Eric Scheske

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1941 Redux

Japanese porn is coming . . . to Sony's PSP-friendly Universal Media Disc. Sony says it has no control what producers make for the device. Some think Sony doesn't object because its failure to embrace porn led to the demise of Betamax twenty years ago. Link [http://www.gamespot.

What Are the Vegas Odds Going At?

> The first telescope designed to search for alien life began operating this month from northern California. > The state-of-the-art radio telescope, being operated by the SETI Institute, is still undergoing development and will be able to examine more stars in a year or two than Earth-bound scientists have been

Book Review at Lew Rockwell

Lew Rockwell has posted a stupendous and shockingly-insightful review of Steven Johnson's Everything Bad is Good for You: How Today's Popular Culture is Actually Making Us Smarter. Readers of this blog are acquainted with the genius and oh-so-modest reviewer. Link [http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig6/scheske1.

Neat Idea, But . . .

. . . how long until MADD demands a zero-tolerance steering column? > A Fort Lauderdale man has created a steering wheel that contains a skin sensor that blocks a vehicle from starting or running if the driver is drunk, an invention he thinks could reducing alcohol-related accidents. > The sensor is installed

Get Naked with TSA

Apparently, the Transportation Security Administration is beginning to test an x-ray machine for use at airports that will see through clothing. Link to rant at Lew Rockwell [http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig6/akers3.html]. Excerpt: > [T]he TSA whispered a few weeks ago that it is carrying things a

Give 'Em Wi-Fi, and the Talk Will Die

Pro-computer (and self-described) geeks like Steven Johnson say that the Internet is helping our social skills. In Everything Bad is Good for You, he dismisses the conventional fear that the Internet "would come at a terrible social cost, by confining us in front of barren computer monitors, away from