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That's why it will be not on rooftops, but in the deserts ... there is enough space and plenty of sun ... great for utility scale projects.

See also DESERTEC and
NEAL, is planning to build a 3,000 km-long (1,875 mile) power cable to Germany to

If you ask me, the Solar Thermal Millennium has eventually been unleashed!!!

Imagine the potential of water splitting and desalination combined with solar thermal power plants, as such build in Spain .

Solar thermal power plants are the most efficient way today to convert sunlight to electricity in large scale and utility scale.

Remaining process heat can be used for sea water desalination.

The desalinated water can then be used for hydrogen production.

The water desalination is essential, otherwise we'd have the biofuel against food fight again, but this time it's about water.

(n.b. High efficient PV for roof tops, needs metals like Indium, hardly available and the energy required to produce such cells is horrible.)

At least see it working before dissing it. Looks kind of cool, even if in an "its a toy" kind of way.

I was intrigued at the mention of the possibility that they could be programmed to go specific places.

Although I run 5K at least 4-5 times per week and try to do at least a couple of hours of weight lifting per week, I still think that self righteous "eat less, exercise more" preachers are a bunch of jerks.

the problem with eat less / exercise more is that it doesn't work for the vast majority of people (look around, people).

the reason is that it is a way over simplified view of diet - it assumes that one's hormonal regulatory system plays ZERO role in what the body does with calories and how those calories make one feel.

hormones play a HUGE role in hunger, muscle development, fat retention, energy levels, blood sugar levels, etc.

food plays a HUGE role in hormonal modulation.

while joslin diabetes center wasn't the first to recommend this diet (13 years late, to be exact), i will point you in their direction lest anyone get upset and think that i'm
spamming for the commercial company of the PhD lipid researcher that developed this hormonally balanced diet.

http://www.joslin.org/1083_2162.asp

to get an idea of the power of diet, manuel uribe, formerly the heaviest human on earth at 1230 lbs (you think you have hunger / weight gain issues!), went from starving on 30,000+ calories a day to satiated on about 2,000 calories a day.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/6612719.stm

after about 2 years, he's down to just over 800 lbs and has no doubt he will eventually hit his target weight of about 250 lbs. even more amazing, his blood pressure is excellent, his blood lipid profiles are excellent and his resting pulse rate is 55. you can follow Manuel's progress on the discovery channel.

a very similar diet was also shown to reduce the incidence of diabetes 83% (Mediterranean diet minus most grains):

http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSL2979390020080530

if you follow the joslin diabetes recommendations, you will be more satiated, you will have more energy, you will feel better, you will dramatically reduce cellular inflammation (hence, the reduction in diabetes, heart disease, dimentia, cancer, etc...) and life will be as it should be - pretty darn good.

you are *exactly* correct. the body is much more complex than "calories in / calories out." this ought to be intuitive as people who eat few calories are often fatter than others who eat more calories. it is time to stop assuming that hormones play no role in how calories are utilized within the body. not only do they play a role, they play an incredibly powerful role that is almost impossible to over ride.

the good news is that the dietary answer for almost all genetic profiles is out there. the bad news is that most people prefer the drug addicting, self medicating nature of a "tasty" high glycemic load diet and won't give it up, even it makes them fat, makes them feel like crap, ruins their physical and mental health and eventually kills them. if you disagree with this assessment, go out and learn how to implement the joslin diabetes center recommendations for a couple of months and see what kind of profound changes occur in your life. if you don't, you've done your part to provide anecdotal evidence that my assessment is true.

as for athletes and those wanting to optimize their physical and mental performance, christian vande velde (tour de france, 5th place) and lisa bentley (american olympic time trial winner) are both on diets very similar to joslin diabetes center's current dietary recommendations. so was jenny thompson and dara torres - two of the most prolific swimmers in modern day history. jenny has 8 gold medals and dara set the american 50m free swim record as a 41 year old mother.

I was under the impression that most of those airphones were being decommissioned because they weren't making any money to begin with. However, looks like Verizon just sold that business, and perhaps the new owner, JetBlue's LiveTV, will do something interesting.

