Technology

I've been interested in the Wikipedia pages for at least two years. The whole idea of "citizen encyclopediasm" intrigued me and I've generally found its content consistent with my knowledge on matters. But I hear about glaring errors, and a recent hub-ub that

What is an avatar? A Hindu god incarnate, properly speaking. On the Internet, they're cartoon characters that you can accessorize. Think of them as on-screen Barbies. They're child-like, but--shocker, shocker--America's adults are finding them irresistible. Now the "experts"

Porn, porn everywhere/ In my pocket/ At the fair/ Watch in my car/ Or at the beach/ Just give me a cell/ And it's in my reach. > Pornography is spreading from the computer desktop to the small screen, to pocket-sized devices such as cell phones, digital

From Secondhand Smoke [http://www.wesleyjsmith.com/blog/2005/11/trouble-in-threapeutic-cloning.html]: > One of the big issues that causes many feminists to oppose therapeutic human cloning is the distinct possibility that women, particularly the most destitute women, will be exploited for their eggs. . . > When S.

A columnist at WaPo weighs in on the stem cell research question [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/11/AR2005111101634.html] . The writer is upset that scientists are coming up with bizarre ways to obtain embryonic stem cells that dont' run afoul of religious or

Porn downloads are proving popular for iPods [http://www.breitbart.com/news/2005/11/04/D8DLT9T0A.html]: > Purveyors of porn and entrepreneurs who spied a niche when Apple Computer Inc. unveiled its video-playing iPod are proving that sex even sells in tiny packages -- especially when it is portable.

There can be a downside to technology and foreign aid? I thought it was all rosy, all the time: > [A] report [to be released today], titled "The Digital Dump: Exporting Reuse and Abuse to Africa," says that the unusable equipment is being donated or sold to developing

When a society doesn't recognize learning or virtue, it will use more base methods of distinguishing among its members. > Diamonds are forever, but mobile phones are not designed to last quite so long. Unless you are a lucky recipient of a jewel-encrusted mobile this Christmas, that