11/18/09

• More pirates.  
• Interesting point:  "In the attack, the Alabama's crew also took evasive maneuvers and used a new technique to repel pirates: a so-called long-range acoustic device, which emits high-pitched sounds painful to the human ear."  
• Psychology in the subway.  Some interesting tidbits. 
• "The more justification that was offered, however, the less likely people were to stand up."
• "Incidental touching was more likely to occur among same-race, same-sex passengers."