I know you are trolling, but here is the truth: here is the truth about the Church and Extra Terrestrial Intelligent life forms.

Is anyone reporting on the fact that the US Congress has only a 14% job approval rating while Bush is at least above 25%? No? I wonder why - maybe it doesn't fit the biased story the MSM wants to portray.

Here's a Reuters story about it. Here's an ABC News story. Here's an MSNBC story. All from the first page of a Google search. Are those mainstream enough for you?

Sorry. I should have originally posted the link to the single page version.

IOC admits Internet censorship deal with China

Charging $2500 per year for a parking place is outright extortion.

It is supply and demand. Space is expensive in some cities. REALLY expensive.

A parking spot in the vicinity of where the Seinfeld show was set for example can easily run $350-$500 month, and the condos and apartments routinely don't come with a spot, so $5000-$6000/year for parking in new york... and then insurance and maintenance on top of that. If you are lucky enough to buy a place with a parking spot you can expect the place to cost $100k+ more than the same place would be without one.

Granted, New York is easily the worst place in the U.S., but other cities like London or Dubai, have similar or even higher costs. And lots of cities are up in the $150+/mo range.

http://www.nysun.com/new-york/parking-spaces-too-are-soaring-topping-1300/55630/
http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSSP4465520080717

Wikipedia knows better. A group of Japanese scientists took some pictures of one by following sperm whales to thier hunting grounds. Later the same group got a giant squid on video http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUST14899720061222/

http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKN1830368120080718 hmm but McCain would.

McCain might also have tried to manipulate elections an old fashioned today by commenting on the probable timing of Obama's arrival in Iraq.

This is obviously a major security issue for Obama, and shows us why McCain should not be president.

http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKN1830368120080718

I'm not trying to endorse either the Cuban lifestyle or Michael Moore here, but that is actually partially true. The Cuban healthcare system runs far more efficiently than the one in the US, at least as far as the numbers are concerned.

Yes, when you pay doctors less it is amazing how efficient medical care can be! US doctors make about twice the OECD average, for example. Or you can look at how Wal-Mart medical clinics are using cheaper nurses to triage patients and treat simple problems without bringing in an expensive doctor, but of course the AMA is opposing these kinds of clinics.

On the other hand, US Medicare just blocked reducing payments to doctors, so you can imagine that "US Socialized Healthcare" will be more expensive than anyone else's with poor results, just like our socialized education system...

The US also isn't willing to engage in malpractice tort reform which could save nearly 50% of costs due to decreases in "defensive medicine"

Raoul Castro only recently started opening the country up to new technology. It's hard to believe, but until he came to power computers, DVD players, and cell phones were banned.

There are about thirty English language university campuses in Second Life. Most of them seem to be used as advertisements to get you to attend, with information about the buildings that they reproduced. There was one by the geology department of an Indiana university, I think. I didn't notice the ones I visited using them for class learning, though a few did have virtual classrooms that looked abandoned.

I noticed that Cisco helped make a virtual model of the planned Palomar Hospital, so that local residents could log into Second Life, go there, and offer criticism. NASA and NOAA, a U.S. government agency that studies the oceans and atmosphere, have virtual land in an area called the "SciLands," near the University of Denver Biology Department. An International Spaceflight Museum built by Second Life residents has scale models of rockets and missile technology like the Proton rockets. There's an attempt to simulate Google Earth in 3D going on, and a Mars terrain-based region there, too.

Second Life may have a lot of furries, flying penises, and the less renowned screaming goatse-textured cube mountains, but they tend to concentrate in the Welcome Areas, in clubs, and in areas where security functions aren't enabled. The people I meet in Second Life also use less Internet chat speak than the ones I see on IRC. I think that's because when you're in even a virtual simulation of face-to-face talk, using slang and emoticons feels awkward.

