Picture yourself as an author, producing an article for a magazine or even a book for publication. In order to make your point or get the particulars of a scene across, you make use of prose from a literary work literally decades old, a work that’s firmly in the public domain. You send the article [...]
This is a great vid. Thanks to Tina Korbe at HotAir for bringing it to my attention!
The 9/11 attacks happened just over a decade ago. While no one was proposing building towers again before the dust settled, there was absolutely no argument that the building should be done. After making sure to recover the fallen and clearing the site to prepare it for building, the building should commence. Ten years later, [...]
It was just after the 2005 Supreme Court Decision was announced that I first wrote about the hideously wrong ruling in Kelo v. New London. (Yes, that’s a Wikipedia article. It’s just for general info, not a legal analysis.) I have written about it since, of course, and you can see what I’ve said, specifically, [...]
And no, that’s not a euphemism.
“If Man were meant to fly, he’d have wings!” That commonly-known ridicule of people like the Wright brothers who were told repeatedly that heaver-than-air flight was just so much science fiction is held up as an example of how you should never say never where science and technological advance is concerned. Thanks to MikeM over [...]
After being shut down for a while with funding trouble, the Allen Telescope array near Mount Shasta is coming back on-line for SETI: Back in April we told you about the shuttering of the Allen Array and the difficulties that E.T. would have phoning home. Well, if you happen to be in touch with the [...]
As most folks know by now, 45,000 of Verizon’s wireline employees went on strike this past Sunday over contract negotiations where Verizon is asking for concessions and the union thinks the company is making enough profits that they shouldn’t have to give up anything. You can feel free to choose your sides in that debate [...]
Pause with me to remember the true meaning of Memorial Day. To those that served, serve now, and will serve, my family & I thank you.
Last year’s double snowstorm in this area – a.k.a. “Snowmaggedon“ – was a real crusher, with snowfall exceeding 2 feet accumulation in both storms. Last night was the DC area’s first real snowstorm of the 2010-2011 winter and while it’s no Snowmaggedon, it sure did a number on things. By my eyeball estimate, we have [...]
