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The Problem With Music, by Steve Albini
Fascinating...and scary. And pretty yucky too.
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Cisco is shamed, Microsoft gets gamed | InfoWorld | Column | 2005-05-20 | By Robert X. Cringely:
Meanwhile, [Microsoft] has announced Windows OneCare, a subscription service offering firewall, anti-spyware, and other tools to keep your PC "healthy." Pricing is still up for grabs. That's like somebody selling you a leaky boat, then offering to rent you a life preserver.
Well put.
Posted at 11:34 AM
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Darth Vader's Family Values - New York Times
Good reading...follow the links
We are born with an instinct for altruism because we evolved in clans of hunter-gatherers who would not have survived if they hadn't helped one another through hard times.
The result is an enduring political paradox: we no longer live in clans small enough for altruism to be practical, but we still respond to politicians who promise to make us all part of one big selfless community. We want everyone to be bound together with a shared set of values, a yearning that Daniel Klein, an economist, dubs the People's Romance in the summer issue of The Independent Review.
The People's Romance is his explanation for why so many Americans have come to love bigger government over the past century. Their specific objectives in Washington differed - liberals stressed charity and social programs for all, while conservatives promoted patriotism and spending on national security - but they both expanded the government in their quest for a national sense of shared purpose.
Posted at 10:51 AM
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WWJD?
When and how did life begin?
Soon, visitors to Ham's still-unfinished Creation Museum will experience his view: that God created the world in six, 24-hour days on a planet just 6,000 years old. This literal interpretation of the Bible runs counter to accepted scientific theory, which says Earth and its life forms evolved over billions of years.
Undaunted by considerable opponents, Ham's Answers in Genesis ministry is building a $25 million monument to creationism. The largest museum of its kind in the world, it hopes to draw 600,000 people from the Midwest and beyond in its first year.
So maybe I'm just a bit confused here, but wouldn't God, and Jesus, prefer to see $25 million dollars go to feeding the hungry, helping people without means find a better life, making the world a safer, better, kinder place? Was this not Jesus' message?
Oh well, maybe not.
Posted at 11:05 AM
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