Archive for December 18th, 2004

I’m so proud of little Asimo, he’s growing up so quickly. He can now run at 3km/h! (Honda’s robot has learned how to run like a human.)

Posted by Troy

December 18, 2004

I have been following Honda’s robot development efforts for the past couple of years. First, they taught Asimo (short for Asimov, the father of robotics) how to walk like a human. Now they have taught him how to run at 3km/h. Very cool. Here is a great little video.

44% of Amerikans think that Muslim-Americans should have restricted rights. What a surprise. This must be counteracted by sane people everywhere

Posted by Troy

December 18, 2004

A Cornell university study has found that 44% of Amerikans favoured “some restrictions on the civil liberties of Muslim Americans.” But remember George Bush, “this is not a war of Christian against Muslim or Westerners against Easterners, it is a war on terror.” Umm, yeah, right. Shockingly, those who were most inclined to vote [...]

Fortress Amerika continued: John Perry Barlow takes on the US govt for illegal mission drift on Fourth Amendment searches

Posted by Troy

December 18, 2004

Read it and weep, my Amerikan friends. And support the EFF.
QUOTE
December 10, 2004
A Taste of the System
02:07 AM | Current Affairs/ Drugs/ Politics
Since the election, as you’ve doubtless noticed, I haven’t had much to say here.
Having lost that crusade - and I do think [...]

Do you want to make technology better? Do you actually want it to work? I need your help to get my Technology Buyer’s Manifesto up on the ChangeThis site (UPDATE)

Posted by Troy

December 18, 2004

I submitted my Technology Buyer’s Manifesto to Seth Godin’s ChangeThis web site. They have now posted my proposal and it needs lots of votes. If it gets a lot of votes, then they will ask me to publish as one of their manifestos!
PLEASE help by posting this information to your various email distribution [...]

Woman kills young mother, cuts her baby out of the womb, and then takes the baby home to her husband and kids as her own newborn. WTF?

Posted by Troy

December 18, 2004

If you have not read about this horriffic case yet, Lisa M. Montgomery of Melvern Kansas had a baby girl fourteen years ago and then had her tubes tied. Since that time, she frequently claimed that she was pregnant to her ex-husband, current husband, and fellow dog-show attendees. Even more recently, she claimed on [...]

Archive for December 18th, 2004

I’m so proud of little Asimo, he’s growing up so quickly. He can now run at 3km/h! (Honda’s robot has learned how to run like a human.)

44% of Amerikans think that Muslim-Americans should have restricted rights. What a surprise. This must be counteracted by sane people everywhere

Fortress Amerika continued: John Perry Barlow takes on the US govt for illegal mission drift on Fourth Amendment searches

Do you want to make technology better? Do you actually want it to work? I need your help to get my Technology Buyer’s Manifesto up on the ChangeThis site (UPDATE)

Woman kills young mother, cuts her baby out of the womb, and then takes the baby home to her husband and kids as her own newborn. WTF?

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