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By the power vested in me, I now pronounce today an honorary Monday.

Browser History Meme ( Read more... )

So, I've been thinking about batteries and their devices, and I've come up with the embers of a proposal ( Read more... )

The Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act (Introduced in House - IH) is unlikely to be very effective, but I believe it is a critical step towards an honest legislative branch. As of now Congress members are allowed to abuse insider knowledge, and there is good evidence that they do, on a large scale, though there is no proof.

Whitehouse.gov petition to investigate Chris Dodd for his admitted bribery of Senators and Representatives

I doubt anything will come of this, but every once in a while people get knocked back down for particularly obvious bribery, as in this case.

SOPA/PIPA are attempts to extend the MPAA/RIAA's lifespan in an era when their business model no longer applies. IP must be strongly protected, but censorship backed with criminal penalties for honest mistakes is not the right approach. Several of the major studios have already demonstrated that they cannot be trusted with the power granted to ( Read more... )

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“There is no absurdity so palpable but that it may be firmly planted in the human head if you only begin to inculcate it before the age of five, by constantly repeating it with an air of great solemnity.”
― Arthur Schopenhauer

That is a particular brown, for a particular candidate, with a particular problem.


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