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Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning

Ben — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 17:55:43 +0000

“…Drowning is not the violent, splashing, call for help that most people expect… Drowning is almost always a deceptively quiet event. The waving, splashing, and yelling that dramatic conditioning (television) prepares us to look for, is rarely seen in real life…”

Stolen Laptop Helps Turn Tables on Suspects — Lisa W. Foderaro, New York Times

Ben — Mon, 12 May 2008 16:42:15 +0000

This is a fun one. Check it out.

Luther’s 95 Theses, Introduction

History — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 02:36:40 +0000

Out of love and concern for the truth, and with the object of eliciting it, the following heads will be the subject of a public discussion at Wittenberg under the presidency of the reverend father, Martin Luther, Augustinian, Master of Arts and Sacred Theology, and duly appointed Lecturer on these subjects in that place. He requests that whoever cannot be present personally to debate the matter orally will do so in absence in writing.

Algorithm Rates Trustworthiness of Wikipedia Pages — CowboyNeal, Slashdot

Ben — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 21:41:14 +0000

Geeks against Jihad — Max Boot, contentions

Ben — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 22:52:17 +0000

Researcher’s Analysis of al Qaeda Images Reveals Surprises — Kim Zetter, Threat Level Blog on WIRED

Ben — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 22:08:31 +0000

“…But more interesting were the examples Krawetz gave of al Qaeda images. Krawetz took an image from a 2006 al Qaeda video of Ayman al-Zawahiri (above right), a senior member of the terrorist organization. The image shows al-Zawahiri sitting in front of a desk and banner with writing on it. But after conducting his error analysis Krawetz was able to determine that al-Zawahiri’s image was superimposed in front of the background — and was most likely videotaped in front of a black sheet.
Krawetz was also able to determine that the writing on the banner behind al-Zawahiri’s head was added to the image afterward. In the second picture above showing the results of the error level analysis, the light clusters on the image indicate areas of the image that were added or changed…”

The High Frontier, Redux — Charlie’s Diary

Ben — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 01:59:29 +0000

“…This is not to say that interstellar travel is impossible; quite the contrary. But to do so effectively you need either (a) outrageous amounts of cheap energy, or (b) highly efficient robot probes, or (c) a magic wand…”

Satellite Images Used to Document International AtrocitiesZonk, Slashdot

Ben — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 21:35:56 +0000

The Rise of the Participatory PanopticonJamais Cascio, WorldChanging

Ben — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 16:52:58 +0000

The dozen space weapon mythsJames Oberg, The Space Review

Ben — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 00:20:33 +0000

Global Warming Is Not a Crisis — Philip Stott, ABC News

Ben — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 00:16:34 +0000

An experiment that hints we are wrong on climate changeNigel Calder, The Sunday Times

Ben — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 23:11:43 +0000

Global Warming: The Cold, Hard Facts?Timothy Ball, Canada Free Press

Ben — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 17:30:20 +0000

Stars must ‘check science facts’ — BBC News

Ben — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 17:49:50 +0000

Bypassing Internet censors — Michelle Malkin

Ben — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 17:29:18 +0000

BMI = Useless, MSM Confirms — Dave Johnston, The Crisper

Ben — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 22:43:14 +0000

Most Popular Myths in Science – LiveScience

Ben — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 01:11:46 +0000

The Roe Effect.

Ben — Mon, 22 Mar 2004 02:56:49 +0000

[Old post that was From Wit's End]

It is possible that certain people are literally killing off their own political movement.
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