It’s argued over at Winds of Change that Segways, which are rapidly finding use by crippled vets (providing much-needed mobility with dignity), should receive the same public protections that wheelchairs do.

This seems like a no-brainer to me, and if you agree, hop on over, they’ve got links you can hop through to actually help do something about it.

The Speculist is musing on a question posed by Chris Anderson, on whether petabyte computation obviates the need for theoretical development.

Now, I’m, as my twin points out, not an analyst, but I DO a lot of work in theory (often reaching wayyy out into heresyland), in areas where such computational ability is of little use.  Though, it must be said, most of my hypotheses actually are falsifiable and/or rest upon questions where the data is empirical.  So, subtracting out field-selection bias, what do you guys think? 

On the one hand, it’s a ridiculous question — but ridiculous questions often yield useful fruit.

(Speculist guys, still lovin’ your page, still having trouble commenting).

Still looking into the details if I get time, but unlike the First Amendment and the defense of private property against theft by one’s local government, the Supremes seem to have actually not raped one of the constitutionally-defended rights for once…