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Date: January 11th, 2009

Montgomery County citizens suddenly not laughing at illegal immigration

11 January, 2009 (22:03) | Uncategorized | By: ricjames

The Washington Post has a front-page story in this morning’s edition on a dawning realization by the citizens of Montgomery County, MD. After years of wagging accusing fingers at those of us who see illegal immigration as a problem precisely because it’s illegal and tends to cause a rise in crime wherever it’s allowed, it [...]

Someone quantified the carbon footprint of a Google search?

11 January, 2009 (07:53) | Environment, Politics, Technology | By: ricjames

Oh, yakk: While millions of people tap into Google without considering the environment, a typical search generates about 7g of CO2. Boiling a kettle generates about 15g. “Google operates huge data centers around the world that consume a great deal of power,” said Alex Wissner-Gross, a Harvard University physicist whose research on the environmental impact [...]