A Bright Future

I found these at Accelerating Future:

“Arizona Bay” by Stefan Morrell

“A Brighter, Cleaner Future” by Stefan Morrell

Partial Collider Could End Life As We Know It; But Probably Not

In a month or so, Earth as we know it could not be here, according to this article anyway; heres a quote:

“More fighting in Iraq. Somalia in chaos. People in this country can’t afford their mortgages and in some places now they can’t even afford rice.

None of this nor the rest of the grimness on the front page today will matter a bit, though, if two men pursuing a lawsuit in federal court in Hawaii turn out to be right. They think a giant particle accelerator that will begin smashing protons together outside Geneva this summer might produce a black hole or something else that will spell the end of the Earth — and maybe the universe.

Scientists say that is very unlikely — though they have done some checking just to make sure.”

So go off that diet, and start charging up those credit cards now!

A World in Darkness

I do thank the greens for one thing, for so perfectly displaying what they are fighting for; they literally want to ‘turn of the lights of the world.’

Just watch this clip from Northern Exposure whenever somebody arrogantly proclaims the moral need to darkness:

Couple Wants Deaf Child

A deaf couple in the UK have a deaf child that was naturally conceived; right now they want another child, but because of the mother’s age, the might have to resort to IVF. The couple wants their second child to be deaf as well (Which is now somewhat possible with new technologies.) Under UK law; a disabled or abnormal child can not willfully be conceived through IVF.

Check out the article here.

I was going to write a big long post about this, because it touches on so many issues (rights, abortion, abuse, morality, conception rights, law, ect.) but alas, I found myself lazy (though I plan to write it soon.) Plus, I need to clear my thinking about a few things first.

While it is clear this couple is morally wrong (willfully choosing a crippled life for their potential child) the real issues are about rights and the law.

84-Year old Justice

Here is a fun story:

“The 84-year-old put his bags on the ground and told the boy that if he stepped closer he would be sorry. When the boy stepped closer, the man kicked him in the groin, knocking the youth to the sidewalk.

The ex-Marine picked up his grocery bags and walked home, leaving the teen doubled over.”

Just remember this the next time you think about robbing a ‘helpless’ old-man.

Free-Market Space Exploration

Burt Rutan, the man who was behind the Space-Ship-One flight, talks breifly about the future of manned space flight. Check it out:

Burt Rutan: Entrepreneurs are the future of space flight

BigDog: The Robot Quadruped

Astronomy Picture of the Day

I found a new favorite website: Astronomy Picture of the Day. Above, is the NGC 3537 Nebula. Below are a couple of my Favorites:

A Little Heinlein

“[a] human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.”

Thank you Daily Show

Sins Reloaded

The Catholic Church has just released a list of brand spanking new worldly sins to avoid, can you guess what made the list?

Vatican Lists “New Sins”

Return of Inspiring Guy

Here is a video from the same man I posted before, He talks about time management, and how to make the most of the time we have:

PRODOS

It seems my eyes are being opened to the wider world of my Libertarian-esc ideals; I just found out about an Australian talk-show host who I mostly agree with.

He’s called Prodos, check him out Here. He also founded The Prodos Institute; which stated purpose is,” the advancement of global freedom, invention & prosperity”; now that’s a slogan I can get behind.