Some of the posts on this topic seem a little hysterical to me but if in doubt its better to just say no to anything this government does.
Newstarget (via Digg) has a pretty hysterical piece on it.
Arstechnica a calmer one.
having looked over the articles, considered the caliber of people we have in […]
Hartmann suggests Abolish Corporate Personhood.
Its a very interesting idea if a bit leftist for my tastes. As I see it a venture to spread risk and allow continuity of a process (which is all a corporation really is) is not a person by any Constitutional definition.
Even stretching “Freedom of Association” like a big hunk […]
here is some old Hank Williams Junior , A Country Boy can Survive ,for you inner hillbilly. . As a former country boy myself I appreciate the values of self reliance and courtesy he is singing about here. And yes I still say grace sometimes. Old habits doe hard.
Its work safe except for one […]
I am by no means the first, second or the last person to say but it is my First Law because it is the one fact we need to keep in mind every day.
Prospers 1st Law (with apologies to Robert Heinlien and others)
There is no such thing as a free lunch. Everything has a […]
“The truly civilized man is always skeptical and tolerant . . . His culture is based on ‘I am not too sure.’ ”
H. L. Mencken
The blog in question looks like a Libertarian/Computer blog of some kind but his point about the Nice Guy Paradox rings true in my experience as a former nice guy now toughened up.
Simply put
Women like when guys are nice to them, but only when they don’t have to be.
or in other less bitter words […]
This judgment, 15 Days in jail + deportation was laid down in Sudan for the heinous offense of naming a teddy bear after one of her students, who also happens to be named Mohamed .
I suppose it could have been worse. she could have gotten 40 lashes and 6 months.
I feel sorry […]
From Forbes.
This technology is some of the stuff we are going to have to stop, not just in court but passing laws with teeth. This means treating privacy breaches not as something to be shrugged off but a felony level criminal matter.
If we can’t stop the technology we will have to learn to […]
MSNBC thinks so.
I am thinking its more a mix of culture shock and the drugs.
I am as Britney might put it “country.” too and I can imagine how much life would be altered if I suddenly had millions of dollars and fame. Having all that would knock the foundations of trust, consistency […]
Over government is the best government big money can buy. Unfortunately, you and I aren’t big money.