http://www.illyria.org/blog No Handball Playing In This Area Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:19:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We can practically smell the life from here: The global ocean on Jupiter’s moon Europa contains about twice the liquid water of all the Earth’s oceans combined. New research suggests that there may be plenty of oxygen available in that ocean to support life, a hundred times more oxygen than previously ... http://www.illyria.org/blog/2009/10/19/europa-as-the-abode-of-life/ Half of the Fortune 100 are infected? Since its discovery in May of 2009 we’ve identified Mariposa activity in tens of thousands of unique corporate networks. Over 70 variants have been identified with varying degrees of security and purpose, including code injection into known processes, email address harvesting, and additional malware ... http://www.illyria.org/blog/2009/09/29/botnet/ The Census results are in, and once again highlight the sheer magnitude of the economic disaster that was the Bush presidency: On every major measurement, the Census Bureau report shows that the country lost ground during Bush's two terms. While Bush was in office, the median household income declined, poverty increased, ... http://www.illyria.org/blog/2009/09/14/a-legacy-of-failure/ Two different European groups are reporting the detection of the elusive magnetic monopole: Nearly 80 years ago, physicist Paul Dirac said it must be possible to separate the north and south poles of a magnet to give them a separate existence. But despite decades of searching moon dust, the debris from ... http://www.illyria.org/blog/2009/09/08/the-sound-of-one-hand-clapping/ Antoine Dufour & Tommy Gauthier: "Mellow Deep Art" http://www.illyria.org/blog/2009/09/02/gratuitous-video-feed-213/ Good point.  Somewhere between infinite and near-zero density lay the very early universe. Now, we know we'd be able to hear sound in an atmosphere as sparse as Mars' (which is about 10 grams per cubic meter), and we know we can hear sound through more dense media as well, such ... http://www.illyria.org/blog/2009/09/02/but-there-was-no-one-to-scream/ Andy Lubershane: "Why We Need Government-Run, Universal, Socialized Health Insurance" http://www.illyria.org/blog/2009/08/27/2784/ Don Schiff: "Riding off the Rails" http://www.illyria.org/blog/2009/08/18/gratuitous-video-feed-212/ "They have a plentiful lack of wit."  ---Hamlet, 2.2.356-57 http://www.illyria.org/blog/2009/08/18/shakespearean-daily-diss-pubic-edition/ Bob Culbertson: "Little Wing" http://www.illyria.org/blog/2009/08/17/gratuitous-video-veed/