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February 28, 2010
Sometimes, a relationship to continue requires that someone be a hero. Richard Dawkins is a hero.
Somebody is RIGHT on the Internet!!!!11!! ...I would like to start by apologising for our handling of this situation. We have not communicated well with our forum volunteers and users (for example in my insensitive 'Outrage' post, which was written in the heat of the...
Posted by Greg Laden at 8:15 PM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
February 27, 2010
An "Open Letter to Richard Dawkins" revised
I admit up front that I'm going all paternalistic on the Dawkins Forum people, and Imma gonna let you finish your imminent self destruction and all, but first I wanted to use this moment in time as an object lesson in communication. A letter was...
Posted by Greg Laden at 11:51 AM • 53 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
February 26, 2010
Turns out, René Descartes trolled his own site.
One of the reasons I blog is to put out stuff to see how others react to it. This is to ultimately modify and improve .... the stuff. I was rather amused a while back when we were discussing racist science, and I was accused...
Posted by Greg Laden at 10:38 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Canadian Lady's Hockey Players Lack Aplomb!
According to The Internet, the Canadian females, many under drinking age by several days, partied on the ice after beating the American Team in Vancouver yesterday. They had champaign, beers, smoked cigars, and they got silly, attempting at one point to drive the Zamboni machine...
Posted by Greg Laden at 2:19 PM • 19 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
"the merge window for 2.6.34 is now open"
... In other words, the next version of the Linux Kernel, versoin 2.6.33, is hereby released....
Posted by Greg Laden at 10:45 AM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Citibank will close your corporate account if they don't like the contents of your blog
Category: GLBTA
Fabulis.com is a social networking thingie for gay men and does its banking at Citibank. Apparently, someone at Citibank decided that the contents of the Fabulis blog was not fabulous, and violated Citibank rules of conduct whereby you must do things a certain way or...
Posted by Greg Laden at 10:37 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
February 25, 2010
Finally, Autotune Trivialized and Brought to Most Absurd Possible Limit!!!!!
And not just because PZ Myers gets t00n'd....
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February 24, 2010
Outrage and Civility
Imagine that you, as a greatly liked and respected person, found yourself overnight subjected to personal vilification on an unprecedented scale, from anonymous commenters on a website. Suppose you found yourself described as an "utter twat" a "suppurating rectum. A suppurating rat's rectum. A suppurating...
Posted by Greg Laden at 7:51 PM • 44 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Health Care Debate Slapdown on C-Span Two Point Oh!
A preview....
Posted by Greg Laden at 7:17 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
"Friends of Darwin" take center stage
Category: Darwin
From the NCSE:...
Posted by Greg Laden at 3:35 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Race and National Bias in East African Palaeoanthropology
Category: Race and Racism
A half century of struggle has resulted in more than a little change, which we hope is still ongoing....
Posted by Greg Laden at 2:52 PM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
February 23, 2010
In case music was not your thing ...
Don't click on this or you will be distracted for the rest of the evening!...
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If you ever want to see your family or friends again ....
.... do NOT click on this link and play with this thing. Hat Tip: Emma D....
Posted by Greg Laden at 12:53 PM • 11 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
February 21, 2010
Russians, Canadians Tie for Gold in Repression Olympics
Category: Race and Racism
Skaters performing in "Black Face" in 2010?...
Posted by Greg Laden at 10:28 PM • 49 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Canadians: "Are beer does not suck"
Posted by Greg Laden at 7:17 PM • 10 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Oh. Canada!!!11!!
Not to stir up more trouble, but ......
Posted by Greg Laden at 6:54 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Why did the cold war really end?
Many people give credit to Ronald Reagan, when he climbed up on the Berlin Wall and personally kicked it down brick by brick while under fire from the East German Stasi....
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Is there annything you've said here that could not have been equall well said in the 140 character limit set by Twitter? Well, if you ask me ...
Read Blunt Force English at Quiche Moraine...
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Google to retract "Don't be evil" motto ...
... well, not really, but they should!!! Following two simple guidelines would help: 1) Don't ever change the function of installed software unless the user has requested it (don't even suggest it. Just sit there quietly until told othewise) and 2) Don't evern install new...
Posted by Greg Laden at 2:55 PM • 45 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
February 20, 2010
Going Home Can be Very Traumatic....
... especially for those I left behind. "Oh... you're back. I see." "Huh. Thought you might be staying in the hospital longer than that." "Oh hai. I suppose you want your good chair back."...
Posted by Greg Laden at 11:08 AM • 15 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
February 18, 2010
Greg Messes up the Triple Lutz, Breaks Leg
Category: knee
Yes, I fell and busted my knee on the ice. I don't want to go on and on about it, but here are the more important details:...
Posted by Greg Laden at 8:54 PM • 41 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Latest Curling Results from Vancouver
... steady ... steady ......
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February 16, 2010
I would like to thank the two women who stood guard over my livid writhing form, waiting for the ambulance. But I didn't get their names.
An endless stream of ceiling tiles flow by punctuated by light fixtures, vents, and sprinkler heads. There is the occasional cracked tile and yes, the occasional duct tape. The morphine makes it interesting, and it occurs to me that until now I've only had this...
Posted by Greg Laden at 3:54 PM • 102 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
The Cthuugle Search Site
It is with some reluctance that I recommend this. Lovecraft was important in science fiction and all, but the little I've read of his also stinks of racism, and not just the n-word southerny Mark Twain thing, but a true disdain for all that is...
