The Best Magazine Articles Ever	literature
Link #151344 submitted by dorian on Jul 30, 2010 08:57am.   (+130XP) http://www.kk.org/cooltools/the-best-magazi.php
The following are suggestions for the best magazine articles (in English) ever. Stars denote how many times a correspondent has suggested it.     This is a work in progress. It is a on-going list of suggestions collectively made by readers of this post. At this point the list has not been vetted or selected by me. It is incomplete. Comments: 0   Hits: 43   Points: 231707   Vote Now!   [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ]

FBI access to e-mail and Web records raises fears	government
Link #151343 submitted by dorian on Jul 30, 2010 08:43am.   (+100XP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100730/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_fbi_privacy
Invasion of privacy in the Internet age. Expanding the reach of law enforcement to snoop on e-mail traffic or on Web surfing. Those are among the criticisms being aimed at the FBI as it tries to update a key surveillance law.     With its proposed amendment, is the Obama administration merely clarifying a statute or expanding it? Only time and a suddenly on guard Congress will tell.     Federal law requires communications providers to produce records in counterintelligence investigations to the FBI, which doesn't need a judge's approval and court order to get them. Comments: 0   Hits: 17   Points: 231503   Vote Now!   [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ]

Marc Faber Questions if Dow Could Hit 1,000	crackpots, kooks & tinfoil
Link #151342 submitted by dorian on Jul 30, 2010 08:40am.   (+140XP) http://www.cnbc.com/id/38481469
In the August edition of the ‘The Gloom, Boom & Doom Report’ Marc Faber questions whether the Dow could hit 1,000 as predicted by Robert Prechter, based on his interpretation of Elliot Waves, Fibonacci numbers and socioeconomic trends.     Prechter, who has written 13 books on finance (... even utter pseudoscientists get it right a few times in their life with their crappy downturn predictions; still remember 'soon dow @ 40000' shouts in '99 by so-called analysts - my girlfriend was in a very gloomy mood, when she read about prechter's predictions a few days ago ...), believes that the stock market is historically overvalued in terms of dividends and earnings, because of a "great rise in positive social mood." Comments: 0   Hits: 21   Points: 231491   Vote Now!   [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ]

HOW TO: Send an Audio Tweet	the wired
Link #151341 submitted by dorian on Jul 30, 2010 08:26am.   (+190XP) http://mashable.com/2010/07/26/how-to-audio-twitter
When Twitter’s 140-character limit just isn’t enough to get your message across, or you want to give a tweet the personal touch, why not add some audio?     All the services we’ve tested have three things in common — they are all completely free, they don’t require a phone (i.e. they are web-based solutions), and they are all easy to use. There are differences between them, so it’s worth having a read through our experiences so you can see which would best suit your own needs. Comments: 0   Hits: 20   Points: 231337   Vote Now!   [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ]

Natural Bug Sprays	health
Link #151340 submitted by dorian on Jul 30, 2010 08:25am.   (+100XP) http://www.canadiancountrywoman.com/garden/bugrecipes.php
Caution, please: not all house and garden insects are enemies to the propagation of healthy plants. Ladybugs, praying mantis, lacewings, spiders, and horse hair snakes are among the many winged or crawling "friends" in the garden who eat harmful insects. Please check before you spray.   Comments: 0   Hits: 21   Points: 231301   Vote Now!   [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ]

Tokyo's 'oldest man' had been dead for 30 years	some dude/some chick
Link #151339 submitted by Mac on Jul 30, 2010 12:30am.   (+180XP) http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-10809128
He was thought to be the oldest man in Tokyo - but when officials went to congratulate Sogen Kato on his 111th birthday, they uncovered mummified skeletal remains lying in his bed.     Mr Kato may have been dead for 30 years according to Japanese authorities.     They grew suspicious when they went to honour Mr Kato at his address in Adachi ward, but his granddaughter told them he "doesn't want to see anybody". Comments: 0   Hits: 71   Points: 225824   Vote Now!   [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ]

Every black hole may hold a hidden universe	blinded by science
Link #151338 submitted by Mac on Jul 29, 2010 12:31am.   (+360XP) http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20727703.000-every-black-hole...
WE COULD be living inside a black hole. This head-spinning idea is one cosmologist's conclusion based on a modification of Einstein's equations of general relativity that changes our picture of what happens at the core of a black hole.     In an analysis of the motion of particles entering a black hole, published in March, Nikodem Poplawski of Indiana University in Bloomington showed that inside each black hole there could exist another universe (Physics Letters B, DOI: 10.1016/j.physletb.2010.03.029). "Maybe the huge black holes at the centre of the Milky Way and other galaxies are bridges to different universes," Poplawski says. If that is correct - and it's a big "if" - there is nothing to rule out our universe itself being inside a black hole. Comments: 0   Hits: 121   Points: 209110   Rating: 9.3 / 6   [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ]

FTC Considers Do-Not-Track List	government
Link #151337 submitted by Mac on Jul 28, 2010 01:00pm.   (+220XP) http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_...
The Federal Trade Commission is considering proposing a do-not-track mechanism that would allow consumers to easily opt out of all behavioral targeting, chairman Jon Leibowitz told lawmakers on Tuesday. Comments: 0   Hits: 89   Points: 200982   Rating: 9.0 / 3   [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ]

