Bailout causes crash on Main Street

Irresponsible actions result in a bailout and an inevitable crash on Main Street.

Turning Muslim in Texas

A video about people converting to Islam in the heart of Texas. But since we've been programmed to hate Islam, here is the patriotic response. Fascinating and shameful at the same time.

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Save the Arecibo Telescope: Write to Congress

I just received this email today. Don't let congress divert our money for their causes. SETI is a great program that demonstrates our pioneering spirit -- and the dismal congress probably wants to funnel that cash over another bridge to nowhere.

Arecibo Observatory, the world's largest radio telescope and the source for the SETI@home data that your computer analyzes, faces massive budget cuts that will END its ability to continue the search for life beyond Earth. The decision to ensure full funding currently rests upon votes in Congress on Senate Bill S. 2862 and House Resolution H.R. 3737. These bills desperately need more support.

Please take a moment to help us SAVE ARECIBO.

Clicking the link below will direct you to a web page that allows you print out letters prepared for your Senators and Congressional Representative urging them to support Arecibo. Printing and mailing the letters is really easy, too! You will also have the chance to add a few personal thoughts, if you wish, to let your Senators and Representative know why this funding is important to you! And if you're really feeling passionate about saving Arecibo, please use these letters as the basis for letters you write yourself, urging your congressmen and women to vote to save Arecibo.

Because our representatives in Congress rarely give much attention to all the email they receive, printing out and MAILING these letters via standard U.S. Postal mail remains our best option for contacting them and our best hope for saving Arecibo (The second best option is to call your representatives). Your 42 cent stamps on these letters could help us get the millions of dollars needed to save Arecibo.

Our search cannot continue without the necessary support. Your work, as SETI@home participants, represents an indispensable resource for conducting the search. Now, we need your help to ensure that our other most valuable resource - our eyes and ears to the cosmos - can continue to probe the universe as we seek to answer the question: Is there anybody out there?

http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/arecibo_letter.php

Thank you for your help,

The SETI@home Team

Click to learn more about SETI@Home and the Arecibo Observatory.

Beer beats distilled alchohol

After years of field-work, I can pronounce beer as the king of alcohol.

Hackers Flood Epilepsy Web Forum With Flashing Lights

Unknown miscreants had a good time two weekends ago when they posted hundreds of flashing animated images onto discussion boards hosted by the Landover, Md.-based Epilepsy Foundation.

Flashing lights or bold moving patterns can trigger often violent seizures among 3 percent of the estimated 50 million epileptics worldwide.

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Disturbing Google Trend -- How to make ricin

In response to the news of ricin being found in a Las Vegas hotel room, the popularity of ricin related web searches is officially Volcanic according to Google Trends. Disturbingly however, it appears the story of a man in critical condition after ricin exposure has whet the public appetite for knowledge about how to make the poisonous substance, with "how to make ricin" occupying the #10 trend for today.Ricin is spicy. You have been warned.
http://www.google.com/trends/hottrends?q=how+to+make+ricin&date=2008-2-29&sa=X

Beer under the Microscope

Corona Extra

That beer you're holding -- ever wonder what looks like under the microscope? Well, probably not. But it's still cool to see your favorite beers from around the world in their hoppy minuscule form. Enjoy Beershots

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