From The Last Weapon...
America wants to destroy the universe. Bloggers have the proof or, at least, this article in the San Francisco Chronicle, claiming the US military is spending millions developing not-so-sci-fi 'antimatter' weapons.
The 'Revolutionary Munitions' team (yes, they're really called that) readily admits that the energy from colliding positrons and antielectrons is '10 billion times that of high explosive' and that 1 gram of antimatter is equal to '23 space shuttle fuel tanks of energy.'
The fact that antimatter weapons are 'clean' -- which is to say capable of killing large numbers of people without ejecting radioactive contaminants -- is of little consolation, WATB suspects, to everyone except the most demented ecologists.
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How To Destroy The World And Not Have To Clean Up Afterwards:
www.sfgate.com
... To The Last Pirate
The destruction continues apace, with the pursuit of music lovers and sharers everywhere. Latest front in the War on Sharing: the United Kingdom.
Furd Log, a blog on intellectual property, reports that the British Phonographic Inudstry is to sue 28 online 'pirates' it says are illegally swapping music online. We should be grateful they've found only 28 to bully.
'There are some kids that have probably never bought a CD,' one music executive complained on BBC TV, pointing up what may be a future subject for UK legislation: failure to consume sufficient amounts of overpriced, outmoded products. It's the economy, stupid.
Those still smugly out of court, free to mindlessly twiddle the dials of their Ipods, beware: Steve 'The Beast Of Microsoft' Ballmer was in London this week namecalling Ipod users.
As well as being infantile design-obsessed consumers, you are now also thieves, according to the squeaky-clean megacorp. Ballmer is on your case. If you're not scared, you're thicker than those white earphones make you look.
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Furd log:
msl1.mit.edu/furdlog/
Apple Ipod Users: Just Because You Think You're Cool Doesn't Mean You're Not Nicked:
management.silicon.com
... To The Last Blogger Standing
Finally, a demi-religious week for bloggers everywhere as both Pyra Labs founders, responsible for the creation of Blogger, quit for shores unknown -- or, in the case of Meg Hourihan, Nantucket, home of Moby Dick.
Having produced one of the more revolutionary media tools of the last hundred years, Meg's given up geeklife to become a cook at the restaurant Fifty-Six Union. Of course, she's still blogging. Ony now she's blogging about food rather than.... blogging. Hurray for content! Hurray for Real Life! Down with computers! Now -- excuse me, but I really must check my email.
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The History Of Blogger:
www.blogger.com/about
Blogger's Creator (1): From Geek To Chef :
http://www.megnut.com/
Blogger's Creator (2): From Geek To... Geek :
http://www.evhead.com/
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