Evil

EA's Origin user agreement gives them the right to scan your wntire hard drive to sell info to advertisers.

The full clause reads,

2. Consent to Collection and Use of Data.

You agree that EA may collect, use, store and transmit technical and related information that identifies your computer (including the Internet Protocol Address), operating system, Application usage (including but not limited to successful installation and/or removal), software, software usage and peripheral hardware, that may be gathered periodically to facilitate the provision of software updates, dynamically served content, product support and other services to you, including online services. EA may also use this information combined with personal information for marketing purposes and to improve our products and services. We may also share that data with our third party service providers in a form that does not personally identify you. IF YOU DO NOT WANT EA TO COLLECT, USE, STORE, TRANSMIT OR DISPLAY THE DATA DESCRIBED IN THIS SECTION, PLEASE DO NOT INSTALL OR USE THE APPLICATION. This and all other data provided to EA and/or collected by EA in connection with your installation and use of this Application is collected, used, stored and transmitted in accordance with EA’s Privacy Policy located at www.ea.com. To the extent that anything in this section conflicts with the terms of EA’s Privacy Policy, the terms of the Privacy Policy shall control.

Washington Monumrnt

4-inch crack found in stones at top of Washington Monument; no word yet on severity of damage

Progress 44

Mission Control Moscow reported an abnormal situation from the Progress 44 cargo craft launched at 9amET

Update: Progress cargo spaceship reportedly fallen in Russia's Far East after failing to reach orbit

Today in space

In 2006, Pluto is kicked out of the planet club due to small size & eccentric orbit.

Wise mission discovers coolest class of stars

Pretty cool discovery if you ask me :)

Scientists using data from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) have discovered the coldest class of star-like bodies, with temperatures as cool as the human body.

Read the article HERE

iPads

United Airlines deploying 11,000 iPads to all United and Continental pilots, converting to paperless flight decks

Today in space

New Mars rover snapshots capture Endeavour crater vistas

See the article HERE

Hubble to target 'hot jupiters'

An international team of astronomers led by a former UA graduate student has set out on the largest program to date exploring the alien atmospheres of "Hot Jupiters" - massive planets in solar systems far away from our own.

See the article HERE

Galaxies are running out of gas: study

A new study has shown why the lights are going out in the Universe.The Universe forms fewer stars than it used to, and a CSIRO study has now shown why - the galaxies are running out of gas.

See the article HERE

Astronomers find ice and possibly methane on Snow White, a distant dwarf planet

Astronomers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have discovered that the dwarf planet 2007 OR10—nicknamed Snow White—is an icy world, with about half its surface covered in water ice that once flowed from ancient, slush-spewing volcanoes. The new findings also suggest that the red-tinged dwarf planet may be covered in a thin layer of methane, the remnants of an atmosphere that's slowly being lost into space.

See the article HERE

It's alive! Space station's humanoid robot awake

NASA's humanoid robot has finally awakened in space.Ground controllers turned Robonaut on Monday for the first time since it was delivered to the International Space Station in February. The test involved sending power to all of Robonaut's systems. The robot was not commanded to move; that will happen next week.

See the article HERE

Hrmmm

Single again. That is all, carry on.

Happy birthday Ray

Today in Geek History: Ray Bradbury is born--presumably on Earth--in 1920. His 91st bday is neither dystopic nor science fiction.