~e; Electromagnetic News & Views #87
From
brian carroll <human@electronetwork.org>
Date
Mon, 23 Feb 2004 20:36:55 -0600
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Electromagnetic News & Views -- #87
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00) Electronetwork.org Commentary (2/23/2004)
01) Top Stories of Electromagnetism
02) Electromagnetic health & safety
03) Electromagnetic trash & treasure
04) Electromagnetic security & surveillance
05) Electromagnetic power & energy
06) Electromagnetic current & human affairs
07) Electromagnetic transport & communication
08) Electromagnetic matter & information
09) Electromagnetic trends & inventions
10) Electromagnetic weaponry & warfare
11) Electromagnetic business & economics
12) Electromagnetic artworks & artifacts
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00) --commentary-- none
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01) --top stories--
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US military creates second Earth
The US Army is building a second version of Earth on computer
to help it prepare for conflicts around the world.
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3507531.stm>
'The software Earth is being created for the US Army by gaming company
There...' ... 'Mr Gehorsam said the world being created will not be a
game but instead will be a "massively multi-user persistent
environment" that will model real world physics as closely as
possible.' .. 'The emphasis in the artificial Earth will be on human
interaction rather than conflicts involving lots of military hardware.'
.. 'He said combat will be a part of the game but it is also intended
to let the Army simulate intelligence work as well as patrols, planning
and working with indigenous populations.'
// in the .US there are pirate radio stations and mobile radio
// broadcasts as FCC rules have not allowed smaller broadcasts.
// will have to find out what these people think of the changes.
// if an era of high disinformation it could also be bad news...
// another aspect of this could be, like the MS SPOT radio-data
// that people could setup information stations to send wireless
// data via one-way broadcast to home and portable computers...
FCC says Congress should lift restrictions on low-power FM stations
<http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/business/20040220-1700-
verylocalradio.html>
'Low-power FM radio stations serving highly specific audiences in
small areas don't interfere with broadcasts by large stations, federal
regulators said Friday.' .. 'They said Congress should lift
restrictions limiting the number of tiny stations that broadcast to
neighborhoods instead of cities or regions.' ... 'The FCC originally
proposed licensing as many as 1,000 low-power stations, which have a
range of four to seven miles and operate at between 10 and 100 watts.
Conventional FM stations can go up to 100,000 watts and be heard more
than 50 miles away.'
EM-related quote from drudgereport.com on book release....
<http://drudgereport.com/mattrs.htm>
'Rumsfeld also moved new special operations units under the control of
the Pentagon. The book reveals how one such unit, the secret Grey Fox,
could turn on cell phones without the enemy knowing it, allowing the
CIA Predator to use the phone signal for a missile strike.'
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02-- electromagnetic health & safety
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Low-level magnetic fields concern // important. thanks *
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3506713.stm>
'Rats exposed to magnetic fields similar to those humans encounter
developed damage to the DNA in their brain cells.' ... 'The researchers
discovered that rats exposed to a weak magnetic field oscillating 60
times per second for 24 hours showed DNA damage to their brain cells.
Rats exposed for 48 hours showed even more damage.' ... 'Speaking to
BBC News Online Professor Lai said that, in his opinion, prolonged
exposure to low-level magnetic fields, such as those emitted by hair
dryers, electric blankets and razors could damage human brain cells.'
// excellent article on space radiation and cancer risks...
// nor is the topic inseperable from concerns here on earth.
[and] Can People Go to Mars? -- Space radiation between
Earth and Mars poses a hazard to astronauts. How dangerous
is it out there? NASA scientists are working to find out.
<http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2004/17feb_radiation.htm>
'The greatest threat to astronauts en route to Mars is galactic cosmic
rays--or "GCRs" for short. These are particles accelerated to almost
light speed by distant supernova explosions. The most dangerous GCRs
are heavy ionized nuclei such as Fe +26 . "They're much more energetic
(millions of MeV ) than typical protons accelerated by solar flares
(tens to hundreds of MeV )," notes Cucinotta. GCRs barrel through the
skin of spaceships and people like tiny cannon balls, breaking the
strands of DNA molecules, damaging genes and killing cells.' ... 'Can
people go to Mars? Cucinotta believes so. But first, "we've got to
figure out how much radiation our bodies can handle...'
