These are not the rantings of a left wing, liberal group. These are the sober facts being reported by well-respected news organizations. I’m just tired. Very, very tired. This administration is never to be held to fault for anything. Speaking out against this administration in any way, shape, or form has been branded anti-American and as giving comfort to the enemy. The enemy this time is Mother Nature and I don’t think she gets any comfort from anything, good or bad, that is said about the Bush Co.
Archive for the ‘Science & Technology’ Category
Creationism vs ID vs Evolution
Evolution is real. It is concrete. It stands on millions of fossils that all fall into place perfectly with one another, none of them out of place, nothing contradicting the theory. Referring to it as a theory is like referring to the “theory of gravity” as just a theory. Last time I looked out the window, the neighbors weren’t floating over their porches.
Monkeying with Man
What if scientists had the ability to take an ape embryo and flip all the genetic markers necessary to make it human? Insert a little DNA here, snip a little out over there. It would open up any number of moral, ethical, legal, and religious questions.
Flying Spaghetti Monster and other Theoretical Nonsense
In keeping with the theory that the Theory of Evolution is just a theory, I present to you the following site: Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. And since no theory should be held as scientific fact, I further present you with: Evangelical Scientists Refute Gravity With New ‘Intelligent Falling’ Theory.
Pope Admits Evolution is Real!
Man, that will just floor the religious right won’t it? Can you imagine the next President saying something stupid like that intelligent design should be taught alongside evolution? Here’s the catch: the Pope made these statements back in 1996.
Green Engineering
I’m a big fan of environmentalism that doesn’t change the way we live. Mainly because I think it’s just impossible to get the majority of people to make sacrifices for something that they can’t see as tangible. Any effort by the rest of us is pretty meaningless if the majority isn’t joining in.
Now You Know… Global Warming
I’m not a big fan of AOL and I never visit their website. (Why would I? I’m not a subscriber.) An article in Wired (which I visit daily) led me to their site, and in turn led me to this page on global warming: “Now You Know… Global Warming.”
Riffing on Vista
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols has a funny, tongue-in-cheeck article about the upcoming Microsoft Vista OS (formerly Longhorn) over at eWeek titled “I’m So Excited by Microsoft Vista. Not.“
Can a Spam Filter Play Chess
Thanks to Kottke for pointing me to this diversion, which effectively prevented me from getting work done this morning. It’s a step-by-step tutorial for teaching your Bayesian spam filter to play chess with analysis on how well it performs. It’s written in plain English (except for the code snippets) so you don’t have to have much programming knowledge to follow along.