30 September 06 - 02:50
Interesting post on Google's SW development process and thoughts on Agile programming.sth - default - / No trackbacks - § ¶
29 September 06 - 23:47...and then the 4th amendment went
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.sth - default - / No trackbacks - § ¶
29 September 06 - 01:57NY thumbs up
We'll be the first in the nation to limit restaurants' use of trans fats and the only state to see a significant drop in the number of people without health insurance. The Fiscal Policy Institute found New York's uninsured fell from 16.3 percent in 2000 to 13.5 percent in 2005.sth - Politics - / No trackbacks - § ¶
29 September 06 - 00:48The United States of Torture
We will tear down the apparatus of terror and we will help you to build a new Iraq that is prosperous and free. In a free Iraq, there will be no more wars of aggression against your neighbors, no more poison factories, no more executions of dissidents, no more torture chambers and rape rooms. The tyrant will soon be gone. The day of your liberation is near. - George W. BushTorture bill passes. Now we're rushing off a cliff.
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28 September 06 - 16:16
Kip Hawley is an idiot: is apparently not protected by the first amendment at certain airports.sth - Politics - / No trackbacks - § ¶
27 September 06 - 16:05
Just got Kalten Farben's Trust in Opium, which is pretty good and Zentriert's Genozid, which I'm still listening to, but sounds pretty decent so far.sth - default - / No trackbacks - § ¶
26 September 06 - 19:59
Berlin opera canceled after religious threats . What kind of world do we live in where people are afraid to criticize religion? Ugly systems of laughable fictions, delusions, and nonsensical customs, which are created by humans, and are therefore open to ridicule and artistic morphing are suddenly immune because of some fanatics? These are not inherent qualities like physical makeup or genetics, which should in fact be immune from criticism (but not art). They're human created, like governments, works of art, and vials of crack, and are therefore completely and totally open to criticism and artistic reuse. Outrageous.sth - default - / No trackbacks - § ¶
26 September 06 - 03:41
Congress: Democracy Crumbles Under Cover of Darkness"I watched them surround Cincinnati's Steve Chabot, trying first a carrot, then a stick; but he remained defiant. Next, they aimed at retiring Michigan congressman Nick Smith, whose son is running to succeed him. They promised support if he changed his vote to yes and threatened his son's future if he refused. He stood his ground.
Many of the two dozen Republicans who voted against the bill had fled the floor. One Republican hid in the Democratic cloakroom.
By 4:30, the browbeating had moved into the Republican cloakroom, out of sight of C-SPAN cameras and the insomniac public. Republican leaders woke President George W. Bush, and a White House aide passed a cell phone from one recalcitrant member to another in the cloakroom.
At 5:55, two hours and 55 minutes after the roll call had begun - twice as long as any previous vote in the history of the U.S. House of Representatives - two obscure western Republicans emerged from the cloakroom. They walked, ashen and cowed, down the aisle to the front of the chamber, scrawled their names and district numbers on green cards to change their votes and surrendered the cards to the clerk.
The speaker gaveled the vote closed; Medicare privatization had passed.
You can do a lot in the middle of the night, under the cover of darkness."
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26 September 06 - 03:35Theocracy Watch
Theocracy Watch: all you need to know about the Theocratic Right, their rise to power, their war on Secular Humanism and Secularism itself, and their attempt at complete dominion in the United States of America. Prepare to be completely floored.sth - Politics - / No trackbacks - § ¶
25 September 06 - 01:22
Lost in a Bermuda Triangle of Injustice: The Facts on the Ground: Mini-gulags, hired guns, lobbyists, and a reality built on fear. A sobering, face-palm inducing read.sth - default - / No trackbacks - § ¶
21 September 06 - 15:45Torture in Iraq now worse than under Saddam
The BBC reports 'Manfred Nowak said the situation in Iraq was "out of control", with abuses being committed by security forces, militia groups and anti-US insurgents.'"The UN report says detainees' bodies often show signs of beating using electrical cables, wounds in heads and genitals, broken legs and hands, electric and cigarette burns."
'It concludes that torture threatens "the very fabric of the country" as victims exact their own revenge and fuel further violence.'
Mission accomplished, eh?
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21 September 06 - 13:27
Bush has been micromanaging of media requests for interviews with NOAA officials and scientists. If anthropogenic global warming is just controversial speculation, why limit access? Yeah.
It's just a drop in the bucket, though. What will it take to Impeach Bush?
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21 September 06 - 12:48Basic security courses clearly needed
Eweek talks about how "Using clues obtained from a YouTube video and a simple four-word Google search engine query, a criminal can find step-by-step instructions for how to hack into and take control of thousands of ATMs scattered around the United States.""If you get your hand on this manual, you can basically reconfigure the ATM if the default password was not changed. My guess is that most of these mini-bank terminals are sitting around with default passwords untouched" Goldsmith said. Hilarious.
