links for 2007-08-01
SIGPIPE 13 » Using OpenSSL for license keys Interesting discussion of how...
Jul 31st
Posts in Brief
* Sign on bus from Reading to Heathrow: “Seat belts must be worn.” I didn’t have...
Jul 31st
links for 2007-07-31
Scientific American: Ask the Experts: Physics: Why does the shower curtain move toward...
Jul 30th
Hedging Your Bets
Can a lawyer represent both sides in a divorce case? Can a coach manage each time in a ballgame?...
Jul 30th
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epic lulz
Jul 29th
Freedom stays
Many people speak of, for example, governments or political systems as granting or denying people...
Jul 29th
Anon's marching orders?
Jul 28th
The age of mechanical spirits
As with any window, the light from our minds shining onto our perceptions of the world cast our own...
Jul 28th
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MASSIVE LULZ
FOX NEWS CHANNEL: ANON DOES NOT FORGIVE, ANON DOES NOT FORGET. TITS OR GTFO.
Jul 28th
From the availability heuristic to...
Via Daring Fireball, the other day I came across this review of The Black Swan, where one of the...
Jul 25th
Civil Servant Civil War in Iraq
Even the humanitarian relief efforts serve an almost tragicomic illustration of the reality of the...
Jul 24th
Is It Bishop Berkeley, or Is It...
“Tell me one last thing,” said Harry. “Is this real? Or has this been happening...
Jul 24th
Right Wing Blowhard on CSPAN this...
Sunday afternoon and then at midnight. See here for details. (via Crash Landing)
Jul 24th
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This Bill Maher clip is very interesting. Maher is discussing Ron Paul, and has three panelists, a...
Jul 24th
links for 2007-07-24
Terrorist Watch List: 20,000 False Alarms “How do I know they’re all false...
Jul 24th
You Only Get What You Give
I’m reading a fascinating book that my wife discovered, Daniel Gilbert’s Stumbling on...
Jul 23rd
The Government, Protector of the...
I saw a show on BBC before I left the UK last week on “tiger protection” efforts by the...
Jul 23rd
More Weather Report Puzzles
30% chance of rain (via Crash Landing)
Jul 23rd
Bob to Republicans: Ron in the Primary,...
No, I’m not voting for Giuliani—I don’t vote, on principle. (And a Clinton...
Jul 23rd
links for 2007-07-23
John Stachel reviews A World Without Time: The Forgotten Legacy of Gödel and Einstein ...
Jul 22nd
links for 2007-07-22
Checkmate for checkers - Computer program is unbeatable at English draughts. ...
Jul 22nd
“July 20, 2007 11:08 AM PDT Could Google kill the cell...”
— Could Google kill the cell...
— Could Google kill the cell...
Jul 20th
Filipino prisoners perform "Thriller" in...
Jul 20th
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Massive column of steam rising from the streets of NYC… one person was killed, several...
Jul 19th
The joy of not giving a damn
Various academic institutions and government ministries in America and Britain have recently begun...
Jul 19th
The Subtleties of Sidewalk Etiquette
(via Crash Landing)
Jul 19th
Early IT Troubles
First teech support call. (Hat tip to Rodercik Long.) (via Crash Landing)
Jul 19th
The Logic of War
Here’s a chain of reasoning we see often today: 1) Famous pundit/politician A is against the...
Jul 19th
Morality and Reason
Not trying to pick on D. Glen Whitman, but in our exchanges below he has made a point that others...
Jul 19th
links for 2007-07-18
“I’ve Got Nothing to Hide” and Other Misunderstandings of Privacy “[W]hen...
Jul 18th
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Jul 16th
Now the trendy kids speak Chinese
It’s interesting to me how easy it is to paddle through life surrounded by one’s little boat of...
Jul 15th
Nigerian Film Industry Mixes Digital Tech,...
Jul 15th
Morality and God
In the debate between Glen and Gene (a few posts below), they are arguing the timeless question of...
Jul 14th
Norwegian Wood: About Arson?
(The following post is dedicated to John Goes.) I had always assumed the Beatles’ song...
Jul 14th
Morality for Neoplatonists, Part II
In honor of my birthday, Glen Whitman debunks the dependence of morality on the existence of God as...
Jul 14th
The Stupidity of Modern Conservatives,...
I recall the trashing I would see Stanley Fish receive in various ‘intellectual’...
Jul 14th
Doubting the Germ Theory of Disease
On a recent trip back from my parents’ house, our 2-year-old engaged in very risky behavior in...
Jul 13th
Global Drying
After a dry spell in the UK, I saw an article in a paper saying that British gardeners would have to...
Jul 13th
Pining for Terror...
is Rick Santorum. (Hat tip to Jim Henley.) Not only is it sick to long for such attacks, people such...
Jul 12th
Murphy Op-Ed in Actual Newspaper
I make new inroads of propaganda, now reaching the poor masses without Internet access… (I.e....
Jul 11th
Modern Travel
I just arrived in Cardiff. The 3459 miles between New York and London took 6 hours to traverse. The...
Jul 11th
via img9.imagepile.net
Recently I ordered a couple Xbox...
Jul 10th
Murphy interviewed on The Political...
Details here. (via Crash Landing)
Jul 10th
Democracy at Work
Machete sales crash after election. Sandy Ikeda reports a headline from his hometown paper, The East...
Jul 9th
Nirvana and Kenosis
In response to the selection of a dialogue I quoted in my last post on Sam Harris’ view of...
Jul 8th
Madness on the Roadway
Chicago, Illinois, 7:03 PM, July 8th, 2007. I was on the highway. I was exiting I-94 to get on I-290...
Jul 8th
An Earth Without People
Fascinating article in The Scientific American.
Jul 8th
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Jul 7th
T-Shirt Slogans
Seen in Brooklyn: “Watch Out! I Had a Big Bowl of Bitchy for Breakfast.” Nice to hear...
Jul 7th
Who's That Man?
No cheating! (via Crash Landing)
Jul 7th
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Jul 6th
Why I Need a Gun
I went to the local downtown Rock and Roll McDonalds, and on the way back in my car, I’m...
Jul 6th
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Kinski - Jesus (via grbomr)
Jul 6th
The Stupidity of Modern Conservatism
This post over at the Lew Rockwell blog reminded me of the stupidity of modern conservatives. Time...
Jul 5th
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Jul 4th
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Happy 4th!
Jul 4th
AMERICAAAAAAAAAAA
Jul 4th
Left-Libertarianism
Again over at Henley’s place, there is an interesting discussion of...
Jul 4th
Treason in High Places
Jim Henley points it out. (via Crash Landing)
Jul 3rd
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Rammstein - Feuer Frei (via Limberger)
Jul 2nd
I've Got a Hit!
I work up this morning with a surefire Hollywood seller: Flashdances with Wolves. Think about it:...
Jul 1st
Guilt the Socialists
I met three socialists selling “radical” literature in front of Starbucks, proselytizing...
Jul 1st
Sam Harris' a priori Mysticism
Sam Harris writes in The End of Faith on the poverty of Western orthopraxy: “In fact, the...
Jul 1st
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Jul 1st
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Jul 1st