In Through The Out Door

Hannibal, who covers the technological and social aspects of national security for Ars, also weighs in with his own thoughts, and provides some historical context for the debate…. Clearly, the deterrence value of the threat of incarceration is exactly zero to a suicide bomber, so in that respect the criminal justice system is quite poorly equipped to prevent terrorism…. In the age of nuclear and biological terrorism, Posner argued, we can’t really afford a “terrorism rate,” even if that rate is really low…. The issues that the three panelists—all important figures in their respective areas of law—addressed are among the weightiest and timeliest problems that we face today. Read on to get a full sense of the contours and direction of the civil liberties vs. national security debate from three of that debate’s most knowledgeable voices.

Triple Threat To Mac OS X Largely Academic:

The IVR Cheat Sheet™ by Paul English

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HONK IF YOU LOVE PEACE AND QUIET.9 REMEMBER, HALF THE PEOPLE YOU KNOW ARE BELOW AVERAGE.10…. THE EARLY BIRD MAY GET THE WORM, BUT THE SECOND MOUSE GETS THE CHEESE.13…. EAGLES MAY SOAR, BUT WEASELS DO NOT GET SUCKED INTO JET ENGINES.32…. JUST REMEMBER - IF THE WORLD DID NOT SUCK, WE WOULD ALL FALL OFF.38. LIGHT TRAVELS FASTER THAN SOUND, WHICH IS WHY SOME PEOPLE APPEAR BRIGHT UNTIL YOU HEAR THEM SPEAK.

Texas passes USC for No. 1 in latest BCS:Read full story for latest details.

ZOMBIES DESCEND UPON ERWIN CENTER

Interview With An Honest Boss

Who Invented the Wet Suit: A very interesting article in the LA Times examines a question that has perplexed surfing aficionados for decades: who invented the wet suit? Who woke up one day and said, let’s take this neoprene stuff and make it really tight, and allow a wee bit of water to enter so that it gets warm, and people will be able to go in the water whenever and whereever they want. We’ll even make it black so that people look like seals and will become tasty snacks for sharks.   Turns out that three BIG names in water sports lay claim to this invention. Bob Meistrell runs Body Glove International, of Redondo Beach, and says he’s the one. Jack O’Neill, is a surfing legend who has leant his name to one of the surf industry’s most recognized brands. He says he’s the one. And finally Hugh Bradner, a UC Berkeley physics professor and Manhattan Project scientist, who lives in La Jolla…well, he says HE’s the one.    Who to believe?

Jogging in Underpants:The Ironman is one of the most grueling races that people compete in today. Not so the underpants run. The underpants run takes place on the big island of Hawaii just prior to the quite-a-bit-more-famous Ironman. And this year some 100 runners turned out, dressed to the nines, or maybe the twos, wearing nothing but their skivvies.The underpants run was created as a fun alternative…or precursor to the Ironman, and the idea apparently was aresponse to all the international athletes who streamed into Hawaii the weeks before wearing nothing but Speedos.Said one Speedophobe:”It was a reaction to the abhorrent and unbelievable practice of wearing Speedos around town, in the post office,the grocery store, even restaurants,” Huddle said.

Neurotic Poets

This is a phone call from a guy in Texas who witnessed a car accident that involved 4elderly women. It was so popular when they played it on CHUM FM that they had to put it on their site. It’ll definately make you laugh, God Bless Rednecks!!!

Python Explodes After Eating Alligator

Distilling a possible weight-loss secret:

Mexico tests the slimming powers of tequila’s agave

RIAA, MPAA Join Internet2 Consortium:RIAA and MPAA, trade associations that include the major U.S. record and movie companies, joined the Internet2 consortium on Friday, according to a joint press release.

…Its main purpose has been to add some fast links to today’s Internet, to connect bandwidth-hungry universities, e.g., so that researchers at one university can explore the results of climate simulations done at a peer university.

…It’s good when people studying similar problems can talk to each other, as long as one group isn’t put in charge of what the other groups do.

…Internet2 may give birth to ideas that are then adopted by the industry; but those ideas will only be deployed if market pressures drive the industry to build them. If the AAs think that they can sit down with Internet2 and negotiate the future of the Internet, they’re sadly mistaken.

Texas Governor Rick Perry has signed new telecom guidelines into law that eliminate local video franchise agreements for SBC. SBC is thrilled, stating that with the bill’s (SB5) signing “the door to greater competition in the video marketplace is op..So TELCOM PACs still exist?

Smear campaign has champ reconsidering retirement