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Our Greatest Security Was Our Freedom
Millions of people risked all for the Liberties we so freely discard ( Read more... ) -
Solution looking for a Problem.
Pretend for the moment you had a Robotic Butler, an android with artificial intelligence like you see in the movies, that didn't need to eat, sleep, or have emotions. What sort of tasks would you want it to do for you ( Read more... ) -
Incumbents made bad revolutionaries
Why I Won't Buy an iPad (And Think You Shouldn't, Either)Relying on incumbents to produce your revolutions is not a good strategy. They're apt to take all the stuff that makes their products great and try to use technology to charge you extra for it, or prohibit it altogether ( Read more... ) -
On Health Care
At the turn of the 1900s, health insurance was very rare, and mostly covered loss wages due to disability rather than the cost of actual medical care. The first "modern" policy wasn't written until the 1920s. We tend to think of Life Insurance as being around since the 1700s century, but in fact it has been documented as of 5000 BC in China, 4500 ( Read more... ) -
On FarmVille
It has been over a month since I made the switch over to Facebook. The Facebook ( Read more... ) -
Mass Hysteria
The odds of an average person living in the U.S. being struck by lightning in a given year is 1:700,000
In the U.S., between 9-10% of those struck die
In the United States, it is the #2 weather killer (second only to floods).
WHY ISN'T THERE PUBLIC OUTCRY FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS ( Read more... ) -
There will be Bunny Cheerleaders at the Puppy Bowl this year.
Suddenly I am very glad that I once again have cable television. -
Avatar: Take Two
On Saturday morning I met my parents for AVATAR in IMax Digital 3D ( Read more... )
