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Posted in The Internet on Nov 30th, 2005
BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. was pushed closer to a possible shutdown of its popular U.S. mobile e-mail service after a judge refused to delay a patent infringement case.
U.S. District Judge James Spencer Wednesday ruled invalid a $450 million settlement between RIM and NTP Inc., a small patent holding firm of McLean, Va., that [...]
Posted in Psychology on Nov 29th, 2005
The Vatican released a paper condemning homosexuality again, and once again re-affirming it had no place in the Catholic Church. No big deal. No surprise. However, it went even further by stating homosexuality destabilized society. Little bigger deal. Little bigger surprise. However, the line that caught my eye was this:
It said homosexuality was “a sexual [...]
Posted in People on Nov 28th, 2005
Dr. Lawrence M. Krauss has toyed with the String theory for years. Once advocating it, now not so much. Bad Astronomy will be hosting a chat session with Dr. Krauss today via on online forum. Very cool concept. You post your question, and he tries to answer it. Some of the question are already there. [...]
Posted in Conspiracy Theories on Nov 27th, 2005
My friends over at Volokh tried to do a serious piece on the avian flu. They cited something that seemed contrarian to them, that Michael Fumento does not believe this will be a pandemic that mirrors the 1918 Spanish flu. He lists several reasons that I have already discussed. However, the comments struck me as [...]
Posted in Global Warming on Nov 24th, 2005
Earth’s oceans are rising twice as fast today compared to 150 years ago, according to a new study.
The rise is nearly 2 millimeter per year. At that rate, sea level will be 1 inch higher in 13 years compared to today.
The increased pace is evidence for human-induced climate change, say researchers at Rutgers University, where [...]
Posted in The Internet on Nov 24th, 2005
If you visit the Grokster home page at this time, this is what you’ll see:
The United States Supreme Court unanimously confirmedthat using this service to trade copyrighted material is illegal.Copying copyrighted motion picture and music filesusing unauthorized peer-to-peer services is illegal and isprosecuted by copyright owners.
There are legal services for downloading music and movies.This service [...]
Posted in Earth on Nov 23rd, 2005
A rare volcanic eruption is rapidly expanding the size of an island in the South Atlantic, scientists announced today.
New satellite images show that Montagu Island, a volcano in the South Sandwich Islands, has grown by 50 acres (0.2 square kilometers) in the last month as lava pours into the sea.
"Red hot lava has formed a [...]
Posted in Conspiracy Theories on Nov 23rd, 2005
This is going to be a long one, but trust me, it’s worth it. A lot is being made of the avian flu pandemic, as if it already exists. This common sense article titled Germs in the School Room appeared on WebMD on October 17, 2005. It primarily notes that schools are breeding grounds for [...]
Posted in Technology on Nov 18th, 2005
Here’s the story:
Apple Computer Inc. took 20 days to reach 1 million downloads of video files from its online store; the Web site SuicideGirls, offering free videos of unclothed models, hit the mark in about a week.
One of the quickest industries to take advantage of the new video iPod, and other new gadgets, is one [...]
Posted in The Solar System on Nov 15th, 2005
Beautiful picture of the Moon as shown on Space.com. What I really like about this picture is that it actually shows Moon’s atmosphere ( the blue-green outline ). You hear more often than not that the Moon has no atmosphere. For all intents, it doesn’t. But it does have a thin layer of helium and [...]