Yearly Archives: 2004

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Will Oprah be Fined?

This entry was posted in bush Constitution Election 2004 FCC Federal Government Libertarianism Regulation on May 5, 2004 by Steve

Kevin Aylward reports on an FCC investigation that may result in large fines for Oprah:

Using the recent FCC fines against Clear Channel Communications for airing indecent material on a Howard Stern radio broadcast, the 1900 complaints against a single episode of the Oprah Winfrey Show should lead to $5.9 million dollar fine.

If they actually do this I hope it happens well before the election. I have visions of huge anti-talibanbush rallies populated by hordes of Oprah and Howard fans.

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You wanted to know…

This entry was posted in Wierd on May 5, 2004 by Steve

…about the history of wire coat hangers, right?
Well, here is a short history and more importantly here are some suggestions for reusing them. The reuse article includes some illustrations including this one:

The authors are soliciting more pictorial suggestions so put those digital cameras to work.
Via Reflections in D Minor.

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Alarming the Not Dead

This entry was posted in Wierd on May 4, 2004 by Steve

This would not work all that well in an urn but, in addition to its normal application, might be a hot seller in regions populated by vampires and might even work better then this for zombies:

A cemetery in Santiago, Chile is offering its clients coffins with a sensor that detects any movement inside them after they have been buried.

Via Circadian Shift who picked it up from Business Pundit.

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Everybody Be Happy

This entry was posted in bush on May 4, 2004 by Steve

I am so tempted to quote the closing paragraph from Michael Berube’s post: Put Him in the Cornfield. It is good on its own but it is much better in full context so go read.
Oh, and think happy thoughts.
Via Electrolite.

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Infrastructure Mapping

This entry was posted in Economics Energy Internet Science on May 4, 2004 by Steve

The gallery at Geoge Mason University’s Infrastructure Mapping Project has some great visualizations of various parts of North American critical infrastructures, e.g., long haul fiber, the electic power grid, and gaspipelines:

The Infrastructure Mapping Project’s goal is to provide meaningful analysis of critical infrastructure and its interdependencies with vital sectors of the US and global economy. In this pursuit we map a wide variety of networks and phenomena ranging from the Internet the power grid and spam.

Their related research papers are listed here.

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