Posts Tagged: Nature, Space, Science, Tech
Legal Title To Rainwater?
Posted by on Monday, June 29, 2009 in - 3 comments
This is quite amazing. I wouldn't have imagined that someone has had a legal right to the rain that fell on your property but they are dealing with that sort of right in Colorado just now: • Who owns the sky, anyway? In most of the country, that is a question for philosophy class or bad poetry …
Next Up? Tricorders In Cornerstores!
Posted by on Tuesday, June 9, 2009 in - 1 comment
Comforting is the news this morning that soon every mall security guard will have a little widget that will allow them to scan you with microwaves as you pass through the aisles: • British scientists have developed a portable microwave scanner to help police identify individuals carrying …
20 Years Ago, Did My Favorite Guy Get Faxes?
Posted by on Thursday, June 4, 2009 in - leave a comment
Twenty years ago I was working a summer job at law school after first year putting together the next year's materials together and did a very bad job. I was photocopying cases day after day and not checking very closely so that the upcoming first year students got to read cases where the text of …
Consider The Bumblebee Now That It Is June
Posted by on Monday, June 1, 2009 in - 1 comment
Welcome to June. The halcyon days of May are over. Harsh reality slaps you back in the face. Reality like being listed as a loser on Tweeting too Hard or that you never got the passport. But things are that bad as the tragic lost plane or far less so Boyle might suggest. Shout Huzzah as the … read more »
Don't Mine My Moon
Posted by on Monday, May 11, 2009 in - 4 comments
Did you wake up thinking "feed the map, must feed the map"?? I did. This whole map thing is already a little out of control. It's like it's taking over your life. Mine too. Oh, and don't forget to feed the map. • In other new, the part of my brain not controlled by the map tells me that People …
Viruses Lurking In The Electricity Grid
Posted by on Thursday, April 9, 2009 in - 1 comment
Drag. Years ago, I read in Wired in 2001 how no one could figure out if efforts to transmit access to the internet your home's electric outlets. The promise of capacity was staggering: • .... anyone with electricity running into their homes would have access to an almost unimaginable amount of …
Beware Of The Old Bad Idea In Time Of Crisis
Posted by on Wednesday, April 8, 2009 in - 7 comments
Remember how Segways came out and everyone laughed? Then they were recalled. And no one wanted them in Europe... where I understand everyone already has a jet pack. And remember how, despite being around for the best part of a decade you only see them on TV ads for discount hotel chains? Now …
Thank You Copepods And Amphipods!
Posted by on Tuesday, March 24, 2009 in - 4 comments
I don't really know if I believe in this science or that science. Belief in science is such an unfortunate thing. But not as unfortunate as those who act upon their belief systems like those in the Sontaran... err... German-Indian expedition which has been seeding the oceans with iron to induce …
Friday Bullets For...For...Hell, I Don't Know
Posted by on Friday, February 13, 2009 in - 4 comments
Jay came up with a great idea in the comments last night: creditor's prison. What a clever bunch of civilized Whigs we are. Or are we civic republicans? A veritable moral meritocracy. Gone are the days of comments with "people like you" finger pointery. No, now we are getting to the 18th century …
Friday Bullets For A February Thaw
Posted by on Friday, February 6, 2009 in - 9 comments
These thaws are coming in very nicely. It was -18 C yesterday but it will be plus 40 F tomorrow. I can't explain why I am better with Celsius below zero but Fahrenheit above. Just another of my wonders. I think it is going to be OK. After all, I have gotten this far into winter and have not …