Breakthrough sees brain cells talk to microchip == Study using snails
raises long-range hopes for repairing sight and restoring memory
<http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/
20040220/BRAIN20/TPTechnology/>
'"This study is the first to provide the complete interfacing, or a
complete link, between an electronic device and the mind or the brain,"
said Naweed Syed, a University of Calgary neurobiologist and co-author
of the paper.' ... 'As well, the researchers stimulated an individual
brain cell and observed it communicating through synaptic transmissions
with another brain cell through normal chemical messengers. Through the
chip, they picked up the activity of the second cell.'
On the Therapist's Couch, a Jolt of Virtual Reality
<http://nytimes.com/2004/02/19/technology/circuits/19virt.html>
Missile guide helps doctors target cancer:
Scanner uses heat to seek tumours
<http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,6903,1148508,00.html>
''Melanomas form hotspots just under the skin, and we hope our scanner
will highlight these from their heat in a non-invasive way,' said Dr
Duncan Robertson, the researcher who has led the development of the
Medical Imager for Sub-Surface Temperature Mapping project. 'At
present, you have to cut into patients to pinpoint skin tumours.'' ..
'Other uses for the technology, which exploits a region of the
electromagnetic spectrum called millimetre waves, include machines that
can track the growth of lava domes on volcanoes and the development of
a new class of airport security scanner that can display images of
weapons hidden beneath people's clothes.' .. '...'Millimetre waves lie
between infra-red radiation and microwaves in the spectrum,' said Dr
Robertson, of St Andrews University's photonics innovation centre.'
Humans are hardwired to feel others' pain // virtual pain brainscans
<http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994700>
Study Provides New Insights About Brain Organization
<http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/02/040220074652.htm>
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03-- electromagnetic trash & treasure
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// if pseudo-science, this could further subjectivize architecture.
// consensus by brain-imaging instead of human reason and sensation.
// this is a worst-case scenario for legitimating bad design ideas.
// apparently the AIA is trying to rationalize its irrationalism...
// (promoting feelings of 'spiritual unity' in architecture. uh-oh.)
Learning About the Brain Could Put Method Into Architecture's Madness
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19446-2004Feb6.html>
'Architects are finally hooking up with neuroscientists to explore how
the human brain experiences architecture, and why.' ... 'Understanding
brain- architecture linkages could provide a more solid basis for
advocating and defending design ideas, especially unconventional ones.
Too often, the designer's only argument for trying something new and
different is that it's new and different, a frequently unpersuasive
line of reasoning.'
Webmonkey, RIP: 1996 – 2004 // website design&devlopment also dead?
<http://www.wired.com/news/infostructure/0,1377,62300,00.html>
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04-- electromagnetic security & surveillance
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Car thieves could be stopped remotely // hotwiring = electrical
<http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994697>
'The idea goes like this. A control box fitted to the car incorporates
a miniature cellphone, a microprocessor and memory, and a GPS satellite
positioning receiver. If the car is stolen, a coded cellphone signal
will tell the unit to block the vehicle's engine management system and
prevent the engine being restarted.' .. 'There are even plans for
immobilisers that shut down vehicles on the move, though there are
fears over the safety implications of such a system.'
U.S. to Keep Key Data On Infrastructure Secret
Firms Encouraged to Report Security Gaps
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A52740-2004Feb18>
EU: Security research programme to look at creating "smart" biometric
documents which will "locate, identify and follow the movement of
persons" through "automatic chips with positioning" // via cryptome
<http://www.statewatch.org/news/2004/feb/23Aeu-plan-security.htm>
How Anti-shoplifting Devices Work
<http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/anti-shoplifting-device.htm>
// data mining for terrorists and high numbers of false positives
U.S. Pressing for High-Tech Spy Tools // TIA by way of the academy...
<http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=519&u=/ap/20040222/
ap_on_re_us/terror_privacy_3&printer=1>
'Among Senator's 18 projects, the work by researcher Jensen shows how
flexible such powerful software can be. Jensen used two online
databases, the Physics Preprint Archive and the Internet Movie
Database, to develop tools that would identify authoritative physics
authors and would predict whether a movie would gross more than $2
million its opening weekend.'
// helpful explanation of 'buffer overflow' often referred to...
Chips to ease Microsoft's big security nightmare // hardware
<http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994696>
'A buffer is a section of computer memory that can store a set amount
of data. Sometimes, usually because of a software bug, the processor
sends more data to the buffer than it can hold, causing it to overflow
into the next chunk of buffer memory. This makes computers vulnerable
to hackers, because by deliberately making a buffer overflow they can
force the computer to execute their malicious code.' ... 'The new AMD
chips prevent this. They separate memory into instruction-only and
data-only sections. If hackers attempt to execute code from the data
section of memory, they will fail. Windows will then detect the attempt
and close the application.' .. '"Buffer overflows are the largest class
of software vulnerabilities that lead to security flaws," says Crispin
Cowan, of computer security company Immunix in Portland, Oregon.'
