Posts by D. H. McKee

Bush cites “constitutional authority” to bypass law

When President Bush signed the reauthorization of the USA Patriot Act this month, he included an addendum saying that he...

Stanislaw Lem Dies (1921-2006)

I didn’t even know he was sick… or still alive, for that matter. Stanislaw Lem – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia...

Film Review: SlipStream (1989)

Interesting speculation on what happened to this film. Cold Fusion Video Reviews: Slipstream Here’s what I like to imagine happened:...

Oglala Sioux Tribe on the South Dakota Abortion Ban

When Governor Mike Rounds signed HB 1215 into law it effectively banned all abortions in the state with the exception...

500 lb Potato Battery

I built a potato battery out of 500 pounds of potatoes. It powered a small sound system. With the help...

Virtual Hallucination Machine

The device is called a virtual hallucination machine. It was introduced to police by Teresa Bomhoff, president of the National...

Network Sniffing Screensaver

It’s a screensaver. No, it’s a packet sniffer. No wait … PacketFountain: Network Sniffing Screensaver

Shaken and stirring: A grittier, less suave 007

“Casino Royale” could be the first art-house-style 007 movie. For one thing, the man chasing a terrorist through the tropical...

Archbishop: stop teaching creationism

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, has stepped into the controversy between religious fundamentalists and scientists by saying that he...

Pat Robertson calls Muslims “satanic”

On his live television programme, The 700 Club, he said radical Islamists were inspired by “demonic power”. A US religious...