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Data Centers in Space are not crazy!

They are possible, but they would look nothing like the ones on earth. On earth, they are massive buildings with huge cooling infrastructure and massive power requirements. Earth Data Centers have row upon row of racks with electronic equipment. In space it is possible for there to be a single

By V Nelson Barnes 31 May 2026

AI Update mid 2026

Several months ago I wrote a piece about “Artificial Intelligence (AI)”. (I will reiterate that AI is neither “artificial” nor “intelligent”.) AI has been around since at least the 1970’s. (I took a course in graduate school entitled AI in 1977). It has burst into wide public consciousness since

By V Nelson Barnes 22 May 2026

Thoughts on the Minnesota ICE activities

Minneapolis was clearly singled out for a surge of ICE enforcement not because of any specific problem with local immigration enforcement, but because the Trump administration wanted to publicize the Minnesota welfare fraud story. In short we are talking about a political stunt. I should say I am not entirely

By V Nelson Barnes 26 Jan 2026

Jimmie Dale Gilmore

Jimmie Dale Gilmore grew up in Texas. His father was a guitarist in a country band. He got his musical start in a group called The Flatlanders. They issued (and reissued) an album that almost no one heard. But Gilmore and his fellow Flatlanders, Joe Ely and Butch Hancock, went

By V Nelson Barnes 31 Dec 2025

Nutrition - Current Science

Caution, I am not a nutritionist, although my first job out of college was in a nutrition laboratory. I have tried to stay abreast of the science since. In this post I am going to discuss three foods we should eat less of, and two we should eat more often.

By V Nelson Barnes 13 Nov 2025

We Already Know a Way to Save a Bunch of Lives

Thanks to insurance companies, we’re not doing it No blood in ambulance

By V Nelson Barnes 02 Sep 2025

Willie Nelson breaks through

Red Headed Stranger Nice article about one of my favorite albums. Nelson was 42 years old when he finally hit stardom.

By V Nelson Barnes 31 Aug 2025

E-mail addresses it would be annoying to say on the phone

E-mail Addresses It Would Be Really Annoying to Give Out Over the PhoneMikeUnderscore2004@yahoo.com MikeAtYahooDotCom@hotmail.com Mike_WardAllOneWord@yahoo.com AAAAAThatsSixAs@yahoo.com One1TheFirstJustTheNumberTheSeco…McSweeney's Internet TendencyMichael Ward

By V Nelson Barnes 27 Aug 2025

Quentin Tarantino: My Best Movie

I don't agree with Quentin. Pulp Fiction Quentin Tarantino weighs in on one of cinema’s big questions: what is the best Tarantino movie?Director names his ‘masterpiece’ film, along with his favourite and the one he was ‘born to make’The GuardianSian Cain

By V Nelson Barnes 27 Aug 2025

More Intel

Scott Lincicome has a good article in the Washington Post today which states the Intel – U.S. government deal is bad, very bad. "President Donald Trump’s announcement on Friday that the U.S. government will take a 10 percent stake in long-struggling Intel marks a dangerous turn in

By V Nelson Barnes 26 Aug 2025

Intel -- U.S. government

I understand why many, on both sides of the political spectrum, are concerned about the US Government making a $8.9 billion investment in Intel stock, and taking a 10% ownership interest in Intel.  Most of the funds come from money the U.S. government was supposed to pay Intel

By V Nelson Barnes 25 Aug 2025

Epstein

Who was he? Is Trump implicated in his illegal activity? There are scores of theories about what is in the Epstein files, or even if there are files. Before discussing these theories, I want to summarize what is publicly known about Jeffrey Epstein. This article in the October of 2002

By V Nelson Barnes 23 Aug 2025
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