Participating in the Grand Democratic Experiment, one post at a time.
Near article from a year ago that makes me so so glad that I reformatted my Western Digital drive before shipping it off for its RMA… One of the drives once lived in an ATM. It contained a year’s worth of financial transactions–including account numbers and withdrawal amounts–from a organization that had a legal requirement […]
(via futurismic via fark…) Philosophical question time: Is it murder if a woman refuses to have a Caeserean and one of her twins dies? Discuss!
I did. Did you? Interesting aside: Howard Dean still walked away with 59% of Vermont’s vote in the primary. (*ahem* Exit polls, ladies and gents…) And apparently he has been having a strong showing elsewhere on this “Super” Tuesday. Hope everyone was up on their local issues as well. UPDATE(1): Local woman declares on news: […]
Shall we see to it that those assholes in Congress don’t pass H.R. 3687? And don’t we have better things to do with our time? And by “we”, I of course mean “those motherfuckers on The Hill.”
A little article the peers might enjoy: RECORD INDUSTRY MAY NOT SUBPOENA ISPs! The appeals judges said they sympathized with the recording industry, noting that “stakes are large.” But the judges said it was not the role of courts to rewrite the 1998 copyright law, “no matter how damaging that development has been to the […]
These sheriffs will kick your ass, apparently. My favorite part: When contacted for an explanation, Sheriff Mack Wimbish told us he didn’t have anything to do with it but that when he saw the decals he found out who was responsible and had them reprimanded. Good to know they’re watching out for us. Each other. […]
we now return you to your de-programming, already in progress
“It[‘]s not in the history of civilization for peace ever to reign. Never has in the history of man. … I doubt that we[‘]ll ever have a time when the world will actually be at peace.” Frightening article/redux of Gen. Franks’ opinions on war/peace and how the Constitution will be the first casualty of a […]
Absolutely fantastic Wired interview with Bill Joy where we get into some of the gritty about open source, democracy, and gentle reminders that freedom really isn’t free. Sure… There’s the obligatory babble about Java but when all is said and done, it isn’t about “write once, run anywhere” it’s about “…individuals giving up the ability […]
can’t find a transcript but I just caught a sound bite from the news uttered by dem candidate john edwards :: talking about how “the last thing the south needs” is “someone like [howard dean]” telling them that he understands them or can speak for them. (something along those lines, like i said, waiting on […]