Barry Mahfood runs a neat blog that provides “bite-size” reflections on the Singularity. His most recent post has to do with how useful a superintelligence would be for solving problems that we’re grappling with in today’s world. A good point, and what I like most about it is how he gets us there — via […]
Via GeekPress, an amazing discovery: Scientists unearth Superman’s “kryptonite” LONDON (Reuters) – Kryptonite, which robbed Superman of his powers, is no longer the stuff of comic books and films. A mineral found by geologists in Serbia shares virtually the same chemical composition as the fictional kryptonite from outer space, used by the superhero’s nemesis Lex […]
Via GeekPress, an amazing discovery: Scientists unearth Superman’s “kryptonite” LONDON (Reuters) – Kryptonite, which robbed Superman of his powers, is no longer the stuff of comic books and films. A mineral found by geologists in Serbia shares virtually the same chemical composition as the fictional kryptonite from outer space, used by the superhero’s nemesis Lex […]
The Specu-Kiddo bought me movie passes as a Father’s Day gift so she, my wife, and I are off to the movies this morning. Hope there’s something good showing.
More good news on the renewable energy front. Here’s the poop: BRIDPORT, Vt. – The cows at the Audet family’s Blue Spruce Farm make nearly 9,000 gallons of milk a day — and about 35,000 gallons of manure. Turns out that manure can be converted into enough methane to heat 300-400 Vermont homes. And by-products […]
This page is getting a lot of visits from people who want to look at Erica Durance. Ever one to keep my readers happy, here are some pictures of her (the original blog entry is below): Personally, I think it was a mistake introducing the character of Lois Lane to Smallville. Superman and Lois should […]
True Anomaly provides the shocking details and suggests a rather drastic remedy: The government must act now! The Departments of Homeland Security and Defense need to work together to build an orbital wall around the planet. This system should consist of deep space radar satellites to act as an early warning system to detect incoming […]
One of our favorite real-life superheroes has done it again: There are 174 million visually impaired people in the world, accounting for approximately 2.6 percent of the population, with around 0.6% being completely blind. We can hardly imagine how overjoyed these people will be to hear of a groundbreaking new device that has been announced […]
Is Superman more than just flamboyant? Stephen Colbert says maybe… He also observes that there’s only one thing that can possibly save the New York Times…
Years ago, I remember reading a prediction in the first issue of a short-lived Jack Kirby creation called OMAC that one day, somebody like the highly enhanced One Man Army Corps would “just be another Joe,” and that Superman would be the ultimate fantasy made reality via technology. At the time, that seemed an awfully […]