Potentially, Second Life could be good for learning other languages. Did you know that the English speaking countries make up less than half of Second Life's active user base? Reuters says 31% are American, 13% are French, 11% are German, 8% are British, 7% are Dutch.

hopefully you won't ask the US supreme court to comment on the definition terrorism, since they are a Catholic majority and seek to defer to the Pope on all matters, and the Pope says terrorism is disagreeing with him:

Vatican calls verbal attack on Pope terrorism
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSL0211344020070502

If I'm reading this article correctly, American Superconductor is in the process of making a 50 meter prototype to be completed before the end of the year. Next year through 2010, they'll construct a 300 meter span that will connect two substations on Manhattan Island.

Please do not forget the water car that was discussed here a couple of weeks ago

http://www.reuters.com/news/video?videoId=84561

I loved that one, we promise you a car that runs for free :-) I am already in the queue...

On one hand, I completely agree with the sentiment of the poster - it's ridiculous to think that a spam campaign can affect a futures market - an average investor doesn't have access to such markets, and doesn't even have enough capital to trade a single oil futures contract.
On the other hand, though, I've seen rumors of this sort achieve exactly that result. On March 27th, 2007, around 5PM ET, a rumor was spread all over the wire services that Iran had fired on an US Navy ship in the Persian Gulf. The futures markets were closed, and electronic trading was very thin, so because of this rumor, the futures prices was taken all the way from $63 to $68 a barrel, almost 10% - in less than 5 minutes!! Within 15 minutes, though, the news spread that this rumor was not confirmed, and after 15 minutes of frenetic trading, the prices settled back to around $64 (I guess a dollar of a risk premium was priced in, just in case!). Within those 15 minutes, even with the markets closed, millions of dollars changed hands. Here's a link to a story from that day - http://uk.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idUKN2722461720070327 . Predictably, no one knows where the rumor came from, yet someone profited quite handsomely off of it.

Is there any chance that the Iranians can help us out here?

Nobody's watching? You better tell the 4 billion people who were planning to do just that...

Beijing expects four billion TV viewers for '08 Games

Opps - happy accident.

I agree, the U.N. never tried to take over Iraq... Interestingly, I just read a news story about how the U.S. is obliged to stay in Iraq because of an agreement with the U.N. through December:

In a statement, Maliki's office said the prime minister made the comments about the security pact -- which will replace a U.N. mandate for the presence of U.S. troops that expires on December 31 -- to Arab ambassadors in the United Arab Emirates.

Source (third paragraph from top).

You want a tech scam? Have it: Just type Car runs on water in Google; Sit back and enjoy! http://www.runningcaronwater.com/?gclid=COnhtJPKqZQCFRZZiAod_mOtzw http://www.runcarbywater.com/ http://www.youralternativefuelsite.com/?gclid=CLyItLbKqZQCFQwxiQodyUlR0A http://www.runcaronwaterkit.com/?kk=142 http://hybridfuelreview.info/?id=B227023 http://savemorefuel.info/?t202id=9163299&t202kw=car%20runs%20on%20water http://www.waterfuelx.com/?hop=tracassoc&gclid=CJne49_KqZQCFQL8iAodz2TG0Q http://www.trustmymechanic.com/run-your-car-on-water.html?gclid=CNjKkujKqZQCFSBciAodV1U90A http://www.mobilemag.com/content/100/354/C8115/ http://www.squidoo.com/carrunsonwater http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5EMoLMzB-Y http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/gadgets/car-runs-on-water-inventor-to-be-kidnapped-by-exxon-177716.php http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water-fuelled_car http://www.reuters.com/news/video?videoId=84561 http://www.easywatercar.com/2books.htm

Common decency would at least dictate that he refers to Bill Gates as Mr Gates rather than "Gates", I find it offensive

I see you're a fan of the New York Times. However, if you would care to peruse other media outlets, you'd see that people are *routinely* referred to by last name only. See this article at Reuters (one of the major wire companies), where, after the first mention where the full name "Bill Gates" is used, the article consistently uses just "Gates" to refer to him.

If this offends you, you need to get a thicker skin.

These people are reporting and not attacking Bill Gates himself as it seems RMS is. Refering him as "Mr Gates" instead of "Gates" would make him sounds much less obnoxious.

This is a BBC UK news artical so maybe it's a cultural difference but in general the US seems to be a lot less formal but it would be regarded as a cultural faux pas in most of Europe. It's got nothing to do with thick skin.

