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Friday Link Salad
May. 20th, 2011 10:06 amBecause they're cluttering up my web browser, that's why.
1) The California Vikings?. Actually, evidence suggesting that some of the American Indians came by boat.
2) One of the things that is becoming apparent to me is that advanced civilizations tend to be much more efficient in their use of resources, including energy. Exhibit # 5343? using CRT tubes as light bulbs. (I think I got this from![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
jeff_duntemann.) On a related note, geothermal energy without breaking rocks. (I think this is a jaylake find.)
3) The most detailed account yet of the Bin Laden raid. Per the article, OBL was running into a bedroom when he got shot.
4) When dealing with pirates, sometimes you just gotta shoot up their boat.
5) I frequently disagree with Megan McArdle, and she's made some really bone-headed mathematical errors in her posts. However, when she says there's no magic privatization fairy dust that will make any government function work better if privatized, I have to agree with her.
6) Via Making Light, I found this fascinating, although long, article from 1987 pointing out that the Mississippi River is desperately trying to change course and the US Government is desperately trying to stop it.
1) The California Vikings?. Actually, evidence suggesting that some of the American Indians came by boat.
2) One of the things that is becoming apparent to me is that advanced civilizations tend to be much more efficient in their use of resources, including energy. Exhibit # 5343? using CRT tubes as light bulbs. (I think I got this from
jeff_duntemann.) On a related note, geothermal energy without breaking rocks. (I think this is a jaylake find.)3) The most detailed account yet of the Bin Laden raid. Per the article, OBL was running into a bedroom when he got shot.
4) When dealing with pirates, sometimes you just gotta shoot up their boat.
5) I frequently disagree with Megan McArdle, and she's made some really bone-headed mathematical errors in her posts. However, when she says there's no magic privatization fairy dust that will make any government function work better if privatized, I have to agree with her.
6) Via Making Light, I found this fascinating, although long, article from 1987 pointing out that the Mississippi River is desperately trying to change course and the US Government is desperately trying to stop it.
