Tag Archives: Death

Poll: Smart Cars, Smart Highways And Death From Computer Error

By Kurt | Published: October 11, 2009
According to the US Federal Highway Administration, motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death among those aged 3 through 34, based on 2006 data. In 2008, there were 5,811,000 police reported crashes and 37,261 crash related deaths. If 90%, or 33,535 deaths, of the number of 2008 US highway deaths could be eliminated [...]
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How To Be Remembered As A Famous Blogger in 3009

By Kurt | Published: July 19, 2009
If all of the current web survives the next thousand years, it is likely that many or most of today’s popular bloggers will also be remembered and perhaps heralded in 3009. If today’s data archives are preserved and readable in the distant future, it is also possible that some lesser known bloggers might be [...]
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On This Day In History: No Good Nero

By Kurt | Published: June 9, 2009
On this day in history: June 9, 53, 62 and 68 AD on 12seconds.tv Special thanks to my Daughter for this video’s dramatic sound effects. The benign laissez-faire image that Nero cultivated in public, however, did not extend to his private life. He murdered his mother (59 CE)—who herself had poisoned most of his potential rivals— [...]
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On This Day In History: Titanic Era Ends

By Kurt | Published: May 31, 2009
On this day in history: May 31, 1911 and 2009 on 12seconds.tv In the presence of thousands of spectators the s.s. Titanic which will share with the Olympic the distinction of being one of the two largest vessels afloat, was launched from Messrs. Harland & Wolff’s yard at the Queen’s Island yesterday. When the Olympic was [...]
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