Archives for February 14, 2008
A critique of home schooling
Posted by Greg Laden on February 14, 2008 Katie Criss has a post critiquing home schooling. When I asked myself the question, How do you feel about home schooling? I first thought “Why would anyone do that” So I researched exactly that, What are the reasons that people give of why they choose to homeschool and how valid are they. The analysis is…
Navy Will Shoot Down Satellite
Posted by Greg Laden on February 14, 2008 Some time in the next few days the US navy will fire a rocket in order to shoot down a satellite carrying 454 kilograms of the very poisonous substance hydrazine. By blowing the satellite up, the hydrazine tank will explode dispersing the gas to a low concentration level If the tank is not blown up,…
The Human Animal: The Biology of Love
Posted by Greg Laden on February 14, 2008 Contains brief nudity and sexually suggestive material.
Four Stone Hearth Blog Carnival
Posted by Greg Laden on February 14, 2008 Four Stone Hearth Blog Carnival Number 34 is here, at Our Cultural World. It’s a good one.
Firefox 3 Beta 3 now available for download
Posted by Greg Laden on February 14, 2008 Beta. So, don’t download this unless you want to play. Details here. Here’s the skinny:
In LInux, you can…
Posted by Greg Laden on February 14, 2008 Choose among a wide range of cool desktops. These are not “skins” or mods like in Windows. These are entirely different desktop systems that each have their unique characteristics.
Linux X Server
Posted by Greg Laden on February 14, 2008 To most desktop computer users, the difference between two “systems” (Linux, Windows, Mac, etc.) is in what you see when you turn the computer on, what you can click on with your mouse, how files are visually organized and manipulated, how menus work, and so on. This is the “look and feel” of a system.…
Charles Darwin – Finches
Posted by Greg Laden on February 14, 2008 Darwin’s finches are a classic and historically important example of a species radiation (sometimes called an “adaptive” radiation, but that implies a specific assertion about the cause of the radiation which may not be appropriate in all cases). During the five weeks that Darwin spent on the Galapagos in September, 1835, he made a number…
How to get a date
Posted by Greg Laden on February 14, 2008 A little how-to action for Valentine’s Day
Woman Arrested By “Religious Police” To Be Executed As Witch
Posted by Greg Laden on February 14, 2008 The woman or or representatives were not allowed to attend the trial. Her conviction is based on a written confession to which her fingerprints are attached. She is illiterate and could not read the confession. There are indications that this “conviction” is actually a crime of retribution by a man who is impotent, and who…
The Writers Strike is Over
Posted by Greg Laden on February 14, 2008 You probably already knew this, but in case you’ve been living in a cave (as I have): Striking Hollywood writers will be back at their keyboards Wednesday after voting overwhelmingly to end a 100-day walkout that essentially shut down the entertainment industry. Details
Local Florida School Board Rejects Modern Science
Posted by Greg Laden on February 14, 2008 On Wednesday the Bay District School Board voted to sign a resolution saying it does not agree with the proposed science standards as they are currently written.
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