Archives for November 27, 2007
War on Christmas Update
Posted by Greg Laden on November 27, 2007 Uncle Jay Explains the News
The Human Eye and Intelligent Design
Posted by Greg Laden on November 27, 2007 Creationism disproved, again:
Do you want to be a Super Geek?
Posted by Greg Laden on November 27, 2007 RAIDs (Redundant Arrays of Inexpensive [sic] Disks) are considered pretty handy for a number of things. This is an example of productive and practical use of a RAID. Granted, this project does not have the archaic grandeur of a Floppy Disk RAID, but then again, the capacity and performance of this system are utterly superior…
The Bible as Ethnography ~ 01 ~ Introduction
Posted by Greg Laden on November 27, 2007 As a child in Catholic school, and later in public school and being sent off to “release time” religious instruction, I had the opportunity to read most of the Old and New Testaments of the standard bible. Later, in junior high school, I became interested in comparative religion, and read it all again, together with…
Good Blog Stuff from my Neighbors i the Blogosphere
Posted by Greg Laden on November 27, 2007 The latest news on Dembski’s arrest and imprisonment for stealing a science video from Harvard for use in his ID lectures is here, at Pharyngula. OK, I was only kidding about the arrest and imprisonment part. But seriously, do you know what an IZOD-LACOSTE cloud is? It is an atmospheric phenomenon first discovered, simultaneously buy…
Early Earth Atmosphere
Posted by Greg Laden on November 27, 2007 Ohio State University geologists and their colleagues have uncovered evidence of when Earth may have first supported an oxygen-rich atmosphere similar to the one we breathe today. The study suggests that upheavals in the earth’s crust initiated a kind of reverse-greenhouse effect 500 million years ago that cooled the world’s oceans, spawned giant plankton blooms,…
The Vista Bounce
Posted by Greg Laden on November 27, 2007 It could be called the Vista Bounce. Here is how it works:
Science News Tidbits
Posted by Greg Laden on November 27, 2007 Lincoln may have had rare genetic disease Lincoln may have had rare genetic disease from PhysOrg.com A California doctor who studies rare ailments said Abraham Lincoln was probably dying of cancer from a rare genetic syndrome at the time he was assassinated. [...] Scientist says Hittites began bioterrorism Scientist says Hittites began bioterrorism from PhysOrg.com…
Boot Faster Than You can Say “Debian Linux”
Posted by Greg Laden on November 27, 2007 Technologic Systems has announced a single-board computer (SBC) claimed to boot Linux 2.6 in under two seconds. The TS-7800 is equipped with a Marvell 500Mhz ARM9 CPU running a full Debian implementation, and includes a user-programmable on-board FPGA (field-programmable gate array) with 12,000 LUTs (look-up tables). [amazing. click here]
Beware Evildoers
Posted by Greg Laden on November 27, 2007 A French businessman tells AFP his company is working on putting TASER stun guns on a flying saucer that would zap protesters, evil-doers, and anybody else that authorities there don’t like. [source]
Genes and Behavior
Posted by Greg Laden on November 27, 2007 Genes determine basic behavior, like the behavior associated with being a predator. Or avoiding being eaten by a predator. This we know to be true because millions, zillions, of years of evolution must have shaped genes … especially in mammals with with their whopping big brains and all … to have genetically coded behaviors.http://www.bloggingwv.com/love-everybody-even-the-squirrelly-ones/
Linux Google Search
Posted by Greg Laden on November 27, 2007 Check it out: (click on the bird)
Black Rhino
Posted by Greg Laden on November 27, 2007 Diceros bicornis. Africa has two species of rhinoceros, the “black” and the “white” rhino. Experts disagree on the origin of the two names, and there has been an effort to change these colloquial terms to something else. This is because the “black” rhino is dangerous and shifty, and the “white” rhino is cute and well…
It could be worse
Posted by Greg Laden on November 27, 2007 But not a lot worse. Just as we are hearing that the current hurricane season, just winding down, was not as bad as it could have been, we also have this: More than four times the number of natural disasters are occurring now than did two decades ago, British charity Oxfam said in a study…
Million Book Project Flawed?
Posted by Greg Laden on November 27, 2007 We are told that “the Million Book Project has exceeded its goal of digitizing one million books by 2007. ” Well, I can think of a million books that I’d never want to look at, and I can think of a million books that I would give up my life to preserve. Or your life,…
Behavioral Manipulation by a Parasite
Posted by Greg Laden on November 27, 2007 I almost drank one of these things once (accidentally):
FSM Manifestation
Posted by Greg Laden on November 27, 2007 It is true. Praise be the noodles. [A tip of the macaroni to Pharyngula]
Science News Tidbits
Posted by Greg Laden on November 27, 2007 Prenatal Arsenic; Electric Fish; Cholera
Tucker To Be Ousted
Posted by Greg Laden on November 27, 2007 Tucker Carlson is about to be canceled, according to an unnamed NBC official as reported on Think Progress. All because he made a wise crack that annoyed an NBC executive. Not because he is a numskull or a nitwit. What a shame. Just thought you’d like to kow.
What bird was that?
Posted by Greg Laden on November 27, 2007 The answer is here.
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