2008-06-27
DC Mayor Says Semi-Autos are Illegal
Your next (smart) cell phone
- It requires you to use AT&T
- It is mostly proprietary software and tough to customize.
- There are only 2 models of the phone
- Bar code scanner: If you are in any store and see an interesting product, you can scan the bar code with your phone and it will immediately pull up reviews of the product (along with comparison prices).
- Iris Scanner: Your phone is protected by your eye instead of a password
- Social networking + GPS: Find out the location of your friends (obviously there are some privacy implications, but as long as you can turn it off, it could be useful). Your friend tells you they are at this new cool bar, but they aren't quite sure where it is. They can send you the location to your phone, which will give you directions.
- Cooking programs: Will show you videos of how to cook. Ever try to bring your laptop into the kitchen?
- Emergency Broadcast - Will issue alerts to you about weather or other issues (like a terrorist attack). As the system knows where you are, it will be customized based on your exact location.
- Keep your family safe - One program will tell you if you are in a high-crime or sex offender neighborhood (or if your other family members end up in such a place).
- Video conferencing - Talking can only go so far
2008-06-26
District of Columbia v. Heller
Obama, McCain agree with SCOTUS gun ruling
Presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama both applauded the Supreme Court ruling that the Second Amendment conveys an individual right to own a gun.
McCain's statement was more focused on the "landmark" aspect of this decision, while Obama said that it reflected the type of compromise he sees in the guns issue, in which we have an individual right to own a gun but "common sense" restrictions can be placed on it.
If you look at past voting records, McCain and Obama are pretty much identical on the issues of guns, so this is not a big surprise.
BREAKING: 2ND AMENDMENT GIVES INDIVIDUAL RIGHT
2008-06-25
Death Penalty Narrowed to Murder
DC gun ban case to be decided tomorrow
v. Heller, which will rule if the 2nd Amendment applies to
individuals, or only to a collective militia.
SCOTUS Blog predicts that Scalia wrote the majority opinion, which
would indicate that an individual interpretation is likely.
If you want to see the decision as it happens go to www.scotusblog.com
tomorrow at 10am sharp for a live webcast.
2008-06-24
Bush Ignores Own Scientists' Email
2008-06-23
McCain Marries Another Man in Virginia
McCain on his love of America
What about when John McCain said he didn’t love his country until he went to Viet Nam? Isn’t that just as bad? Only Dan Abrams has reported this. Why is the media afraid to attack McCain?