Phasers, Introverts, Cyber-crime, and Vox Day
US Air Force unveils hand-held laser gun
The light it generates is capable of temporarily impairing an individual's vision, much like the disorienting glare one sees when looking into the sun, said the officials.
Set phasers to stun! Wait, that's the only setting. Um, Captain, why are the people in sunglasses still running after us???
Experts: Introverted youth have deep roots for behavior
Because extroverts have less internally generated brain activity, they search for more external stimuli to energize them.
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"Extroverts gain energy by being out and about," but "being with people takes energy from introverts, and they need to get away to restore that energy."
We don't need no steenkin external stimulation! We have enough brain activity for self-stimulation... Wait, that didn't come out right...
Cybercrime yields more cash than drugs: expert
"Last year was the first year that proceeds from cybercrime were greater than proceeds from the sale of illegal drugs, and that was, I believe, over $105 billion," McNiven told Reuters.
It was only a matter of time. As I've mentioned before, criminal elements, especially the Russian mafia, jumped aboard the phishing/identity-theft bandwagon early. Paranoia is the key to online self-defense. I predict cyber-crime units to grow exponentially. *cracks knuckles* Have gun, will hack the hackers...
C.S. Lewis vs. today's literature
This disdain for character left a mark on the genre which lasts to this day. Almost to a man, the writers of the Golden Age were secular humanists, and they felt as strongly about the deleterious effects of religion on collective human development as did Sigmund Freud with regards to the individual. Their antipathy toward all forms of traditional religion in favor of a dogmatic faith in the scientific method cast science fiction into an artistic ghetto from which it has not yet even begun to escape.
Anyone who considers himself a Christian Libertarian is bound to ruffle some feathers and have some interesting things to say. Vox Day is one of my favorite bloggers. I don't agree with everything he has to say, but I enjoy his unique perspective on things - good mental exercise especially when I disagree.