Common decency would at least dictate that he refers to Bill Gates as Mr Gates rather than "Gates", I find it offensive

I see you're a fan of the New York Times. However, if you would care to peruse other media outlets, you'd see that people are *routinely* referred to by last name only. See this article at Reuters (one of the major wire companies), where, after the first mention where the full name "Bill Gates" is used, the article consistently uses just "Gates" to refer to him.

If this offends you, you need to get a thicker skin.

I know, it's not like there's anything particularly useful they could be discussing, so at least they'll get rid of those pesky leeches on society.

I know, it's not like there's anything particularly useful they could be discussing, so at least they'll get rid of those pesky leeches on society.

What is it like to be so sure you're better than everyone else that any information to the contrary is, and must be, propaganda? To place so much of your pride and/or self-worth in the ability of your country to make war?

It must be a fearsome existence.

I am moderately surprised that this type of research is still going on/causing such controversy.

One would think that with all the evidence pointing at things like:

Multipotential Stem Cells from Menstrual Blood,
  Menstrual Blood Can Provide Adult Stem Cells,
  Menstrual Blood: A Valuable Source Of Multipotential Stem Cells?,
  Stem Cells Have Utility in Fighting Disease> and
  New type of stem cell from menstrual blood
 

would have convinced these scientists to give up splicing pig butts to people and go to the controversy free stem cells by now. Perhaps they don't wan't to get their fingers wet.

Mr. Garrison's: "Well, I'm sorry, Wendy. But I just don't trust anything that bleeds for five days and doesn't die." Was supposed to be irony, you know irony, its a metal, like goldy and silvery.

-m

If that becomes a problem, we could always just send them another shipment of these...

I found that to be rather large as well, but according to Wikipedia:

The Robotic Arm (RA) is designed to extend 2.35 m from its base on the lander, and have the ability to dig down to 0.5 m below the surface.

However, I still doubt that they actually scooped up 1^3 meter of soil, but rather parts of an area that is 1^3 meter...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080623/ts_nm/olympics_mosque_dc

China demolishes mosque for not supporting Olympics: group

Mon Jun 23, 3:56 AM ET

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese authorities in the restive far western region of Xinjiang have demolished a mosque for refusing to put up signs in support of this August's Beijing Olympics, an exiled group said on Monday.

The mosque was in Kalpin county near Aksu city in Xinjiang's rugged southwest, the World Uyghur Congress said.

The spokesman's office of the Xinjiang government said it had no immediate comment, while telephone calls to the county government went answered.

"China is forcing mosques in East Turkistan to publicize the Beijing Olympics to get the Uighur people to support the Games (but) this has been resisted by the Uighurs," World Uyghur Congress spokesman Dilxat Raxit said in an emailed statement.

Beijing says al Qaeda is working with militants in Xinjiang to use terror to establish an independent state called East Turkistan.

Oil-rich Xinjiang is home to 8 million Turkic-speaking Uighurs, many of whom resent the growing economic and cultural influence of the Han Chinese.

Dilxat Raxit added that the mosque, which had been renovated in 1998, was accused of illegally renovating the structure, carrying out illegal religious activities and illegally storing copies of the Muslim holy book the Koran.

"All the Korans in the mosque have been seized by the government and dozens of people detained," he said. "The detained Uighurs have been tortured."

The Olympic torch relay passed through Xinjiang last week under tight security, with all but carefully vetted residents banned from watching on the streets and tight controls over foreign media covering the event.

(Reporting by Ben Blanchard; Editing by Nick Macfie)

(For more stories visit our multimedia website "Road to Beijing" at http://www.reuters.com/news/sports/2008olympics; and see our blog at http://blogs.reuters.com/china)

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080623/ts_nm/olympics_mosque_dc

China demolishes mosque for not supporting Olympics: group

Mon Jun 23, 3:56 AM ET

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese authorities in the restive far western region of Xinjiang have demolished a mosque for refusing to put up signs in support of this August's Beijing Olympics, an exiled group said on Monday.

