The Big Think

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Okay, I admit. I’m a huge science geek. Requisite science fiction geek as well. Just watched the season ending episode of Stargate SG-1. YES! Freaking great episode.
Now back to your normally scheduled blogging.

via Yahoo: Don’t miss the show this week. All 5 worlds visible to the naked eye (Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn) will be visible in the sky at the same time. The next time that will happen is 32 years from now. Here’s a helpful picture.

via forbes: If this just isn’t the coolest thing. I want one… well, okay, two. So I can have somebody to talk to. Hook this up with an IP address on a national network and you’ll really have something. Heck, you could even simplify it by making it Bluetooth and making your cellphone do some of the work.
Speaking of national networks, Giles, we need to do our 5 and 10 year technology predictions soon before this whole Singularity thing sucks us up. Heh.

via Slate: There is a movement afoot in Congress. Legislation has been introduced that would allow Congress to overturn any decision of the Supreme Court if they could come up with a 2/3rds vote. Really.