I can’t understand why the greenies keep building a false dichotomy between looking out for the bottom line and being clean — they both mean green…
Saving energy means saving money — you couldn’t ask for a better selling point, especially as energy prices continue to climb. We don’t need alarmism to lower our carbon levels […]
Going way back to 1946, from Economics In One Lesson…
Economics is haunted by more fallacies than any other study known to man. This is no accident. The inherent difficulties of the subject would be great enough in any case, but they are multiplied a thousandfold by a factor that is insignificant in, say, physics, mathematics […]
I’ve always had a bit of a problem with outright Atheists — especially because I’m often called one by those that should know me better. Atheism is an assertion that there is no god. That kind of assertion rubs me the wrong way — short of an appearance from God herself it’s non-falsifiable…
In pedantic logician-speak, […]
Interesting perspective…
A thought struck me the other day: did the Iraq War save American liberty? Think about what Americans were willing to do and what they were willing to sacrifice (at least, from their neighbors) in the wake of 9/11? Like a lot of libertarians, I thought for sure we would be the United States […]
When you’re a hammer, every problem looks like a nail. I know a lot of hammers. I’m more a Swiss Army knife, capable of doing a wide range of jobs, flimsy and awkward; but those that know me would insist I’m a tool.
I just finished reading Hacking Matter by Wil McCarthy — interesting read, about quantum dots and their potential — but a passing reference to super conductors as batteries really knocked me on my ass.
I’ve read for years about the constant search for room temperature super conduction, but it always seemed like such a quaint […]
I guess I always thought I was too cool for piddly bullshit like Renaissance festivals, but after boozing and axe tossing last year, I have to say, I’m looking forward to it coming back. And with it just a few months away, who couldn’t use a good pair of crotchless pantaloons? That’s right, the Christian […]
This seems like a fine idea…
Frankly, I don’t give a shit if it’s organic, but I dig the local farm aspect of it all, and the surprise randomness aspect. I wonder if they have anything like that around DC?
A friend from class sent along this little gem: Google Wins Appeal on Copyright of Nude Images…
Giggity giggity giggity goo…
But forgetting all the glorious breasts that shall be liberated, it’s always nice to see a higher court come down with a ruling strengthening fair use. Though this is a little concerning:
The appeals court instructed the […]
In an insane stretch of the DMCA, a new kind of copyright troll is appearing, filing suit to make DRM mandatory…
Media Rights Technologies (MRT) and BlueBeat.com have issued cease and desist letters to both companies and to Adobe Systems Inc (nasdaq: […]
Another day, another ridiculous “fool proof” phishing solution proposed. This time, with the added benefit of another bogus TLD. Not just any old TLD, though — a scamtastic $50,000 per registration TLD that puts the .mobi and .xxx debacles to shame! This time, it’s .bank being proposed. And why won’t it work? The same reason […]
I just realized this site was down and put in a support case to the host. Before I even got the automated confirmation email, Dreamhost support had patched up apache and had me online. Now that’s service!
Some days…
I’ve never done grammer good, but particularly online, one thing that always gets under my skin is the plague of apostrophe overuse. This wikiHow on apostrophes is worth a read — it even covers those tough cases, like plural, possessive names:
Place an apostrophe after the “s” when you are indicating a singular […]
The AACS crack story, not itself substantively interesting, does have pretty fascinating societal undertones. The free speech flag, nothing more than a pure isomorphism of a big ass number, perfectly encodes the now famous encryption key into colors. Is this infringement? If so, how so? Can you even copyright a number; a fact?
For as long as I can remember, the houses — the materials — of suburbia have rubbed me the wrong way. I’ve never taken kindly to the concrete castles that keep popping up like weeds. I’ve just never understood why people are so hung up on size they forgo such things as natural materials and […]