A Glass of Water	the "other" pile
Link #151336 submitted by FoolProof on Jul 28, 2010 06:37am.   (+250XP) http://www.aglassofwater.org
A Glass of Water   LOWER YOUR CONSUMPTION     Drive with a glass of water - we at Toyota believe that's all it takes to lower your fuel consumption by 10%   Comments: 1   Hits: 320   Points: 196736   Rating: 8.3 / 3   [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ]

Arguing with Non-Skeptics (Part 1 of 2)	blinded by science
Link #151335 submitted by spoon on Jul 28, 2010 05:05am.   (+290XP) http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=arguing-wi...
A panel discussion on arguing with non-skeptics at the recent Northeast Conference on Science and Skepticism in New York City featured James Randi, George Hrab, DJ Grothe and podcast host Steve Mirsky (picture at left). Julia Galef moderated. Part 1 of 2. Websites related to content of this podcast include www.nature.com/nature/podcast and www.necsscon.org Comments: 0   Hits: 127   Points: 195487   Rating: 9.7 / 4   [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ]

Ansel Adams photos found at garage sale worth $200M	it's the arts
Link #151334 submitted by Mac on Jul 28, 2010 12:44am.   (+390XP) http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/07/27/ansel.adams.discovery/index.h...
Rick Norsigian's hobby of picking through piles of unwanted items at garage sales in search of antiques has paid off for the Fresno, California, painter.     Two small boxes he bought 10 years ago for $45 -- negotiated down from $70 -- are now estimated to be worth at least $200 million, according to a Beverly Hills art appraiser. Comments: 0   Hits: 136   Points: 192466   Rating: 9.8 / 6   [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ]

Dead Sea Scrolls Mystery Solved?	gods
Link #151333 submitted by Mac on Jul 28, 2010 12:41am.   (+240XP) http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/07/100727-who-wrote-de...
The recent decoding of a cryptic cup, the excavation of ancient Jerusalem tunnels, and other archaeological detective work may help solve one of the great biblical mysteries: Who wrote the Dead Sea Scrolls?     The new clues hint that the scrolls, which include some of the oldest known biblical documents, may have been the textual treasures of several groups, hidden away during wartime—and may even be "the great treasure from the Jerusalem Temple," which held the Ark of the Covenant, according to the Bible. Comments: 0   Hits: 202   Points: 192466   Rating: 9.6 / 3   [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ]

DRM Buster FAQ: What It Means For You	government
Link #151332 submitted by FoolProof on Jul 27, 2010 06:07pm.   (+300XP) http://gizmodo.com/5596677/drm-buster-faq-what-it-means-for-you?sky...
Today's Library of Congress statement marks a historic moment in the battle between those who dictate how we should be able to use media and technology, and the rest of us. We explain what the new exemptions mean for you.     [cc: the wired] Comments: 0   Hits: 136   Points: 187820   Rating: 10.0 / 4   [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ]

Have the un-rich lost their usefulness to the rich?	the biz
Link #151331 submitted by kingskyprawn on Jul 27, 2010 02:19pm.   (+480XP) http://www.salon.com/news/us_economy/index.html?story=/news/feature...
=== start quote ===   Have the American people outlived their usefulness to the rich minority in the United States? A number of trends suggest that the answer may be yes.     In every industrial democracy since the end of World War II, there has been a social contract between the few and the many. In return for receiving a disproportionate amount of the gains from economic growth in a capitalist economy, the rich paid a disproportionate percentage of the taxes needed for public goods and a safety net for the majority.     ...     Globalization has eliminated the first reason for the rich to continue supporting this bargain at the nation-state level, while the privatization of the military threatens the other rationale.   === end quote ===     The writer takes a few extrapolations from current conditions a bit far. Still he expresses some ideas/fears that I've been having about our economy and society.     One thought he didn't mention - can our two wars be considered very expensive "make work" projects for people who would normally be unemployed and industries that wouldn't be able to compete in the civilian sector? Comments: 2   Hits: 174   Points: 185223   Rating: 9.7 / 7   [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ]

The 'Privacy Expert' Crusading Against Walmart RFID Tags	crackpots, kooks & tinfoil
Link #151330 submitted by dorian on Jul 27, 2010 10:55am.   (+170XP) http://www.minyanville.com/businessmarkets/articles/walmart-katheri...
Beginning August 1, Walmart will be tagging jeans, socks, and underwear with radio frequency identification (RFID) tags, which will allow the company to increase real-time inventory control accuracy to 99%, a significant boost from the usual 70-80%.     It may surprise you to learn that Albright’s concern regarding RFID devices stems not from scientifically validated research into personal freedoms and liberties, but from a belief that RFID is the “fulfillment of end-time biblical prophecy.”     In 2006, Albright authored a book with Liz McIntyre, called The Spychips Threat: Why Christians Should Resist RFID and Electronic Surveillance.The book’s Amazon.com description, provided by Nashville publishing house Thomas Nelson, whose roster of authors includes Billy Graham, Max Lucado, John Eldredge, John Maxwell, Charles Stanley, and Ted Dekker, reads as follows: Comments: 0   Hits: 117   Points: 182732   Vote Now!   [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ]

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