Day August 25, 2006

Xena is way cooler than Pluto ever was

“I miss Pluto” says this bumpersticker, but it’s somehow fitting a planet that had a cartoon character named after it has become a dwarf planet while another newly-discovered dwarf planet has been tentatively named Xena, after the cartoonish TV super-heroine.…

Blowback for Israel

63% of Israelis want Olmert gone But few of them get it. They used 3rd generation warfare tactics against a 4th generation warfare non-state entity, and wonder why they failed.

Surveillance

Digital video recorders are used in security and surveillance. The technologies used here are way more sophisticated than you might have known. John Sires, an old friend, is CEO of Silicor, a company the manufactures DVR security equipment. He detailed…

Quote of the day – Cornelius Vanderbilt

Cornelius Vanderbilt, railroad magnate and all-around plunderer, in a letter to an adversary in 1853. “Gentlemen: You have undertaken to cheat me. I will not sue you, for the law takes too long. I will ruin you.” Well, he and…