Does Grammar Matter Anymore?; Give Nukes a Chance

Editor's Note: We've rolled out a new website, SlashDataCenter, where we bring you the latest data center news, views and analysis. See what it has to offer. Don't miss a single issue of this newsletter. Add slashdot@newsletters.slashdot.org to your address book. Ron Paul Pushes 'Internet Freedom' Does Grammar Matter Anymore? Give Nukes a Chance What Are the Implications of Higgs Boson? NY Couple on 'Wanted' Poster for Filming Police Hot Comment: "This is science, not a pissing contest..." The Vault: Apollo 14 Moonwalker Claims Aliens Exist Watch It: Laser Cutters Heat Up Maker Spaces Ron Paul Pushes 'Internet Freedom' Kentucky senator Rand and his father Ron Paul have shifted the central focus of their family's long libertarian crusade to a new cause: Internet Freedom. They are making a case for keeping the government entirely out of regulating anything online. Sound Off>> Does Grammar Matter Anymore? A lighthearted 4th of July post pointing out how Microsoft Word could help Google CEO Larry Page catch typos in his Google+ posts sparked a war of words among GeekWire readers. A few weeks earlier, the WSJ's report on the epidemic of grammar gaffes in the workplace sparked similar debate. Sound Off>> Give Nukes a Chance Famed academic Kenneth Waltz for years has argued that more nukes around the world creates peace because people are afraid to start a war with a nuclear-armed state. And in a recent interview, he argues that Iran gaining nuclear weapons would be a good thing. Sound Off>> What Are the Implications of Higgs Boson? Would our being able to manipulate the Higgs Boson lead to being able to do things with mass such as we can do with electromagnetism? What are some of the things that this discovery will lead to in the short to medium term?" Sound Off>> NY Couple on 'Wanted' Poster for Filming Police The NYPD has created a "wanted"-type poster of a Harlem couple who films cops conducting stop-and-frisks and post the videos on YouTube. The poster calls the couple "professional agitators" who portray cops in a bad light and lists their home address. Sound Off>> Get over yourselves "This is science, not a pissing contest. Where something is discovered is meaningless." --by dave420 Read More>> Apollo 14 Moonwalker Claims Aliens Exist Four years ago, veteran of the Apollo 14 mission Edgar Mitchell claimed aliens exist and that they have visited Earth on several occasions, but the alien contact has been repeatedly covered up by governments for six decades. Read More>> Laser Cutters Heat Up Maker Spaces From Slashdot TV: Slashdot editor Jeff Boehm visted Maker Works in Ann Arbor, MI, where they not only have an Epilog Helix Laser Cutter/Engraver, but let him use it. Which, of course, he happily did. See Jeff and the laser in action.   Watch the Video>> Follow Slashdot on Twitter and Facebook. To unsubscribe, click here or send an email to: unsubscribe-213087@elabs10.com To ensure delivery of this newsletter to your inbox and to enable images, please add slashdot@newsletters.slashdot.org to your e-mail address book or safe senders list. Slashdot | 594 Howard Street, Suite 300 | San Francisco, CA 94105 To view our Privacy Policy click here.