“Can Science Beat the Doomsday Hype?”
Short answer: not bloody likely. At least not in my lifetime.
Archive of posts filed under the Systems category.
Includes stuff about anything where feedback causes the system to adapt, including the systems of nature, those that are man-made or cultural, and those of the human mind.
“Feds: Top e-tailers profit from billion-dollar Web scam”
It just goes to show that no matter who you’re dealing with, or how trustworthy you think they are, it’s always a good idea to count your change. (In other words: “in God we trust. All others pay cash.”) 😉
“Knit hat stabs you in the head if you don’t smile”
And to top it all off (so to speak), it’s called the Happiness Hat. Ouch.
“Psychology and Security Resource Page”
Food for thought.
“Boffins ‘write directly to memory’ of living brains”
Happy Hallowe’en! Here‘s a vaguely Hallowe’en-themed article I stumbled across last week. It’s exciting, but the scary part is what an amoral dictator could do with it once it’s perfected.
“Nice Use of Diversion During a Robbery”
Wow, those Swedes even have smarter bank robbers! 😉
“Want Peace? Give a Nuke the Nobel”
[… T]he global economy is a creation of the nuclear age. Major powers find ways to get along because the cost of armed conflict between them has become unthinkably high. […] A very thought-provoking article. (Thanks, Ploni)
“US court says software is owned, not licensed”
This is certainly going to shake up the software industry.
“Money Can Buy Happiness, After All, as Long as You Don’t Spend it on Yourself”
An interesting rider to the old saying.
“Oz bottle shop falls for ‘double your money’ scam”
“A fool and his money,” the saying goes, “are soon parted.” Will people ever figure out that if something sounds too good to be true, it’s because it is?! When the scam-ees let their own greed do most of the scammers’ work for them, the scammers don’t have to be very smart to waltz away …
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