Risks of terrorism

From Terrorist Attacks and Comparable Risks, Part 1: As can be seen, annual terrorism fatality risks, particularly for areas outside of war zones, are less than one in one million and therefore generally lie within the range regulators deem safe or acceptable, requiring no further regulations, particularly those likely to be expensive. They are similar to the risks of using home appliances (200 deaths per year in the United States) or of commercial aviation (103 deaths per year).

Weirdness

Confusing sign - OK - I stole it from fark (if linking to the site without attribution can be considered stealing). Here are the fark comments, just to be fair. Also, the story appeared on Jaunted.com, too, in a slightly different format. With a google street view of the stretch of road from jaunted, sans protitute sign.

BoingBoing does Games

BoingBoing, while it can be awefully pretentious and self-promoting, has introduced a Games to Get page. At first glance, it looks pretty interesting.

Fujifilm's 13 New Point-and-Shoot Cameras Include EXR Units and Megazooms - PCWorld

Fujifilm's 13 New Point-and-Shoot Cameras Include EXR Units and Megazooms - PCWorld and here is the google summary of all the new Fujifilm camera articles.

What to wear to the Apocalypse

What to wear to the Apocalypse

How to Run a Meeting Like Google

How to Run a Meeting Like Google

Ants in the Squarepants: $3 | MetaFilter

Ants in the Squarepants: $3 | MetaFilter - Instructions for 7200 board games.