Out of the Blue

Some movement in the background here, as today's Tech Bits features some contributions from someone who may be helping expand our coverage in that area as we go forward... we may even see the return of PM Tech Bits (as heady as that may sound). Also, we were able to revert the server back to its native Eastern Time yesterday, after running on Greenwich Mean Time for a few days there, the only side effect of this was how messageboard posts started showing up out of order until the four hour time difference was accounted for.

Link of the Day: Monty Python and the Holy Grail in Lego. A link we've been sent at least a hundred times, but this time it actually worked when I checked it. Thanks EvilToast (and the other 99 of you).
Story of the Day: Romania has no stake in Dracula. "The discovery means Romanians will have to pay royalties to Universal Studios for creating a Dracula theme park." Thanks dukui-san.
Media of the Day: The Top 10 Ugliest Couches in America. Thanks Ant.
Wild Science: Identifying terrorists before they strike. "Brain fingerprinting"? Thanks Nick Hiltner.
Wild Science II: No hiding place for anyone. On a note related to the above. Thanks [MP] Wolverine [MP].

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Re: Brain fingerprinting.
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What the heck?
The guy has degrees in CS and ECE--He would be great at IMPLEMENTING his own solution. But his only source is 60 minutes!? I admit, 60 minutes is a viable source of information, but if he wants to write his own paper on it, he's going to need a lot more back up than that to dispel skepticism. It does not sound like something I would fail personally, but I AM uncomfortable with the idea of the government knowing where I or my family is whenever they want. If this guy were a Neuro-chemist or somesuch, I could take his word as it is, but his paper has some serious flaws and shows a genuine lack of education on the subject he's writing on. Almost as bad as that guy that said the ozone hole is a myth.

~B

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