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Jan 22 2008 | comment(s)

http://monkeytrials.blogspot.com/2008/01/sunshine-state-is-in-process-of.html created a county by county graphic of school boards in FL that are opposing evolution.
Stop slashing science funding, says Intel Chairman Craig Bar

Stop slashing science funding, says Intel Chairman Craig Bar

Jan 22 2008 | comment(s)

Stop slashing science funding, says Intel Chairman Craig Barrett. He's a pretty old school guy, I'll give him that, but it's not just a funding issue, it's also a corporate convenience issue. We're just plain getting beat and government funding won't cure that - but a corporate halt to outsourcing will. I am not saying outsourcing is all bad - smart people everywhere deserve to compete and it prevents laziness - but if he's going to take a stand, he should have Intel put its money where his mouth is. I also here and now restate my belief that rather than throwing more money at the problem of making more American into scientists, we should make more scientists into Americans.
This seems obvious but Everybody Doesn't Need Psychotherapy.

This seems obvious but Everybody Doesn't Need Psychotherapy.

Jan 21 2008 | comment(s)

This seems obvious but Everybody Doesn't Need Psychotherapy. Like many other disciplines, a few shysters can make everyone look bad, and then out and out charlatans, like Eugene Landy with Brian Wilson, can really send the reputation of something into the tank.
I found a good recap of some recent gene postings at biomark

I found a good recap of some recent gene postings at biomark

Jan 21 2008 | comment(s)

I found a good recap of some recent gene postings at biomarker-driven mental health 2.0. Unlike most of these 'carnivals', this isn't the same cabal of self-promoting monkeys creating these as a way to improve their SEO by making attention-whoring linkfests to each other. So I am linking to him, because he deserves some good karma for putting in the effort.
Environmental hypocrisy is the new Prius, it seems.

Environmental hypocrisy is the new Prius, it seems.

Jan 20 2008 | comment(s)

Environmental hypocrisy is the new Prius, it seems. While people coo about Toyota they label the Tata Nano an environmental disaster.

Why? Because it gets 54 MPG? No, because the new middle class in India can afford it, which means more cars and more emissions. The 15% of the world that has 2/3rds of the cars telling third world people who are finally making some money (and isn't a better life what we all said we wanted for people?) they can't have a car without causing the earth's destruction doesn't sound all that progressive.
Is This The End For Blu-Ray?

Is This The End For Blu-Ray?

Jan 19 2008 | comment(s)

Yes, you read that right. I said Blu-ray. Ever since the defection of Warner Bros. from HD-DVD to Blu-ray a few days before the Consumer Electronics Show(CES), every expert who knows anything at all about this industry has predicted the demise of HD-DVD. And they're wrong.

The most important reason is that no one is an expert on the high-definition marketplace. The industry barely even exists so people making projections based on expert knowledge of laser disc or DVD figures are only slightly more accurate than Voodoo shamen sorting chicken bones. You just can't rely on recent sales in a nascent industry and extrapolate a projection from it. Projections about what people will or will not do at this stage are even less accurate than political exit polls.

My thoughts are not based on any secret knowledge of the DVD marketplace but I have a pretty good knowledge of business. Absent an overwhelming leap in technology from Blu-ray some time soon, here are my reasons HD-DVD will win: