Archive for October, 2006
Disclaimer
Most people who comment on public companies and their technology issue a standard disclaimer that any statements made do not constitute investment advice and are certainly not given in any sort of professional capacity, i.e., if you follow the non-advice at your own risk. If doesn’t work, you’re SOL.
Well, I have a different sort of [...]
Hack the Vote ‘06
MiamiHerald.com | 10/28/2006 | Glitches cited in early voting and Another one in Texas
Electronic voting machines are still changing Democratic votes to Republican. If it was reported as happening both ways, I’d be quicker to call it a bug. But this is very alarming. When you go to vote on Tuesday, I’d advise going [...]
Wired Roundup
Two interesting stories from Wired this week:
Wired News: Runner-Up Takes on YouTube
This story, in light of another story yesterday about teens fleeing MySpace for Facebook because MySpace is no longer "cool," makes me really wonder how the Google YouTube acquisition will turn out a year or two from now. Did Google pay $1.65B for YouTube’s [...]
Climate Changing Sci-Fi
Seed: Climate Changing Sci-Fi
And then science fiction grew to be a little bit darker. The future became dirtier, dystopic. One of the real world themes that fits this adopted motif is climate change. More than ever before, global warming is leaving its mark on works of science fiction.
I think the linked article is correct, [...]
3051 and counting
Iraq Coalition Casualties
Did anyone stop to notice that the total coalition deaths in Iraq have already exceeded those from 9/11? It’s up to 3051 and counting. And by ‘counting,’I mean to say, some of us are still counting.
The US media is probably ignoring this because the US deaths are still only 2811, as officially reported, [...]
Martial Law
Toward Freedom - Bush Moves Toward Martial Law
If the Katrina response showed us anything, it’s that states are inept at handling emergencies and only the Federal Cavalry can ride in to save us.
Or is that just what we’re supposed to believe? Because it was the federal government, you’ll recall, FEMA, that so bungled the [...]
The Trial is Over. But the Show has Just Begun.
informationliberation - Saddam Hussein verdict postponed until two days before U.S. election: Will the media turn a skeptical eye?
Curious, isn’t it? The presumably-guilty verdict in the Saddam trial will come just two days before the US election, showing the American people once and for all [ostensibly] why we lost 3000 soldiers and wounded 45,000 more. [...]
How to Reform the Patent System in 3 Easy Steps
With all of the changes Congress has pushed and all of the rhetoric flying around, one could be forgiven for thinking the problem with patents is that they’re either too hard to get or too costly to defend. I have a slightly different analysis, which is based more on what patents are supposed to accomplish, [...]
Read More..>>Has the GOP Lost Its Mind?
Think Progress » Ohio GOP Smears Al Franken In Press Release With Doctored Photo, Fabricated Quote
From Cincanatti.com:
Ohio GOP spokesman John McClelland said, “It is not surprising that Sherrod Brown is enlisting the help of a Hollywood liberal, who like him, is so far out of the mainstream of Ohio values. What is troubling is that [...]
Revolt of the fairly rich
Revolt of the fairly rich - October 30, 2006
I’m hoping some BE readers will chime in on this one, since there are a million ways to take it. I’m going to come down on the side of claiming that some economic theories are pure bullshit. Money can be earned in both good and bad ways. [...]