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What We Owe the Men and Women Who Serve
Today, November 10, is the anniversary of the creation of the U.S. Marine Corps. I didn’t know that. Elizabeth Moon, a science fiction and fantasy writer I know, posted about it on her newsgroup at SFFNet. In addition to being … Continue reading
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Ding, Dong, Rove Digital is Dead! And EstHost! And EstDomains! ;)
Today the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced the takedown of a major cybercrime organization, known among antispam activists as Rove Digital. The FBI surprisingly gave significant credit to a number of other organizations, including Estonian police and several … Continue reading
Posted in Internet, Security, Spam
Tagged EstDomains, EstHost, FBI, Rove Digital, Spamhaus, TeamCymru, Trend Micro
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Not Such a Stretch to Reach the Stars
There’s a wonderful story in today’s New York Times about a symposium held as part of the DARPA 100-Year Starship Study. The meeting took place for a few days at the end of September and beginning of October, and consisted … Continue reading
Posted in Science, Space, Technology
Tagged 100-Year Starship Study, DARPA, Interstallar Spaceflight
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The Great Anti-Spam Locker Room Contest
I just about died laughing after I read the following thoroughly disrespectful and marginally safe-for-work blog on All Spammed UP, a site that comments on email and spam issues. Let nobody tell you that the people involved in the spam … Continue reading
False Alarm: General Relativity Confirmed
Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity is safe. The most probable, but least interesting, explanation for the OPERA results (the “faster than light” neutrinos) now looks likely to be true: there was a fundamental flaw in the experimental methodology. In short, … Continue reading
Posted in Physics, Science
Tagged experimental design error, neutrino experiment, OPERA, Ronald van Elburg
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Proud to Be a Texan (Expatriate, but still)
At least, when I read this blog describing how two east Texas women set up emergency services for firefighters fighting a local wildfire. With a little bit of help from their friends and (I hate to admit it) Facebook, they … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Culture
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Was Einstein Wrong — Part 2
The researchers at the OPERA project, which conducted the experiment that showed neutrinos exceeding the speed of light, have posted a PDF of their paper. You can download it for free from the Cornell University Library’s Arxiv.org site. I skimmed … Continue reading
Posted in Physics, Science, Space
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Breaking: Was Einstein Wrong?
Put down your drink. Remove any cats or children from your lap. Take a big breath. Today researchers at the CERN physics laboratory announced that a three year study has shown “with a high level of confidence” that neutrinos can … Continue reading
Posted in Physics, Science, Space
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David Linhardt Snatches Defeat from the Jaws of Victory
And I couldn’t be happier. Here’s a link to the judgment (PDF File), which is posted on the Spamhaus web site. The final judgment: $3 to E360, costs for defending the lawsuit to Spamhaus. In my personal and strongly-held opinion, … Continue reading
Re-establishing the Correct Role for Police in a Free Society
For some time, I’ve been concerned at the deteriorating relationship between the police and citizens in the United States. While this isn’t happening everywhere, in entirely too many cities large numbers of police have been credibly accused and often convicted … Continue reading
Posted in Human Rights, Law, Politics
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