[monochrom] When Sesame Street Was New

Educators were thrilled that children were entering school with a grasp of letters, colors and elementary numbers. Later, the show was criticized as too winsome, leading children to expect that the elements of reading and math would bounce in bright colors across the classroom. Nowadays, teac

[monochrom] Massive Defense Spending Leads to Job Loss

There is a major national ad campaign, funded by the oil industry and other usual suspects, to convince the public that measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) and slow global warming will result in massive job loss. This ad campaign warns of slower growth and the loss of hundreds o

[monochrom] Pakistan creates its own enemy

The current area of concern for the US, and the world, is the zone between Pakistan and Afghanistan where porous borders allow the free passage of conflicts. The US is pressuring Pakistan to achieve through military means what it has itself failed to do in Afghanistan; and since Pakistan has fe

[monochrom] Can Oil Be Recycled?

A new facility aims to test the market for recycled oil Changing the oil in a car every 5,000 kilometers or so seems to be the industry standard (and may well be overkill). But that means a whole lot of pouring and draining motor oil into and out of the U.S. auto fleet: 1.3 billion gallons or s

[monochrom] The Vatican joins the search for alien life

The Vatican's Pontifical Academy of Sciences is holding its first ever conference on alien life, the discovery of which would have profound implications for the Catholic Church. Link -- Posted B

[monochrom] Go!

Want to learn google? I mean: the computer language? Google has developed a new computer language called Go. It looks a bit like C++, has elements of Python (as google likes Python) and a bit swiss language (the Pascal/Modula/Oberon family). Go is currently not used in any google service, it was