Most friends of mine aren't that in to Baseball, so I doubt this post will be significant to anyone, really. But I wanted to post some opinions I have about the World Baseball Classic.

I love the concept behind the WBC. It wants to be the "World Cup" of baseball. It's the only true top-level international competition. But the way it's organized and ( Read more... )

A lot of games allow you to take resources from other players. Cards, game pieces, whatever. Depends on the game. And I have always hated it. It makes it hard in whatever game it is to formulate long term strategy because whatever you're planning to use might not be there by the time you put your plan in to motion. And I just can't forgive a game ( Read more... )

Internet Justice

I just had to post about the sequence of events that took place over the weekend. It was a rare occasion where an awful individual online actually got nailed by denizens of the internet. This is no petty revenge story for a DDoS, this is a serious crime and the fact that justice prevailed due to anonymous computer users ( Read more... )

Any major political issue will have a liberal view and a conservative view. If you sit down and make a list, you can easily come up with 20 political issues facing the nation today. Some will be less important than others, but you will be able to make a list.

In order for something to be a political issue, there has to be contention. “Slavery” isn’ ( Read more... )

Things not covered in the defined rules for Meta (I remove things from this list as we solve the problems ( Read more... )

Recently I have taken a great interest in languages, and I came up with an interesting idea. I'm fairly convinced this idea hasn't been tried or seriously considered, because it would have no value before the computer age ( Read more... )

Casey and I tend to think alike ( Read more... )

Hello, and welcome to “The Science of Rock Music”. Today we will cover the scientific principles discussed in various rock songs. Let’s get right to it ( Read more... )

Obviously, worldwide change in climate is an important issue and should not be ignored. And many concerns about global climate change, including issues related to temperature increase, are wise to think about and attempt to put a stop to. But It's things like the items listed below that make me believe it is completely out of hand, leading to my ( Read more... )

When questioning people's beliefs in man-made global warming, I am often confronted with the 5-minute segment in "An Inconvenient truth" that seemed to sway most people's opinions. When I ask them what actual science they saw that convinced them, they often refer to that. So let's talk about that ( Read more... )