Limbaugh sez Dem Party supports Giffords shooter and want to get him off
January 12, 2011 No CommentIt takes a pretty sick mind to come up with the many things that Limbaugh has been spewing over the years, but this one could be his “David” moment. Jed Lewison: You’d have to be on some pretty strong drugs to believe this rant from Rush Limbaugh: What Mr. Loughner knows is that he has the full support of a major political party in this country. He’s sitting there in jail. He knows what’s going on, he knows that…the Democrat party is attempting to find anybody but him to blame. He knows if he plays his cards right, he’s just a victim. He’s the latest in a never-ending parade of victims brought about by the unfairness of America…this guy clearly understands he’s getting all the attention and he understands he’s got a political party doing everything it can, plus a local sheriff doing everything that they can to make sure he’s not convicted of murder – but something lesser. As Steve Benen points out , it’ll be interesting to see if any Republican out there is finally willing to repudiate this nonsense. My pal Benen better use scuba diving equipment if he plans to wait for Republicans to repudiate RushBo. How has that turned out before? Pretty soon Limbaugh will be saying that Pelosi bought the Glock and Reid picked up the ammo.
Continue reading …Harman Experimental HMI with netbook internals, augmented reality aspirations hands-on (video)
January 12, 2011 No Comment
Yes, folks, more fun infotainment systems to hope that your manufacturer of choice picks up before your ‘Ol Bessie gives up the ghost and has to be put out to pasture. Regardless of which logo you prefer on your grille there’s a good chance that Harman works with them, and so maybe they’ll pick up this. It’s called the Experimental HMI and it’s basically a netbook for your dash — minus the keyboard and junk. It’s running an Atom processor and has a Flash -based interface, making it easy to develop for. The killer app at this point is an augmented reality navigation system you can see demoed in the video below, but it’ll ultimately be up to the manufacturers to do what they will with it. Continue reading Harman Experimental HMI with netbook internals, augmented reality aspirations hands-on (video) Harman Experimental HMI with netbook internals, augmented reality aspirations hands-on (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 12 Jan 2011 12:56:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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House Speaker John Boehner opened a session of the House by honoring victims of Saturday’s shooting in Arizona, saying “our hearts are broken, but our spirit is not.” (Jan. 12)
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photo: pete / Creative Commons What comes to your mind when you think of Costa Rica (besides coffee, too easy…)? Rainforests and cloud forests, pristine beaches with good surfing, an underground railroad for jaguars … rampant corruption?
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Photo: Michael Graham Richard Coming to North-America in 2012, Europe in 2013 Ford’s electrification strategy is in good part on flexible manufacturing. Rather than build hybrids and electric vehicles from the ground up, they take existing models – like the new Focus or C-Max “five-passenger multi-activity vehicle”, and they add variants which can be built in the same factories as the gasoline versions. At the Detroit Auto Show this year, Ford announced its first ever production plug-in hybrid, the C-Max Energi, as well as a plugless hybrid version also based on the C-Max, but with the goal of being more fuel-effici… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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We don’t see too many spectrum analyzers ’round these parts, and when we do the applications are usually pretty obscure. But catching cheating cheaters before they cheat again? That we can understand — and apparently that’s exactly what happened in Taiwan recently, when folks being tested for government jobs were overseen by folks packing a Rohde and Schwarz FSH4 spectrum analyzer. In addition to being a “closed book” test, this one was also a “closed phone” test, and the analyzers allowed examiners to listen for (and pinpoint the location of) mobile phone signals. As of right now, it looks like officials have uncovered three prospective cheaters, although additional evidence will have to be offered before a conclusion is made (perhaps they were just sexting). Can we offer a friendly word of advice? The next time you’re taking a test somewhere, and the room is full of people outfitted with large spectrum analyzers and Secret Service-style earbuds, you’d probably want to take that as fair warning and turn off your celly. Examiners use spectrum analyzers to bust cellphone-packin’ cheats originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 12 Jan 2011 12:42:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …As timing goes, this is either disastrous or brilliant: A South Carolina gun company is releasing a limited-edition component for semi-automatics inscribed with “You lie,” reports the Free-Times. Rep. Joe Wilson, the inspiration behind the item, officially has nothing to do with it, notes the Palmetto State Armory, but it…
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Photo: Michael Graham Richard Not Taking the Well-Traveled PR Road While most automakers stuck to the well-worn traditional PR approach, Tesla Motors did things its own way. Their main showcase was an alpha build of the Model S electric sedan’s aluminum frame, and rather than talk about “the emotions that its cars will provide to drivers” or whatever else car companies usually talk about, they held a press conference that mostly focused on aluminum extrusions, custom-designed suspensions, and battery packaging. More photos and videos below…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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All images credit Builder Magazine Concept Home It is that time of year again, the once-huge builders show in Orlando, where every year they build a concept home and every year I gripe about it. One might think that this year I would have less to complain about; after all, it is net zero energy. What’s more, “it has been labeled as a “Maximized Energy-Efficient Home” by the U.S. Department of Energy. Additionally, the home has been recognized with a variety of other green building achievements, including the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s ENERGY ST… Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Mila Kunis certainly knows how to keep the details of her life under wraps —and now the Black Swan actress reveals a longtime secret to Cosmopolitan . “I was blind in one eye for many years, and nobody knew,” says Kunis, who suffered from chronic inflammation of the iris up until…
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