While their poll sample is suspect (in that it has 51% of the sample identified as Independants, as opposed to 30D and 12R), the Western New England University Poll has Elizabeth Warren up 8 points since their last poll and Scott Brown down 4, so now he only leads her 47 to 42. Meanwhile, she raised $3.15 million in the reporting period ending September 30. Which is impressive considering she announced her candidacy on September 13.
This is exactly the plot for Terminator 3: The Rise of the Machines.
A computer virus has infected the cockpits of America’s Predator and Reaper drones, logging pilots’ every keystroke as they remotely fly missions over Afghanistan and other warzones. … The virus, first detected nearly two weeks ago by the military’s Host-Based Security System, has not prevented pilots at Creech Air Force Base in Nevada from flying their missions overseas. Nor have there been any confirmed incidents of classified information being lost or sent to an outside source. But the virus has resisted multiple efforts to remove it from Creech’s computers, network security specialists say. And the infection underscores the ongoing security risks in what has become the U.S. military’s most important weapons system.
Skynet is self aware.
Meanwhile, are we really in a great era of peace? The chart says so:
Steven Pinker has some thoughts.