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Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Behind Intel's New Random-Number Generator - IEEE Spectrum
http://spectrum.ieee.org/computing/hardware/behind-intels-new-randomnumber-generator/0
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Article: How Rick Perry became a millionaire
How Rick Perry became a millionaire
http://www.salon.com/news/politics/war_room/2011/08/30/rick_perry_rich/index.html
Rick Perry is a mil lion aire. Noth ing odd about that -- lots of peo ple who run for pres ident are mil lion aires! -- but he's never real ly had a job out side of gov ern ment and he didn't inher it his for tune. Where did his mil lions of dol lars come from? The Fort Worth Star-Telegram answers that ques tion: He's very good at mak ing invest ments that look remark ably like exam ples of bla tant cor rup tion.
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Bachmann
Michele Bachmann believes some god tells her hurricanes are about politicians. Let's house her for a while with that other insane twit, Warren Jeffs
"She experienced the heavenly session and obtained a greater testament ... She felt the all consuming fire of heaven."
--Warren Jeffs after raping his 12-year-old "spiritual bride"
--Warren Jeffs after raping his 12-year-old "spiritual bride"
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Monday, August 29, 2011
H-P's One-Year Plan - WSJ.com
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904787404576535211589514334.html
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The Tunnel Vision of Ideology in the US | GroundReport
But truly principled people will act with courage, and care not for what their "base" wants or "believes," but for nobler, wider, and deeper reasons than that. Usually they are motivated by core values derived from thousands of years of human experience rather than ideals derived from the past 250 years of their national history
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Article: Appeals Court: Arresting Guy For Filming Cops Was A Clear Violation Of Both 1st & 4th Amendments
Appeals Court: Arresting Guy For Filming Cops Was A Clear Violation Of Both 1st & 4th Amendments
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110827/23285615713/appeals-court-arresting-guy-filming-cops-was-clear-violation-both-1st-4th-amendments.shtml
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Sunday, August 28, 2011
Friday, August 26, 2011
Article: Ann Coulter Nostalgia: Behold, For *I* Am The Giant Flatulent Raccoon | The Loom | Discover Magazine
Ann Coulter Nostalgia: Behold, For *I* Am The Giant Flatulent Raccoon | The Loom | Discover Magazine
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2011/08/25/ann-coulter-nostalgia-behold-for-i-am-the-giant-flatulent-raccoon/
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Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Few gender differences in math abilities, worldwide study finds
"Stereotypes about female inferiority in mathematics are a distinct contrast to the actual scientific data," said Nicole Else-Quest, PhD, a psychology professor at Villanova University, and lead author of the meta-analysis. "These results show that girls will perform at the same level as the boys when they are given the right educational tools and have visible female role models excelling in mathematics."
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Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Attention Governor Perry: Evolution is a fact - On Faith - The Washington Post
There is nothing unusual about Governor Rick Perry. Uneducated fools can be found in every country and every period of history, and they are not unknown in high office.
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Monday, August 22, 2011
Saturday, August 20, 2011
USA TODAY: Jimmy Johson rips Miami whistle-blower as 'jock-sniffer wannabe'
Check out this article that I saw in USA TODAY's iPad application.
Jimmy Johson rips Miami whistle-blower as 'jock-sniffer wannabe'
http://usat.ly/r5qeGv
Where ha Jimmy Johnson himself is a jock-sniffer practitioner
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Thursday, August 18, 2011
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Washington's Blog
Karl Marx had it right. At some point, Capitalism can destroy itself. You cannot keep on shifting income from labor to Capital without having an excess capacity and a lack of aggregate demand. That's what has happened. We thought that markets worked. They're not working. The individual can be rational. The firm, to survive and thrive, can push labor costs more and more down, but labor costs are someone else's income and consumption. That's why it's a self-destructive process.
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Penn Jillette: Why I'm an atheist libertarian
Hey, check this out from CNN:
Penn Jillette: Why I'm an atheist libertarian
http://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/08/16/jillette.atheist.libertarian/index.html
Penn Jillette: Why I'm an atheist libertarian
http://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/08/16/jillette.atheist.libertarian/index.html
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Monday, August 15, 2011
Buffett to Congress: Don't 'coddle' me
Hey, check this out from CNN:
Buffett to Congress: Don't 'coddle' me
http://money.cnn.com/2011/08/15/news/economy/buffett_tax_jobs/
Buffett to Congress: Don't 'coddle' me
http://money.cnn.com/2011/08/15/news/economy/buffett_tax_jobs/
"While the poor and middle class fight for us in Afghanistan, and while most Americans struggle to make ends meet, we mega-rich continue to get our extraordinary tax breaks," wrote Buffett, who has mentioned in past interviews that the rich should pay higher taxes.
The philanthropist said that his 2010 federal tax bill, including income and payroll taxes, was $6,938,744.
"That sounds like a lot of money," wrote the Omaha, Neb.-based billionaire. "But what I paid was only 17.4% of my taxable income - and that's actually a lower percentage than was paid by any of the other 20 people in our office."
