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• Deer gets revenge after hunter shoots him

  Tue Dec 2, 2008
  • I'm on the deer's side.

• Skycar: A Car You Can Fly. Really!

  Thu Nov 20, 2008
  • I'll take one!  Carbon composite body-frame could improve the range even more.  A development of a successful vehicle like this could really fine-tune parawing technology.

• Daily Artisan » AND NOW THE MANCHURIAN MICROCHIP: The Chinese stealthily spy on our systems

  Thu Nov 20, 2008
  • Wow, "shockwaves through the counterintelligence community"?  That sounds like job security for the paranoia industry.  How will we know if there is any truth to this if it is classified?  If these chips are as omnipresent as claimed, there should be plenty of opportunity …

• US contractors lose immunity in Iraq security deal

  Thu Nov 20, 2008
  • Unfortunately, the worst offenders are the security contractors working for the State Department, and seem not to be directly affected by this development, unless they are added later under a separate agreement.  One of the more troubling aspects of the current administrations prosecution …

• Fool Blog: An Open Letter to Somali Pirates

  Wed Nov 19, 2008
  • In a historical perspective, this story reminds me of the rise of airline hijackings.  It took a few years, but it led to armed Air Marshalls flying on commercial airlines, stronger cabin doors to protect the pilots, and other deterrents.  Expensive cargoes will warrant more …

• Fool Blog: An Open Letter to Somali Pirates

  Wed Nov 19, 2008
  • It looks like India is prepared to "test the waters" with an emerging navy that is taking on a role to extend their reach from the Indian coastal waters out into international waters.  They really want to enhance their status on the world stage.  How will …

• Colombian shoppers' dream built on pyramid scheme

  Thu Nov 20, 2008
  • No one has done Ponzi better than the USA.  I know, I was involved in one when I was a lot younger.  It is sad to see the poorest loose what they never really had, hoping to reach what is out of their reach.  The dream never dies, that is until it is killed by …

• Great Pyramid Mystery to be Solved by Hidden Room?

  Mon Nov 17, 2008
  • Great story.  It would be nice if it was only sealed at both ends, but my feeling is, if the spiral ramp existed, it was blocked in many places, working back down as the pyramid was completed.  That seems to fit with the perceived attempt to safeguard the tomb …

• Ancient Celtic coin cache found in Netherlands

  Thu Nov 13, 2008
  • At least they let him pretend he still owns them.  No telling what would have happened if he didn't cooperate in the "long term loan"

• Latest Marvel: Packages That Open Without a Saw

  Sun Nov 16, 2008
  • Stores that sell clamshell packaged merchandise should have automated seam cutters at the checkout stand so consumers can have their purchases freed from captivity at the point of sale.  The seam cutter would do a neat enough job that the merchandise in the package would …