The mosque was in Kalpin county near Aksu city in Xinjiang's rugged southwest, the World Uyghur Congress said.

The spokesman's office of the Xinjiang government said it had no immediate comment, while telephone calls to the county government went answered.

"China is forcing mosques in East Turkistan to publicize the Beijing Olympics to get the Uighur people to support the Games (but) this has been resisted by the Uighurs," World Uyghur Congress spokesman Dilxat Raxit said in an emailed statement.

Beijing says al Qaeda is working with militants in Xinjiang to use terror to establish an independent state called East Turkistan.

Oil-rich Xinjiang is home to 8 million Turkic-speaking Uighurs, many of whom resent the growing economic and cultural influence of the Han Chinese.

Dilxat Raxit added that the mosque, which had been renovated in 1998, was accused of illegally renovating the structure, carrying out illegal religious activities and illegally storing copies of the Muslim holy book the Koran.

"All the Korans in the mosque have been seized by the government and dozens of people detained," he said. "The detained Uighurs have been tortured."

The Olympic torch relay passed through Xinjiang last week under tight security, with all but carefully vetted residents banned from watching on the streets and tight controls over foreign media covering the event.

(Reporting by Ben Blanchard; Editing by Nick Macfie)

(For more stories visit our multimedia website "Road to Beijing" at http://www.reuters.com/news/sports/2008olympics; and see our blog at http://blogs.reuters.com/china)

I found that to be rather large as well, but according to Wikipedia:

The Robotic Arm (RA) is designed to extend 2.35 m from its base on the lander, and have the ability to dig down to 0.5 m below the surface.

However, I still doubt that they actually scooped up 1^3 meter of soil, but rather parts of an area that is 1^3 meter...

How about a link to a real newspaper?

here
here
here
here (oops, my bad ;)
here
here
here
or how about one from a city that is directly impacted by the decision, like here?

Mayor Daley calls Supreme Court's gun-ban reversal 'a very frightening decision'
High court strikes down Washington D.C. law in ruling that could have Chicago implications
An angry Mayor Richard Daley on Thursday called the Supreme Court's overturning of the Washington D.C. gun ban "a very frightening decision" and vowed to fight vigorously any challenges to Chicago's ban.

The mayor, speaking at a Navy Pier event, said he was sure mayors nationwide, who carry the burden of keeping cities safe, will be outraged by the decision.

Chicago's handgun ban, which has lasted for more than a quarter-century, came under threat earlier in the day when the Supreme Court decided that Washington D.C.'s law against handgun ownership is unconstitutional.

In a 5-4 decision, the high court determined that Americans have the right to own guns for self-defense as well as hunting. The decision, which had been expected, is a win for gun-rights advocates and provides a better definition of the rights of Americans to own firearms.

Illinois gun-rights activists have said they expect to mount a quick legal challenge to the Chicago Weapons Ordinance.

Other city officials said they felt confidant that challenge would fail.

I'm disappointed in you, timothy. I'm sure there were a lot more submissions than this one. Since this is Thursday, I hereby nominate you as "Aurthur Dent" (Monday is my Dent Day).

Why do I have to <p> on my paragraphs when I've selected "plain old text"??

I'm not aware of anybody in the US looking at 50% penetration. There is a DOE-sponsored study going on now to look at the transmission required to integrate 20%-30% wind energy in the Eastern Interconnect. That's an enormous amount of generation when you're looking at a 15-30% capacity factor. There is still a great deal of concern in the transmission industry about how to integrate that much generation into the grid while maintaining reliability.

(Tangent: I use Yarssr [for *nix/GNOME] to organize my feeds. Lives in the GNOME panel notification area as a pop-up menu.)

Slashdot
Various Associated Press news wires
BBC News
CNN
Daily Kos
Several local news feeds from my local newspaper
Multiple single-topic feeds from ESPN
The International Herald Tribune
A custom feed from Careerbuilder
The Top Stories and In Depth feeds from Reuters
My regional surf reports from Surfline
Politics coverage from The Hill

(Tangent: I use Yarssr [for *nix/GNOME] to organize my feeds. Lives in the GNOME panel notification area as a pop-up menu.)

