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Revolution against ‘rich parasites’ at utopian Burning Man Festival as ‘hooligans’ attack luxury camp

In recent years it has become popular with Silicon Valley millionaires, and billionaires. Luxurious so-called “plug-n-play” camps have sprung up which use hired staff like cooks, builders and security, and allow international jetsetters to drop in for quick visits. Source: Revolution against ‘rich parasites’ at utopian Burning Man Festival as ‘hooligans’ attack luxury camp

Google’s underwater internet cable connecting US, Japan is going live – CNET

I call it a backup plan for ‘the cloud’ (it’s just someone else’s computer). Nicknamed “Faster,” the 9,000-kilometer (5,600-mile) cable will connect Oregon to the coastal Japanese cities of Chiba and Mie. The connection will run 60 terabits per second, which is about 10 million times faster than the standard cable modem. Source: Google’s underwater internet cableContinue reading “Google’s underwater internet cable connecting US, Japan is going live – CNET”

Abbot Kinney at Westminster During Prohibition

Another great print scanned by the USC Digital Library. This one shows the intersection of Westminster Avenue at Abbot Kinney. The perspective is looking to the southeast, in the southerly direction of traffic.

Gravity Waves Sound like Ping Pong Balls

For the second time in recent months, scientists say they have picked up distortions in space and time. The find suggests smaller-sized black holes may be more numerous than many scientists thought. Source: Gravitational Waves From Colliding Black Holes Shake Scientists’ Detectors Again : The Two-Way : NPR

World News: April 7, 2016

So, there’s this cheery little quote I ran across today: “Iraq remains the center of what Jordanian King Abdullah now refers to as the Third World War.” Source: World War Three may have already begun in Iraq and Syria Let’s hope he’s wrong. In other news mid-east news, the House of Saud has become the number threeContinue reading “World News: April 7, 2016”