These companies represent the big three of credit ratings services. You want to buy a car, buy a home, extend your line of credit, get a new credit card with a more favorable rate of interest, at least one, maybe two or all three of these companies will be an integral part of the final [...]

In this failing economy is there any hope?

With the  start of a new year, and with a greener party now in  power, my thoughts have been on recycling and green topics.  I have never been much of a recycler I must admit.  I do use junk mail as fire starting material and I occasionally refill plastic water bottles with tap water.  Oh, [...]

Software and effects dilemma.

I am serious. We need a new type of criminal. The ones we have today are either brilliantly stupid or they rely on violence. The dumb are entertaining, but if we are being entertained that means they did not get away with the crime. I mean, watch this video and tell me you are not [...]

Create a prosperous island paradise for your industrious, intelligent tribe with this real-time Brain Teaser! Your tribe will have a mind of its own, learning skills and starting families even when you`re not around, but check back often to keep your island idyllic. Uncover mysterious secrets; unlock exciting new technology; build wondrous structures, and even [...]

For the first time ever, two sitting senators are running head to head as the major party candidates for President. This gives us a unique opportunity to look at the legislative records of the candidates – John McCain (R-AZ) and Barack Obama (D-IL) – to find solid clues about their governing styles and policy [...]

HERE’S THE BAD NEWS.
Engines waste gasoline! Up to 80% of the high-priced gas that you pump doesn’t get you anywhere because it goes UNBURNED to the catalytic converter. That means you are getting 0 MPG (zero, zilch, nada) from most of the over-priced gasoline you pump into your tank.
WHY DO COMBUSTION ENGINES WASTE SO MUCH [...]

Let’s assume, that you own a farm. You produce grain and have a lot of straw. You’d like to make your energy on site from the biomass you have available. You might plant your fields with rapeseed or canola and produce biodiesel. But you’d need to get methanol and lye first, since both of them [...]

In the world’s first telephone/internet/video/text real time town hall meeting, Republican incumbent Congressman John Culberson, currently running for reelection in Texas’s 7th Congressional District, has become known as the Twittering congressman.
Recently, during the FISA vote, he streamed live interviews with fellow House members using Qik. Culberson was even stopped by Secret Service for trying to [...]