Es gibt tatsächlich einen Rechtsstreit, ob die X-Men Menschen sind oder nicht. Gemeint ist allerdings nicht der Streit im X-Genes, sondern darum, ob es sich bei den Action-Figuren um Spielzeug oder Puppen handelt.
Der kurze Podcast von Radiolab beleuchtet eine juristische Eigenart.

In dem so ziemlich jeder Bösewicht wohnt.

Viel versprechendes SF / Futurismus-Magazin. Danke sagte mein Kindle.

Gnadenlos geniale Illus von Kris Anka

MOTHER is LVL1's attempt to create the ultimate hackerspace A.I. and automation system. The MOTHER project is still in it's early stages yet MOTHER has already gained the ability to monitor and control a MASSIVE numbers of sensors as well as become a central integration point for various systems around the space. Read the full post for a complete overview of the MOTHER project.

Werbung für eine australische Universität.

As maker companies go mainstream, though, they are finding that investors may not share their ideals. They were hatched by tinkerers who break open electronics and repurpose them, for instance using the 3D motion sensors in Microsoft’s Kinect game technology to make their inventions obey physical commands. As a result, makers insist on openly sharing their discoveries and knowhow. To keep their ideals intact, dozens of leading makers have pledged to issue open-source patents that would ensure their products could never be made secret.

Die komplette BBC Dokumentation über Richard Feynman auf Youtube.

When Feynman faces a problem, he’s unusually good at going back to being like a child, ignoring what everyone else thinks… He was so unstuck — if something didn’t work, he’d look at it another way.” ~ Marvin Minsky, MIT

Die nächste AD&D Runde für Conan kann kommen.

Ich muss mal gerade ins Labor, da ist irgendwas schief gelaufen.

To help alleviate physical weight on troops, DARPA is developing a highly mobile, semi-autonomous legged robot, the Legged Squad Support System (LS3), to integrate with a squad of Marines or Soldiers.

"I only wanna kill people that deserve to die"

OH JA!

11/9/2001: Christian fundamentalists hijack four jetliners. They fly two into the Tigris & Euphrates World Trade Towers in Baghdad, and a third into the Arab Defense Ministry in Riyadh. The fourth plane, believed to be bound for Mecca, is brought down by its passengers.

The United Arab States declares a War on Terror. Arabian and Persian troops invade the Eastern Seaboard and establish a Green Zone in Washington, D.C. . . .

Summer, 2009: Arab Homeland Security agent Mustafa al Baghdadi interrogates a captured suicide bomber. The prisoner claims that the world they are living in is a mirage—in the real world, America is a superpower, and the Arab states are just a collection of "backward third-world countries." A search of the bomber's apartment turns up a copy of The New York Times, dated September 12, 2001, that appears to support his claim. Other captured terrorists have been telling the same story. The president wants answers, but Mustafa soon discovers he's not the only interested party.

The gangster Saddam Hussein is conducting his own investigation. And the head of the Senate Intelligence Committee—a war hero named Osama bin Laden—will stop at nothing to hide the truth. As Mustafa and his colleagues venture deeper into the unsettling world of terrorism, politics, and espionage, they are confronted with questions without any rational answers, and the terrifying possibility that their world is not what it seems.

Das neue Buch von Matt Ruff muss ich lesen!

To sum up my original point, I’m trying to get the message across that piracy is a service problem. If media companies start embracing easy to use digital methods of distribution, it’s the best way to combat piracy. You might not be able to ever beat “free,” but you sure as hell can compete with “easy.”