Monthly Archives: August 2008

Bell Labs Kills Fundamental Physics Research

Posted on August 28, 2008 by Jack Henderson

It was a birthplace of a wealth of advances that fueled the technology revolution. Now, as reported in this article from Wired, the mother corporation of Bell Labs has announced a pull-back from basic research and an increased focus on … Continue reading →

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64 years ago, the IBM Mark I was born

Posted on August 8, 2008 by Jack Henderson

Wider than my front lawn and heavier than your car, with enough internal wiring to make a tin-can phone to my Mom’s house 500 miles away, the Mark I was truly a milestone in computing. I was playing Texas Hold … Continue reading →

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East meets West in ever-widening surveillance grid

Posted on August 7, 2008 by Jack Henderson

From the LA Times The West might have a stronger argument in questioning China’s potential for intrusive surveillance if it weren’t moving rapidly in the same direction. London is believed to have the largest number of closed-circuit TV cameras of … Continue reading →

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Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn dies at 89

Posted on August 4, 2008 by Jack Henderson

In keeping silent about evil, in burying it so deep within us that no sign of it appears on the surface, we are implanting it, and it will rise up a thousandfold in the future.” I started to type the … Continue reading →

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Greenwald: Vital Unresolved Anthrax Questions and ABC News

Posted on August 1, 2008 by Jack Henderson

from Salon.com If the now-deceased Ivins really was the culprit behind the attacks, then that means that the anthrax came from a U.S. Government lab, sent by a top U.S. Army scientist at Ft. Detrick. Without resort to any speculation … Continue reading →

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Anthrax Scientist Kills Himself

Posted on August 1, 2008 by Digg_Post

From the Washington Post A top U.S. biodefense researcher has apparently committed suicide just as the Justice Department was about to file criminal charges against him in the anthrax mailings that traumatized the nation in the weeks following the Sept. … Continue reading →

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