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Socialism
The traditional American conservative is characterized by two viewpoints: a strong pro-military stance and an antipathy to economic socialism. I'm sure there are exceptions, but we can surely agree that these two viewpoints are very strongly correlated ( Read more... ) -
More on Apollo conspiracy loonies
A few weeks ago I wrote that when I was a kid, Apollo helped inspire me to become an engineer. I've never regretted it. But, believe it or not, there's still a noisy band of people out there who, today, 40 years later, still don't believe any of it. Or at least they say they don't believe it ever happened.
There are always going to be a few lunatics ( Read more... ) -
The terrorists have won. :-(
Osama bin Laden won. Hands down. It wasn't even close ( Read more... ) -
Leopard calms down; switching to the Intel Mac; VMWare
A few months after my screed on Leopard and the PowerPC, when a few patches had been released, I tried again. This time it came up without a hitch on both my 17" G4 Powerbook and my wife's PowerPC iMac. Whatever problems were in the first release of Leopard (10.5.0) seem to be fixed now. Thanks, Apple. But I really should have heeded the warnings ( Read more... ) -
The Controversial Survey
The Controversial Survey
The "Controversial" Survey - I didn't make this up... just reposting. =)
- Do you have the guts to answer these questions and re-post as The Controversial Survey?:
Yes - Would you do meth if it was legalized?:
No. I'm not stupid.
- Abortion: for or against it?:
I'm not for abortion. I'm for choice. If the pro-lifers really ( Read more... )
- Do you have the guts to answer these questions and re-post as The Controversial Survey?:
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Don't upgrade to Leopard!
If you have a Mac PowerPC G4 or G5 (i.e., a pre-Intel Mac) and are thinking of upgrading to the new, heavily hyped "Leopard" (10.5) version of Mac OSX:
DON'T!!
Stick with Tiger (10.4) for now ( Read more... ) -
CIA torture
I sent the following email to my congressman today. These are my own words, not those of a form letter.
I would like to call your attention to the op-ed "I am not a state ( Read more... ) -
Bread and Circuses
If anyone still has doubts that the United States is definitely well into its "Bread and Circuses" phase, the Anna Nicole Smith saga should dispel them.
I have never seen anything on TV that even came close to the nauseating spectacle of Judge Larry's courtroom last week. I tried to avoid it, but clips still made it to the only two TV news shows I ( Read more... ) -
The best essay on terrorism I've ever read
This blog entry by Bruce Schneier is the best essay on the
subject of terrorism I've ever read. I won't repeat what Bruce said, because I can't say it better than he did.
Bruce is the author of the book Applied Cryptography,
the focus of my lawsuit against the State Department in the 1990s.