Fickle Private Property

If you or anyone you know owns property, watching this five minute video is worthwhile.

Unimaginably Fast Computers

Today, new personal computers generally process information at a speed of 2 to 3 thousand calculations per second (2GHz and 3GHz).

The good ol' boys and girls at MIT are making strides towards processing speeds of one million calculations per second (1,000 GHz or 1THz (terraherz)).

Here's an article describing the technique.

Can San Diego become water-independent? Jim Bell thinks so.

This OB Rag Blog article is worth a quick peek.

Hilarious Monetary update

I love the line "No reasonable person is going to suggest we stop destroying money." Hilarious stuff.