A BBC report offers the most intriguiging possibility yet for stopping the Deepwater Horizon wellhead leak — using powerful Russian submersible craft that work at depths of 6,000 meters, far deeper than the disaster site. A skipper of one of the Mir subs is reported as saying the subs are already at work in Lake [...]
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Deterrence wise, Obama policy change bombs
President Obama is reshaping nuclear arms policy to assure nations without nuclear weapons, and complying with the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, they would not be hit with nukes in response to an attack against the U.S., even if they were to use chemical or biological weapons. Think of it as putting cards on the table that [...]
Social Security to pay $500 million-plus
for 13 years of outrageous data misuse
This idiocy was triggered by a provision in a 1996 law that ordered the withholding of government benefits from “fleeing felons.” That in itself made sense, but the way the agency implemented the law was nothing short of mindless.
Latest Firefox has a hitch in its git-along
We’ve spent much time over the past six days struggling with Firefox 3.5.1 on two PCs running Windows XP Service Pack 3. The latest Firefox runs well on our Vista desktop and laptop, albeit the program takes longer to load than previous versions. The problem on the XP PCs involves repeated failure to find servers, [...]
Blogging machinery woes update
We are also giving avatars, or in our case gravatars, a try. If you don’t have a gravatar and would like to join the party, click the handy new box just below the comment-entry form. The process is quick and painless.
Busted botnet thief’s boss also a piece of work
“Calcanis posted a lengthy blog Thursday saying Schiefer was just a young, angry and stupid kid with problems when he created the attack that infected up to 250,000 computers.”
Additional thoughts about plug-in hybrids
Go to trade in a five-year-old Volt and the fact it will only have four to five more years of battery life will weigh heavily in how much you’re allowed. That means you’ll have to spend even more for a new car. . .
Will consumers Volt with their dollars?
Originally a concept-car of sport-coupe design, the Volt is morphing into a slick hatchback built over a five-foot lithium ion battery pack and small gas-powered motor. The plan is for the Volt to run at least 40 miles on a full charge from any wall outlet before the gas motor kicks in to keep it going.
