So...Doonesbury isn't funny, right? It's trying to be funny, but it isn't? I guess not all of them are supposed to be funny, but a lot of them have punchlines and are structured to be jokes. And it's not that I don't get the references or anything. It just isn't funny. But people act like it is for some reason. Or, they act as if it's really ( Read more... )

http://environment.independent.co.uk/climate_change/article2790960.ece

Humanity is approaching an unprecedented crisis when not enough oil and gas will be produced to keep industrial civilisation running, the world's top oilmen warned last week ( Read more... )

Ok...are you ready? Every day I feel like things reach a new peak, and then, something like this happens, and it's just amazing.

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,2126704,00.html

One of Britain's most senior police officers has demanded a return to a form of internment, with the power to lock up terror suspects indefinitely without ( Read more... )

One of my favourite things to do is still to just space out out in the middle of the night while idly watching TV or reading and see what happens. If the moment is right, you get into "the zone". I'm not quite sure how to describe "the zone", but those of you who have been there will instantly know what I mean. When the world around me is quiet ( Read more... )

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/06/01/robo_chaperones_for_korean_schools/

Korean educational authorities have a bold new plan to curb the ever-rising tide of teenage lustfulness. Students at a middle school (ages 13-15) in southern Seoul ( Read more... )

http://www.honeywell.com/sites/portal?smap=aerospace&page=mav_video&theme=T8

The MAV system, consisting of two air vehicles and a ground station, provides enhanced mission effectiveness and force protection.

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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/06/05/israel_robo_sniper_gaza/

Israel has begun deploying stationary robot gun-and-sensor installations along its borders with the Gaza Strip, according to reports ( Read more... )

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=405477&in_page_id=1770

Big Brother is not only watching you - now he's barking orders too. Britain's first 'talking' CCTV cameras have arrived ( Read more... )

http://pruned.blogspot.com/2007/06/modeling-urban-panic.html

Paul Torrens...has developed a realistic computer 3D model that can predict crowd behavior in various spatial configurations ( Read more... )

http://www.polarinertia.com/june07/wargraffiti01.htm

War Graffiti ( Read more... )