Finally, some good news. This issue affects all of us, and it relates to both intellectual property law and biomedical ethics. So, yay. Reversing a longstanding policy, the federal government said on Friday that human and other genes should not be eligible for patents because they are part of nature. via U.S. Says Genes ShouldContinue reading “U.S. Says Genes Should Not Be Eligible for Patenting – NYTimes.com”
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Enterprise Wardriving, by Google
You know, this picture makes me realize that the camera mount would make a really good spot to place a high gain antenna. If I were Google and I were doing this, I wouldn’t tell anyone about it either. …the cars weren’t supposed to be collecting any of the data that passed over the networks…Continue reading “Enterprise Wardriving, by Google”
Everybody Comes to Hank’s
So far, this is my favorite episode from the second half of the fourth season of The Venture Bros. television show. Granted, much of it is colorless, but I think a lot of what is lost in the visuals is made up for in a top-notch storyline.
With just 400 exceptions, Americans are Poor, and Getting Poorer
For anyone who’s been complaining about the ever-worsening state of our Federal government’s finances over the past ten years, consider the concept of the zero-sum game: this should be familiar to all the free market (Chicago School) fans who can quote Gordon Gecko soliloquies like baseball stats; someone wins, someone loses. So, smart guys (I’mContinue reading “With just 400 exceptions, Americans are Poor, and Getting Poorer”
New Sony Playstation Phone Photos
The new Playstation cellphone It’s hard to believe that what we’re looking at is real — but we assure you, the picture above is in fact the PlayStation Phone you’ve long been waiting for. via The PlayStation Phone — Engadget.
