] If we accept the idea that we are born with a large
] amount of damage, it follows that even small improvements
] to the processes of early human development%u2014ones
] that increase the numbers of initially functional
] elements%u2014could result in a remarkable fall in
] mortality and a significant extension of human life.
] Indeed, there is mounting evidence now in support of the
] idea of fetal origins of adult degenerative diseases and
] early-life programming of aging and longevity.

Why we break

This is no longer an interesting coincidence. It is an unmistakable message from God. I hope everyone is listening.

This is excellent!

Hurricanes: God - vs- FL Bush voters!

] "Although Spirit and Opportunity are well past warranty,
] they are showing few signs of wearing out," project
] manager Jim Erickson said in a statement. "We really
] don't know how long they will keep working, whether days
] or months. We will do our best to continue getting the
] maximum possible benefit from these great national
] resources."

Engineeriffic! Talk about double overage!

Mars rovers' mission extended... AGAIN!

Pictures of FooCamp, taken from the Kite cam. Very cool, and lets you see O'Reilly's campus. The design of a Kite Photo Platform will be in the premier issue of O'Reilly's Make Magazine.

FooCamp Kite Photos!

] This is a list of notable accidents involving nuclear
] material. In some cases, these incidents involve people
] being injured or killed due to the release of radioactive
] contamination. Most incidents involve accidental releases
] that have caused contamination, but had no other
] immediate effects. Some incidents only had the potential
] to release radioactive material, and are included because
] of the tensions such incidents caused (collisions between
] nuclear-powered submarines, for instance). Due to
] government and business secrecy, it is difficult to
] determine with certainty the extent of some events listed
] below or, occasionally, whether they happened at all.

From Broken Arrows to Fading Giants, and the occasional "oh shit the mass is going critical... IN MY HAND," the funny, and not so funny history of American Nuclear accidents.

List of nuclear accidents - Wikipedia

Ahh the power of the free exchange of memes. This week alone, on my memestream, their have been 2 stories posted only to later be mentioned on Slashdot: O'Reilly's Make Magazine, and "I found some of your life!"

] A data card is reduced in size from the conventional
] standard size credit card. Accessibility of the card is
] enhanced because the card may be stored in a separate
] location from conventionally sized cards, such as on a
] key-chain or similar device. The card of the present
] invention has a means for storing information, such as a
] magnetic stripe or computer chip.

The only thing in this patent that even borders on new or innovative is that due to the smaller size, the magstripe tracks much be encoded at a higher bits-per-inch. And even then the patent says they are using existing encoding technology. I can't believe this is a patent!

United States Patent: 6,471,127 - Keyring Credit cards

] *** Willhackforfood.biz: free disposable email accounts
] ***
] "Avoid SPAM *and* protect your privacy at the same time

Stankdawg created this project. Others exists, (like dodgeit.com) But they have no has no password protection and allowed people to reuse email address. If I know you used dodgeit to register for an account somewhere, I can simply reuse the email account name and ask the website to reset your password. Then I go claim it.

This is a cool idea.

Will Hack For Food! - Temporary Email Accounts

] Researchers from Kentucky and the Netherlands say they
] are ready to perform a face transplant. The procedure
] involves replacing someone's entire face with a dead
] donor's face.
]
]
] "There arrives a point in time when the procedure should
] simply be done. We submit that that time is now," wrote
] the researchers in the American Journal of Bioethics.
]
] People with faces disfigured by severe burns, cancer or
] by accident would be prime candidates for the new
] procedure.

crazy!

Face Transplant Procedure Ready: Surgeons

] You will soon be able to download an artificial
] girlfriend, then track her movements via images on a 3G
] mobile handset. All the likely suitor needs to do is push
] the right buttons -- literally.
]
] Aimed at males between the ages of 15 and 35, the virtual
] girlfriend uses up a lot of bandwidth -- shopping,
] dining, going to bars and the gym.
]
] Men who wish to take the relationship further have to
] shower the virtual girlfriend with gifts, paying with
] real money.

I love my computer
you're always in the mood
I get turned on
when I turn on you
I love my computer
you never ask for more
you can be a princess
or you can be my whore
and it's never been quite so easy
I've never been quite so happy
all I need to do is click on you
and we'll be joined
in the most soul-less way
and we'll never
ever ruin each other's day
cuz when I'm through I just click
and you just go away
(oh, click me, click me here, click on me, click me, click me here)

-Bad Religion, I Love My computer

Romancing the phone