Belarus secret police used mobile phone operators to rat out regime opponents demonstrating in the streets over a stolen election - Charter97 (via BoingBoing)
"All people who visited the post-election demonstration are known to the police by tracing their mobile phone location. They call on these numbers now and invite people to come for a conversation." Activists beware. They'll be doing that here if they aren't already.
A Philip K. Dick android with loud shirts - Cnet
The speech/mouth synchronization could use some work. The beard needs some gray wisps in it too. But it looks just like him otherwise. The speech is kind of stilted. Witty banter doesn't sound like that. Nice effort, but they need to get back in the lab.
Self-Employment Key to Expanding Rural America’s Revival - NewGeography (Don Macke)
If no one will give you a job then make your own? Easier said than done, but I like the concept.
The Terminator Scenario: Are We Giving Our Military Machines Too Much Power? - Popular Science
That South Korean made Samsung Techwin SGR-1 robot that detects "intruders" and then fires grenades at them would be perfect for the border of the southwestern U.S. Gas to start, rubber balls if they keep coming and frags if they persist. Heh.
What if the Old Republic died and nobody noticed? - Examiner.com/ (via Slashdot)
"When the Patriot Act was first signed in 2001, it was billed as a temporary measure required because of the extreme circumstances created by the terrorist threat. The fear from its opponents was that executive power, once given, is seldom relinquished." Continual war for continual peace.
Schrödinger’s Cat Lady - Escape Pod (podcast) Written by Marjorie James and read by Mur Lafferty
For sci-fi podcast fans who like their physics in the form of cute cat lady stories. Like me.
