[monochrom] The Best Oligarchy Money can Buy
The symbiotic connection between government and business is reaching alarming levels in light of recent evidence, indicating that government officials and business executives are increasingly one and the same. Consider the evidence that's recently come to light. A recent study by the http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/21/AR2010072106468.html?hpid=topnewsWashington Post finds that three of every four gas and oil lobbyists [have] worked for the federal government. Among those currently lobbying for energy companies who have worked in government include 18 former members of Congress and dozens of former presidential appointees. Two of these former officials were directors of the Minerals and Management Service, a disturbing revelation considering that the agency has received strong criticism for granting 198 leases for oil wells following the April 30th Deepwater explosion in the Gulf, with BP the winner of 13 of those bids. For those unfamiliar with the MMS, it gained infamy in late 2008 when it was reported by the New York Times that its employees were trading lucrative offshore drilling contracts for cocaine sex parties, funded by the oil industry (For more on that story, http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/11/washington/11royalty.htmlsee). These kinds of stories are usually the stuff of mystery and action thriller novels, but in the case of MMS-incest, the development simply looks like a failure of an agency to regulate private interests. http://www.zcommunications.org/the-best-oligarchy-money-can-buy-by-anthony-dimaggioLink
[monochrom] Are Astronomers' Pictures Of The Galaxy Too Much Like Art?
An urban legend has developed over the years that the colors in modern astronomical photos are made up in a paint-by-numbers game by publicity-hungry astronomers. http://news.discovery.com/space/living-in-a-technicolor-universe.html#mkcpgn=rssnws1Link
Re: [monochrom] 4chan Anleitung.
ist damit dem Halbmythos aufgeräumt, dass moot nicht Christopher Poole heißt oder so? Original-Nachricht Datum: Tue, 10 Aug 2010 18:35:48 +0200 Von: Franz Ablinger f...@monochrom.at An: BAGASCH@LISTS.MONOCHROM.AT Betreff: [monochrom] 4chan Anleitung. Wie funktioniert 4chan? Was bedeutet OP? Was der Begriff lurker? Wer ist 404? Wer sich Fragen wie diese noch nie zu fragen getraut hat: Chris Poole AKA moot, Gründer von 4chan, musste diese Fragen vor Gericht beantworten, im Zusammenhang mit dem Fall des gehackten Palin-e-mail Kontos, dessen Inhalt auf 4chan gefeatured wurde. Ein lesenswertes Gerichtsprotokoll, 29 Seiten. fra link: http://tinyurl.com/2wyajec (PDF, 141kB) via http://tinyurl.com/24kgcu6 (thesmokinggun.com) -- Michael Horak m.ho...@gmx.at 1230 Wien Karl Tornay-Gasse 45-47/3/6 Tel: 0650/3286453 _ Neu: GMX De-Mail - Einfach wie E-Mail, sicher wie ein Brief! Jetzt De-Mail-Adresse reservieren: http://portal.gmx.net/de/go/demail
[monochrom] Plastic Computer Memory Device That Utilizes Electron Spin to Read and Write Data
Researchers at Ohio State University have demonstrated the first plastic computer memory device that utilizes the spin of electrons to read and write data. An alternative to traditional microelectronics, so-called spintronics could store more data in less space, process data faster, and consume less power. In the August 2010 issue of the journal Nature Materials, Arthur J. Epstein and colleagues describe how they created a prototype plastic spintronic device using techniques found in the mainstream computer industry today. At this point, the device is little more than a thin strip of dark blue organic-based magnet layered with a metallic ferromagnet and connected to two electrical leads. (A ferromagnet is a magnet made of ferrous metal such as iron. Common household refrigerator magnets are ferromagnets.) Still, the researchers successfully recorded data on it and retrieved the data by controlling the spins of the electrons with a magnetic field. http://researchnews.osu.edu/archive/spindata.htmLink
[monochrom] #mRIF: I can has cheezburger?
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