An Actually Wednesday Zeitgeist

Ah, America the land of the free. The usual suspects have come out saying "no honest, it's the video games" and not LAX GUN CONTROL. In Virginia, you can buy a gun. No questions asked. But that's obviously not the fucking problem. It's the kids pretending to shoot pretend aliens in simulated environments that's at the heart of it. You know, there is no single credible research that has managed to ever link media violence with real world violence. You can find a bunch of biased unscientific ones though.

And I know it sounds like I am defending the game industry - the industry that bought you both Tomb Raider (a game predicated on eyeing a magically proportioned woman in hot-pants) and the prostitutes in Grand Theft Auto that regenerate your Life.

/end rant

More Guns Will Deter Shootings:
Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) has a simple solution to future shooting massacres such as the one that ripped apart Virginia Tech university Monday: more guns. "People are a little more cautious if somebody might have a gun there".

In related news: Chimps More Evolved Than Humans. Hard to argue with that.

Computer Science Takes Steps to Bring Women to the Fold

Neural Macrosensing: Macrosensing, a concept created by scientist and nanotechnology expert Robert A. Freitas Jr., relates to medical in vivo nanorobotics for the detection of somatic states as well as extrasomatic states, such as sensory data originating outside the body.

Fast Food Ads vs Reality

Um, this is KFC's “Famous Bowl” - reportedly a mixture of mashed potatoes, gravy, corn, cheese, and chicken.

Ad:


Reality:


And I love the review: "there was so much sodium and fat my heart is still cutting in and out – and it’s the arrhythmia of love."

Mystery phrase of the day: saline infusion.
You don't actually want to know.

Thou Shalt Always Kill


How to build a cardboard castle

The End.