Topic: Life/Society
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hornlo posted a blog entry
Pixelated Dreams
Lately my dreams, or at least the rapidly evaporating-on-waking memories of them, seem more realistic. Most are brief...
Lately my dreams, or at least the rapidly evaporating-on-waking memories of them, seem more realistic. Most are brief...
hornlo posted a blog entry
Miscellaneous Links 2009-12-30
Some random things I’ve run across the last few days:The Basic Laws of Human StupidityA quote from the commentary on...
Some random things I’ve run across the last few days:The Basic Laws of Human StupidityA quote from the commentary on...
hornlo posted a blog entry
Judge Bans Microsoft from Selling Word …
… or at least that’s what the headlines say.Gets your attention doesn’t it? Being such a fan of Microsoft,...
… or at least that’s what the headlines say.Gets your attention doesn’t it? Being such a fan of Microsoft,...
hornlo posted a blog entry
Words, Damned Words, and Legalese
Is legalese identical or similar to statistics?A Texas constitutional amendment from 2005 which saysSECTION 1. Article I,...
Is legalese identical or similar to statistics?A Texas constitutional amendment from 2005 which saysSECTION 1. Article I,...
hornlo posted a blog entry
What you get without network neutrality
quink has provided us with an illustration of what happens if network neutrality disappears (reddit discussion):click here for...
quink has provided us with an illustration of what happens if network neutrality disappears (reddit discussion):click here for...
hornlo posted a blog entry
Dogfooding, sabotage, or just system failure?
System Failure?According to Roz Ho (a Microsoft VP) at t-mobile.com/sidekick (10/15/2009 1:00 AM PDT):We are pleased to...
System Failure?According to Roz Ho (a Microsoft VP) at t-mobile.com/sidekick (10/15/2009 1:00 AM PDT):We are pleased to...
hornlo posted a blog entry
You are their product
Brian Hurt explains why corporate media does apparently non-sensical things and is losing audience.You see, he [Paul Graham,...
Brian Hurt explains why corporate media does apparently non-sensical things and is losing audience.You see, he [Paul Graham,...
hornlo posted a blog entry
Food Police
William Saletan of Slate has a good rant about the food police, spurred by a proposed tax on sweetened soft drinks.In my...
William Saletan of Slate has a good rant about the food police, spurred by a proposed tax on sweetened soft drinks.In my...
hornlo posted a blog entry
A dark and stormy night
I’m pretty good at that “willing suspension of disbelief” thing, being able to fall down a rabbit hole into a...
I’m pretty good at that “willing suspension of disbelief” thing, being able to fall down a rabbit hole into a...
hornlo posted a blog entry
Liberate your stuff
Google introduced the “Data Liberation Front” a couple days after my “Delete your stuff” and...
Google introduced the “Data Liberation Front” a couple days after my “Delete your stuff” and...
hornlo posted a blog entry
Delete your stuff
This is a companion post to my earlier “Back. Up. Your. Stuff.“, where I saidYou possibly have a lot of stuff out...
This is a companion post to my earlier “Back. Up. Your. Stuff.“, where I saidYou possibly have a lot of stuff out...
hornlo posted a blog entry
School phone searches
As much as I think schools should have some leeway to maintain order and safety, particularly with younger children, I’m...
As much as I think schools should have some leeway to maintain order and safety, particularly with younger children, I’m...
hornlo posted a blog entry
Truth is relative
A few days ago Georgia pastor Jonathan Ayers became collateral damage in the War On Drugs. The fact that he was a pastor with...
A few days ago Georgia pastor Jonathan Ayers became collateral damage in the War On Drugs. The fact that he was a pastor with...
hornlo posted a blog entry
I’m not depressed, I’m adaptive
Scientific American has an interesting article: “Depression’s Evolutionary Roots“.This is not to say that...
Scientific American has an interesting article: “Depression’s Evolutionary Roots“.This is not to say that...
hornlo posted a blog entry
Big Media time travel
I just ran across this comment-reply by Nina Paley on her post Your Children Are Not Your Children.I suppose if the Star Trek...
I just ran across this comment-reply by Nina Paley on her post Your Children Are Not Your Children.I suppose if the Star Trek...
hornlo posted a blog entry
A Visit From DEC Corporate
I filled out the annual Customer Service Survey, dropped it in the mail, and forgot about it … until one day a nervous...
I filled out the annual Customer Service Survey, dropped it in the mail, and forgot about it … until one day a nervous...
hornlo posted a blog entry
The Face of SkyNet?
What is evil and how do you formally define it? That’s what Selmer Bringsjord of Rensselaer Polytechnic...
What is evil and how do you formally define it? That’s what Selmer Bringsjord of Rensselaer Polytechnic...
hornlo posted a blog entry
Extra fees for solar power users
Looks like Xcel Energy has decided to take the “easy” way out to adapt their billing structure to changing times...
Looks like Xcel Energy has decided to take the “easy” way out to adapt their billing structure to changing times...
hornlo posted a blog entry
The TLD Mint Revisited
A day or so ago I ran across John Levine’s “What are TLDs Good For?” and wanted to share it with you. In...
A day or so ago I ran across John Levine’s “What are TLDs Good For?” and wanted to share it with you. In...
hornlo posted a blog entry
Asteroids: The Movie
In desperate times …While there are some big Hollywood players involved with this project, the inherent problem with...
In desperate times …While there are some big Hollywood players involved with this project, the inherent problem with...
