I believe that this is an example of corporate espionage, as in a William Gibson short story, or something from the Shadowrun universe ( Read more... )

My last hour of work today was spent putting the following words to a thought:

Obsession is what motivates the greatest.
- Those of us that cannot find an obsession are doomed to mediocrity or less.

Talent is what enables the greatest.
- Those of us that obsess counter to our natural aptitudes are doomed to mediocrity or less.

- Those of us that ( Read more... )

You scored as Spiritual Atheist. Ah! Some of the coolest people in the world are Spiritual Atheists. Most of them weren't brought up in an organized religion and have very little baggage. They concentrate on making the world a better place and know that death is just another part of life. What comes after, comes after.

Spiritual Atheist
92%
Agnostic
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First: Does anybody have a good telling of where the term TUB comes from ( Read more... )

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Hey all (that still read my journal on the rare posting occasion ( Read more... )

First off I'd like to say that while Blogs (LJ in this case) are nice for putting a quick idea out there they generally suck for having a decent on going discussion with a group of people. Hence the reason for a second post, instead of another reply ( Read more... )

So, here's my postulates ( Read more... )

On Point had an excellent show today about immigration. It was taking the approach not of how do we handle the Mexicans that are already here, or how to prevent future illegals, but the bigger picture of what the past 5 years of immigration between the US and Mexico actually means for the two countries. The general consensus of the pundits was ( Read more... )

I think that in all of our democracy propaganda we forgot to mention the concept of responsibility. For instance, Hamas seems to think that just because it was elected that the world shouldn't be able to penalize it for it's attitude because that would be like penalizing the citizens that elected it. This is crap. If you elect an idiot, and the ( Read more... )