Gordon's Notes

Commentary: politics, science, technology and humanity. Secular humanist.

Friday, October 12, 2007

Do children watch television any more?

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For reasons that have everything to do with expediency, and nothing to do with virtue, our children don't watch television - broadcast o...

Security outsourcing: The US needs its mercenaries

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American security operations have, it is alleged, been outsourced to a far greater degree than most people imagine . Hillhouse claims we can...

Phil Nugent: the mind of GWB

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The Phil Nugent Experience: Living the Dream is a medium-length, articulate, occasionally humorous, rant on the nature and character of GWB...

You can't use a smartphone on an airplane -- even in "airplane mode"

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Current FAA regulations say you can't use a smartphone on an airplane -- even if the phone portion of the unit is disabled: Travel: ATA ...
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The future of the POB?

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The coalition that ruled America from 2000 to 2006 is, the world prays , in its death throes . The increasingly shattered GOP is now better ...

Thank you Mr. Gore

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Gore and UN panel win Nobel prize .
Thursday, October 11, 2007

Too cheap to bill: storage and electricity

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This post is neat on various levels. Read the whole thing to see what he says about the cost of storage: Rough Type: Nicholas Carr's Blo...

Captcha death: My DeLong comment fails

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I was trying to submit a comment to Brad DeLong's typepad based blog: Grasping Reality with Both Hands: Brad DeLong's Semi-Daily Jou...
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Twenty years of wasted cycles ...

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No surprises in this article: 86 Mac Plus Vs. 07 AMD DualCore. You Won't Believe Who Wins ... When we compare strictly common, everyday,...
Wednesday, October 10, 2007

From Napster to Amazon: A Yahoo! insider's DRM history and projections

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This gentleman has been around -- from WinAmp's Napster-associated glory days to an exec position at Yahoo! Music. He says Yahoo! is don...

The American right is dying - or not?

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An optimist would call this the death throes of a dying beast ... Shrillblog: October 2007 : ... To visit Michelle Malkin's cave is to s...

Waterboarding: read the comments

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Recreational Waterboarding? - The Opinionator - (Suellentrop) has a quick reference to a great example of banal evil, a WSJ OpEd by Bret St...

Generation Q: Outrage is dead. Please help us ...

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I "caught" Emily reading David Br__k's "Odyssey" OpEd this morning. She was lured by the intriguing title, but I did...

Why would computerworld send me spam?

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I know Conde Nast has a spam addiction , but why is Computerworld sending me marketing emails? It's a bit weird. My guess is that they u...
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Tuesday, October 09, 2007

Data mining and you: giving a damn might be wise

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I do get bored returning to the same old story but I think it's a social obligation. More on how the FBI does data mining and why you sh...
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