Eric Scheske

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Porn Culture

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 music

Cloning Humans = Dehumanized

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. Korean researcher Woo-Suk

Ships in the Night

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 philosophical

Porn to Go

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.

VHS: RIP

John Robson writes a eulogy for the VHS. Excerpts: > The Citizen obituary said after only 28 years, VHS tapes won't be made as of 2006. In an intimation of mortality, a year ago the Daily Telegraph said Britain's largest electronics chain no longer sold VCRs,

Get a (Virtual) Life!

Always something odd in cyberspace. This time, it's a virtual life. Millions of people have signed up for websites that allow them to enjoy plush casinoes, cruises, yachting, fine dining, and other amenities. They pay a monthly fee ($10, according to the registration I checked out), assume a

The Technology Dumping Ground

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

The Pretentious Society

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 is.

Dalai Lama in Trouble with Scientists

"Big hitter, the Lama" (Carl from Caddyshack): > The Dalai Lama, the exiled leader of Tibet who is revered as a spiritual teacher, is at the center of a scientific controversy. > He has been an enthusiastic collaborator in research on whether the intense meditation practiced by Buddhist

Dressing Up with Gadgetry

Just a quick heads up to men: If you're accessorizing with more than shoes and a watch, you're a metrosexual or worse. I don't care if something makes your phone clip look cool. Leave the self-styling efforts to GQ-types and pimps: > Companies are