Posted by Greg Laden at 12:24 PM • 13 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Google: "We borked the Buzz"
Category: Technology
Well, that is not a direct quote, but Google has admitted that the early version of Google Buzz had serious flaws related to privacy, and this may be related to Google having skipped a step with its testing process....
Posted by Greg Laden at 8:38 AM • 10 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Blogospherics
Everyone else on the internet is wrong "...when The End comes, some white supremecist militia is just gonna kill you for your pickled kale before they resort to eating each other." Simple answers to stupid implications I won't claim that no one has ever cited...
Posted by Greg Laden at 6:59 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
February 15, 2010
#Scio10: S. Zvan, G. Laden, D. Schell, PZ Myers, Dr. Kiki and an engaged audience discuss ...
Trust and Critical Thinking at Science Online 2010. There is discussion going on here, and the six videos are here:...
Posted by Greg Laden at 10:46 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Transform your Wii to a Laptop for only about $600.00
Why? I'm not entirely sure. I guess so you can bring it on an airplane and play Super Mario Kart while traveling?...
Posted by Greg Laden at 8:41 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Waste = Food
Category: Events
Sarah Wolbert promotes an ingenious view of rebalancing urban food systems - one that involves design of detritivore and decomposition systems that eat waste products.
Posted by Greg Laden at 7:38 PM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Al Franken and Uganda's Death to Gays Bill
Al Franken allies with Tom Coburn to oppose Uganda's death-to-homosexuals bill Sen. Al Franken has signed on to a Senate resolution condemning a bill before Uganda's Parliament that would outlaw homosexuality and make it a crime punishable by death. (Hat tip: Minnesota Independent.) What makes...
Posted by Greg Laden at 4:33 PM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
How Christian Were the Founders?
In the wake of recent public meetings by the Texas Schoolboard, Russell Shorto has written an extensive piece for the New York Times Magazine. Shorto is the author of Descartes' Bones: A Skeletal History of the Conflict Between Faith and Reason (Vintage)....
Posted by Greg Laden at 4:14 PM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Sarah Palin's Google Search Story
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February 14, 2010
Creation, the Movie, in Edina
Don't forget: Meal and Reel, Feb 19, Creation w/special guest Greg Laden at Edina Cinema We have established a plan: The Great Wall at 6:00, the movie is at the theater, about one mile to the south at 7:20. So, arriving at the restaurant in...
Posted by Greg Laden at 8:45 PM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Where are your computer files? Why Linux is better than Windows
Please visit JH's site for an interesting post on C:\ drives and an ensuing spirited discussion....
Posted by Greg Laden at 6:27 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Every child is a casualty...
Category: Education
... when it comes to Creationist Home Schooling....
Posted by Greg Laden at 2:58 PM • 93 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Walter Fredrick Morrison dead at 90
He invented the Frisbee. Details here....
Posted by Greg Laden at 12:49 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
List of things to read
Forget flying cars. I want a waterproof home! Bad things that can happen to you. The Hello World computer programming collection....
Posted by Greg Laden at 12:40 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Happy Birthday Amanda!
Yes, Amanda's birthday happens to be Valentine's Day! (The holiday, not the movie)...
Posted by Greg Laden at 11:06 AM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Walter Fredrick Morrison dead at 90
He invented the Frisbee. Details here....
Posted by Greg Laden at 10:49 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
A quick note on moderation
A slew of bad spam has been showing up (most of which you've not seen because I've been busy deleting it) but I've cranked the moderation sensitivity up. If your comment gets held in moderation, that is likely the reason. I'm sure things will settled...
Posted by Greg Laden at 10:44 AM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
February 13, 2010
How many oranges does it take to power an iPhone?
Next week, how many potatoes does it take to power a Toyota Hybrid?...
Posted by Greg Laden at 10:34 PM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Reef Madness
For Darwin's Birthday Weekend, a reposting of my review of David Dobb's Reef Madness:...
Posted by Greg Laden at 10:14 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
The Voyage of the Beagle
This is Darwin's Birthday Weekend. The following posts review and reflect on the Voyage of the Beagle by Darwin. If you've not read it, you should. If you won't, that's OK, just read these:...
Posted by Greg Laden at 9:17 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
About Charles Darwin
This weekend we are celebrating Charles Darwin's birthday. Here are a few items you may enjoy reading and reflecting on:...
Posted by Greg Laden at 9:07 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
February 12, 2010
Fall Olumpics
You remember the Summer Olympics in China. And now you are enjoying the Winter Olympics in Vancouver. But let us never forget the Fall Olumpics:...
Posted by Greg Laden at 11:22 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
In Honor of Charles Darwin's Birthday: Huxley v. Wilberforce
Category: Huxley
The following is rare footage of the Huxley vs. Wilberforce debate. Wilberforce, the one in pink, appears to be on top but he clearly has no chance against the brilliant Huxley....
Posted by Greg Laden at 12:18 PM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
WISE discovers its first comet
Category: Cosmos
The red smudge at the center of this picture is the first comet discovered by NASA's Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA...
Posted by Greg Laden at 10:00 AM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
February 11, 2010
A private letter to Salty Current
Nobody read this....
Posted by Greg Laden at 9:42 PM • 272 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Google Buzz might reveal your secrets
According to Isis. Check it out. Then come back here. I don't want you hanging out over there....
Posted by Greg Laden at 6:35 PM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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