Archive for October, 2007

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

Gizmodo: The 2010 Olympics in Vancouver will need a lot of transportation , so the B.C. government is assembling the largest collection of hydrogen fuel-cell buses on the planet. Twenty hydrogen buses will be in Whistler for coastal transport during the Olympic Games. Each bus costs about $2.1 million, ... Green Fleet: 2010 Olympics, Now WIth Hyrdrogen Buses


Metafilter: In Silicon Valley, Millionaires Who Dont Feel Rich Mr. Kremen estimated his net worth at $10 million. That puts him firmly in the top half of 1 percent among Americans, according to wealth data from the Federal Reserve, but barely in the top echelons in affluent towns like Palo Alto, Menlo Park and ... A million dollars aint what it used to be...


Boing Boing: Xeni Jardin : Ive been a fan of Jim Cramer for many years, and Ive seldom seen him flip out as epically and fantastically as he does in this clip. On CNBCs Mad Money Friday, he screamed at Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke to slash interest rates, in order to help the stock market. Video ... Cramer begs Fed Reserve Chairman to cut interest rates


Talking Points Memo: I suppose it was bound to raise eyebrows when, in the midst of the YearlyKos convention, John Edwards said, Were about to enter the seventh year of this phony war...and were losing. Whats... Getting shrill


Slashdot: eldavojohn writes DefCon usually focuses on electronic security, but Saturday a talk was held that focused on possibly the oldest form of hacking — lockpicking. As software security becomes better and better, the focus may be shifting towards simple hacking tips like looking over someones ... The Study of Physical Hacks at DefCon


Metafilter: Top 10 rescue videos from the US Coastguard, which celebrated its birthday by announcing it has saved 1,109,310 lives in its 217-year existence. Save Me!


Metafilter: To Catch a Reporter. NBC Dateline producer Michelle Madigan tries to go undercover at the DefCon 14 security convention - and bites off more than she can chew. Having been alerted to her presence days before the event, DefCon staff baits the trap with a fake Spot the Fed contest. Once she is ... NBC Dateline reporter busted at hacker conference


Andrew Sullivan: I guess I need to repeat an argument I made in a New York Times op-ed on April 6. In that article, I exp