TameBear: Big IdeasBrainstorms for a better tomorrow. A TameBear weblog.(Untitled)- August 23, 2006 Schwarzenegger Signs Solar Law: California will take the lead in producing renewable energy with a bill that aims to produce 3000 clean megawatts of power by 2018, by encouraging installion of a million rooftop solar panels across the state. That's equivalent to five pollution-free power plants. Red Herring via Futurismichttp://www.wisdomroad.com/tamebear/categories/ideas/2006/08/23.html#a808 (Untitled)- August 21, 2006 What If They Gave a War...: Writer Tony Long asks why Americans aren't marching in the streets to protest our government's ongoing military incursions and the escalating repression of civil liberties. "By the principles established by the Nuremberg Tribunal and international law, our president is a war criminal." Does anybody out there have a conscience anymore Wired Newshttp://www.wisdomroad.com/tamebear/categories/ideas/2006/08/20.html#a806 (Untitled)- August 19, 2006 THC Slows Onset of Alzheimer's Disease: One more reason to legalize pot Medical investigators at Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla CA have discovered that the active ingredient in Marijuana is more effective at blocking the formation of beta amyloid plaques than currently available medications. "While we are certainly not advocating the use of illegal drugs, these findings offer convincing evidence that THC possesses remarkable inhibitory qualities," says a new study published this month...http://www.wisdomroad.com/tamebear/categories/ideas/2006/08/19.html#a805 (Untitled)- August 11, 2006 Apple Thrashes Dell on Mac Pro Pricing: Apple is clearly bent on busting the long-standing myth that Macs cost more than Windows boxes. A well-reasoned price shopping comparison conducted just days after the release of the new high-end Intel-based Mac Pro demonstrates how some configurations can save buyers as much as $462 over an equivalent Windows system from Dell. (And while the Mac can also run the Windows OS and any Windows apps, the Dell will never be able to run Mac OS X!) The Inquirer...http://www.wisdomroad.com/tamebear/categories/ideas/2006/08/11.html#a800 (Untitled)- August 6, 2006 Quantum Leap: Fortune speculates on the future of computing in this imaginative piece based on recent developments in quantum computing. Their take: it's all closer than you may think, and they point to Freescale's commercial production of magnetic random access memory (MRAM) as first evidence. The quantum effect known as "Spintronics" in Freescale's MRAM will first be used in cameras for instant storage of images. Later it will be used for instant startup on laptops and other computers, and...http://www.wisdomroad.com/tamebear/categories/ideas/2006/08/06.html#a797 |