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Category Archives: predictable things
The financial crisis cloud has no silver lining
January 14, 2009 – 9:14 pm
The New York Times has a decent (though it strangely focuses a bit too muich on her appearance and clothing) article on Naomi Klein. One of the things that caught my attention was her interpretation of the genesis of the New Deal:
The New Deal is usually told as a history of F.D.R., she said, but [...]
Consequences of bot-mediated reality
September 17, 2008 – 12:36 pm
I have a lot of catch-up listening to do with regards to The Long Now Foundation’s excellent Seminars About Long-term Thinking (SALT) lecture and podcast series. I’m a charter member of the Foundation, which gets you a sweet membership card and access to video of their lectures, among other less tangible things like knowing you’re [...]
Google chrome: speed at the price of bloat?
September 4, 2008 – 8:33 pm
Yes, Virginia, Google Chrome is fast. I installed it on my Windows XP work machine to give it a whirl, and it certainly rivals if not outperforms Firefox 3 in the speed department (though I haven’t found it to be as fast as some).
Hardware manufacturers everywhere must be thanking Google for this development. As this [...]
Godwin’s law in action
June 10, 2008 – 11:18 am
I don’t have enough background knowledge of the case in question to offer any comment on the Mark Steyn debacle, save that as I read this piece from J-Source I was just waiting for a confirmation of Godwin’s law (aka the “reductio ad Hitlerum”) and, of course, I wasn’t disappointed.
Classic case of slippery slope
May 9, 2008 – 6:36 pm
The UK’s extensive network of security cams (about 1 per every 10 people), which research has repeatedly shown to be ineffective at both preventing and solving crime, is apparently being used to catch litterers, pooping dogs, and other such petty offences, rather than for more heinous things, like terrorism, the fear of which lead to [...]