […]
The Enemy Belligerent, Interrogation, Detention, and Prosecution Act of 2010
March 9th, 2010Via: The Atlantic: Why is the national security community treating the “Enemy Belligerent, Interrogation, Detention, and Prosecution Act of 2010,” introduced by Sens. John McCain and Joseph Lieberman on Thursday as a standard proposal, as a simple response to the administration’s choices in the aftermath of the Christmas Day bombing attempt? A close reading of […]
