Archive for September, 2009

Ice Cream and Dog Poo

Posted by 3wire on September 28th, 2009

This by MARK STEYN is a must read. From: Investor’s Business Daily Barack Obama is not to blame for whichever vagary of United Nations protocol resulted in the president of the United States being the warm-up act for the Lunatic-for-Life in charge of Libya.But it is a pitiful reflection upon the state of the last [...]

Nuclear Energy: Smaller, Cheaper, Faster

Posted by Q Ball on September 23rd, 2009

Technology Review published an article a few months ago about a new nuclear reactor design that has the potential to transform the energy industry: The reactors are much smaller, designed to generate 150 megawatts each, but could also be strung together to generate as much as a conventional nuclear power plant. They also integrate two [...]

1984

Posted by 3wire on September 9th, 2009

Been thinking a lot about Nineteen Eighty-Four lately. Seems Communism, Marxism, and Fascism have been on my mind, though I can’t imagine why. From: Wikipedia The story begins on 4 April 1984: “It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen”. The date is questionable, because it is what Winston [...]