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05-- electromagnetic power & energy
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Pardon the electricity interruption // construction blackouts.
Utilities hit the switch in new developments to add more homes.
<http://www.sacbee.com/content/news/energy/story/8324376p-9254700c.html>
'People who move to brand-new subdivisions, the kind still surrounded
by open fields, may discover that every now and then they won't have
any electricity, maybe for hours at a time.' .. 'They are warned in
advance, usually with a letter or a knock on the door, that their
utility is shutting off power so workers can safely hook the next batch
of new homes into the local electricity grid.' ... 'For most electric
utilities, temporary disconnects are just part of growth into "green
fields," areas that were once pastures, farms or wild lands, said
Luther Dow, who deals with power-delivery issues for the Electric Power
Research Institute in Palo Alto.'
// relates to recent ruling by the .US FCC on powerline networks...
Small-Town Utilities Fill Technology Gap // rural broadband
<http://apnews.excite.com/article/20040221/D80RTGN00.html>
'Adel, 250 miles south of Atlanta, has joined the growing ranks of
rural communities offering some type of broadband Internet service -
wireless, cable, DSL or signals over electrical lines - through
municipal utility companies.' ... 'Of the nation's 2,000 public
electric systems, 134 now provide Internet service, 128 provide
broadband connections, 76 provide cable-modem DSL, and 39 offer
wireless networking.' ... 'Municipal utility companies began
electrifying small towns in the 1890s.' .. '"Thousands of communities
were left in the dark until they formed their own electric utilities,"
Baller said. "Those that did were largely successful and many that
didn't became ghost towns."'
Shrunken rods make batteries better
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/73/35711.html>
'Batteries like these will be able to generate larger bursts of
current than conventional cells, and could also be wired to provide
varying levels of power depending on demand, the researchers say.'
// a lot could be read into .US Gasoline Pump Prices these days...
Gasoline hits $2.03 per gallon; continued price climb expected
<http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/business/20040221-9999-
1b21gasoline.html>
'Kloza said current wholesale prices – which now average $1.60 per
gallon – typically translate into retail prices of $2.10 to $2.20 after
the addition of taxes and retailer markups.'
Fire Breaks Out at Japanese Nuclear Plant
<http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-japan-
nuclear-plant-fire,0,5879096.story?coll=sns-ap-world-headlines>
TI claims phone power breakthrough // via macsurfer.com
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/68/35701.html>
'Nokia is almost certain to make use of the emerging platform as it
develops products - which it refuses to categorize as "phones" - which
act as everything from entertainment hub to business PC and adapt
intelligently to the most appropriate wireless network in range.'
// open-source program Celestia lets one travel around the galaxy.
Good News: the Universe May Not Be Dying // cosmological constant
<http://www.reuters.com/
newsArticle.jhtml?type=scienceNews&storyID=4406472>
'Cosmologists had a bit of good news on Friday -- they are just about
twice as certain as they were before that the Universe is not going to
be ripped apart.' ... 'The team at the Space Telescope Science
Institute in Baltimore said they had found more evidence about a
mysterious force called dark energy.'
China to build more power plans to ease electricity shortage
<http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-02/20/content_1323687.htm>
Japan inks major oil deal with Iran over U.S. objections // drudge
<http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/front_1.html>
Devices reduce electricity, save money on soda machines
<http://www.news8austin.com/content/headlines/?ArID=98566&SecID=2>
'Soda machines drain more than pocket change. They can consume 3,500
kilowatt-hours of electricity a year for about $300 – almost a third of
what it takes to power an average home in Austin year-round.' ... 'The
VendingMiser is an infrared sensor device that turns off the internal
compressor, fan, and lights when there's no activity around the machine
and turns them back on when people are around the machine, Austin
Energy's Ed Clark said.'
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06-- electromagnetic current & human affairs
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Microsoft travel subsidies for UN group under fire // e-business XML.
<http://www.iht.com/articles/130732.html>
'A number of software industry executives and technologists contend
that Microsoft has been vigorously moving behind the scenes to undercut
support for a set of standards for business- to- business electronic
transactions that were jointly developed by the United Nations and an
industry-backed group.' ... 'Several of the technologists who have
participated in the UN- supported standards- setting effort said the
dispute marked a critical new stage in the long-running warfare between
Microsoft and its competitors over what they see as Microsoft's overly
aggressive business practices.'
