10 Interesting Links From June 1st
- ABQJOURNAL NEWS/STATE: New Supercomputer Living on State Handouts – The supercomputer unveiled in January 2008 hasn't produced the kind of revenue projected. Including the purchase price, the operation has cost the state $13.8 million, but has taken in only about $300,000 in cash. Other revenue has been in the form of in-kind services.
- Ten Vehicles That Bankrupted GM – Reasons abound for GM's bankruptcy, including legacy costs, fuel prices and the conventional wisdom of East Coast media elite, but we mustn't forget in the end it's all about the cars. And frankly, some of them really sucked. Here's the ten vehicles most responsible for driving GM into bankruptcy.
- How To Care For Scorpions – Learn how to care for your scorpions, or learn how to keep them if you want some
- How to Keep Your Mexican Home Free of Scorpions – Associated Content – This is not such a frightening thought since the scorpion of which I speak also runs around in the desert homes of America's southwestern states. The Bark Scorpion is the critter that causes a great deal of problems in Mexico. It kills, according to some online sites, 1000-2000 people per year in this country. There are other scorpion species that live in central Mexico, but their venom is not as potent as the dreaded and deadly Bark Scorpion.
- The Associated Press: Haney, ‘voice of NASA’ reporter, dies of cancer – ALAMOGORDO, N.M. (AP) — Paul Haney, who was known as the "voice of NASA's Mission Control" for his live televised reports during the early years of the space program, has died of cancer. He was 80.
- How to Keep Scorpions Out of Apartment | eHow.com – Living in the desert can be wonderful, but dealing with the scorpions, bugs and other creepy crawlies of the more arid climates can be less than pleasant. When living in the desert there are a few tips you should follow to help seal-off and rid your home of scorpions.
- BPA gets attention from industry spinmeisters (leaked minutes) : Effect Measure – So it looks like the writing is on the wall for BPA unless the food packaging industry can reverse the trend. They can't fight it on science, so they are desperately casting about for the right set of lies. It's not easy, as we learn from these leaked minutes of a private meeting held Thursday about "potential communication/media strategies around BPA" at an exclusive Washington, DC social club (The Cosmos Club). This is a peek behind the curtain and it's not pretty. The document has been verified as authentic
- The Ultimate Lock Picker Hacks Pentagon, Beats Corporate Security for Fun and Profit – He's a professional lock breaker, a man obsessively—perhaps compulsively—dedicated to cracking physical security systems. He doesn't play games, he rarely sees movies, he doesn't attend to plants or pets or, currently, a girlfriend. Tobias hacks locks. Then he teaches the public how to hack them, too.
- The Ultimate Lock Picker Hacks Pentagon, Beats Corporate Security for Fun and Profit – He's a professional lock breaker, a man obsessively—perhaps compulsively—dedicated to cracking physical security systems. He doesn't play games, he rarely sees movies, he doesn't attend to plants or pets or, currently, a girlfriend. Tobias hacks locks. Then he teaches the public how to hack them, too.
- Frugal Bachelor Was Arrested – Frugal Bachelor is a dumb ass, this weekend he went to Mexico like he does every weekend, he drove his vehicle across the international border, then found himself in bad part of town and was driving too fast, i.e. around 30 km/h; OK, maybe 40 km/h, too fast for dirt road in Mexico.
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