There was something DEEPLY wrong with the website's layout this last week. I think I screwed something up in FrontPage having to do with shared borders. Yeah. Some other time I might write about how Microsoft FrontPage ate my final project for my first web page design class, forcing me to redo an entire dozen-or-so page site, with sound and pictures, from scratch in less than 8 hours. Fun with a capital "F" (got an "A," actually, but whatever).

Being careful is a good idea. These British researchers are right to warn industry and scientists of the dangers of nanotech. Horton, University College London, is also correct to point out that the public opinion of nanotech must be handled carefully. Scare ignorant people enough and they will try to ban anything new. If banned, the research would not stop. It would just move from the US or UK to Japan. Or France. Or Germany. Or North Korea. You get the idea.

This is very dangerous. Consider: how many times, in the entire history of science, has hiding one’s head in the sand done any good? Someone else will just perfect the technology and use it against you.


Fire: “Me no like fire. Not use…ARGGH!” (roasting sound)
Gunpowder: “Verily, me thinks yonder gun is without use. See mine plate armor!” (bang)
Fighter-Bombers: “Hah. Those stupid fly-boys. Ground troops win wars.” (boom)
Nanotech: …(?)

More news: I'm going "public" with this page soon, adding search terms and submitting the page to search engines. Between now and then, I will be adding a couple of drafts of essays and maybe some other stuff.

For those in the know, this might be useful.