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19 September 06 - 13:48
"...I mean, obviously, if everyone in society even thought about this for an extended period of time, you know, we would not have any children." - President of Southern Baptist Theological SeminaryIt's hilarious when you see people say stuff like this like it's a bad thing. Funny stuff. I just can't stop laughing.
People making intelligent decisions about their own lives and doing so with enlightened (harm-principle obeying) self-interest! OH NO!
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17 September 06 - 03:53What the crux
Cruxshadows Beats Beyonce. Also, are you a Big Industrial Fan?
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15 September 06 - 01:42Wresting control of the NY Governor's office
Finally, after over a decade of limp, useless, Republican control, it looks like we'll be getting Spitzer as governor of NY. Pataki has been worthless for three terms. We can't get rid of him fast enough. Spitzer isn't ultra progressive, but he's pretty good overall. Next we just need to get someone like him in the Mayor's office, instead of "Mr. Guiliani Lite" Bloomberg.sth - default - / No trackbacks - § ¶
15 September 06 - 01:36
Rudy Giuliani spent a lot of time attempting to dismantle nightlife in NYC, and did a pretty good job of it in many places. His policies wiped out several good club nights and made plenty of club owners and promoters very nervous about doing business. The overly restrictive noise policies and of course the classic "Cabaret Laws" enforcement (how such blatantly unfair laws are still on the books is beyond comprehension). He hurt scenesters in the Drag, LGBT, Goth, Industrial, and Indie scenes especially since they were typically just skating by in terms of numbers. His policies were the final nail in the coffin for many of those nights. Oh, the hypocrisy of Rudy Giuliani.
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14 September 06 - 00:52Desert Refugees
Like most mammals, I too need water to survive. However, not being a fan of plain water, I tend to drink Vitamin Water from Glaceau(especially Energy). I tried Life Water and that fruit water stuff (also from Glaceau) but both were pretty gross. I don't drink regular soda either, as it does horrible things to my insides. Juice is another story, so lately I've been sampling the lightly carbonated Izze and Fizzy Lizzy filtered-water juice drinks. They're anywhere from 50% juice up to 70% or so, have no added sugar, caffeine, or crack, and they're super tasty. Yum.
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13 September 06 - 01:58On the side
Sideline records that is. I'm sad I didn't start reading this sooner. Too bad they don't have an online subscription option. Boo.
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13 September 06 - 01:16You are afraid of bassline
Oh, how I missed you, Simronan.sth - default - / No trackbacks - § ¶
12 September 06 - 15:40Go smash Corvettes, too!
First the defacement of the Stingray Wikipedia article, and now this. This world has some true brainiacs.
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11 September 06 - 02:07Ayman al-Zawahiri's forehead
Just what is that thing? Is he a Romulan?
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09 September 06 - 23:41Mouth agape
Testament of the Death Squads.sth - default - / No trackbacks - § ¶
06 September 06 - 17:08sthfucious say
Don't let the fact that idiots agree with you be the sole thing that makes you change your mind, else all you'll have gained is a different set of idiots who agree with you.sth - default - / No trackbacks - § ¶
06 September 06 - 02:33Slow-mo atomic hurricane
Ever wondered what would happen if them there trrists detonated a nuclear weapon (that they learned how to make on them there internets) inside the United States? Now you can.sth - default - / No trackbacks - § ¶
05 September 06 - 17:27You aren't citizens. You'll now be known as "carriers" and "fertilizers".
New federal guidelines issued this year ask any woman capable of conceiving to treat themselves - and to be treated by their health-care provider - as "pre-pregnant" at all times. Women between their first menstrual period and the menopause are told to take folic acid supplements, stop smoking, stop drinking regularly, maintain a healthy weight and keep chronic conditions such as asthma and diabetes under control; not primarily for their own health but to protect any baby that they may or may not be planning to have. Full storyI guess it's time to start putting laws in place which let the enlightened, free, and reproduction-rejecting among us to register as childfree to be exempt for garbage like this.
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05 September 06 - 14:01Eek
I read a few short horror stories I hadn't read in years the other day.Within the Walls of Eryx
The Upper Berth
The Thing on the Doorstep
Fun stuff.
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04 September 06 - 23:406 shooters and bleeps
Recommended movies I've seen lately:Crank
13 Tzameti
Pulse
The Descent
Calvaire
and This Film is Not Yet Rated: possibly the most important movie of the year if you like films at all. I also recommmend Ends Of The Earth: Abyss Of Movile Cave , a fascinating documentary.
I also heartily recommend picking up everything by Zentriert ins Antlitz. They're just great.
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