Slashdot
Various Associated Press news wires
BBC News
CNN
Daily Kos
Several local news feeds from my local newspaper
Multiple single-topic feeds from ESPN
The International Herald Tribune
A custom feed from Careerbuilder
The Top Stories and In Depth feeds from Reuters
My regional surf reports from Surfline
Politics coverage from The Hill

• Dilbert - do I need to describe this?
• Explosm.com - Cyanide and Happiness comic
• Fokke & Sukke - Dutch comic. Popular daily cartoon (yes, I'm dutch and the name is intentional)
• Little Gamers - gaming comic
• Penny Arcade - gaming comic
• FAIL blog - epic fail every day

Finance & Economy

• BusinessWeek Online -- Most Popular Stories
• Calculated Risk - general blog
• The Economist - News analysis and views
• NRC | EconomieDutch newspaper, economy section

Space

• Bad Astronomy - Phil Plait's blog about astronomy and skepticism
• Chris Lintott's Universe - Astronomer, Galaxy Zoo co-founder and co-host of BBC's The Sky at Night
• NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day
• New Scientist, Space - Astronomy section of New Scientist
• Space.com - More space news...
• Starts With a Bang! - Astrophysicist Ethan Siegel, tries to answer some common but very complex astronomy questions.
• Universe Today - One of the most well known astronomy blogs

Tech

• Engadget - THE gadget blog
• Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories - making crazy electronic stuff (and drooling over niche market product catalogues)
• Gametrailers' ScrewAttack - funny gaming videos
• Kotaku - THE games blog
• Reuters Science
• Reuters Technology
• Slashdot
• The Brainy Gamer - in-depth articles about (the history of) games in general
• Tweakers.net - the dutch Slashdot

Misc

• Greggman - American gamedev'er who lived in Japan
• Jort Kelder - Dutch dandy. Ex-editor-in-chief of Quote, a magazine about entrepeneurs and the life of the nouveau rich. Co-host of the dutch Dragons Den.
• Scalzi's Whatever - Sciencefiction author.
• The Sartorialist - Fashion photographer. If you'd like to dress like a man with some class, instead of a fake tan metrosexual...look here for inspiration.

• Dilbert - do I need to describe this?
• Explosm.com - Cyanide and Happiness comic
• Fokke & Sukke - Dutch comic. Popular daily cartoon (yes, I'm dutch and the name is intentional)
• Little Gamers - gaming comic
• Penny Arcade - gaming comic
• FAIL blog - epic fail every day

Finance & Economy

• BusinessWeek Online -- Most Popular Stories
• Calculated Risk - general blog
• The Economist - News analysis and views
• NRC | EconomieDutch newspaper, economy section

Space

• Bad Astronomy - Phil Plait's blog about astronomy and skepticism
• Chris Lintott's Universe - Astronomer, Galaxy Zoo co-founder and co-host of BBC's The Sky at Night
• NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day
• New Scientist, Space - Astronomy section of New Scientist
• Space.com - More space news...
• Starts With a Bang! - Astrophysicist Ethan Siegel, tries to answer some common but very complex astronomy questions.
• Universe Today - One of the most well known astronomy blogs

Tech

• Engadget - THE gadget blog
• Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories - making crazy electronic stuff (and drooling over niche market product catalogues)
• Gametrailers' ScrewAttack - funny gaming videos
• Kotaku - THE games blog
• Reuters Science
• Reuters Technology
• Slashdot
• The Brainy Gamer - in-depth articles about (the history of) games in general
• Tweakers.net - the dutch Slashdot

Misc

• Greggman - American gamedev'er who lived in Japan
• Jort Kelder - Dutch dandy. Ex-editor-in-chief of Quote, a magazine about entrepeneurs and the life of the nouveau rich. Co-host of the dutch Dragons Den.
• Scalzi's Whatever - Sciencefiction author.
• The Sartorialist - Fashion photographer. If you'd like to dress like a man with some class, instead of a fake tan metrosexual...look here for inspiration.

Oompa Loompas are Orange.

