The Singularity is coming ...

... I, for one, welcome our robotic masters.

in reference to: Scientists create first electronic quantum processor (view on Google Sidewiki)

Humans are mammals

And that's not really pretty, when you stop and think about it.

in reference to: Tiger Woods: why tigers feel the urge to stray - Telegraph (view on Google Sidewiki)

Hysteria or ... ?

It is pathetic that the Pentagon has more sway than the State Department, but this seems a little shrill.
in reference to: The Militarization of America - Page 1 - The Daily Beast (view on Google Sidewiki)

It's William Gibson's World ...

... we just live in it.

in reference to: Cold war enemies Russia and China launch a cyber attack every day - Telegraph (view on Google Sidewiki)

Niall Ferguson Rocks!

One of my all-time favorite thinkers rips the common wisdom a new one in Foreign Policy.

in reference to: Dead Men Walking - By Niall Ferguson | Foreign Policy (view on Google Sidewiki)

Would you trust this man?

The chairman and CEO of Google paints a painful-to-achieve, but Utopian view of how newspapers will survive in the digital future.

On an aside, the device he describes in the introduction sounds more like an iPhone than a Kindle.

in reference to: Eric Schmidt: How Google Can Help Newspapers - WSJ.com (view on Google Sidewiki)

Now that's just cool.

The World Expo 2012 in South Korea is going to have some cool pavilions.

 in reference to: Starship-Like Exhibition Space Will Float Around Asia in 2012 - Fluid - Gizmodo (view on Google Sidewiki)

Did Google Just Blink?

Seems Murdoch's threats do carry some weight.

in reference to: Google Gives Publishers More Control Over How It Crawls Their News (view on Google Sidewiki)

Mouth-breathing knuckledraggers

Fox & Friends, the laughably dopey morning show on Fox is all bent out of shape because the President didn't use the word "win" in his speech last night.

It's just sad and pathetic that these people have no understanding of the scope of al Qaeda, the history of war in Afghanistan and what the word "successful" means.
in reference to: Fox & Friends runs with claim that Obama never said the word "win" during West Point speech | Media Matters for America (view on Google Sidewiki)

ClimateGate Explained

Because there is nothing the Right loves more than to distort facts to support its preconceived narrative.

in reference to: ClimateGate: The 7 Biggest Lies About The Supposed "Global Warming Hoax" (view on Google Sidewiki)

They're Mercenaries ...

... can we just admit that's what they are and move on?

in reference to: Addicted to Contractors | Foreign Policy (view on Google Sidewiki)

Awesome coolness ...

And the pilot is still alive to tell the tale.

in reference to: 'I remember it like it was yesterday': WWII fighter pilot's Hellcat is pulled out of Lake Michigan 65 years after he crash landed | Mail Online (view on Google Sidewiki)

The Right Will Eat Itself

And has actually begun to do so.

in reference to: Little Green Footballs - Why I Parted Ways With The Right (view on Google Sidewiki)

Now maybe something will happen?

Since it's going to be televised on the news and Good Morning America, maybe something will actually happen. Maybe Michele Bachmann will get a soul ...
in reference to: Another 'Extreme Makeover: Home Edition' Family Facing Foreclosure - Yahoo! TV Blog (view on Google Sidewiki)

Michele Bachmann's Legacy-Building

Despite her district having the highest number of foreclosures in the state of Minnesota, she voted down five key foreclosure relief bills.

Yes, she is a class act all the way.

in reference to: Bachmann’s district continues to lead state in foreclosures « Minnesota Independent: News. Politics. Media. (view on Google Sidewiki)

Forgiveness has a price.

It's one of Mike Huckabee's weirder problems: his over-arching belief in human redemption. I think his time as a preacher, while it made him a fine orator, certainly clouded his judgment regarding who should or should not be pardoned. At the same time, as governor, wouldn't all those up for pardon be vetted by his legal team? Did he meet with these people personally?

in reference to: Huckabee White House Chances Look Slim to None After Police Slayings -- Politics Daily (view on Google Sidewiki)

Because your projection of "strength" worked out so well?

It's really time for Dick Cheney and his ilk to shut up. They left behind them a seven-year legacy of a mismanaged, two-front war whose impetus and goals still continue to shift.

Oddly enough, this is being highlighted by the recent GOP bed-wetting regarding trying the 9/11 plotters in Manhattan.

Anyone with common sense can see that by abandoning the rule of law, by bullying Congress into giving them carte blanche to wage wars against something as nebulous as "terror" and by the rampant fear-mongering they used to cow the public into supporting their folly, Cheney and company do not have a legitimate leg to stand on regarding how the current administration pursues the wars and extricates the U.S. from the region.

Shouldn't he be in Dubai concerning himself with how Halliburton will weather the economic crisis? Oh, wait ...
in reference to: Dick Cheney slams President Obama for projecting ‘weakness’ - Mike Allen and Jim VandeHei - POLITICO.com (view on Google Sidewiki)

Well, their shampoo does wonders for my scalp ...

...let's see what these marsupials can really do!
in reference to: Kangaroos may hold skin cancer cure: study - Yahoo! News (view on Google Sidewiki)

Online sleuthing at its nerdiest!

This is a great example of following the digital trail.
in reference to: Is Apple testing a new iPhone model? - Network World (view on Google Sidewiki)

Alternate Headline: Just Get an iPhone

"With ad revenue and audience on the decline, newspapers look to e-readers as a possible new revenue path. But early signs show that “win-win” deals between publishers and e-reader developers are both elusive and nonprofitable."

in reference to: E Readers Offer Little Relief For The Newspaper Industry - Industry News - Portfolio.com (view on Google Sidewiki)

This isn't news ...

When it was revealed that Bin Laden was in Bora Bora and escaped, it was well-documented. This report just seems like a timely reminder; more a political tool, than a policy report on how to fix the problem.

in reference to: Report: 'Bin Laden was within our grasp' - CNN.com (view on Google Sidewiki)

A Coney Island of the Mind

... and technically, the stomach. They don't have diners in the Greater Detroit area. They don't even have coffee shops. No, they have "Coney Islands".

I've been spending Thanksgiving with Bob's family now for about eight years now, the last four years in Birmingham, Michigan where Robert's wife Jen hails from.

From the first time I visited I was intrigued by the"Coney Islands". First off, the Coney Islands get their name from a hot dog (it seems like a chili dog, but on some of the menus I saw they can be served plain or with onions and mustard).

Over the years these places evolved into what people in New Jersey and New York call diners, or what people in California would call coffee shops -- basically breakfast, lunch and dinner short-order food.

Yet in keeping with the great Mid-Atlantic tradition, many of the Coney Islands are under Greek ownership. Chee-burger! Chee-burger! Chee-burger!