Carrier Pigeons and The FCC
March 1st 2007 22:35
NEWS:
Scientists in Beijing, China, report that they have successfully implanted micro electrodes into the brains of pigeons which allow them (the scientists) to control the flight of the birds, left, right, up and down, according to the Xinhua News Agency.
"It's the first such successful experiment on a pigeon in the world," Xinhua quoted the center's chief scientist, Su Xuecheng, as saying. It is also reported that similar experiments have been carried out on mice.
Su and his colleagues hope that this technology will be put to “practical use” in the future; but the report fails to state or speculate on what “practical use” that may be.
VIEWS:
Could this put the radio controlled model airplane manufacturers out of business, giving a “practical use” to pigeon breeders?
And, how do I say this, could the pigeons be programmed to fly over certain people to deliver, um, other kinds of messages??
NEWS:
In high level meetings in Seoul. Korea, North Korea’s No. 2 leader has affirmed his country’s commitment to giving up its nuclear program in exchange for aid for its people.
In the talks involving North Korea, South Korea, China, Japan, Russia and the U.S. , Kim Yong Nam said it was the “The denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula is (sic) dying wish” of the country's late founding president Kim Il Sung.
North and South Korea have made historic strides toward reconciliation after their leaders met for the first time in 2000, and this week's talks are the 20th such Cabinet-level meeting since then.
South Korea had regularly sent aid to the impoverished North, until last July, when Pyongyang test-fired a series of missiles, prompting a halt in shipments. Relations between the two countries worsened further after the North tested a nuclear weapon in October.
VIEWS:
Makes one wonder why, if it was the “dying wish” of the deceased previous““president” (read dictator) to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula, he began the nuclear program in the first place. Hmmm
SCARY NEWS
Mullah Dadullah, in charge of the day to day military operations for the hardline Islamic military (read Taliban) said in an interview with Britain’s Channel Four that his group has assembled hundreds of suicide attackers poised for a spring offensive against the 35,000 strong NATO force in Afghanistan. He also said he has a regular line of communication with the infamous Osama bin Laden.
Dadullah is further quoted as saying:“The Americans have sown a seed. They will reap the crop for quite a long time. We will get our revenge on them, whether in Afghanistan or outside...The suicide martyrs, those willing to blow themselves up, are countless...Hundreds have registered their names already and are ready to go and we have hundreds more on the waiting list. Each is anxious to be the first to be sent.”
VIEWS:Brrrr; that is scary. Whatever happened to Nature’s laws of survival and self-preservation, and goodwill towards our fellow men.
NEWS FROM AUSTRALIA:
Australia’s Prime Minister’s office is preparing a document to submit to the Cabinet giving same-sex couples the same rights as heterosexuals regarding areas such as welfare, pension funds and taxation.
This is the result of concerted efforts by liberal MPs, including Queenslander’s Warren Entsch and Peter Lindsay, Victorian Greg Hunt and Environment and Water Resource Minister Malcolm Turnbull, from Sydney. It is expected to result in a backlash among conservative members of the Coalition.
These proposals come despite the two Howard Government’’s decisions to reject proposals to make gay marriage legal.
VIEWS:
This a very touchy subject all around the World. Everybody seems to have strong (or less than strong) opinions regarding homosexuality. Personally, this writer feels that what consenting adults do behind closed doors is their own business, and if what they do makes them a “couple,” then they should have the same rights and obligations as any other couple.
Somebody, can’t remember who, said why should heterosexuals be the only ones dealing with being married. (Ouch, going to catch it from all sides over that, I suppose (including at home).
NOW FOR SOME FUN:
GOOFY QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“If somebody has a bad heart, they can plug this jack in at night as they go to bed, and it will monitor their heart throughout the night. And the next morning, when they wake up dead, there'll be a record." –– Mark S. Fowler, Former United States Federal Communications Commission’’s Chairman
Well, that certainly makes a lot of sense. What a maroon!!
JOKE OF THE DAY:
A drunk is standing on the corner clearly inebriated. A cop comes along and asks him what his doing. The tipsy gentleman tells the officer that he has heard that the world goes around every twenty four hours, and he is waiting for his house to come by.
SOME MURPHY-LIKE LAWS:
Never stand between a fire hydrant and a dog.
Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.
There may be some things better than sex, and some things worse than sex. But there is nothing exactly like it.
Before you find your handsome prince, you've got to kiss a lot of frogs.
The game of love is never called off on account of darkness.
