Archive for June 13th, 2006
Backs to the Future
Backs to the Future (University of California Press Release — yes PR is looking a lot like articles these days…)
I don’t know about you, but I find this stuff fascinating. It’s true that language and culture go hand in hand and many of the differences we stereotype about others may be more a function of [...]
Storms Surge
As another hurricane season sets in, I’d like to make our coastal readers aware of the fun fact that New Orleans is not alone in being at risk from high water. Whether the increased heavy weather is due to global warming more than natural long cycles is not as important as the fact that flooding [...]
Read More..>>Microsoft, meet NSA
Following a series of articles on GROKLAW and others, all users of Microsoft Windows operatings systems should be aware that Microsoft "Windows Genuine Advantage" is actuallly spyware, and it can’t be removed. The software was ostensibly designed to improve your "user experience," you know, by dialing home to Redmond every day to report on details [...]
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