[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.]
- CNN Poll is First To Show Majority Support for Gay Marriage
- [FiveThirtyEight - Nate Silver]A landmark of sorts was achieved today as CNN just came out with a poll showing a 52 percent majority of Americans agreed with the statement that “gays and lesbians should have a constitutional right to get married and have their marriage recognized by law as valid.” Some 46 percent of respondents disagreed with the statement.
ABA Resolves that States Adopts Same-Sex Marriage
- [Constitutional Law Prof Blog]The [American Bar Association] overwhelmingly adopted a resolution urging state (as well as territorial and tribal) governments to permit same-sex marriage…
[OMG OMG. WOOOOO! -L]
- Pick Me Generates Random File Lists
- [lifehacker - this is a 2009 post, but what the heck, it looks fun]Windows only: You’ve got a hard drive filled with media, but no idea what you want to watch or listen to next. Pick Me produces a list of random files for you to choose from.
Pick Me is a really, truly tiny application (about 122k) with a singular function. You point Pick Me at a directory and it returns the number of random files you specify.
- A world without mosquitoes
- [Futurismic - Paul Raven]Years of popular science broadcasting (not to mention a few science fiction stories) have inculcated the idea that eradicating any one creature – no matter how undesirable and nasty – from its native ecosystem is to invite the collapse thereof. But that may not necessarily be a universal truth – it turns out that we might be able to wipe out mosquitoes (or at least the human-biting disease vector species thereof) with little risk [via Michael Anissimov]. Might.
[WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG? -L]
- BP Links Compensation With Continued Drilling In The Gulf
- Huffington Post – BP has managed to link the fate of its $20 billion oil spill victims compensation fund with its continued ability to drill for oil in the Gulf of Mexico.
- Peru Indians plan political party
- [BBC News]Indigenous groups in the Peruvian Amazon say they plan to launch their own political party ahead of general elections next year.
- Deathstalker scorpion venom may aid anti-brain cancer gene therapy
- [io9 - Cyriaque Lamar]UWashington researchers have found that chlorotoxins in deathstalker scorpion venom may become a crucial component in gene therapies designed to combat glioma, the most prevalent brain cancer. The chlorotoxin facilitates the delivery of therapeutic genes into cancerous cells.
[I'll admit, I'm linking this mainly for the word deathstalker. -L]
- Transplanted cities and post-apocalyptic weirdness: a book description so strange, we had to ask the author about it
- [io9 - Charlie Jane Anders]
- Continuing Pakistani floods
- [The Big Picture]
The United Nations has now estimated that Pakistan will need billions of dollars to recover from its worst floods in 80 years – further straining a country already dependent on foreign aid to prop up its economy and back its war against Islamist militants. Over 60,000 troops are involved in flood relief operations trying to assist nearly 14 million people who are now affected by the flooding. The U.N. has just launched an appeal for $459 million in immediate aid, as Pakistanis have become more frustrated with their government’s response and President Asif Ali Zardari’s trip to Europe. [This entry is part II of a double-issue today, part I about Russia here] Collected here are recent photographs of Pakistanis as they continue to cope with their flooded country. [See previous entry]. (36 photos total)
- The Lifehacker Guide to 64-bit vs. 32-bit Operating Systems
- More and more frequently, users are installing the 64-bit version of their operating system of choice over the less capable 32-bit version. But most people don’t really have a full understanding of what the difference really is. Below, we’re taking a look at the most important differences so you can better understand what you gain (and potentially lose) if you upgrade to the 64-bit version of your OS. (The post focuses on Windows.)
We’ve already explained whether you really need 4 GB of RAM, a question that touches on the 64-bit issue, but now let’s tackle it in more detail.
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