AND FINALLY - FIND THE COFFEE BEAN MAN:
Thanks for visiting; hope you enjoyed my blog today; if so, please vote and don’t forget to click on my sponsors’ links; I get credit for this, which allows me to continue
Scientists in Beijing, China, report that they have successfully implanted micro electrodes into the brains of pigeons which allow them (the scientists) to control the flight of the birds, left, right, up and down, according to the Xinhua News Agency.
"It's the first such successful experiment on a pigeon in the world," Xinhua quoted the center's chief scientist, Su Xuecheng, as saying. It is also reported that similar experiments have been carried out on mice.
Su and his colleagues hope that this technology will be put to “practical use” in the future; but the report fails to state or speculate on what “practical use” that may be.
VIEWS:
Could this put the radio controlled model airplane manufacturers out of business, giving a “practical use” to pigeon breeders?
And, how do I say this, could the pigeons be programmed to fly over certain people to deliver, um, other kinds of messages??
NEWS:
In high level meetings in Seoul. Korea, North Korea’s No. 2 leader has affirmed his country’s commitment to giving up its nuclear program in exchange for aid for its people.
In the talks involving North Korea, South Korea, China, Japan, Russia and the U.S. , Kim Yong Nam said it was the “The denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula is (sic) dying wish” of the country's late founding president Kim Il Sung.
North and South Korea have made historic strides toward reconciliation after their leaders met for the first time in 2000, and this week's talks are the 20th such Cabinet-level meeting since then.
South Korea had regularly sent aid to the impoverished North, until last July, when Pyongyang test-fired a series of missiles, prompting a halt in shipments. Relations between the two countries worsened further after the North tested a nuclear weapon in October.
VIEWS:
Makes one wonder why, if it was the “dying wish” of the deceased previous““president” (read dictator) to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula, he began the nuclear program in the first place. Hmmm
SCARY NEWS
Mullah Dadullah, in charge of the day to day military operations for the hardline Islamic military (read Taliban) said in an interview with Britain’s Channel Four that his group has assembled hundreds of suicide attackers poised for a spring offensive against the 35,000 strong NATO force in Afghanistan. He also said he has a regular line of communication with the infamous Osama bin Laden.
Dadullah is further quoted as saying:“The Americans have sown a seed. They will reap the crop for quite a long time. We will get our revenge on them, whether in Afghanistan or outside...The suicide martyrs, those willing to blow themselves up, are countless...Hundreds have registered their names already and are ready to go and we have hundreds more on the waiting list. Each is anxious to be the first to be sent.”
VIEWS:Brrrr; that is scary. Whatever happened to Nature’s laws of survival and self-preservation, and goodwill towards our fellow men.
NEWS FROM AUSTRALIA:
Australia’s Prime Minister’s office is preparing a document to submit to the Cabinet giving same-sex couples the same rights as heterosexuals regarding areas such as welfare, pension funds and taxation.
This is the result of concerted efforts by liberal MPs, including Queenslander’s Warren Entsch and Peter Lindsay, Victorian Greg Hunt and Environment and Water Resource Minister Malcolm Turnbull, from Sydney. It is expected to result in a backlash among conservative members of the Coalition.
These proposals come despite the two Howard Government’’s decisions to reject proposals to make gay marriage legal.
VIEWS:
This a very touchy subject all around the World. Everybody seems to have strong (or less than strong) opinions regarding homosexuality. Personally, this writer feels that what consenting adults do behind closed doors is their own business, and if what they do makes them a “couple,” then they should have the same rights and obligations as any other couple.
Somebody, can’t remember who, said why should heterosexuals be the only ones dealing with being married. (Ouch, going to catch it from all sides over that, I suppose (including at home).
NOW FOR SOME FUN:
GOOFY QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“If somebody has a bad heart, they can plug this jack in at night as they go to bed, and it will monitor their heart throughout the night. And the next morning, when they wake up dead, there'll be a record." –– Mark S. Fowler, Former United States Federal Communications Commission’’s Chairman
Well, that certainly makes a lot of sense. What a maroon!!
JOKE OF THE DAY:
A drunk is standing on the corner clearly inebriated. A cop comes along and asks him what his doing. The tipsy gentleman tells the officer that he has heard that the world goes around every twenty four hours, and he is waiting for his house to come by.
SOME MURPHY-LIKE LAWS:
Never stand between a fire hydrant and a dog.
Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.
There may be some things better than sex, and some things worse than sex. But there is nothing exactly like it.
Before you find your handsome prince, you've got to kiss a lot of frogs.
The game of love is never called off on account of darkness.
AND FINALLY - FIND THE COFFEE BEAN MAN:
Thanks for visiting; hope you enjoyed my blog today; if so, please vote and don’t forget to click on my sponsors’ links; I get credit for this, which allows me to continue
| 35 |
| Vote |
subscribe to this blog