Oompa Loompa Doopity Do.
I've got a Slashdot Posting for You.
Oompa Loompa Doopity Dee.
If you are wise, you'll listen to me.

What do you get when you try to make jokes
About what you don't know, unlike many folks?
Confusing pop culture isn't so bad
But here it can make you seem so sad.

Why Don't You Just Google It?

Oompa Loompa Doopity Do.
I've got a Slashdot Posting for You.
Oompa Loompa Doopity Dee.
If you are wise, you'll listen to me.

Our commander in chief said as much in a videoconference with troops in Afghanistan on Mar 13, 2008:
( http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSN1333111120080313 ) ...
"I must say, I'm a little envious," Bush said. "If I were slightly younger and not employed here, I think it would be a fantastic experience to be on the front lines of helping this young democracy succeed."

"It must be exciting for you ... in some ways romantic, in some ways, you know, confronting danger. You're really making history, and thanks," Bush said. ...

What a shame he's otherwise "employed".

Really? Perhaps you can explain why she "ruled that the U.S. Archivist's reliance on the executive order to delay release of the papers of former presidents is "arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion and not in accordance with law".

http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSHER25778420080612

That's what I thought too, until the 2007 hijacking of a Turkish jetliner:
http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKL1824462620070819
The passengers went along with it until the plane landed.

You think gas is $4/gallon because we didn't drill in ANWR?

Gas is that expensive due primarily to a weak dollar coupled with high global demand. ANWR would do next to nothing in terms of supply. According to Reuters, http://uk.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idUKN2934033020080429?pageNumber=2&virtualBrandChannel=0&sp=true, The US uses 20M+ barrels per day while ANWR would supply 40K per day in 2011 - a 0.2% gain. It rises to 780K per day by 2020, cutting our dependence on foreign crude from 62% to 60%.

Take this tired canard and bury it, please.

I submitted an article yesterday (still pending, but you can imagine it's future). It was based around a Reuters article which points out that there are several legal actions pending now. The article is at:
http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSN0540220820080605?pageNumber=2&virtualBrandChannel=0

Sorry I couldn't get it accepted. As a journalist, I'm a complete lamer. But it's an interesting article, and it may even be around for a bit--I don't know Reuter's policies, vis-a-vis demanding registration to articles more than x weeks old, etc. I never reference the NYT, for instance, as I don't much like their access policies. They could learn a lot from the Europeans.

Anyway, you may want to have a look at the Reuters article. I'm becoming more and more ashamed to admit that I used to work for those guys.

Paul McGuinness will be calling for the oil pipes to be disconnected next!

I've never been able to figure out why people seem to think that insulting someone they want something from is going to get them better results

They're not "thinking" per se; they're using the amygdala instead of the prefrontal cortex. People with bipolar disorder do this a lot.

According to a recent study, Jack should start smoking pot. Lots of pot. Seriously. I've known bipolars who said that smoking pot keeps them sane, and from the cited study one can see why.

shoot on this video will NOT get you in the big festivals.

This may be changing...using a RED One 4K Camera, Joshua Weigel took Best Film for "Stained" at the 168 Film Festival.

Also now Joe Carnahan is shooting "Killing Pablo" on a RED as well.

These aren't cheap DV or HDV cameras, but video nonetheless.

The Nasdaq arrangements will begin as a six-month pilot project, while Nasdaq waits for definitive approval from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for the right to sell market data to the sites for a fee. It hopes to get the approval within a year. The move comes at a time when the major exchanges are trying to squeeze as much revenue as possible from market data, which now makes up a larger share of revenue than equities trading. At Nasdaq, market data generates 20 percent of revenue, while at the NYSE, the figure is 14 percent. Nasdaq says the exchange's high trading volumes make its data more accurate, allowing it to charge a fee for a service that BATS is providing free to Yahoo. Nasdaq handles about four times the equity trading volumes that BATS does. A NYSE spokesman declined to say whether the exchange had similar projects in the pipeline. The project will generate only modest revenues, said Adena Friedman, an executive vice president at Nasdaq OMX. http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSN0227850020080603