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Inventors strive to discover what technology can do for humans; corporations seek the profit potential in it; the scientists portrayed here ask what it's doing to us. Nanotechnology — specifically nanoparticles — are with us, among us, inside us already — in toothpaste, chewing gum, food, clothing, medicines. Their ability to pass through blood-brain barriers and immune defenses presents both possibility and peril. From the article: "As a society, we’ve been here before—releasing a “miracle technology” before its potential health and environmental ramifications are understood, let alone investigated."
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This New Yorker article contains a portrait of crypto-mathematician Bill Binney and his ThinThread NSA program, which he claims had the ability to detect and forerstall the 9/11 attacks, had it been in place instead of the Trailblazer program, which withered on its vine during the Bush years.
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In a bad economy, publishers often bring the axe down on editors and proofreaders first. And every so often, it costs them big time. But at least the rest of us get to laugh. The opening paragraph of this BBC story says it all:An Australian publisher has had to pulp and reprint a cook-book after one recipe listed "salt and freshly ground black people" instead of black pepper.
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nightcats writes:
Today's geek quiz: what does the MBA gobbledygook in the CA statement mean?
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nightcats writes:
Captain's log, stardate 2010.9.3: I have sent Mr. Scott to the planet Toyotum in search of fuel crystals. We are hoping that the purer dilithium he finds there can correct the problem with the warp drive accelerator pedal sticking...
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Describing it as a "limited beta test," Wal-Mart announced its plans to offer coffins to its shoppers. The question, of course, is: how quickly can Death get to RC and will it ever go gold? In the Wal-Mart world, of course, beta comes with a price: $900 for a Mom or Dad coffin, all the way up to $2900 for a bronze sarcophagus. The Wal-Mart logo says it all: "save money, die better."