// thought the Rubic's Cube also came from the former Soviet Union...
Tetris: A chip off the old bloc -- With Tetris there are no aliens
to shoot or banks to rob, just a charmingly simple and utterly
addictive computer game. The drama was all behind the scenes.
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/3479989.stm>
'Game developers in the west like Atari and Nintendo were creating new
portable consoles - perfect platforms for the simple design that was
Tetris. At the same time, entrepreneurs like Robert Maxwell had noted
the huge market potential of electronic entertainment.' .. 'All were
beating a path to the door of Tetris, which meant getting the signature
of one man - Evgeni Belikov at Elorg, the Russian ministry for the
export of software. Pajitnov may have invented the game, but in the
Soviet era there was no notion of individual copyright - the state
owned all ideas.' .. 'After much dispute over the various rights to the
game, Belikov finally signed the most lucrative licenses to Texan
dynamo Henk Rogers, who had been entrusted with securing the rights by
Nintendo, which wanted to launch Tetris as part of its new Gameboy
package.'
Big Brother comes to Arab world // should be interesting.
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3511455.stm>
Poll: Many Americans Support TV Executions // via drudgereport.com
21 Percent Would Pay To Watch Bin Laden Put To Death
<http://www.local6.com/news/2867927/detail.html>
EM-quote: US soldier on frontline in battle for refugee status
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1152989,00.html>
'Military families erupted in protest at the decision and immediately
launched websites and demonstrations.'
Local family receives gift of electricity
<http://www.theleafchronicle.com/news/stories/20040223/localnews/
459385.html>
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07-- electromagnetic transport & communication
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Planet Finder: This applet shows the locations of the planets, stars,
moon, and sun in the sky from any location and for any date and time
<http://www.lightandmatter.com/area2planet.shtml>
// note: Wind River did embedded computing for Mars rovers...
Wind River, Red Hat team on embedded Linux
<http://news.com.com/2100-7344_3-5163122.html>
'Development tools in the embedded market aren't just for creating
software that uses an operating system, but also for selecting features
of the operating system itself. Requirements vary considerably
depending on whether an operating system is used for a wind power
turbine ,nerve gas detector or video recording systems.'
Ancient Desert Markings Imaged From Orbit
<http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/02/040220080441.htm>
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08-- electromagnetic matter & information
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// great use of java applets here. link courtesty of phys-l....
Probability in Quantum Mechanics: The Feynman Algorithm Revisited
<http://www.kw.igs.net/~jackord/bp/i4.html>
Light and Matter: educational materials for physics and astronomy
<http://www.lightandmatter.com/>
'These physics textbooks are free in digital form.'
[and] Do Open-Source Books Work?
<http://www.lightandmatter.com/article/article.html>
[books] Discover Physics
<http://www.lightandmatter.com/area1dp.html>
Vibrations and Waves
<http://www.lightandmatter.com/area1book3.html>
Optics
<http://www.lightandmatter.com/area1book5.html>
The Modern Revolution in Physics
<http://www.lightandmatter.com/area1book6.html>
Simple Nature
<http://www.lightandmatter.com/area1sn.html>
Electricity and Magnetism // ***
<http://www.lightandmatter.com/area1book4.html>
Toymakers Bet Big on Microchips
<http://www.wired.com/news/technology/
0,1282,62355,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_3>
'At the 101st annual American International Toy Fair , held this week
in New York, there were very few toys that didn't include computer
chips somewhere in their innards. But vendors promise the singing,
puking, engine-revving, chatting, TV-interacting toys will be easy to
assemble and play with, and won't torment kids with blue screens of
death and other technology-related traumas.' ... 'But the toy most
likely to please geeks is the Levitron , invented by physicist Bill
Hones. It looks like it'd be easy to get the top spinning and hovering
in mid-air over its magnetic base, but it's really a challenge. Once
you've got the logistics worked out, though, you can dazzle onlookers
with the excellent antigravity effect.'
If It's Nano, It's Big
<http://www.technewsworld.com/perl/story/32932.html>
'The blue column contains a weird new furnace, of sorts, evidently the
largest of its kind in the world. The furnace makes fluffy black stuff
that "looks like soot," said Bob G. Gower, head of the company building
the device. "But it's very sophisticated soot."' .. 'Indeed it is:
Right now it sells for 39 times the price of gold. The black stuff
consists of exceedingly small tubes of carbon, "the strongest thing
you'll ever make out of anything in the universe," said Richard E.
