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Monthly Archives: September 2006
The Internet of Tomorrow
Posted in Tech and games, Videos 4 Comments
Congress votes on allowing random searching of students
The Student Teacher Safety Act of 2006 (HR 5295) is up for vote soon in Congress, and it allows teachers and school officials to conduct thorough searches of any student, at any time, for any (or no) reason. Yup, schools … Continue reading
Posted in Current events, F***ed up, Noteworthy 5 Comments
Death, taxes, and homework
I just finished reading The Scarlet Letter (yup, the actual book), which I did not enjoy in the least. I can appreciate the literary merits of it, but it just got on my fucking nerves! The most ironic thing about … Continue reading
Posted in Noteworthy, Other 3 Comments
The ambitious founders of Google, the popular search engine company, have set up a philanthropy, giving it seed money of about $1 billion and a mandate to tackle poverty, disease and global warming. But unlike most charities, this one will … Continue reading
Posted in Current events, Tech and games
Geneva Convention, killing sprees, and racist Christians
The US president, George Bush, today dismissed the Geneva conventions on the laws of war as “vague” and called on Congress to back controversial new rules on the handling of terror suspects. Mr Bush’s remarks came after the proposed laws … Continue reading
Posted in Current events, F***ed up, Opinion, Tech and games 4 Comments
There is no controversy to teach.
Most of you are, like me, tired of hearing the “teach the controversy” chant coming from the Discovery Institute and others about the “theory” of intelligent design. Intelligent design, as you should know, is not science, and, thus, shouldn’t be … Continue reading
Posted in Atheism, Noteworthy, Opinion 3 Comments
Sorry for all the lame digg posts
I’ve been blogging digg articles verbatim every once in a while, and I know it’s lame, so from now on I’ll try add commentary to every digg article I post, and hopefully start writing more original content. I realize that … Continue reading
Posted in Other 4 Comments
There’s Never a Good Time to Give Up Liberty: What Not To Do (9/14/01)
Suddenly, after the attack, all of our wealth and all of our freedoms are up for grabs, and not only by foreign terrorists, but by our own government and its uncritical cheerleaders. Is there a limit to how much liberty … Continue reading
Posted in Current events 3 Comments
Wikipedia defies China’s censors
The founder of Wikipedia, the online encyclopaedia written by its users, has defied the Chinese government by refusing to bow to censorship of politically sensitive entries. Jimmy Wales, one of the 100 most influential people in the world according to … Continue reading
Posted in News, Tech and games 2 Comments
Not much time to blog
I’ve been busy with homework and such recently, so I haven’t really been able to post something interesting every day. The best and easiest solution I can see would be to occasionally write some more personal posts (such as this … Continue reading
Posted in Other 6 Comments