Notes

http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/01/28/1517254&from=rss

New York City apparently wants to control access to geiger counters. Ironic. During the height of the cold war a geiger counter was considered a normal part of home survival preparedness. You could get them from the Federal Government. Both ideas are stupid...

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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/28/jetpack_madness_mountain_view_thunderpack/

"Despite a lifetime of waiting we don't yet have our flying cars, our rayguns, our space holidays, nor even our robot/brainchipped-monkey butlers. However, from August - if the manufacturers are to be believed - ordinary consumers will finally be able to buy a (marginally) useful jetpack, for just $100,000."

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http://www.rpmchallenge.com/component/option,com_comprofiler/task,userProfile/user,619/Itemid,296/

A Speed Racer rock opera... Who could ask for anything more than that?

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http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSN2537607920080126?feedType=RSS&feedName=internetNews

"The bidding topped $3.7 billion on the second day of the Federal Communications Commission's auction of government-owned airwaves, but there were no new suitors Friday for a closely watched block of spectrum to be shared with public safety agencies."