Archives for December 17, 2007
I think this is a pro Linux video
Posted by Greg Laden on December 17, 2007 My Christmas is Most Like…
Posted by Greg Laden on December 17, 2007 Your Christmas is Most Like: How the Grinch Stole Christmas You can’t really get into the Christmas spirit… But it usually gets to you by the end of the holiday. What Movie Is Your Christmas Most Like?
I found Elvis
Posted by Greg Laden on December 17, 2007 Sent from one of my more faithful readers (includes footage of my brother in law being being Willie Nelson or the Everly brothers or somebody.)
Loony Climate Denialism Holdouts
Posted by Greg Laden on December 17, 2007 A small group of US experts stubbornly insist that, contrary to what the vast majority of their colleagues believe, humans may not be responsible for the warming of the planet Earth.
Anthro Notes
Posted by Greg Laden on December 17, 2007 The new Anthronotes is available, here This is a Smithsonian publication. This issue has, among other things, a very nice article on the Flores Hobbits and a piece on teaching Human Evolution. Teachers should take special note of this, the material in this publication is usually perfect for 10th through 12th grade Life Sciences. [Hat…
Holiday Shopping Tip #4
Posted by Greg Laden on December 17, 2007 The Minnesota Citizens for Science Education Teddy Bear! I know you want one… I personally have a mug, a tee-shirt and a hat. Hey, they should add bumper stickers.
Sticklebacks and Shrimp Co-Evolving
Posted by Greg Laden on December 17, 2007 Prawns (shrimp) behavior is exploited by sticklebacks in the quest for food.
Health Care Business Switch to Linux
Posted by Greg Laden on December 17, 2007 McKesson Provider Technologies is a health care industry software vendor. A few years ago, they began to search for ways to cut costs for the hospitals and medical offices that make up their customer base. Switching to Linux was the obvious solution.
Regeneration
Posted by Greg Laden on December 17, 2007 Planarian worms can regenerate new body parts (well, I know they don’t look like “parts” but you get what I mean). How do they do this? No one was quite sure until now.
1699 Captain Kidd Shipwreck Discovered
Posted by Greg Laden on December 17, 2007 From Indiana University’s Press Room: Resting in less than 10 feet of Caribbean seawater, the wreckage of Quedagh Merchant, the ship abandoned by the scandalous 17th century pirate Captain William Kidd as he raced to New York in an ill-fated attempt to clear his name, has escaped discovery — until now.
Gene Genie # 22
Posted by Greg Laden on December 17, 2007 … the Blog Carnival, is at Sandwalk.
Science News Tidbits
Posted by Greg Laden on December 17, 2007 Global warming may soon see Santa don shorts from PhysOrg.com If the most dire climate forecasts come true the tourism industry in Europe’s far north, already feeling the effects of global warming, may find itself promoting a Santa in shorts and a camel-drawn sleigh. [...] Disgraced cloning scientist seeks comeback: officials from PhysOrg.com Disgraced South…
Two New Species of Mammal Discovered
Posted by Greg Laden on December 17, 2007 The Foja Mountains have been the subject of investigation for a couple of years now, and new species are being found there on a regular basis. The lastest, from last June, is the discovery of a possum and a rat. The Foja Mountains are in Paupa, Indonesia, and form part of the norther ridge of…
How To Buy a Computer
Posted by Greg Laden on December 17, 2007 I get email… In this case, virus-like but funny email. Pass it on…
Discovery Institute Discovers Irony
Posted by Greg Laden on December 17, 2007 But fails to recognize it. Again. Just moments ago, the Discovery Institute posted a commentary on a paper that came out some time ago on dog evolution. I wrote about that paper because it made me laugh out loud (LOL). Indeed, I wanted to share this again, so I reposted my earlier post just moments…
Creationism Doubtful? What a surprise!
Posted by Greg Laden on December 17, 2007 St. Bernard Dog I woke up this morning to see headlines such as the following in my newsreader: Study Casts Doubt on Creationism … and St. Bernard Study Casts Doubt on Creationism…. It turns out that the shape of the dog’s head has evolved over time, and that this can only be explained by evolution.…
Oekologie #12
Posted by Greg Laden on December 17, 2007 …the blog carnival, is here, on Matt’s Behavioral Ecology Blog.
Microsoft vs. Google
Posted by Greg Laden on December 17, 2007 NYT: Google Gets Ready to Rumble With Microsoft The growing confrontation between Google and Microsoft promises to be an epic business battle. It is likely to shape the prosperity and progress of both companies, and also inform how consumers and corporations work, shop, communicate and go about their digital lives. Google sees all of this…
Messing with Wikiland
Posted by Greg Laden on December 17, 2007 Wikileaks busts Gitmo propaganda team The US detention facility at Guantanamo Bay has been caught conducting covert propaganda attacks on the internet. The attacks, exposed this week in a report by the government transparency group Wikileaks, include deleting detainee ID numbers from Wikipedia last month, the systematic posting of unattributed “self praise” comments on news…
Dot-Mac Security Issue
Posted by Greg Laden on December 17, 2007 Warning to Mac Users: Security Flaw with .Mac: “The de facto online connectivity software sold along with many Apple computers, .Mac, has a Web interface through which users can check their ‘iDisk’ while away from their own computer. However, there is no Log-Out button in this Web interface, so most users just close the browser…
YouTube Museum of Computing History
Posted by Greg Laden on December 17, 2007 Warning: This site opens with a video in play mode, and it is a bit noisy. Normally, I would not link to such as site because I think that is obnoxious. But it is an interesting site. Welcome to the Computer History Museum on YouTube. We’re committed to preserving and presenting the history and stories…
Blogospherics: Recommended reads
Posted by Greg Laden on December 17, 2007 The History of Atheism at Pharyngula How to Respond to Creationists at Freespace (hat tip: Pharyngula) NRA To Introduce New Program “Hunters have been criticized in the past because killing animals has always been an integral part of hunting,” said Heston. “We developed the Shoot-and-Release philosophy so that our members can continue to enjoy the…
Announcing the Protocol for Implementing Open Access Data
Posted by Greg Laden on December 17, 2007 Today, in conjunction with the Creative Commons 5th Birthday celebration, Science Commons announces the Protocol for Implementing Open Access Data (“the Protocol”). The Protocol is a method for ensuring that scientific databases can be legally integrated with one another. The Protocol is built on the public domain status of data in many countries (including the…
Bali: Are we there yet?
Posted by Greg Laden on December 17, 2007 The Cost of twenty years of Reagan and Bushes has been very high. In about 1991, I wrote an article for a monthly newspaper in which I summarized the available data for Global Warming, and was very easily able to conclude that it was a real phenomenon with consequences already felt in a number of…
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