It would appear that nature violates local realism. And if somebody could explain this whole “loopholes in physical laws” bit, I’d appreciate it. The terminology makes it sound as though physical laws are written by politicians.

(by Kristin Tercek)

It made me very happy to see this article, titled Shonky futurism: debunking Kurzweil. I wrote an essay about his book The Age of Spiritual Machines in University. It was bunk then, it’s bunk now.

The problem with the ideas proposed here are legion. But they are best summed up by this quote:

“Content and application providers should be able to know exactly what level of service they are getting especially if they are paying for it.”
-Ed Vaizy

We could write an essay on the subject of how infrastructure should serve the general population, and not specific business interests, but the Morning Coffee is not the place for such an essay. Suffice it to say that when politicians are more concerned with the well being of content providers than citizens, they do not have their priorities straight.

The Bronx High School of Science has produced seven Nobel prize winners in physics. Interestingly, most of the physics-learning at the school took place outside the classroom.

(From a collection of photos of women and robots. Uncertain of its origins.)

(Nystan Numero 70. I am seeing a lot of photos in this Nystan series — who is responsible for creating them?)

(by Michele Clement)

In perhaps the saddest news story we have ever borne witness to, The Huffington Post has run a story about a woman boasting that she went an entire twenty-four hours without spending any money. I do this without making an effort on a regular basis, and find it sad that somebody doing so is worth boasting about.

(by James Haefner)

The physics of Iron Man.

The FCC in the United States has decided that the programs you watch on your television will be allowed to control your television set.