Opposition Research on the Diamond
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In high school playoffs, when teams often face opponents from other parts of the state, coaches must do some detective work for scouting reports.
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Paolo hypothesizes a much-needed tool in a post yesterday, and a follow-up today.
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MIAMIÂ -- Professor Stephen Haggerty retrieves a 730-carat black diamond _ the size of an apple _ from his desk. It's nearly impossible to cut, potentially billions of years old and, he believes, a product of outer space.
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At a bend in a tributary of the Congo River, dirt-poor villagers pan for the shiny stones that have proved as elusive as they are rare -- diamonds. Hundreds stake claims hoping to strike it rich in this, the fourth-largest diamond-producing country in the world. But what these villagers may not know is that diamonds, according to experts, have indirectly fueled some of Africa's dirtiest wars.
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Innovators take note: The folks behind the X Prize vow there will soon be more competitions in several disciplines. Also: The da Vinci team presses ahead in Canada.... Rubicon team plans another launch attempt. By Dan Brekke.
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Some critics question proposed federal spending hikes for nuclear research.
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The diamond industry hits back ahead of the release of Blood Diamond, a film about illegally traded diamonds.
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I spent much of this afternoon in a mandatory (for poll workers) four hour training class on the Hart InterCivic eSlate voting system, soon to be in use in elections in my home county. (Hart InterCivic is a privately held firm out of Houston, specializing in election equipment and in software products for county records offices). Contrary to my previous impression, the machines are not touch screen machines, although they share some similarities.  I went into the class skeptical; I have been a critic of what I percieve as an unseemly rush to adopt insecure electronic voting systems. I emerged guardedly optimistic; the systems appear, from what I can tell, to be reasonably secure against vote manipulation by people who are not part of the election staff, and they appear to provide approximately the same level of security against election office malfeasance that paper ballots do. At the end of the day, if the election staff wants to tamper, they can; but that was true with paper ballots as well. That risk can be mitigated by election office procedures intended to mitigate it; in San Mateo County's case, those procedures have in some important regards not yet been established, as I will discuss below.
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"Blood Diamond," the Warner Bros. thriller that hits movie theaters on Friday, could spark public concern about illicit "conflict diamonds" and hurt demand during the key holiday shopping season, analysts said on Monday.
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I would like to provide more statistical support for Leonard Lardaro's contention that our college graduates may be leaving Rhode Island ("Mandle's dubious optimism about R.I.," Commentary, Feb. 1).  His article challenged Roger Mandle's Jan.
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If it weren't for the diamond earrings, it would have been hard to tell
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I just read an article on the Village Voice website that summed up one of the complaints I have had for some time about the Democratic Party: They won't fight.  At the same time, they are trying to convince conservative voters to vote for them instead of the Republicans and are losing votes on the liberal side as a result.   For both of these problems, I blame the Democratic Leadership Council.
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The special master appointed to hear evidence from both parties in the AMD v. Intel antitrust case has recommended that Intel be compelled to produce documents for evidence that it had previously declined to submit. If Judge Joseph A. Farnan, Jr., agrees, Intel may be asked to produce evidence of what AMD alleges to be "foreign misconduct" on Intel's part.
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Description: NPR&#39;s Mike Pesca investigates why some fans maintain undying faith in Barry Bonds&#39; innocence, despite growing evidence linking the San Francisco Giants baseball star and home run leader to steroid use.
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By Michael Casey, Associated Press  ZHEN
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Gabe: I've gotten some mail about the Sony Defense Force site we mentioned in the strip today. Most people seem to want to know if it's a joke or not. I am of the opinion that it is. I'm not sure about Tycho but I think it's 100% fake. Stuff like the Lair review and their spin on the video of Halo 3 running on a PS3 demo station just can't be real. I think the guy running the site and making the articles is a genius. He's pulling in all kinds of traffic with an incredible parody and best of all, he even has people in his forums who think the whole thing is real. My guess is, in a couple weeks or maybe a month he'll drop the charade and reveal the whole thing was a gag. Maybe he can keep it going longer than that but I doubt it. I hope he can though because honestly it's fucking hilarious.   128016001920  Also Kiko made you this cool wallpaper based on one of his PAX photos. He has also posted two more sets including the final round of the Omegathon and general PAX culture.  -Gabe out
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A South African mining firm claims to have found the world's biggest-ever diamond, but experts are sceptical.