---Sent from Steve's iPad...Frum: Perry's strength and weakness: Jobs
Hey, check this out from CNN:
Frum: Perry's strength and weakness: Jobs
http://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/08/15/frum.perry.economy/index.html
Frum: Perry's strength and weakness: Jobs
http://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/08/15/frum.perry.economy/index.html
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Friday, August 12, 2011
Intel Opens $300 Million Fund for ‘Ultrabook’ Laptop Push - Bloomberg
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-08-11/intel-opens-300-million-fund-to-back-ultrabook-laptop-push.html
More slush fund bribes from Intel...
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IBM Leads the Way in the Post-PC Era | A Smarter Planet Blog
I, personally, have moved beyond the PC as well. My primary computer now is a tablet. When I helped design the PC, I didn't think I'd live long enough to witness its decline. But, while PCs will continue to be much-used devices, they're no longer at the leading edge of computing. They're going the way of the vacuum tube, typewriter, vinyl records, CRT and incandescent light bulbs
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PC makers demand more Intel cash to build $999 ultrabooks | Electronista
http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/08/11/pc.builders.doubt.they.can.match.11in.air.on.price/
Hmm, this is going to end badly...
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Thursday, August 11, 2011
Your Picks: Top 100 Science Fiction, Fantasy Books
I found the following story on the NPR iPad App:
http://www.npr.org/2011/08/11/139085843/your-picks-top-100-science-fiction-fantasy-books?sc=ipad&f=1008
NPR - August 11, 2011
More than 5,000 of you nominated. More than 60,000 of you voted. And now the results are in. The winners of NPR's Top 100 Science Fiction and Fantasy survey are an intriguing mix of classic and contemporary titles. Over on NPR's pop culture blog, Monkey See, you can find one fan's thoughts on how the list shaped up, get our experts' take, and get a chance to share your own.
A quick word about what's here, and what's not: Our panel of experts reviewed hundreds of the most popular nominations and tossed out those that didn't fit the survey's criteria (after — we assure you — much passionate, thoughtful, gleefully nerdy discussion). You'll notice there are no young adult or horror books on this list, but sit tight, dear reader, we're saving those genres for summers yet to come.
So, at last, here are your favorite Science Fiction and Fantasy novels. (And a printable version, to take with you to the bookstore.) [Copyright 2011 National Public Radio]
The Lord Of The Rings
By J.R.R. Tolkien • Paperback, 1178 pages
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Tuesday, August 09, 2011
Rick Perry
Two days after Rick Perry's prayer fest on the US economy, the DOW falls mor than 600 points. Coincidence?
Monday, August 08, 2011
There is a context to London's riots that can't be ignored | Nina Power | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett point out in The Spirit Level: Why Equality is Better for Everyone, phenomena usually described as "social problems" (crime, ill-health, imprisonment rates, mental illness) are far more common in unequal societies than ones with better economic distribution and less gap between the richest and the poorest.
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Sunday, August 07, 2011
Friday, August 05, 2011
Article: printers
printers
http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/05/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-2011-printers/
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Thursday, August 04, 2011
Article: Warren Jeffs' Panting 'Sex Tape' Played for Jurors - Cult leader utters 12-year-old 'bride's' name in heavy-breathing audio
Warren Jeffs' Panting 'Sex Tape' Played for Jurors - Cult leader utters 12-year-old 'bride's' name in heavy-breathing audio
http://www.newser.com/story/125032/jeffs-panting-sex-tape-played-for-jurors.html
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Wednesday, August 03, 2011
Article: The Invisible Gorilla: And Other Ways Our Intuitions Deceive Us
The Invisible Gorilla: And Other Ways Our Intuitions Deceive Us
http://www.theinvisiblegorilla.com/survey.html
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Tuesday, August 02, 2011
New Statesman - Faith no more
http://www.newstatesman.com/religion/2011/07/god-evidence-believe-world
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Check out: 'You Say Torture, I Say Coercive Interrogation' on Slate
I thought you might find this Slate article interesting:
You Say Torture, I Say Coercive Interrogation
By Dahlia Lithwick
http://www.slate.com/id/2300550?wpisrc=sl_ipad
You Say Torture, I Say Coercive Interrogation
By Dahlia Lithwick
http://www.slate.com/id/2300550?wpisrc=sl_ipad
"The rule of law is actually much more resilient than many cynics thought and many people would have predicted on 9/11. ... On 9/11, had you said to somebody that the United States is not going to get away with doing whatever it wants to respond to this attack, you would have been laughed at. Who was going to stop us? ... I think that is actually the mindset that unfortunately operated. I don't see much of a box that John Yoo or Alberto Gonzales created for the president, unless the box has infinite lines. Alberto Gonzales said the Geneva Conventions are quaint, obsolete, irrelevant, and don't apply. John Yoo said that law doesn't apply when the president is acting as commander in chief. As commander in chief he can ignore the fact that Congress has made it a crime to commit torture. He can ignore the fact that Congress has made it a crime to wiretap people without judicial approval. ... Where is the box? If international law doesn't bind, if constitutional law doesn't bind, if the president is able to do whatever he wants?
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Monday, August 01, 2011
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