Respectful Insolence
Archives for October 25, 2007
Operating system flamewars
Posted by Orac on October 25, 2007
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As a longtime Mac head, I’m always rather amused by just how emotionally invested people become over a mere tool like an operating system for a computer. A reminder of this popped up over at Pharyngula today, when in the course of echoing a call from the Mothership for reminiscences of the primitive computers we…
Abortion and breast cancer: The Chicago Tribune feeds the myth
Posted by Orac on October 25, 2007 I approach this topic with a bit of trepidation. I say this not because I’m unsure that I’m correct in my assessment of the article that I’m about to apply some Respectful Insolence™ to. Rather, it’s because the last time I brought up anything having to do with abortion, it got ugly. The topic is…