James Brown is dead

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Edwards hat in the ring

Obama's sexy. Hillary isn't. But Edwards is a candidate that may be everyone's second choice. And that may be the kind of coalition that leads to a win.

CO2 sensitivity

Yet another nail in the climate change skeptic's coffin. The high-CO2 event at the Paleocene-Eocene boundary seems to have come on quick and produced long-term effects. This might show that our planet is highly sensitive to increased carbon.

Moore's Law and Digital Storage

A leap in storage capacity has been demonstrated.

Blu-Ray Disc Association and industrial leaders in computer and other media recently commercially introduced Blu-Ray Disc technology that allows for storage of 25 gigabytes (GB) on a single layer of a disc and 50 GB on two layers. It has been referred to as the next generation of optical disc format, and it offers high-definition quality.

Belfield's technique allows for storing on multiple layers with the capacity of at least 1,000 GB and high-definition quality."

The Scariest Guy in Town

I just love it that Waxman gets to go after the Bush (hswib) administration with the rules Republicans put into place to go after Clinton. There is a God!