November 2009
14 posts
I think she's probably the clown in that joke...
BROMONT, Quebec — A Canadian woman on long-term sick leave for depression says she lost her benefits because her insurance agent found photos of her on Facebook in which she appeared to be having fun. (AP)
Is it still crazy if Intel says it's happening? →
The Value of Nature and Old Books →
absalomabsalom:
groupuscule:
absalomabsalom:
There is no such thing as “nature.”
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2. There may not be an absolute nature-thing, but there is probably not an absolute anything-thing; meanwhile I would guess that ‘nature’ can remain useful to describe a space or force relatively unaffected by the rise of humans.
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Thus, I think that it would be more productive to begin...
Everyone agrees that blimps will have been pretty...
A security guard checks my driver’s license as I drive into the entrance to Moffet Field, a disused naval airbase that hosts the nascent Singularity University. Night has fallen, but it still feels like entering a top-secret installation out of a James Bond movie, crowned by with strange domed buildings and adorned by sculptures of airships. (Wired)
Dear NASA, Are we gonna die?
msmandrake:
Question (Q): Are there any threats to the Earth in 2012? Many Internet websites say the world will end in December 2012. Answer (A): Nothing bad will happen to the Earth in 2012.
[NASA via MR]
I want to work for the division of NASA that answers these tough questions so much.
They think we’ll have more time?
Best story ever:
adrianeq:
A U2 show marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall has run into controversy - after organisers built a wall around the venue. A two metre barrier has been erected around the Brandenburg gate to keep out people without tickets for the show.—BBC
Swine Flu will Crush the Internet!
jlovett:
While most people have been worrying about the obvious effects of an H1N1 epidemic — you know, stuff like people dying, vaccine shortages, overcrowded hospitals, that kind of thing — the Government Accountability Office has identified a terrifying new threat linked to the flu: It will bring the Internet to its knees, as millions of bedridden patients spend all of their idle hours...