Port security: detect nukes at the docks or 12 miles out?

A weapons engineer physicist from Sandia Labs is working on a radiation detector ($12,000 and counting) that can be mounted on a pilot boat that goes out to meet the ship at sea, or we can build detectors on land that check the containers as they are driven out of the port, can be driven around, and cost upwards of $600,000.

http://www.wired.com/news/technology/security/0,71632-0.html

Alton Brown: an autobiographical story on his beginnings with food

It's considered a little controversial because he mentions his religious beliefs, I don't have a problem with that because he's stating it in a very simple, non-proselytizing manner.

http://community.livejournal.com/good_eats/460094.html

Sci Fi Channel to change name to Surge TV

http://www.whedonesque.com/?comments=11192
"Effective November 1, 2006, the SCI FI Channel will change their name to SurgeTV, to reflect the changing demographic thrust of the successful long-running cable channel. In addition, deals are currently working out to bring back ECW for a three-times a week run in prime time, as well as reruns (Pre-WWE) of professional wrestling events"

Well, fortunately it's a hoax.

http://www.tvsquad.com/2006/08/24/someone-has-it-in-for-the-sci-fi-channel/

Someone has it in for the Sci Fi Channel

Posted Aug 24th 2006 10:33AM by Joel Keller
Filed under: OpEd, Web, Sci Fi
Sci Fi.com logoSomeone out on the Interweb seems to be holding a bit of a grudge against the Sci Fi Channel these days. I wonder why? Could it be the infusion of Extreme Championship Wrestling to the programming? The rumors that it's going to interrupt shows like Stargate Atlantis for six months? Or that they're cancelling Stargate SG-1? Hm... looks like there's a lot of ammo there.

Anyway, this grudge-holder has sent a press release to the PRWeb site saying that the network is changing its name to SurgeTV. The release says the name change was being done to reflect the "changing demographic" from the station, with more wrestling, stars of shows like Eureka appearing in the ring, more late-night risque programming, and the English-language debut of Mexico's Lucha Libre wrestling events.

The part of the press release that made me suspicious was where it says that the network wants to move away from their "nerd" demographic. Seemed like an indelicate choice of words for a press release, which is what made it scream "BS" to me. That and the fact that I couldn't find any evidence of it on the NBC Universal Media Village site for the network. So someone looks like they've pulled a prank on Sci Fi and PRWeb. Of course, for all we know, it could be absolutely true. If The Nashville Network can morph into Spike TV, anything can happen.

(UPDATE: Looks like PRWeb has pulled the press release from its site, as the link I provided above is now dead. Further proof that it was BS.)