Smalley, the scientist who won a Nobel Prize for helping to discover
similar objects.' .. 'Someday, when the price falls and the quality
improves, this black stuff might be woven into a cable thinner than a
human finger yet capable of carrying the world's entire supply of
electricity. Or it might be used in computers hundreds of times more
powerful than those now available but tiny enough to wear on a wrist.
Or in impossibly thin, graceful bridges over which the heaviest trucks
would roar without making a dent.' ... 'Yet even many people who
believe in the potential of the technology are sounding warning bells
about hyped predictions and the rush of investor enthusiasm.'
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09-- electromagnetic trends & inventions
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Companies Unveil Toys Interacting With TV
<http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Toy-Fair-Tech-Toys.html>
'One of the latest technologies in toys, licensed by Mattel and
Hasbro, is called Video Encoded Invisible Light, or VEIL, created by
Veil Interactive Technologies. VEIL is a special process that alters
the light levels of an image on TV. Humans can't detect it, but a
photosensor on the toy picks up the signal, which then prompts the toy
to react in a certain way.' .. 'Some critics fear these toys may
interfere with children's play, limit their creativity and get them
hooked to TV for a longer period of time.'
Notebooks to dial up built-in phones // via gizmodo.com
<http://news.com.com/2100-1006_3-5161489.html>
Chipmakers Focus Less On Speed, More On New Features
<http://www.forbes.com/technology/2004/02/20/0220chipspinnacor_ii.html>
'Instead of concentrating just on the nuts and bolts of their
business, chipmakers are finally starting to consider how to give
computer users more of what they really care about -- things like
longer battery life or better sound and screen resolution.' .. 'They're
also branching out into other products, televisions,
entertainment-centric PCs and handheld devices, along with the rest of
the computing industry.'
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10-- electromagnetic weaponry & warfare
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// Libya is the world leader in transforming nuclear diplomacy...
Libyan nuke talks hit a snag
<http://www.iol.co.za/
index.php?click_id=85&art_id=qw1077528424490B252&set_id=1>
'Despite praise for Libya's co-operation with UN inspectors and
willingness to have its nuclear programme dismantled, diplomats said
the arms experts have run into their first roadblock as Libya insists
on keeping three nuclear facilities.' .. '"Two of the facilities are
quite innocent but the conversion plant is a sensitive one," according
to a Western diplomat who follows the IAEA. "The US wants to take it
out of Libya."'
N Korean 'offer' on nuclear talks
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3512819.stm>
'Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Monday told Japanese Senior
Vice-Foreign Minister Ichiro Aisawa that North Korea has told China it
would ''freeze all of its nuclear activities as a step'' toward total
abolition, Kyodo news agency reported.' .. 'It was not clear whether
Pyongyang was referring to just the plutonium programme, or also to the
alleged uranium programme.'
Iran admits using nuclear dealers -- Iran has acknowledged for the
first time that it has bought nuclear equipment on the black market.
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3512201.stm>
EM-HEADLINE: Hints of Iran's new parliament
Early results point to more hard-liners, nuclear experts
<http://www.startribune.com/stories/484/4623144.html>
// excellent juxtaposition on photographs by cryptome/cartome, in
// placing Yankee Stadium and the White House/Pentagon/Congress in
// relation to the big crater, which may be small compared to what
// nuclear weaponry can do today, in size and number of payloads...
// see especially the 'Inset photos same scale as Sedan Crater' ***
// the meteor crater seems to be either from the Moon or another
// part of the nuke test site, it is unknown. this is spectacular.
// the image below it, with the pockmarked earth, could be tests
// though they are 'drill holes' in the topo map. for experiments?
// and, it seems Yucca mountain (waste storage) is not far away...
// yet it may be that tests in the mountains/hills to the right
// are another place for testing, underneath or inside of these.
// it is where Pakistan tested its first nuclear device, and the
// use of nuclear weapons in mining has been part of the equation.
// the 'invisible' part, also, is the radiation that is sent by
// the winds, dispersing over a much larger area, and the blast,
// whose damage it is curious how far it extends- miles and miles.
// there is a nuclear-blast calculator somewhere on the internet,
// giving various scenarios based on nuclear weapon size, distance,
// types of buildings one is in, and how a person would be affected.
