Monthly Archives: January, 2008
MySpace, not atheist friendly
Will this post get me banned as well? We’ll see.
The Secular Student Alliance issued this press release:
Myspace Deletes Largest Atheist Group in the World.
Cleveland, OH.— Social networking cite, Myspace.com, panders to religious intolerants by deleting atheist users, groups and content.
Early this month, Myspace again deleted the “Atheist and Agnostic Group (35,000 members). This deletion, [...]
“You can’t prove there is no god”
Why do we only require disproof of an unproven hypothesis when it comes to religion?
If I claimed I had built a machine that generated energy out of thin air and ran forever, is anyone obliged to spend time disproving that claim? Wouldn’t any rational, sane person simply say, “Let me know when you have proof [...]
A baffling proposal to filter the Internet
Tim Wu, writing for Slate, asks;
Has AT&T Lost Its Mind?
Chances are that as you read this article, it is passing over part of AT&T’s network. That matters, because last week AT&T announced that it is seriously considering plans to examine all the traffic it carries for potential violations of U.S. intellectual property laws. The prospect [...]
North Dakota Judge Gets it Wrong
Posted to CircleID by Al Iverson:
…WAY wrong. This is just mind blowing.
Ever been prosecuted for tracking spam? Running a traceroute? Doing a zone transfer? Asking a public internet server for public information that it is configured to provide upon demand?
No? Well, David Ritz has. And amazingly, he lost the case.
Here are just a few of [...]
New Alzheimer’s treatment works in minutes
Posted at Ars Technica:
Alzheimer’s disease is a growing concern among our aging populations. As people live longer lives, diseases of old age become increasingly common. Perhaps, as with obesity, diabetes, atherosclerosis, and other common modern maladies, there are also lifestyle or environmental factors at play. Alzheimer’s, unlike those ailments of the body, has had little [...]
U.S. House panel launches probe of FCC practices
It’s taken far too long, but at least finally something might be done to correct the situation.
Worsening friction between Congress and the head of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission escalated on Tuesday into a formal investigation of agency rule-making procedures and management practices.
The U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee said it launched the probe to [...]
Steal this idea, please
Here’s a suggestion I hope someone follows up on.
If you own or work for a virtual reality lab and would like to contribute to the happiness of a terminally ill adult:
Get together with the Make-A-Wish Foundation (or do this on your own) and create a way for terminally ill parents to enjoy a virtual adulthood [...]
Undoing the internet’s benefits
In 1969, ARPANET went live. A creation of ARPA, this fist computer network was meant to provide redundancy for government communications. The Defense Department realized that existing communications methods were vulnerable to attack These were still the days of the Cold War, and it was the intention of the DoD to counter any measure the [...]
Boeing’s new 787 Dreamliner passenger jet may have a serious security vulnerability
For crying out loud. Will companies please either: hire professional network engineers who can build a secure network and understand vulnerabilities and encryption or, stay out of networking until you can afford to/care to.
Despite what should have been an unavoidable lesson in pathetic networking by TJMaxx, companies continue to roll out networks apparently without a [...]
Mike Huckabee and Christian Duty
Bruce Walker at American Thinker presents Christian Republican concerns with the agenda of Mike Huckabee.
As a Christian Republican myself, I will express support for protecting God’s Creation, fighting sickness, and ending hunger. All are profoundly Christian ideals. But Mike Huckabee, as a Christian, is not really talking about protecting Creation, fighting sickness or ending hunger. [...]
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