Isn't competition exciting?

A fair number of my posts are related to the advancement of robotics and artificial intelligence that have the potential to lead to a human future similar to Terminator or The Matrix.

But the physicists aren't content to be beaten to the punch by the robotics guys and the programmers, they are on the verge of possibly creating black holes and other dangerous sci-fi type thingies here on Earth.

The builders of the world's biggest particle collider are being sued in federal court over fears that the experiment might create globe-gobbling black holes or never-before-seen strains of matter that would destroy the planet.

Sounds crazy, but no, this is real.

One scientist says of the miniature black holes: That's pure science fiction, said Michio Kaku, a theoretical physicist at the City College of New York. "These black holes don't live very long, and they have microscopic energy, and so they are harmless,"

LOL?

Lots of cool information here at LHC Concerns.

And here at the CERN web site: Safety at the LHC.

Only a matter of time

Yes, it would seem at first that after all of my reporting on our inexorable march towards domination and extinction by our own creations that maybe I had been... 'silenced'.

That is not the case. I have intercepted fragments containing new information:

...first steps towards an international robot arms race...Many nations are now involved in developing the technology for robot weapons...autonomous weapons - robots that will decide on where, when and who to kill...How long is it going to be before the terrorists get in on the act?...


Link to full article at NetworkWorld

I guess predicting the future can be tricky

A few years ago I reported this:

A thorough analysis of the Koran reveals that the US will cease to exist in the year 2007, according to research published by Palestinian scholar Ziad Silwadi... He said a careful reading and analysis of words appearing in the Opening and Yusuf suras show that the US will exist for only 231 years. (starting in 1776) (the original link to the referenced article no longer exists.. strange?)

Anyhow, just wanted to remind everyone so you can be prepared.

Sudan is trash

A British teacher in Sudan was convicted Thursday of "inciting religious hatred", or some other bullshit, for allowing her students to name a class room teddy bear "Muhammad", and she was sentenced to 15 days in prison and deportation although she could have gotten lashed.

Thousands of Sudanese armed with clubs and knives, rioted the next day and demanded the execution of the British teacher convicted of "insulting Islam" for allowing her students to name the teddy bear "Muhammad".

This is a great example of how many worshipers of Islam are little more than ignorant savage animals. They prove every day that it is not a religion of peace, but a religion of control through fear and violence.

Laryngitis

I lost my voice the other day and could not speak above a whisper. I had a little trouble ordering fast food and answering support calls, but the most frustrating thing. . . yelling at your kids from 15 feet away and them not being able to hear the wrath you're trying to fear them with.

X-Wing Fighter to Launch on October 10

"The X-Wing model is huge. At 21 feet long and with a wingspan of over 19 feet it is, in fact, big enough to fly a kid in."

Yeah, crazy.

Read the full details here.


Edit: Seems that Dick reported this in his blog several days before me, so if you're interested in things rocketry go check his blog out.

Sampson County, NC School Superintendent = Stupid

Apparently you're no longer allowed to wear the image of the American flag to school in Sampson County, NC.

"The superintendent of schools in Sampson County calls the situation unfortunate, but says educators didn’t want to be forced to pick and choose which flags should be permissible."

Seems pretty obvious which flag you should be allowed to wear. If I had the superintendent's name I'd post it but the reporter left out the idiot's name from the article.

Read the article on this NBC site.

Not a hint?

Last Saturday the vacuum cleaner appeared at my office door. At first I thought nothing of it, but the next day it was still there. I happened to see my wife and I asked, "Is that a hint?", as I pointed at it. "Oh, no.", she said, "I just put that there because I was going to vacuum the other room but haven't gotten to it yet."

Nearly a week later it is still there. At my office door, so that I must step around it to get inside. I asked her again last night if it was a hint and she still denies it, but. . maybe I'll use the thing myself today and then put it away.

Orisinal

Seems to be a play off of the word "original" and is somewhat of a theme of the site.

A nice collection of simple fun games.

Orisinal