Delicious LiveJournal Links for 12-14-2010

[andrewducker]

• Increase in localism leads to increased social stratficiation and nimbyism
  (tags: government housing)
• Amazing (large) image showing worldwide connections on Facebook. Fascinating to note the lack of Russia
  (tags: facebook visualization maps)
• Video of police pulling protester from wheelchair
  (tags: bbc police video)
• Stem cell transplant has cured HIV infection (in only one patient so far, but it's a start!)
  (tags: hiv medicine science health aids disease)
• Economic growth not correlated with happiness. Not terribly shocking, that.
  (tags: economics money happiness)
• Bea Arthur Was A Truck-Driving Marine
  (tags: history wwii)
• A useful page to tell if you Gawker account was leaked?
  (tags: security)
• Washing machine industry set for massive paradigm shift? I'm sceptical - anyone got more?
  (tags: technology washing clothes)
• Lipstick On My Colar, a discussion of Susan and Narnia
  (tags: Narnia writing sexuality religion)

Comments

[danieldwilliam.livejournal.com]

I'm quite taken with the nearly waterless washing machine. My mum uses some kind of nylon ball instead of detergent.

Potentially big benefits if it works although I suspect that it will be out of patent before it acheives widespread acceptance. A lot will depend on water mettering and charges.

I agree that the turning down a large cash sum sounds like puff.

Given the way the patent system works you could only bury the technology for twenty years.