Iraq Coalition Casualty Count offers something it calls fatality metrics, which allows you to instantly create a graph that, say, shows how many coalition forces, by age, have died so far (19.1% of fatalities being 20 or 21). Or you could graph fatalities by state (California leads, but PA’s #4, right after England—which I didn’t […]

In what was a potentially fatal gaffe, some HIV-positive US military personnel were vaccinated against smallpox; had any of the vaccinees been anything more than HIV-positive (i.e., had they had full-blown AIDs), even the weakened smallpox virus present in the vaccine might’ve put a serious crimp in their, um, living. (On a more positive note, […]

(via Pollingreport.com, like it says)

Brad Templeton–who works for the EFF, an electronic privacy group, and who also has close personal ties with Google management–has a very thorough look at some of the privacy issues surrounding the G-mail service currently being tested by Google. One of the tidbits of information I found most interesting is a privacy rule that already […]

Let’s see, you’ve got your SUV, and then you’ve got your BUV… The BUV, or “basic utility vehicle,” is low-tech, inexpensive… and rugged enough to handle run-down roads in developing countries. … Ideally, BUVs should have 95 per cent fewer parts than typical cars, weigh no more than 227 kilograms, and sell for less than […]