SODOM & GOMORRAH: The European Union continues to struggle to cope with the massive financial blackhole that is Greece. In short, default is both inevitable and the only real solution. In December, the International Monetary Fund reviewed the Greek economy and released a set of findings that shows how impossible any easy fix will be for the Mediterranean country. The IMF … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2012
The Russian Foreign Minister on American Support of the Arab Spring
SODOM & GOMORRAH: Yesterday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey V. Lavrov warned that western support for the Arab Spring could lead to "a very big war that will cause suffering not only to countries in the region, but also to states far beyond its boundaries." The foreign minister, who holds a news conference once a year, used this occasion to criticize foreign involvement … [Read more...]
The Internet Went on Strike Yesterday
SODOM & GOMORRAH: Yesterday, a group of popular sites such as Wikipedia, Mozilla, and Reddit - and some less popular sites such as this one, went dark to protest two laws currently before the US Congress. The House of Representative's Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Senate's Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act … [Read more...]
New IBM Data Storage Technology Has Large Implications
SODOM & GOMORRAH: By freezing atoms to close to absolute zero, researchers at IBM have been able to get individual atoms to store data. For decades, magentic media has been king. By skrinking feature size, data storage professionals have been able to improve speed and storage. However you can only make your magentic atom clusters so small; it becomes very difficult … [Read more...]
Anti-Godwin’s Law Proposed in Israel
SODOM & GOMORRAH: The fascists are at it again. It may soon become a crime in Israel to compare people to Nazis. The bill that's currently being considered would impose a fine up to $25,000 and six months in jail for criticizing people by making mention of Nazis, the Holocaust, and using Nazi symbolism in a purpose other than teaching, documentation, or research. Cabinet … [Read more...]