Friday, November 11, 2005

Face your future grandchildren: support the Bingaman amendment

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When your grandchildren asked you what you did when the US entered its dark era, don't you want to be able to look them in the eyes and ...

The contract you sign when you insert a SONY CD in your PC and click on 'agree'

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The "EULA" is a legally binding contract. You sign it when you click on "agree" when installing software, or after you i...

Comment spam: moderated comments and identity management

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I get more comments on my ' tech blog ' than on this rants and thoughts blog, but in both cases I'm getting comment spam that b...
Thursday, November 10, 2005

My blogs -- what I read

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Bloglines | jfaughnan's Blogs

Aetiology: Discussing causes, origins, evolution, and implications of disease and other phenomena.

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Aetiology : An interesting blog for health professionals.
Wednesday, November 09, 2005

Pre-morning in America? The Dover creationists are dismissed

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Randy Kelly (aka Norm Coleman II) is a landslide loser in the St. Paul mayoral race solely because of his decision to ally with Bush agains...

France is weird -- the lawless areas

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America is scary and weird. France, however, is also very peculiar: French Lessons ... The French equivalents of New Orleans's Lower...
Tuesday, November 08, 2005

Saint Paul's revenge: a traitorous mayor expelled

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Wow. When I voted in the Democratic Caucuses for Chris Coleman, I didn't think he'd win. I never dreamt he'd win 70% to 30% over...

Kansas education board unites physics and metaphysics

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Kansas, home of American fundamentalism, has again moved to put creationism into the "science" curriculum. Interestingly, to do so...

SONY responds to the revelation they are criminal hackers

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SONY digital music covertly installed cracker-class software on the PCs of unsuspecting customers . They probably broke a half-dozen laws ar...

Cringely is in great form: How Microsoft will respond to Google

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Cringely is old enough to remember Netscape, though he forgets the 'Constellation' word. In his Nov 3 column he's in fine form -...
Monday, November 07, 2005

Google Local for mobile: another very big deal

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Google Local for mobile . Yes, it's "beta" -- of course. Maps and local services on a cell display. Doesn't work on my ...

Venus - the eruptive planet

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The BBC has a good summary of the planet Venus . Science has moved on since last I read of Venus. The climate seems to be driven by vulcanis...

Can we learn anything from the riots in France?

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France is plagued with riots. France has had historic problems with rioting of all sorts, but so have we. Our demographics may be different...
Sunday, November 06, 2005

Risks of old web pages -- linking to a wife swapping site

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I have a lot of old web pages. I'm not quite sure what to do with them. They're still read and still apparently useful -- today'...