Archive for November, 2013
How to Get an A- in Organic Chemistry
November 2nd, 2013I mainly liked her description of organic chemistry, which made me laugh, but I was shocked to learn that she’s my age and has small children. Having children has easily lowered my IQ 20 points and I feel lucky to be able to function at all. However, even when I was still sharp, before baby […]
1983: How a War Game Brought the World to the Brink of Nuclear Disaster
November 2nd, 2013Via: Guardian: Chilling new evidence that Britain and America came close to provoking the Soviet Union into launching a nuclear attack has emerged in former classified documents written at the height of the cold war. Cabinet memos and briefing papers released under the Freedom of Information Act reveal that a major war games exercise, Operation […]
Google Barges Part of Glass Marketing Effort?
November 2nd, 2013Via: CBS: Google’s mysterious floating barge on San Francisco Bay will feature luxury showrooms and a party deck for the tech giant to market Google Glass and other gadgets to invitation-only clients, multiple sources told KPIX 5. The project, which has been in the planning stages for more than a year, was created at Google[x], […]
Alleged LAX Gunman Had ‘New World Order’ Conspiracy Theory Tract
November 2nd, 2013Update: Picture of LAX Shooter? [NSFW] — Via: NBC: The man who allegedly killed a TSA worker and wounded three others at Los Angeles International Airport on Friday had anti-government literature in his possession outlining an alleged conspiracy to create a single global government, law enforcement sources tell NBC News. The sources, who spoke on […]
Son of Blackbird: SR-72, Mach 6 Reconnaissance and Strike Drone
November 2nd, 2013I wonder if everyone in the U.S. will be on food stamps by the time this thing takes to the air: Food banks across the country, stretched thin in the aftermath of the recession, are bracing for more people coming through their doors in the wake of cuts to the federal food stamp program. Food […]
The One About BadBIOS
November 1st, 2013I’d make sure to consider skeptical views on this BadBIOS story: Either it is an extremely limited piece of BIOS malware or it is occurring at the OS and escaping detection through previously unknown methods. Half the claims made regarding what it does (disabling registry editing, etc.) are so far from reasonable and possible with […]
