Slate has an article summarizing a new study about three strike laws claiming they may discourage crime overall while encouraging more severe crimes in those that are going to commit them.

We have superconductivity at room temperature.

Were the Earth, Mars, and the Moon formed at a different time than the rest of the solar system?

Comcast is threatening to start putting cameras in their cable boxes- so they can better serve you. Right, that is clearly what Comcast is all about. I do not look forward to a world where I would have to put a sheet in front of my cable box before I can have sex on the couch, thank you very much. Did Comcast really have to give people another reason to choose satellite television? I really hope the problems between WiMax and satellites get figured out soon so I can leave cable behind completely. Though, truthfully, I'm not sure how much more privacy that will give one, but I think not being filmed by your cable company in your own living room is a basic privacy issue.

There are far fewer major sources of spam than I would have ever imagined. Five types of spambots account for 85% of received spam.