A sad day.

Its official.

Notice how many in the Assembly and the Senate consider this illegal but are going through with it anyway? It is just a sign of how comfortable they are with doing illegal things.

Shoot the messenger. The magazine says it is because of what he said on face book. But it seems to me that stating one’s bias up front is a good thing. I think the real problem for the magazine is that his position is not good for the industry.

Building cheap supercomputers out of video card chips.

The next atomic power?

What caused the 1000 point crash yesterday? View’s here and here.

Scary charts. But the future predicted in these charts will not happen because it can not happen. The world will change in radical ways long before 24% of the men in Japan are over 70 years old.

We don’t really know anything. But we can still worry.

The Crisis of Authority begins.

Furlough’s are coming for New York State workers.

Pictures of the burning oil platform. More here.

A problem that can’t be fixed.

Round Up resisting weeds are taking over the world. Or something like that.

Better than supper glue.

Does the body make its own Morphine?

The Panic Begins.

They may save Greece for a little while. But will they save Hungary?

Greeks fear their pensions will be cut in half. Would rather foreign banks take the hit.

Harrisburg is not going to make it. So what do they think they are gaining by trying?

I hear Microsoft is in the market for one of these. Seriously, one should always doubt Russian hype. On the other hand, this type of set up makes a lot sense for a lot of people. If the Russian don’t really have the goods, somebody will someday.

The next thing that is going to dominate the headlines. Its tough to install a shut of valve under water.

Another Earthquake.

The official line on earthquake frequency. But be sure to read the comments.

The short story on Greece. More details here.

Inflation on the way?

Another object in space. Interesting, but the write up is a little over the top.