- Schneier on Security: New TSA ID Requirementfrom www.schneier.com
So … if I refuse to show my ID, the TSA can keep me off the plane. If I forget my ID, I just need an extra pat-down or something. Well, that certainly makes sense to me … - Science News / Tunguska, A Century Laterfrom www.sciencenews.org
What we know — or think we know — about the Tunguska Event, back in 1908. The fact that some scientists classify certain outcomes as “500 year events” is not comforting when one observes the “500 year flood plains” currently (again) underwater in the midwest. - (Kicking Ass Chart)from GeekPress
An interesting — and deceptively simple — drawing of practice, time, levels of competency, and levels of inclination. Blow it up to a large level to actually, y’know, read it. - The American Gustation Crisis of 1985from Damn Interesting
The rise and fall of New Coke. Except, of course, it lives on in Diet Coke, only with wretchedly artificial sweetened. Ick. - Happy Birthday To You’s complex, sordid copyright…from Boing Boing
So someone who’s done a lot of research thinks the whole copyright claim is bogus, but really doesn’t have the resource or inclination to fight it in court. But if it meant doing away with those wretched substitutes so many restaurants use instead of “Happy Birthday” I think the entire population would be willing to pitch in a fiver.
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