Big Eyeballing the Sedan Crater // (a small nuke, it is guessed)
<http://cryptome.org/sedan-eyeball.htm>
Cell Phones Used to Stem Kashmir Attacks
<http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-cell-phone-
tipsters,0,2244893.story?coll=sns-ap-world-headlines>
'Security officials say that after fighting what appeared to be a
no-win war for the past 14 years, providing easier access for Kashmiris
to mobile phones, land lines and the Internet has paid off in fewer
militant attacks and lower death tolls.'
// curious what will protect these blimps from lasers aiming at it.
Pentagon Preps for War in Space // note: directed energy weapons.
<http://www.wired.com/news/technology/
0,1282,62358,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_1>
'... the Air Force report goes far beyond ... defensive capabilities,
calling for weapons that can cripple other countries' orbiters.' ..
'That prospect worries some analysts that the U.S. may spark a
worldwide arms race in orbit.' ... 'The space weapons programs listed
in the Air Force report went largely unnoticed until Hitchens
circulated them in an e-mail Thursday.' .. '"This will certainly prompt
China into actually moving forward" on space weapon plans of its own,
she added. "The Russians are likely to respond with something as
well."' ... 'The Evolutionary Air and Space Global Laser Engagement, or
EAGLE, project aims to put mirrors underneath an airship 25 times the
size of the Goodyear blimp . In theory, lasers -- fired from the
ground, from space, or from the air -- would bounce off these
blimp-borne mirrors, to track or even destroy enemy missiles.'
AP: Kazakhstan Probes Nuclear Black Market
<http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-kazakhstan-
nuclear-market,0,6497719.story?coll=sns-ap-world-headlines>
'The black market's potential connection to Kazakhstan -- which served
as a nuclear testing ground until it disarmed after its 1991
independence -- has raised concern about the proliferation of remnants
of the Soviet weapons program. Kazakh officials strongly deny any
highly enriched uranium -- the form used in weapons -- has leaked out
of the country.' .. 'Bush accused Sri Lankan businessman Bukhary Syed
Abu Tahir of brokering black-market deals for nuclear technology using
his Dubai-based company SMB Computers as a front. That firm also has an
office in the Kazakh commercial capital, Almaty.'
South Korea outlines strategy for seeking
an end to North Korea's nuclear weapons program
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/02/20/
international0724EST0502.DTL>
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11-- electromagnetic business & economics
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Former Enron CEO Skilling surrenders
<http://salon.com/news/wire/2004/02/19/enron/>
Wall Street ends lower, dragged down by chip stocks
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/marketnews/view/72450/1/.html>
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12-- electromagnetic artworks & artifacts
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Painting Rooms With Lights // slide show. likley archived by now ($)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/19/garden/19SHOP.html>
// visualizing electromagnetic fields (EMFs). great work. thanks *
FIELD by Richard Box // fluorescent tubes and powerlines (photos)
<http://www.zen32868.zen.co.uk/r/news.htm>
<http://www.zen32868.zen.co.uk/r/> // index with image of FIELD
<http://www.zen32868.zen.co.uk/r/archive.htm> // details on the below:
<http://www.zen32868.zen.co.uk/r/brain%20in%20field.htm>
<http://www.zen32868.zen.co.uk/r/exit.htm>
<http://www.zen32868.zen.co.uk/r/pine%20tree.htm> // interesting idea.
<http://www.zen32868.zen.co.uk/r/gascooker.htm> // another great idea.
<http://www.zen32868.zen.co.uk/r/fulgurite.htm>
<http://www.zen32868.zen.co.uk/r/chapter%20eight.htm>
<http://www.zen32868.zen.co.uk/r/t-12.htm>
<http://www.zen32868.zen.co.uk/r/yeah%20yeah.htm> // IC swarm...
'FIELD represents a considerable development in Richard's work, whilst
previous projects have included ambiguous glass objects much of the
outcome has been photographic. FIELD is a major undertaking which will
include the installation of several thousand ready- made glass
fluorescent tubes. The bulbs will be 'planted' across the site at the
foot of an electricity pylon, and will pick up the waste emission from
the overhead power line. The piece is simple yet spectacular, making
visible what would otherwise go unnoticed. The FIELD of tubes will
flicker into life across the hillside as the early evening light fades.
The performance each evening is hard to anticipate since it is heavily
dependent on the weather. In all the best traditions of land art it is
conditional on the variations of the great outdoors, and requires its
audience to be patient. Here a parallel can be struck between FIELD and
Walter DeMaria's, Lightning Field sited in the Nevada Desert - many
visitors travel for days to see it, camp beside it and are lucky if
they experience the sort of storm that will make the lightning dance
across the 'field' of conductors.'
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