How about a program for a DNA database of children that exhibit problem-like behaviors that could lead to a future life as a criminal?

Cooley's Social Looking Glass, anyone?

Damn, I hate to be cliché, but this is so Orweillian.

Please hang up and try again . . .

"It may also influence the search for microscopic life forms elsewhere in the solar system, a discovery that would prove that life in the universe is not unique to Earth but an inherent property of matter."

Wow. That's a bold statement, but I absolutely agree.

"It seems almost traditional at this time of year for stargazers to ponder the age-old ( Read more... )

Are you a threat?

"Under ATS, individuals have no way to access information about their "risk assessment" scores or to correct any false information about them. But while you cannot see your score, it will be made readily available to untold numbers of federal, state, local, and foreign agencies. The government will retain the data for 40 years." ( Read more... )

He knows if you've been bad or good . . . at least that's what we tell the children.

Administrative error, WTF?

. . .'cause strategery takes time . . .

Go green Google, go!

Uh, oh . . . here comes the rebirth of cryonics.

Well worth the read . . .

Now that's sneaky. . .

A man who has criticized the Chinese government ends up with a broken neck, but Chinese authorities have concluded that the man inflicted his injury upon himself. Riiighhht. "Authorities told the Fu family not to appeal the decision or file a new complaint, Fu Bing said." Guess that settles that ( Read more... )

Hey everyone, say hello to flexible electronics! Maybe they can use that to make better surveillance tools. . . .



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I know it smells like a slippery slope, but they keep reducing the threshold for what constitutes a potentially suspicious financial transaction. Once it reaches $1000 that's going to make a lot of us "potential terrorists." What is particularly asinine about this whole business is, as the article admits, that "Criminals are aware of the current ( Read more... )