I am listening to a lot of technology podcasts lately that I get via Google Reader. There are a few famous ones, like Twit (these guys have at least interesting panels), CNet news and buzz-out-loud (cnet.com) and others. What struck me recently that the host don't really prepare the cast. They just read the news in real-time and start discussing them right away before even finishing reading into the story. Imho, this is some low quality crappy net-casting! read more »
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Anthrax spores in free access
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 2006-10-21 08:12.A friend of mine is taking a medical microbiology class in the university. Well, guess what? they have anthrax spores readily available for their lab experiments. Although, from what I understood, those are not mature enough to become airborne, but one can get infected through the cut or by consuming the spores with food! An the infected person can later produce a culture that is already airborne! So we are talking about a potential bio-weapon read more »
Is there always a massive conspiracy going on?
Submitted by Alex on Mon, 2006-09-18 13:34.A recent discussion of 2004 presidential election fraud at slashdot has disturbed me and lead me to confusion in a number of ways. Through the course of the last couple of years I have seen and familiarized myself with a growing number of conspiracy theories presented on the web. Including the "9/11 was orchestrated by CIA", the "big corporations hold us/our health/our children hostage" and many others. read more »
